KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS Announces Regional Arts Concert Series 2016/2017
Series Subscriptions for 42nd Season Go on Sale to the General Public on March 26
(West Palm Beach, FL – February 8, 2016) As the classical music anchor of its 25th anniversary season, the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is announcing the 2016/2017 Regional Arts MUSIC “At Eight” and MUSIC “At Two” Concert Series, featuring an incredible roster of world-class orchestras and performing artists. The popular series is again being sponsored by Leonard and Sophie Davis, and subscriptions go on sale to the general public beginning at 10 am on Friday, March 26.
“On an annual basis, the Kravis Center presents more national and international orchestras in the state; and our 2016/2017 Regional Arts season will be presenting another stellar line-up of some of the most distinguished names in the world of classical music: pianist Lang Lang; conductors Leonard Slatkin, Stéphane Denève, and Yuri Temirkanov; violinists Sarah Chang, Ray Chen, and Nicola Benedetti; the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, and the world's top orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, the Orchestre National de Lyon, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonia, and so much more,” said Lee Bell, Senior Director of Programming at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts.
All Regional Arts Series concerts will be held in the Kravis Center’s Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. Concert Hall. In addition, Regional Arts concerts will feature a Beyond the Stage lecture by Sharon McDaniel at 6:45 pm for MUSIC “At Eight” concerts and 12:45 p.m. for MUSIC “At Two.” The Regional Arts Programming Associate and a long-time classical music journalist, McDaniel will provide background information about the concert and discuss elements of interest to all audience members, from music novices to experts.
Regional Arts Concert Series 2016/2017
December 3, 2016 at 8 pm (Saturday)
MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA OF SALZBURG
Matthew Halls, Conductor
Radovan Vlatkovic, French horn
+ Beethoven/Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43
+ R. Strauss/Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 11
+ Mozart/Ballet Music from Idomeneo, K. 367
+ Schubert/Symphony No. 3 in D Major, D. 200
December 4, 2016 at 2 pm (Sunday)
MOZARTEUM ORCHESTRA OF SALZBURG
Matthew Halls, Conductor
Radovan Vlatkovic, French horn
+ Beethoven/Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
+ Mozart/Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-flat, K. 447
+ Mozart/Symphony No. 41 in C, K. 551 (“Jupiter”)
December 14, 2016 at 8 pm (Wednesday)
KALICHSTEIN-LAREDO-ROBINSON TRIO
“40th Anniversary Program: White House 1977 Redux”
+ Mendelssohn/Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66
+ Schubert/Piano Trio in E-flat, D. 929 (Op. 100)
December 15, 2016 at 2 pm (Thursday)
KALICHSTEIN-LAREDO-ROBINSON TRIO
+ Beethoven/Piano Trio in B-flat, Op.11 (“Gassenhauer”)
+ Shostakovich/Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
+ Brahms/Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
January 10, 2017 at 8 pm (Tuesday)
PRAGUE PHILHARMONIA
Emmanuel Villaume, Conductor
Sarah Chang, Violin
+ Debussy/Printemps
+ Dvorák/Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 53 ?
+ Wagner/Siegfried Idyll
+ Beethoven/Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93
January 16, 2017 at 2 pm (Monday)
ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Vadim Gluzman, Violin
+ Chabrier/“Idylle” and “Danse villageoise” from Suite pastorale
+ Tchaikovsky/Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
+ Mendelssohn/Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 (“Scottish”)
February 7, 2017 at 8 pm (Tuesday)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Stéphane Denève, Conductor?
Denis Kozhukhin, Piano
+ Rachmaninoff/Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
+ Shostakovich/Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
February 8, 2017 at 2 pm (Wednesday)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Stéphane Denève, Conductor?
+ Ravel/Le Tombeau de Couperin
+ Debussy/La Mer
+ Beethoven/Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92
February 12, 2017 at 8 pm (Sunday)
BAMBERG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Christoph Eschenbach, Conductor
Ray Chen, Violin
+ Mozart/Overture to Don Giovanni, K. 547
+ Mendelssohn/Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
+ Mahler/Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
February 20, 2017 at 2 pm (Monday)
ST. PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC
Yuri Temirkanov, Conductor?
Nikolai Lugansky, Piano
+ Brahms/Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
+ Shostakovich/Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
February 21, 2017 at 8 pm (Tuesday)
LANG LANG
Program to be announced
February 26, 2017 at 8 pm (Sunday)
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE LYON
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Gil Shaham, Violin
+ Guillaume Connesson/Supernova
+ Bruch/Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
+ Ravel/Shéhérazade: Fairy Overture
+ Ravel/Pavane for a Dead Princess
+ Ravel/Daphnis and Chloë, Suite No. 2
March 14, 2017 at 8 pm (Tuesday)
ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
Peter Oundjian, Conductor
Nicola Benedetti, Violin
+ Borodin/Overture to Prince Igor
+ Brahms/Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77
+ Tchaikovsky/Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
March 15, 2017 at 2 pm (Wednesday)
ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
Peter Oundjian, Conductor
Nicola Benedetti, Violin
+ Debussy/Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
+ Bruch/Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
+ Beethoven/Symphony No. 5 in C Major, Op. 67
March 19, 2017 at 8 pm (Sunday)
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS ORCHESTRA
Inon Barnatan, Director and Piano
+ Copland/Quiet City
+ Mozart/Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271 (“Jeunehomme”)
+ Mozart/Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201/186a
Subscriptions:
The Kravis Center’s Regional Arts Concert Series is currently in its subscription renewal period. Subscription tickets for the 2016/2017 season start as low as $114 for the six-concert 2 pm series and $171 for the nine-concert 8 pm series.
Subscriptions will soon be available to donors. For more information about becoming a Kravis Center donor, log on to kravis.org/membership, or call (561) 651-4320.
Subscriptions will be available to the general public beginning at 10 am on March 26 via the Center’s official web site www.kravis.org/regionalarts, at the Kravis Center box office, 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach; or by calling (561) 832-7469 or (800) 572-8471.
About the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts:
The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts is a not-for-profit performing arts center whose mission is to enhance the quality of life in Palm Beach County by presenting a diverse schedule of national and international artists and companies of the highest quality; by offering comprehensive arts education programs; by providing a Palm Beach County home in which local and regional arts organizations can showcase their work; and by providing economic catalyst and community leadership in West Palm Beach, supporting efforts to increase travel and tourism to Palm Beach County.
The Kravis Center is located at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach, FL. For more information, please call 561-832-7469 or visit www.kravis.org.