SUMMER 2 0 2 1 This Summer, Celebrate the Return of Live Music
We’re overjoyed to welcome you back to Caramoor in person this summer for a full season of outdoor concerts! We missed sharing live music with you and showing off our newly renovated grounds. While our 2021 season may look and feel a bit different from other years, we’ve taken great care to design a summer of music that puts the health and safety of audiences and artists top of mind. • Most concerts will take place in the Venetian Theater at reduced capacity to allow for social-distancing; • We’ve also added some special experiential performances where you will move through the piece rather than stay seated; • All of this summer’s concerts are shorter, without intermission; • There will be several casual “Concerts on the Lawn” where you can enjoy music from our new Friends Field stage; • For the first time, all concerts in the Venetian Theater have an option for Garden Listening on Friends Field; • We’ve gone digital... wherever possible, from tickets, to program notes, to ordering food and beverages. Most importantly, we will have lots of great music, in all the genres you love, performed by some of today’s most exciting and inspiring artists.
OPENING NIGHT GALA SATURDAY, JUNE 19 AT 6PM / VENETIAN THEATER Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis The finest musicians in jazz today, led by world-renowned trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, kick off Caramoor’s 2021 Summer Season in this Opening Night Gala event. For this benefit event, there are in-person and virtual options available. Tickets start at $750. For additional details, contact [email protected] / 914.232.1492
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JUNE 24 JUNE 25 JUNE 26 JUNE 27 PUBLIQuartet Richard Goode, Natu Camara Orchestra of piano St. Luke’s Tai Murray, violin
JULY 1 JULY 2 JULY 3 JULY 4 Callisto Quartet The Brianna The Forest Pops & Patriots 2020–21 Ernst Stiefel String Thomas Band Performed by Quartet-in-Residence Presented in Collaboration The Crossing with Jazz at Lincoln Center
JULY 8 JULY 9 JULY 10 JULY 11 Amjad Ali Khan Douglas J. Cuomo’s Celebrating John Luther Adams’ & Sharon Isbin Seven Limbs Stephen Ten Thousand Birds with Nels Cline Sondheim’s Performed by and Aizuri Quartet 91st Birthday Alarm Will Sound
JULY 15 JULY 16 JULY 17 JULY 18 Conrad Tao, piano Verona Quartet Joan Osborne Philharmonia David Fung, piano Presented in Collaboration Baroque Orchestra with City Winery
JULY 22 JULY 23 JULY 24 JULY 25 JIJI, guitar Chanticleer American Roots Sō Percussion Guitar in the Garden Music Festival Presented in Collaboration with City Winery caramoor.org / 914.232.1252
3 T A P ON A DATE SUMMER 2021 for Members Pre-sale begins April 19 PROGRAM Public sale begins April 26 DETAILS
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JULY 29 JULY 30 JULY 31 AUGUST 1 Pekka Kuusisto, The Knights Jazz Festival Apollo’s Fire violin Pekka Kuusisto, Presented in Collaboration Nico Muhly, violin with Jazz at Lincoln Center piano
AUGUST 5 AUGUST 6 AUGUST 7 AUGUST 8 Ljova and the Watkins Nathan & Summer Season Finale Kontraband Family Hour the Zydeco Orchestra of Concert on the Lawn Presented in Collaboration Cha Chas St. Luke’s with City Winery Concert on the Lawn Leonidas Kavakos, violin
THE MUSIC CONTINUES ON
AFTERNOON TEAS CONCERTS ON BEGINNER’S EAR THE LAWN
SUNDAYS AT 1:00PM FRIDAY, AUGUST 13 SUNDAY, AUGUST 15 June 27 Flor de Toloache Alexi Kenney, violin July 11 FRIDAY, AUGUST 20 SUNDAY, AUGUST 29 July 18 Della Mae Layale Chaker, violin Kinan Azmeh, clarinet July 25 FRIDAY, AUGUST 27 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 August 1 Shenel Johns Power to the People Rubén Rengel, violin August 8 Jorge Glem, cuatro
All artists and dates are subject to change and cancellation without notice as we work closely with local health experts and officials. Please note that all performances at Caramoor are in compliance with current New York state regulations. Please check our website for updates.
