Caramoor: Thalea String Quartet:  Caramoor’s 2019-20 Ernst Stiefel String Quartet-in-Residence, the Thalea String Quartet perform their first concert in the Music Room. Formed in 2014 at the Zephyr International Chamber Music Festival in Courmayeur, Italy, Thalea  has been praised for their “vibrant performance” and “sincere expressivity” (SF Classical Voice). The members of the Thalea String Quartet are dedicated educators and bring their commitment to teaching and community engagement to their frequent educational and community performances.

Caramoor: Thalea String Quartet Program

Copland Movement for String Quartet
Price Folk Songs in Counterpoint; Piano Quintet (arranged from Piano Concerto by Boris Vayner)
Beethoven String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2, “Razumovsky”

Caramoor’s Rosen House Music Room

The intimate 170 seat Music Room, in Caramoor’s historic Rosen House, is used for musical performances. From fall to spring they offer  chamber performances, recitals, opera, acoustic American roots music, jazz, American songbook, and lectures. The Music Room is available to rent for private events.

The majestic Music Room includes Renaissance furniture and architectural elements such as the intricately carved coffered ceiling from a house in Lecce, Italy. It also features a pair of pink marble twisted columns from Verona, once in the collection of William Randolph Hearst. Other notable collections include Urbino maiolica, tin glazed earthenware for Italy and works by Della Robbia and Old Masters. Don’t miss the magnificent Franco-Flemish Tapestry titled “The Holy Family.” Finally, from a slightly later period, our 18^th-century needlework chairs delight Music Room visitors.