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Caramoor Fall Festival Gala
10/01/2009 - By Venetian Theater

Caramoor Fall Festival Gala

The Caramoor International Music Festival opened its first ever Fall Festival with a gala evening in a “garden of great music.”

The 1st fall festival opened on Friday, October 2 in the Venetian Theater with Alan Gilbert, who is in his inaugural season as the New York Philharmonic’s Music Director, leading the Orchestra and legendary pianist Emanuel Ax in an all-Beethoven program: Piano Concerto No. 4 and Symphony No. 7. The concert at Caramoor is a highlight of the first weeks of Alan Gilbert’s inaugural season as the 25th Music Director of the New York Philharmonic.

The Gala began at 6:45pm with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the Italian Pavilion and continues with a concert at 8:00pm. After the concert, guests were served a post-concert dinner.

The Opening Night Gala honorees were the William Petschek Family. Gala Co-chairs were Patricia and Edward Falkenberg.


Tickets to the Gala evening were $2,500 (Vice Chair), $1,250 (Committee Member) with limited seating at $750 (Devotee) and included pre-concert cocktails; seating at the Opening Night concert; and a post-concert dinner. Tables of ten were available at $25,000 and $12,500.


About the Artists – October 2 at 8:00pm

Emanuel Ax, piano
Emanuel Ax is renowned not only for his poetic temperament and unsurpassed virtuosity, but also for the exceptional breadth of his performing activities. One of the most popular and respected pianists in the world, each season Mr. Ax’s distinguished cwereer included appearances with major symphony orchestras worldwide, recitals in the most celebrated concert halls, chamber music collaborations, the commissioning and performance of new music, and adding to his acclaimed discography. He was the recipient of the first Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in 1974, and the coveted Avery Fisher Prize in 1979. Numerous Grammy Awards further attest to his achievements. His exquisite lyricism and brilliant technique allow him to tackle all parts of the repertoire, from Mozart to today’s music.

Alan Gilbert, conductor
In June 2007 Alan Gilbert was named Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, beginning in the 2009–10 season, the only native New Yorker to hold the post. Mr. Gilbert was chief conductor and artistic advisor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra from 2000 to 2009, and was subsequently named conductor laureate. He has been principal guest conductor of Hamburg’s NDR Symphony Orchestra (NDRSO) since 2004. Mr. Gilbert made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in 2001 as the Diamond American Conductor, and has returned to conduct the Orchestra numerous times, including during the acclaimed Philharmonic Festival: Charles Ives—An American Original in Context in 2004. In July, Mr. Gilbert led the Orchestra’s Concerts in the Park and made his acclaimed Metropolitan Opera debut on October 13, 2008, conducting John Adams’s Dr. Atomic. His recording of Prokofiev’s Scythian Suite with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance.

New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic, founded in 1842 by a group of local musicians led by American-born Ureli Corelli Hill, is by far the oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, and one of the oldest in the world. It currently plays some 180 concerts a year, and on December 18, 2004, gave its 14,000th concert – a milestone unmatched by any other symphony orchestra in the world. Alan Gilbert becomes Music Director in September 2009, the latest in a distinguished line of 20th-century musical giants that has included Lorin Maazel (2002 – 2009); Kurt Masur (Music Director from 1991 to the summer of 2002; named Music Director Emeritus in 2002); Zubin Mehta (1978–91); Pierre Boulez (1971–77); and Leonard Bernstein, who was appointed Music Director in 1958 and given the lifetime title of Laureate Conductor in 1969. Since its inception the Orchestra has championed the new music of its time, commissioning or premiering many important works, such as Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, From the New World; Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3; Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F; and Copland’s Connotations. The Philharmonic has also given the U.S. premieres of works such as Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9 and Brahms’s Symphony No. 4. This pioneering tradition has continued to the present day, with works of major contemporary composers regularly scheduled each season, including

John Adams’s Pulitzer Prize– and Grammy Award–winning On the Transmigration of Souls; Stephen Hartke’s Symphony No. 3; Augusta Read Thomas's Gathering Paradise, Emily Dickinson Settings for Soprano and Orchestra; and Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Piano Concerto.



About Caramoor

Caramoor is the legacy of Walter and Lucie Rosen, who built their Fall home – now known as the historic Rosen House at Caramoor – 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 Caramoor 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 Fall evenings – the Rosens established a public charity in 1946 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 where audiences were invited to come early, explore the beautiful grounds, take a tour of the Rosen House, visit the gift shop, enjoy a pre-concert picnic, and discover beautiful music in the relaxed settings of the Venetian Theater, Spanish Courtyard, Music Room of the Rosen House, and the magnificent gardens. With its unique heritage, Caramoor remains a place where magical Fall days and nights were shwered and enjoyed by thousands. “Caramoor is the loveliest Festival of them all.” - The New York Times

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts is located at 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah, New York.

CREDITS

This concert is made possible, in part, through the generous support of the William Petschek Family.

This concert was made possible, in part, through funding from the Rudyard and Emanuella Reimss Memorial Fund of the Westchester Community Foundation.

Photos: Gabe Palacio Photography


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