4 PUBLIQuartet
Thursday, June 24 7:00pm / Venetian Theater Tickets start at $30
“What is American?” PUBLIQuartet ponders this question through a musical kaleidoscope of composers and diverse genres that make up America’s rich musical history. Featuring a reimagination of Dvořák’s “American” Quartet, in which the composer’s original melodies meet PUBLIQuartet’s blues, jazz, and rock-inflected improvisations, the works on this program connect the dots to honor the past, present, and future of American music.
WHAT IS AMERICAN? Jessie Montgomery: Voodoo Dolls PUBLIQuartet: Mind | The | Gap Project: Free Radicals Improvisations on “Law Years” and “Street Woman” by Ornette Coleman Vijay Iyer: Dig The Say — for James Brown PUBLIQuartet: Mind | The | Gap Project: What is American? Improvisations on Antonin Dvořák’s “American” Quartet
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5 RICHARD GOODE, PIANO
Piano
Friday, June 25 8:00pm / Venetian Theater Tickets start at $45
We invite you to the Venetian Theater for an intimate piano recital by the incomparable Richard Goode, hailed as one of the “finest pianists in the world” (The Washington Post). Goode, known in particular for his interpretations of Beethoven, will offer one of the composer’s late masterpieces.
J.S. Bach: Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 Schumann: Papillons, Op. 2 Debussy: Five Préludes
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6 NATU CAMARA
Saturday, June 26 8:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $47
If you merged Miriam Makeba with Nina Simone, added a dose of Tracy Chapman, and sprinkled on some Tina Turner, it might begin to explain Natu Camara. A native of Guinea, this vibrant singer with a passion for social justice mixes West African soul, rock, and pop music to build inter-cultural bridges that bring people together, weaving a tapestry of musical stories and visions of her beloved home. We are excited to welcome Natu to her Caramoor debut.
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7 ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S Tito Muñoz
Tai Murray
Sunday, June 27 Tito Muñoz, conductor 4:00pm / Venetian Theater Tai Murray, violin Tickets start at $40 Valerie Coleman: Fanfare for Uncommon Times Orchestra of St. Luke’s heralds the return of (World Premiere) Caramoor’s Summer Season in a program Vaughan Williams: punctuated by three fanfares from three The Lark Ascending generations of great American composers, Joan Tower: including a world premiere by Valerie Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman Coleman. Led by internationally renowned conductor Tito Muñoz in his Caramoor Copland: debut, OSL will make full use of the Venetian Appalachian Spring Suite Theater, with immersive offstage brass Copland: and percussion and an onstage ensemble Fanfare for the Common Man bringing to life the pastoral themes of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, featuring the “sublime” (The New York Times) violinist Tai Murray.
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8 CALLISTO QUARTET
2020–21 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence
Thursday, July 1 Haydn: 7:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $30 String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 20, No. 1 Praised for their “intensity and bravado” and the Saad Haddad: “cohesion and intonation one might expect from an String Quartet No. 2 ensemble twice their age” (Third Coast Review), the (World Premiere, Callisto Quartet was formed in 2016 at the Cleveland commissioned by Caramoor) Institute of Music, and has since garnered top prizes in Beethoven: the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition String Quartet No. 9 in and the 2019 Banff International String Quartet C Major, Op. 59, No. 3, Competition, as well as several others. For their third “Razumovsky” performance as Caramoor’s 2020–21 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence, the Callisto premieres a Caramoor commission by Saad Haddad.
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9 THE BRIANNA THOMAS BAND Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Friday, July 2 8:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $40
ALL AROUND ELLA Brianna Thomas continues to ascend as one of the powerful and engaging voices on the jazz scene today. With her immensely talented band, she captivates audiences with her unique take on standard jazz and contemporary songs, all skillfully infused with her emotional depth and stellar scatting. In this concert, she pays homage to and celebrates Ella Fitzgerald and the wide breadth and scope of her repertoire and instrument. Though Ella was most well-known for singing swing and scat, her pure sound graced many styles and genres including spirituals, blues, bossa nova, and ballads, and the songbooks of Porter, Jobim, Rodgers and Hart, Arlen, Ellington, and many more. She even delved into the Stevie Wonder catalog with spunk, grace, and style. Ella quite literally sang everything!
