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 Katonah, NY - Caramoor International Music Festival presents the Caramoor Virtuosi in two concerts featuring different programs on Friday, July 25 at 8:00pm in the Spanish Courtyard and Sunday, July 27 at 4:30pm in the Venetian Theater.
The Sunday afternoon performance is also one of several Caramoor Al Fresco events, offering audience members the opportunity to enjoy the sounds of the concert from the picnic grounds, an ideal way to introduce family audiences to great music.
Cellist Edward Arron is Artistic Director of the Caramoor Virtuosi, a group of outstanding musicians who have participated in Caramoor’s Rising Stars workshops and performed in Caramoor’s Music Room series and other Festival programs. In addition to Mr. Arron, the Caramoor Virtuosi performing in these two concerts are Andrew Armstrong, piano; Jennifer Frautschi, Laura Frautschi and Karen Gomyo, violins; Nicholas Cords and Max Mandel, violas; and Alexis Pia Gerlach, cello.
The program on Friday, July 25 will be Haydn’s Piano Trio in A Major, Hob. XV:18; Arensky’s Quartet in A minor for Violin, Viola and Two Cellos, Op. 35; and Mozart’s String Quintet in C Major, K. 515. The Sunday, July 27 program will be Schubert’s German Dances for String Quartet, D. 90; Harbiso’s Piano Quintet (1981); and Dvořák’s Sextet for Strings in A Major, Op. 48.
Cellist Edward Arron, Artistic Director of the Caramoor Virtuosi, is rapidly gaining recognition worldwide for his elegant musicianship, impassioned performances, and creative programming. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Arron made his New York recital debut in 2000 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Earlier that year, he performed Vivaldi's Concerto for Two Cellos with Yo-Yo Ma and the Orchestra of St. Luke's at the Opening Night Gala Concert of the Caramoor International Festival. Since that time, Mr. Arron has appeared in recital, as a soloist with orchestras, and as a chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe and the Far East. The 2007-08 season is Mr. Arron's fifth as the Artistic Coordinator of the Metropolitan Museum Artists in Concert, a chamber ensemble created in 2003 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Museum's prestigious Concerts and Lectures series. Edward Arron was a Caramoor Rising Star in 1993, 1994, 1997, and 1999.
TICKETS
Tickets for the performance on July 25 are $25.00 and $35.00 and on July 27 the tickets are $17.50, $25.00, $32.50, and $40.00.
Caramoor Al Fresco tickets on July 27 are $9.00 per ticket and offer audience members the opportunity to enjoy the sounds of the concert from the picnic grounds, an ideal way to introduce family audiences to great music. This is the final Al Fresco performance during the 2008 Caramoor International Music Festival.
Tickets may be ordered by calling the Caramoor Box Office at 914.232.1252 or online at www.caramoor.org.
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road in Katonah, New York.
ABOUT CARAMOOR
Caramoor is the legacy of Walter and Lucie Rosen, who built the great house and filled it with their treasures. Walter Rosen was the master planner for the Caramoor estate, bringing to reality his dream of creating a place to entertain friends from around the world. Their musical evenings were the seeds of today’s International Music Festival. Realizing the pleasure their friends took in the beauty of Caramoor – the house with its art collection, the gardens, and the musical programs on summer evenings – in 1946 the Rosens established a public charity to open Caramoor to the community.
Lucie Rosen survived her husband by seventeen years. During those years, she expanded the Music Festival: the Spanish Courtyard was used as a setting for musical events, as it is today, and, under her direction, the great stage of the Venetian Theater was built.
Caramoor is a Garden of Great Music. “We invite people to come early, explore our beautiful grounds, take a tour of the House Museum, visit our gift shop, enjoy a pre-concert picnic, and discover beautiful music in a relaxed setting,” advises Paul Rosenblum, Caramoor’s Managing Director. With its unique heritage, Caramoor remains a place where magical summer days and nights are shared and enjoyed by thousands. “Caramoor is the loveliest Festival of them all.” - The New York Times
Art and Gardens
Concerts take place in two outdoor theaters: the large, acoustically superb Venetian Theater and the more intimate, romantic Spanish Courtyard. Caramoor is more than just music – there is beauty at every turn. The House Museum, the former summer home of Caramoor’s founders, Lucie and Walter Rosen, contains a vast collection of Renaissance, 18th-century, and Eastern art objects, including furniture, tapestries, sculpture, paintings, textiles, porcelain, and jade in twenty rooms that are open to the public. There are entire rooms that were imported from European palaces and villas. In fact, Caramoor is one of just five mansions in the country that incorporate entire rooms into its collection. On Thursdays and Fridays, afternoon tea is served in the Summer Dining Room, overlooking the charming Spanish Courtyard.
Caramoor’s gardens are also well worth the visit and include nine unique perennial gardens. Among them are a Sense Circle for the visually handicapped, a Butterfly Garden, Tapestry Hedge, and an Iris and Peony Garden, which may be enjoyed on one’s own or seen on a guided tour.
Enjoy a Picnic at Caramoor
Extend your Caramoor experience by arriving for concerts early and enjoying a picnic amidst the beautiful gardens. Bring your own picnic or pre-order from Great Performances® by calling 212.337.6055.
House Museum
Guided tours of the House Museum are provided from Wednesday through Sunday, 1:00pm-4:00pm with the last tour at 3:00pm. On Saturdays, during the Festival, tours are given from 1:00pm-5:00pm, with the last tour at 4:00pm. Tickets are $10 (children 16 and under free).
GETTING TO CARAMOOR
Caramoor is easy to get to by car and mass transportation.
By car from the West Side of Manhattan and New Jersey, take the Saw Mill River Parkway north to Katonah. Exit at Route 35/Cross River. Turn right and, at the first traffic light, make a right turn onto Route 22 south. Travel 1.9 miles to the junction of Girdle Ridge Road. Follow the signs to Caramoor. (For detailed directions call 914.232.5035 and press 2, or online at www.caramoor.org). Parking at Caramoor is free.
By train, take the Harlem Division of the Metro-North Railroad to Katonah, New York. Taxi service from the station to Caramoor (five minutes away) is available.
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York.
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