Brooklyn Rider July 20, 2012

Digging into a wildly eclectic repertoire with a gripping performance style, the genre-defying string quartet Brooklyn Rider has been garnering popular and critical acclaim across the musical spectrum—from classical, to world music, to rock. NPR credits Brooklyn Rider with "recreating the 300-year-old form of string quartet as a vital and creative 21st-century ensemble." A Caramoor debut not to be missed.

Tickets: $15, $25, $35

Brooklyn Rider: Johnny Gandelsman, violin; Colin Jacobsen, violin; Nicholas Cords, viola; Eric Jacobsen, cello

Program: Brooklyn Rider: Seven Steps (group composition); Ljova: Culai; Colin Jacobsen: Sheriff's Leid, Sheriff’s Freude; Beethoven: Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131; Romanian Traditional: Music of the Roma Arr. Ljova

Fridays only: Doors open at 7:00pm for a self-guided tour of the Music Room in the historic Rosen House.

Official Website: http://www.caramoor.org/festival/new-and-unusual