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10 THE FOREST
Performed by The Crossing Donald Nally, conductor
Saturday, July 3 6:00pm / Caramoor Grounds / Tickets $55 The Forest is The Crossing’s response to the pandemic. Last fall, when the choir members could not sing safely indoors, they moved outdoors to sing, listen, and connect. At Caramoor you will walk through their performance, while specially designed speakers — ECHOES* Amplification Kits — allow singers to stand 30 feet from each other and from the audience. The speaker kits, positioned close to the path, create an intimate experience, reestablishing the broken relationships between singers and audience members while telling the story of hope and a way forward.
*Ex-Covid Haptotropic Optimistic Electrophonic Sound.
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11 Candice Curt Jorell Hoyes Ebersole Williams
POPS & PATRIOTS
Sunday, July 4 Westchester Symphonic Winds 4:00pm / Venetian Theater / Curt Ebersole, conductor Tickets start at $40 Jorell Williams, baritone Candice Hoyes, soprano
Celebrate Independence Day at Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner Caramoor! The Westchester Symphonic Herman: Overture to Mame Winds are back for their annual tribute to Sparke: Jubilee Overture America’s independence with a program of works for symphonic winds including Svanhoe: Barnum and Tesla’s Tandem Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture and Stars and Bicycle from Steampunk Suite Stripes Forever, An Ellington Portrait, and King: Barnum and Bailey’s Favorite a Gershwin medley performed by vocalists Ellington: An Ellington Portrait Candice Hoyes and Jorell Williams (both alumni of Caramoor’s Bel Canto Young Sousa: The Invincible Eagle Artist program). Gershwin: I Got Gershwin (arr. by Matt Podd) Due to the ongoing pandemic, there will be no fireworks this year in order to prevent exceeding Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49 gathering limitations. Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
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12 AMJAD ALI KHAN & SHARON ISBIN
Thursday, July 8 STRINGS FOR PEACE 7:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $47 Sharon Isbin: Spanish Work for Solo Guitar Caramoor welcomes renowned master of the Indian sarod Maestro Amjad Ali Khan and his sons Amjad Ali Khan: Ayaan Ali Bangash and Amaan Ali Bangash, along Sacred Evening with American classical guitarist Sharon Isbin, who Amjad Ali Khan: has been hailed as “the pre-eminent guitarist of By the Moon our time” (Boston Magazine). Together they bring Raga and Folk Music Strings for Peace to Caramoor in the spirit of sharing Amjad Ali Khan: the great unique treasures of their own musical Romancing Earth traditions while also finding common ground in Ragas and Medieval modes.
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13 DOUGLAS J. CUOMO’S SEVEN LIMBS featuring Nels Cline and the Aizuri Quartet
Friday, July 9 Tibetan Buddhist practice of purification. 8:00pm / Venetian Theater / The limbs are: Prostration; Offering; Tickets start at $47 Confession/Purification; Rejoicing; Requesting the Turning of the Wheel of Dharma; Beseeching the Spiritual Guides Juxtaposing Nels Cline’s wildly inventive Not to Pass Away; and Dedication. guitar playing and use of electronic effects with the Grammy Nominated Aizuri 7:00pm / Pre-concert conversation with Quartet’s classically-based but forward- Douglas J. Cuomo and Nels Cline. thinking musical outlook, Seven Limbs sets these five musicians in a landscape that Nels Cline, guitar is slightly unfamiliar — where the ground Aizuri Quartet under their feet is always shifting a bit in Douglas J. Cuomo: Seven Limbs unexpected ways. (N.Y. Premiere) The piece is a ritual in seven movements, based on the Seven Limbs, a fundamental
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14 Ted Sperling
Bryce Pinkham
Ben Davis Betsy Wolfe
Scarlett Strallen
CELEBRATING STEPHEN SONDHEIM’S 91ST BIRTHDAY Ted Sperling, Scarlett Strallen Bryce Pinkham Music Director and Host Betsy Wolfe Ben Davis
Saturday, July 10 8:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $50
Tony Award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim celebrated his 90th birthday last year, but the pandemic ruined our party. No matter! We invite you to join the celebration of his 91st! Broadway stars Betsy Wolfe (Waitress, Falsettos), Scarlett Strallen and Bryce Pinkham (A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder), and Ben Davis (Violet) will be on hand, with Tony Award winner Ted Sperling as Music Director and host for this evening of songs from Company, Follies, Sweeney Todd, Merrily We Roll Along, Anyone Can Whistle, and more. Tap here to watch a video
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15 JOHN LUTHER ADAMS’ Ten Thousand Birds
