Caramoor Welcomes Kahane, Weilerstein, Koh, Heras-Casado

On Friday, July 29 at 8:00pm in the Spanish Courtyard, Caramoor presents a seemingly unlikely encounter between singer-songwriter and polymath Gabriel Kahane and cello virtuoso Alisa Weilerstein. In a program that ignores musical boundaries and unveils an eclectic landscape of influences, performances of Kahane's original songs - which feature piano, banjo, electric guitar, and loops - are contrasted by unaccompanied cello works by Bach and Britten.

A major highlight of the concert is Kahane's newest work Little Sleep's Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight - which was written expressly for Weilerstein and the composer himself. It is a hybrid cello sonata/song cycle set to the eponymous poem by Galway Kinnell from his monumental work, The Book of Nightmares.

On Saturday, July 30 at 8:00pm, Caramoor presents the supremely gifted young soloists Jennifer Koh and Alisa Weilerstein, who bring laser-like intensity to the special dialogue that is Brahms' Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra. Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Orchestra of St. Luke's in this thrilling program of orchestral masterpieces, which opens with Beethoven's Overture to Egmont, and closes with Mendelssohn's Symphony No.4 in A Major.

On Sunday, July 31 at 4:30pm, Caramoor presents Prizing the Pulitzer II, the conclusion of a two-concert celebration of the music geniuses nominated for the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. An impressive compilation of American masterworks will be performed by the Music from Copland House ensemble, including Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring, as well as the works of Lukas Foss, Samuel Barber, Charles Ives, Gian Carlo Menotti, Ernst Toch and Walter Piston. In addition, this cultural touchstone of a series provides concertgoers an opportunity to attend a 3:30pm pre-concert discussion about the brilliant composers honored - and in some cases, controversially overlooked - by the prize.

TICKETS
Tickets for Encounters: Kahane and Weilerstein are $30 and $40
Tickets for Orchestra of St. Luke's with Weilerstein, Koh, and Heras-Casado are $16, $28, $41, $54, $67.
Tickets for Prizing the Pulitzer are $16, $21, $31, $46 (Al Fresco tickets to this concert, which allow audiences to enjoy the sounds of the concert from the Picnic Lawns, are $10 each)

To order, call the Box Office at 914.232.1252 or visit www.caramoor.org. Groups of 16 or more may purchase discounted tickets by contacting Matthew Scarella at 914.232.5035 ext. 252 or matthew@caramoor.org.

PROGRAMS
Friday, July 29, 8:00pm in the Spanish Courtyard
Encounters: Gabriel Kahane and Alisa Weilerstein
Gabriel Kahane, piano, voice, banjo, electric guitar, loops; Alisa Weilerstein, cello

Britten Cello Suite No 2, Op. 80
Kahane Songs
Bach Suite for solo Cello No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
Kahane Little Sleep's Head Sprouting Hair in the Moonlight

Saturday, July 30 at 8:00 PM in the Venetian Theater
Orchestra of St. Luke's with Jennifer Koh, Alisa Weilerstein and Pablo Heras-Casado
Jennifer Koh, violin; Alisa Weilerstein, cello; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor

Beethoven Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Brahms Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, in A minor, Op. 26
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A Major, Op. 90 (Italian)

Sunday, July 31, 4:30pm in the Venetian Theater
Prizing the Pulitzer II
Music from Copland House: Paul Lustig Dunkel, flute; Derek Bermel, clarinet; Wilhelmina Smith, cello; Michael Boriskin, piano.
Guest Artists: Peter Kolkay, bassoon; Harumi Rhodes, violin; Tim Fain, violin; Susie Park, violin; Ayano Ninomiya, violin; Leslie Tomkins, viola; Kathryn Lockwood, viola; Joshua Roman, cello; Robert Black, double bass; Michael Barrett, conductor

Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring (1944)
Samuel Barber String Quartet, Op. 11 (1936)
Charles Ives Tone Roads No. 1 (1911)
Lukas Foss Tashi for Clarinet, Piano, and String Quartet (1986) (excerpt)
Gian Carlo Menotti Suite for Two Cellos and Piano (1973) (excerpt)
Ernst Toch Geographical Fugue for Speaking Chorus (1930)
Walter Piston Quintet for Flute and String Quartet (1942) (excerpt)