1. 1. P.D.Q. Bach

   June 25

   A jokey evening of music and horrible puns by the wisecracking scholar-composer Peter Schickele and his Baroque alter ego.

2. 2. “The American Songbook: Bernstein on Broadway”

   July 1

   Broadway darling Judy Kaye joins the Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Jamie Bernstein, Lenny’s daughter, narrates.

3. 3. “From Green Grass to Bluegrass”

   July 2

   Foot-stomping homegrown music for fiddles, flutes, mandolin, and banjo, hosted by Paul Woodiel.

4. 4. “Tancredi”

   July 22

   Rossini’s breakthrough opera, starring the tremendous contralto Ewa Podlés, is the can’t-miss selection in the Bel Canto at Caramoor series.

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