Sunday, July 11 Alarm Will Sound 4:00pm / Caramoor Grounds / Free Alan Pierson, Artistic Director John Luther Adams: Chamber orchestra Alarm Will Sound will perform Ten Thousand Birds John Luther Adam’s Ten Thousand Birds, written for them, within Caramoor’s expansive outdoor setting where the performers and audience will move freely around the space and each other. Ten Thousand Birds is based on the songs of birds that are native to, or migrate through, the area in which the piece is performed. Like Adams’ Inuksuit and songbirdsongs, presented at Caramoor in 2018 and 2019, the piece explores the connections between nature and music, a topic that he’s pursued over the course of his remarkable career. 3:00pm / Pre-concert conversation with Alan Pierson. Tap here to watch a video
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16 CONRAD TAO, PIANO
Thursday, July 15 Conrad Tao: 7:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $32 Improvisation J.S. Bach: Pianist and composer Conrad Tao has been dubbed a Chromatic Fantasia musician of “probing intellect and open-hearted vision” and Fugue in D Minor, by The New York Times, who also cited him “one of five BWV 903 classical music faces to watch” in the 2018–19 season. Jason Eckardt: Tao is a recipient of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Echoes’ White Veil Grant, and was named a Gilmore Young Artist — an honor Schumann: awarded every two years highlighting the most promising Kreisleriana, Op. 16 American pianists of the new generation. Tap here to watch a video
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17 VERONA QUARTET David Fung, piano
Friday, July 16 Puccini: 8:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $32 Crisantemi Bacewicz: Recent winners of the Cleveland Quartet Award, the Quintet for Piano and Verona Quartet returns to Caramoor for the first time since Strings No. 1 their Ernst Stiefel residency in 2017–18. This Beethoven: now-established string quartet’s energy and vibrancy has String Quartet No. 14 in earned them a reputation as an “outstanding ensemble ... C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 cohesive yet full of temperament” (The New York Times). Their program includes a quintet by 20th-century Polish composer Grażyna Bacewicz with pianist David Fung. Tap here to watch a video
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18 JOAN OSBORNE Presented in Collaboration with City Winery
Saturday, July 17 8:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $47
Since she made her mark 25 years ago with the multi-platinum album Relish, the seven-time Grammy Nominee Joan Osborne has never played it safe. Osborne has followed her restless musical heart, exploring a diverse range of genres: pop rock, soul, R&B, blues, roots rock, gospel, funk, and country. Her career has taken her on tour with the Grateful Dead (where she first met and sang with Bob Dylan), to harmonizing with Stevie Wonder at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and 11 albums later, she now will take the Caramoor stage on what is sure to be an unforgettable night. Tap here to watch a video
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19 PHILHARMONIA BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
Sunday, July 18 Richard Egarr, 4:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $40 conductor and harpsichord Rowan Pierce, soprano
Performing a program of English works from the Gibbons: Fantasy in A Minor 17th century, we are excited to welcome back the Blow: “Welcome, Welcome Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, one of America’s Every Guest” from leading period-instrument ensembles. Using Amphion Angelicus authentic instruments and stylistic conventions, Blow: “Peaceful is he and the ensemble is now under the musical direction most secure” of Richard Egarr, who leads the group from the Blow: “Lovely Selina” harpsichord. Joining them is British soprano and Locke: Curtain Tune from rising star Rowan Pierce. The Tempest Tap here to watch a video Purcell: The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation Purcell: “Music for a while” Purcell: “Bess of Bedlam” Purcell: Chaconne from King Arthur TAP HERE to BUY TICKETS Purcell: Selections from The Fairy Queen 20 JIJI, GUITAR Guitar in the Garden
Thursday, July 22 7:00pm / Sunken Garden / Tickets $55 Applauded by the Calgary Herald as “… talented, sensitive … brilliant,” Korean guitarist JIJI makes her Caramoor debut with UNBOUND, a program that explores what virtuosity looks/sounds like in the 21st-century. She asked eight composers from all over the world to write her a virtuosic solo guitar piece and looks forward to pushing her limits as a guitarist. JIJI’s impeccable musicianship combined with compelling stage presence and fascinating repertoire earned her First Prize at the 2016 Concert Artists Guild International Competition.
