2008-09 GREAT ARTISTS IN THE MUSIC ROOM SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE!

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Welcome to the 2008-09 Caramoor Indoors season! We will be taking a close look at two composers in our jewel box of a theater - the 200-seat Music Room, which is ideal for chamber music and the programs we're presenting. 

The fall will be devoted to the music of J.S. Bach. From his great grandfather to his grandsons, his family produced a long line of composers; music was in their blood. Johann Sebastian, however, remains the most revered and exalted of all the Bachs. He lived through the peak of the Baroque era, at a time when Western musical instruments were quite different from what we normally hear on today's concert stage. The piano we know today didn't exist; string instruments had a different aesthetic, and wind instruments, like the oboe, flute, horn and trumpet, were radically different. Many questions thus arise: for what instruments did Bach actually write his music? Why have these instruments changed? How do these changes affect performances and interpretations of these works?

We've assembled a stellar cast of artists, performing on both modern and period instruments, to help us examine these questions. Both sides certainly have their merits, and these concerts will give us the opportunity to hear for ourselves, side by side, these different qualities from expert interpreters of Bach. In additon to our three concerts, one of which will include a discussion that I will moderate, two concert/lectures will allow those seeking a deeper understanding of the music of Bach to get closer to this great music.

In the spring months, we'll be celebrating the 200th birthday of the ever-young Felix Mendelssohn in three concerts offering a wide range of his chamber music. Mendelssohn is largely responsible for the renewed interest in J.S. Bach's works in nineteenth-century Europe; an interest that continues to the present day. But with Mendelssohn's great respect of the older master came his ground-breaking championing of the Romantic currents of the new century. His music, in the proper context, sounds as fresh and new as ever. I know these concerts will give us all a great deal of satisfaction. I can't wait to hear them, and I hope you will join us often.  - Michael Barrett

FALL 2008 - THE ETERNAL BACH

SPRING 2009 - FOREVER YOUNG:   MENDELSSOHN AT 200 CONCERTS

THE ETERNAL BACH: BRANDENBURG CELEBRATION - SOLD OUT!* Concert in the Music Room Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 8:00pm    Single Ticket: $40.00      program notes & artist bios   subscription discount   *To be placed on a wait list click here or call the Box Office at 914.232.1252.   The Aulos Ensemble with Guest Artists J.S. Bach Concerto in C minor for oboe, violin, strings, and basso continuo BWV 1060 J.S. Bach Sinfonia in D minor, BWV 35 J.S. Bach Sinfonia in F Major, BWV 156 J.S. Bach Sinfonia in D minor, BWV 35 J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major for flute, violin, obbligato harpsichord, strings, and basso continuo, BWV 1050 J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major for two recorders, violin, strings, and basso continuo, BWV 1049 J.S. Bach  Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major for recorder, oboe, trumpet, violin, strings, and basso continuo, BWV 1047  Moving this series from the private to the public Bach, the Aulos Ensemble - one of America's first and finest original instrument ensembles - returns to Caramoor with a program featuring three of the Brandenburg concerti.  Click here to find out more About the Artists. MENDELSSOHN AT 200:  BISS AND FRIED    Jonathan Biss Concert in the Music Room Sunday March 15, 2009 at 4:00pm   Single Ticket: $40.00   order online subscription discount   Miriam Fried, violin; Jonathan Biss, piano; Marcy Rosen, cello Brahms  Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100  Bartok  Sonata No. 2  Mendelssohn  Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello No. 1 in D minor, Op. 49  Heard in concert halls around the world, the renowned mother-son duo of Miriam Fried and Jonathan Biss, performs two sonatas at the heart of the repertoire. To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's birth. Marcy Rosen joins them for Mendelssohn's brilliant D minor trio. MENDELSSOHN AT 200:  CARAMOOR VIRTUOSI Concert in the Music Room Sunday, April 4, 2009 at 8:00pm   Single Ticket: $40.00   order online subscription discount   Caramoor Virtuosi with Edward Arron  Mendelssohn Vocal Quartets (male quartet tba)   Mendelssohn Songs without Words  Mendelssohn Trio for Piano, Violin and Violoncello No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66   Mendelssohn Sextet in D Major for violin, two violas, cello, bass and piano, Op. 110  Continuing Caramoor's celebration of the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth, the Caramoor Virtuosi present a delightfully mixed program accentuating the diversity and sheer brilliance of the composer's more intimate works: male vocal quartets, solo piano works, a piano trio, and the monumental sextet. MENDELSSOHN AT 200:  BRENTANO STRING QUARTET Concert in the Music Room Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 4:00pm   Single Ticket: $40.00   order online  subscription discount   Brentano String Quartet, with special guest Hsin-Yun Huang, viola  Mendelssohn  Quartet in A minor, Op. 13  Schumann   Quartet in A Major, Op. 41, No. 3  Mendelssohn  String Quintet in B-flat Major Renowned for fresh and profound interpretations and a Caramoor favorite, the Brentano String Quartet rounds out our Mendelssohn celebration with the young composer's tribute to Beethoven in his second string quartet and his exhilarating second string quintet with special guest violist Hsin-Yun Huang, both of which are set in relief by fellow-Romantic heavyweight Robert Schumann's third quartet.