UNBOUND Claudia Sessa: Occhi io vissi di voi (arr. by JIJI) Albeniz: Asturias Justin Holland: See-Saw Waltz and Peekaboo Waltz Paganini: Caprice in A Minor, Op. 1, No. 24 Natalie Dietterich: Abigail (U.S. premiere) Hilary Purrington: New work (U.S. premiere) Kate Moore: Cobalt Blue (U.S. premiere) Tania León: Bailarín Krists Auznieks: Cor Gulli Bjornsson: Dynjandi Tap here to watch a video
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21 CHANTICLEER
Friday, July 23 AWAKENINGS 8:00pm / Venetian Theater / Monteverdi: Lauda Jerusalem Tickets start at $47 from the Vespers of 1610 Lusitano: Regina caeli — Et Resurrexit Three-time Grammy Winning vocal Vecchi: Vidi civitatem group Chanticleer makes their return Agricola: Regina caeli to Caramoor after their sold-out James Macmillan: O Radiant Dawn performance in 2018! Their program, Augusta Read Thomas: The Rewaking which spans six centuries of music, Ayanna Woods: close[r], now focuses on the themes of reawakening and dawn. Hear why The New Yorker calls Kay: Music from Triumvirate this San Francisco-based group Lassus: Surge Propera Amica Mea “the world’s reigning male chorus.” Palestrina: La Ver L’Aurora; Surge illuminare Jerusalem Tap here to watch a video Byrd: Laudibus in sanctis Villa-Lobos: Chôros No. 3, “Pica-pau” Augusta Read Thomas: The bird her punctual music brings Janequin: Le chant des oiseaux Steven Sametz: Birds of Paradise Lane: On a Clear Day Michelle: Sunrise TAP HERE to BUY TICKETS Richard Evans/Norman Gimbel: Journey to Recife 22 AMERICAN ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL Presented in Collaboration with City Winery
The Rad Trads
Upstate The War and Treaty
Saturday, July 24 Closing Set: 1:30pm–8:00pm / Multiple Locations The War and Treaty All ticket prices let you enjoy the entire Festival: Upstate Premium $70: The Rad Trads Sit in the Venetian Theater for the closing set by The War and Treaty. ...and more to be announced! Adult $45: Garden Listening for the closing set by The War and Treaty. The annual American Roots Music Festival is back with a day overflowing with spectacular music performed throughout our grounds spanning the genres of blues, Americana, folk, and bluegrass. This music-filled day, presented for the first time in collaboration with City Winery, features multiple bands and ends with The War and Treaty, a swampy, southern, soul duo of immense talent and compassion. Made up of wife and husband duo Tanya and Michael Trotter, the duo serves up blues, gospel, soul, bluegrass, and country all together.
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23 S Ō PERCUSSION with special guest Shodekeh, beatboxer
Sunday, July 25 Angélica Negrón: 4:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $32 Gone Kendall K. Williams: Through its sensational interpretations of modern classics, Melodic Concept innovative multi-genre original productions, and “exhilarating Shodekeh: blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” Vodalities: Paradigms (The New Yorker), Sō Percussion has redefined the scope and of Consciousness for role of the modern percussion ensemble, placing it at the the Human Voice leading edge of 21st-century music. The innovative ensemble (World Premiere, throws everything that you’ve come to expect at a ‘classical commissioned by music’ concert right out the window. Caramoor) Jason Treuting: 2:00pm / Pop-up performances throughout the Caramoor September/Extremes grounds from Sō Percussion and friends (free). Julia Wolfe: Tap here to watch a video Forbidden Love
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24 Pekka Kuusisto
PEKKA KUUSISTO, VIOLIN NICO MUHLY, PIANO
Thursday, July 29 7:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $30
In a special duo set, Finnish “one-of-a-kind” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto) violinist Pekka Kuusisto and celebrated American composer Nico Muhly team up for an evening of musical exploration, ranging from traditional Finnish music to works by Muhly, Glass, and Pärt, and contemporary works. Kuusisto brings a fresh approach to the concert experience with “the most personal sound of any classical violinist now alive” (The Telegraph, London). Muhly has written over 100 works as diverse as his musical influences in opera, concert, dance, and film.
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25 Nico Muhly THE KNIGHTS Pekka Kuusisto, violin
Friday, July 30 Eric and Colin 8:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $40 Jacobsen, Artistic Directors
Pekka Kuusisto, violin The Knights are dedicated to transforming the orchestral experience and eliminating barriers between audience and J.S. Bach: Brandenburg music. The New York Times has described them as Concerto No. 3 in G “an adventurous young orchestra that has established a Major, BWV 1048 strong reputation for polished performances and imaginative programming.” The ensemble performs the New York Nico Muhly: Shrink premiere of Nico Muhly’s Shrink with Finnish violinist (NY Premiere) Pekka Kuusisto. Jessie Montgomery: “There’s every chance that Shrink will become a Starburst 21st-century classic.” —Limelight Magazine, Australia Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F 7:00pm / Pre-concert conversation with Nico Muhly, Minor, Op. 95, “Serioso” Pekka Kuusisto, and Eric Jacobsen. Tap here to watch a video
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26 JAZZ FESTIVAL Presented in Collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center
Alexa Tarantino
Jeremy Bosch
Sean Jones
Saturday, July 31 Closing Set: 1:30pm–8:00pm / Multiple Locations Sean Jones’ Dizzy Spellz All ticket prices let you enjoy the entire Festival: Premium $70: Sit in the Venetian Theater for the closing Larry Grenadier set with Sean Jones. Endea Owens and Adult $45: Garden Listening for the closing set by Sean Jones. The Cookout Alexa Tarantino Jazz fills Caramoor’s grounds at the annual Jazz Festival, Quartet presented in collaboration with Jazz at Lincoln Center! Brandon Goldberg Bolstered by artist collaborations and tributes to celebrated Trio jazz greats, this year’s festival once again invites you to explore Godwin Louis Duo the many facets of the genre while taking in the full breadth of featuring Caramoor’s venues and gardens. Former lead trumpeter of the Jonathan Barber Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Sean Jones will close out the Jeremy Bosch day in the Venetian Theater. & Friends: |Salsa Tap here to watch a video Meets Jazz and more!
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27 APOLLO’S FIRE
Sunday, August 1 Jeannette Sorrell, Porpora: 3:00pm / Venetian Theater Artistic Director Alto Giove Tickets start at $40 Erica Schuller, Monteverdi: soprano Pur ti miro from L’Incoronazione Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland’s Baroque Orchestra, Brian Giebler, tenor di Poppea and Jeannette Sorrell return with a program LOVE IN VENICE of Venetian treats, including fiery concertos Monteverdi: Vivaldi: Ciaccona by Vivaldi, as well as gorgeous songs by Damigella tutta bella in C, RV 114 Monteverdi. Vivaldi’s stormy “Summer Vivaldi: Concerto” from The Four Seasons sets sparks Monteverdi: Concerto in B Minor flying. Barbara Strozzi’s haunting lament Zefiro torna for Four Violins, “Che si può fare” (“What can you do?”) sheds Vivaldi: Concerto RV 580 th light on the feminist soul of the 17 century. in A Minor for 2 Vivaldi: Hear why The New York Times calls the Violins, RV 522 Summer from group “first rate … rendered with Strozzi: The Four Seasons consummate skill and artistry … ” Che si può fare? Tap here to watch a video Monteverdi: Ohimè ch’io cado
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28 LJOVA and the KONTRABAND Concert on the Lawn
Thursday, August 5 7:00pm / Friends Field / Tickets $55 Drawing influences from seemingly every type of music — Western classical, klezmer, tango, jazz, and Gypsy music — Ljova and the Kontraband defy musical boundaries. The musicians of this ensemble hail from Russia, Lithuania, the U.S., and Switzerland, each bringing their own unique energy and joy to the performance. With family backgrounds steeped in traditional folk music, Ljova and the Kontraband embrace the music of their ancestors while ushering these traditions into the future. Tap here to watch a video
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29 WATKINS FAMILY HOUR Presented in Collaboration with City Winery
Friday, August 6 8:00pm / Venetian Theater / Tickets start at $40
What began in 2002 as a musical variety show produced by siblings Sean and Sara Watkins, Watkins Family Hour has grown into a bluegrass collective embracing the power of shared music. In the duo’s latest project, they delve into the magic that can only come from creating as brother and sister.
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30 NATHAN & THE ZYDECO CHA-CHAS Concert on the Lawn
Saturday, August 7 8:00pm / Friends Field / Tickets $55 Nathan Williams is a champion of zydeco, a fast and furious accordion-driven dance music of the Creole people of South Louisiana, a relatively modern style that emerged after the Second World War. With its trademark rubboard percussion, electric guitars, and R&B influences, zydeco is distinct from the fiddle-driven music of neighboring Cajuns. Joined by his family, Dennis Paul Williams, Allen Williams, Djuan Francis, and Clifford Alexander, Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas are sure to show you a wild, fun time. Tap here to watch a video
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31 ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE’S Leonidas Kavakos, violin
Sunday, August 8 4:00pm / Venetian Theater Tickets start at $50
The Orchestra of St. Luke’s closes our official Summer Season with an all J.S. Bach program, led by world-renowned violinist Leonidas Kavakos. “I doubt if there is more than handful of violinists alive who can match Kavakos in the tonal variety, accuracy and speed of his harmonics, or in the deft alternation of bowing and left-hand pizzicato.” — Gramophone Leonidas Kavakos, violin All-Bach Program Violin Concerto in A Minor, BWV 1041 Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042 Violin Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052R Tap here to watch a video
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32 THE MUSIC CONTINUES: CONCERTS ON THE LAWN On three Fridays in August, we invite you to a laid-back evening concert as the sun sets on our expansive Friends Field. Relax (or get up and dance!) as world-class musicians fill the air with music, while you have a picnic or just a refreshing glass of wine. Consider it a date night, a family outing, or just another Friday at Caramoor! Tickets: Adult $35 / Child $15.
Flor de Toloache Della Mae Shenel Johns Friday, August 13 Friday, August 20 Friday, August 27 7:00pm / Friends Field 7:00pm / Friends Field 7:00pm / Friends Field The women of Flor de Della Mae is a Grammy POWER TO THE PEOPLE Toloache fuse together Nominated, Nashville- With a voice that embodies influences from across based, all-female string grace and passion and a genres and cultures to band. With a musical personal style that sways produce a unique and approach that’s steeped in effortlessly from jazz to R&B powerful take on traditional tradition yet firmly rooted to gospel, Shenel Johns has emerged as one of the shining Mariachi music. “They in the present, they have a stars of her generation. A native don’t just sing; they could completely original style that of Hartford, CT, Johns has blast through mountains blends years of experience been performing since she was with their wails and gritos with traditional mountain fourteen years of age, and has (shouts), and melt glaciers music and modern singer- developed a distinctive, eclectic with the warmth of their songwriter sensibilities. style that has increasingly gorgeous harmonies” (NPR). caught the attention of Presented in collaboration her peers and some of the Tap here to watch with City Winery industry’s top performers. a video Tap here to watch Presented in collaboration TAP HERE to a video with Jazz at Lincoln Center BUY TICKETS TAP HERE to BUY TICKETS Tap here to watch a video
TAP HERE to BUY TICKETS 33 THE MUSIC CONTINUES: BEGINNER’S EAR Enlighten your Sunday mornings with Beginner’s Ear, a unique series founded by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim and designed to bring mindfulness to the concert experience. Caramoor’s bucolic East Lawn provides a fitting setting to clear the mind and nourish the spirit with silence and music. Beginning with a guided meditation and concluding with a group discussion, Beginner’s Ear offers a soul-nourishing new way of hearing music and builds community through the shared experience of silence and sound. Tickets are $50.
Sunday, August 15 Sunday, August 29 Sunday, September 12 10:00am / East Lawn 10:00am / East Lawn 10:00am / East Lawn Alexi Kenney, violin Layale Chaker, violin Rubén Rengel, violin Corinna Kinan Azmeh, clarinet Jorge Glem, cuatro da Fonseca-Wollheim, Amadi Azikiwe, Corinna moderator moderator da Fonseca-Wollheim, moderator Tap here to watch Thomas Droge, a video meditation coach Tap here to watch a video Tap here to watch TAP HERE to a video BUY TICKETS TAP HERE to BUY TICKETS TAP HERE to BUY TICKETS
34 AFTERNOON TEA
Sundays 1:00pm–3:00pm
June 27 July 25 July 11 August 1 July 18 August 8
Adult $45, Child $20
Spend time relaxing with friends and enjoy an Afternoon Tea in the Spanish Courtyard of the historic Rosen House. Tea service includes a variety of tea sandwiches, scones with crème fraiche and preserves, delicious desserts, and a variety of fragrant teas all served on exquisite vintage china. You are also welcome to reserve a spot for an optional, self-paced tour of the historic Rosen House. As you walk through the House, you’ll learn about the Rosen family, their much-loved country home, and their art collection. Don’t forget to leave yourself time to stroll through Caramoor’s colorful gardens and bucolic grounds or attend an afternoon concert.
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35 Give and Get with Caramoor Membership! Membership has its perks, including priority access to our reduced capacity ticketing for the Summer Season during our Members-only Pre-sale: April 19–25. Membership begins at the $100-Friend level. To join, renew, increase, or give the gift of Membership, please visit caramoor.org/support or call 914.232.5035 ext. 412. Due to the pandemic, Caramoor’s venue capacity has been reduced in accordance with New York State health and safety guidelines and requirements. Seating will be limited and socially-distanced.
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Accessibility Garden Listening Enjoy the sounds of the concert, broadcast to Friends Field. Updates on our Health & Safety Measures Tickets $20 / Free for children and Caramoor Members Grounds Policies Afternoon Tea Enjoy Afternoon Tea at The Rosen House on All concerts made possible, in part, most Sundays by Arts Westchester with funds from the Westchester County Government. Pre-concert conversations Caramoor’s programming is made Free to ticket-holders. possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Caramoor Center for Music and the New York State Legislature. the Arts is registered as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. This project is supported in part by the Contributions of any amount are National Endowment for the Arts. welcomed and greatly appreciated.
36 Explore all that our grounds Additional Free Events: have to offer! June 12 / 1:00pm Open Grounds: Sound Artist Gathering
Explore, Picnic, Sound Art July 11 / 4:00pm June 11–October 10 / 10:00am-4:00pm John Luther Adams’ Friday–Sunday / Free Ten Thousand Birds Select Sundays / $20 June 27; July 4, 18; August 1, 8 July 25 / 2:00pm On select Sundays, access to the grounds will be $20, which Pop-up performances includes Garden Listening to that day’s concert until 6:00pm. throughout the Caramoor grounds Garden Listening is free for children and Caramoor Members. from Sō Percussion Rosen House Tours and friends Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays / 11:00am–3:00pm / $15 / Free for children and Caramoor Members Encounter the history and treasures of the home that Caramoor founders Lucie and Walter Rosen built for music. Inside you’ll find art and furnishings from the Renaissance, Chinese art, and entire rooms from the great houses of Western Europe. Tours are self-paced, and docents are available for questions and conversation. Advanced registration required. Book your day at Caramoor by calling 914.232.1252 or visiting us at caramoor.org
37 INNOVATIONS 2021
in“C” June 11–October 10 Open your ears to Caramoor’s annual exhibition of sound art, curated by Stephan Moore. Discover new ways to listen beyond the traditional concert experience. • Trimpin’s in“C” • Taylor Deupree’s t(ch)ime • Annea Lockwood & Bob Bielecki’s Wild Energy t(ch)ime • Ranjit Bhatnagar’s Stone Song • Miya Masaoka’s Listen Ahead • Spencer Topel & Hana Kassem’s Undercurrent Sound Artist Gathering Saturday / June 12 / 1:00pm / Free Wild Energy Meet the Sonic Innovations artists at Caramoor! 1:00pm / Official Launch ofin“C” : Presentation & Demo by Trimpin 1:30pm–4:00pm / Sound artists will be stationed by their works to answer your questions Trimpin: The Sound of Invention A Peter Esmonde film featuring The Kronos Quartet Stone Song June 11–October 10 / On-Demand Viewing $15 / Free for Caramoor Members Learn more about the artist behind the new, monumental sound art piece, in“C”, which you will find at the center of our grounds. We invite you to watch (in your own time!) a documentary that explores the sonic world of an eccentric creative genius. Join us on June 15 at 7:00pm for a special virtual screening Listen Ahead with a live Q&A afterwards with Trimpin and Stephan Moore, Sonic Innovations Curator.
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