KRAVIS CENTER Announces Regional Arts Concert Series 2013/2014

Jan. 17, 2013 - PRLog -- KRAVIS CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Announces Regional Arts Concert Series 2013/2014

Series Subscriptions for 39th Anniversary Season Go on Sale to the General Public on March 22

(West Palm Beach, FL – January 15, 2013)  The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced the 2013/2014 Regional Arts MUSIC “At Eight” and MUSIC “At Two” Concert Series, featuring an incredible roster of world-class orchestras and performing artists. The series is sponsored by Leonard and Sophie Davis, and subscriptions go on sale to the general public beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22.

“The 2013/2014 season assembles another impressive line-up of some of the most impressive names in classical music. Orchestras, conductors and artists include violinists Itzhak Perlman and Joshua Bell; the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Zubin Mehta, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Slatkin, the Australian Chamber Orchestra under the direction of violinist Richard Tognetti, and JoAnn Falletta with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra,” 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 p.m. 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 2013/2014

November 13, 2013 at 8 p.m.   (Wednesday)
ESTONIAN NATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Nikolai Alexeev, Conductor
Narek Hakhnazaryan, Cello
+ Dvořák / Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
+ Brahms / Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73

November 21, 2013 at 2 p.m.   (Thursday)
VENEZUELA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Theodore Kuchar, Conductor
Corey Cerovsek, Violin
+ Ginastera / Estancia, Op. 8
+ Mozart / Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216
+ Mahler / Symphony No. 6 in A minor (“Tragic”)

December 18, 2013 at 8 p.m.   (Wednesday)
ITZHAK PERLMAN, VIOLIN
Program to be announced.

January 5, 2014 at 2 p.m.    (Sunday)
DUO AMAL
Bishara Haroni and Yaron Kohlberg, Duo-Piano
+ Schubert / Fantasia in F minor, Op. 103
+ Dorman / Karsilama
+ Odeh-Tamimi / Amal
+ Prokofiev / Classical Symphony (arr. duo-piano)
+ Shostakovich / Concertino for Two Pianos
+ Stravinsky / Petrushka



January 13, 2014 at 8 p.m.    (Monday)
MOSCOW CITY SYMPHONY
“RUSSIAN PHILHARMONIC”
David Handel, Conductor
Alexander Ghindin, Piano
+ Khachaturian / Spartacus: Adagio of Spartacus and Phyrgia
+ Ravel / Piano Concerto in G
+ Prokofiev / Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)

January 19, 2014 at 8 p.m.    (Sunday)
ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
with NOBUYUKI TSUJII, Piano
+ Beethoven / Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
+ Beethoven / Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36
+ Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat, Op. 73 (“Emperor”)

January 28, 2014 at 8 p.m.   (Tuesday)
HAIFA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Boguslaw Dawidow, Conductor
Avshalom Sarid, Viola
+ Mozart / Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
+ Bracha / Melodies for Mount Carmel (Concerto for Viola)
+ Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 (“Pathétique”)

January 29, 2014 at 2 p.m.   (Wednesday)
HAIFA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Boguslaw Dawidow, Conductor
Roman Rabinovitz, Piano
+ Weber / Overture to Euryanthe, Op. 81
+ Beethoven / Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
+ Dvořák / Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 (“From the New World”)

February 9, 2014 at 8 p.m.    (Sunday)
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
JoAnn Falletta, Conductor
Philippe Bianconi, Piano
+ Dvořák / Symphony No. 6 in D, Op. 60
+ Rachmaninoff / Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

February 10, 2014 at 2 p.m.  (Monday)
DEUTSCHE KAMMERPHILHARMONIE BREMEN
Mikhail Pletnev, Conductor
Johannes Moser, Cello
+ Mendelssohn / Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95
+ Schumann / Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
+ Schubert / Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 (“Unfinished”)

February 25, 2014 at 8 p.m.  (Tuesday)
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Olga Kern, Piano
+ Gould / Spirituals
+ Rachmaninoff / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
+ Ravel / Mother Goose Suite
+ Ravel / Pavane for a Dead Princess
+ Ravel / Bolero

February 26, 2014 at 2 p.m.  (Wednesday)
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Olga Kern, Piano
+ Copland / Three Latin-American Sketches
+ Prokofiev / Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat, Op.10
+ Tchaikovsky / Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

March 13, 2014 at 2 p.m.   (Thursday)
AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Richard Tognetti, Conductor and Violin
Olli Mustonen, Piano
+ Vasks / Voxamoris (violin and orchestra)
+ Shostakovich / Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35
+ Haydn / Symphony No. 83 in G minor, Hob.1:83 (“La Poule”)

March 16, 2014 at 8 p.m.   (Sunday)
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS ORCHESTRA
JOSHUA BELL, Music Director and Violin
+ Brahms / Violin Concerto in D, Op. 77
+ Beethoven / Symphony No. 3 in E-flat, Op. 55  (“Eroica”)

March 24, 2014 at 8 p.m.   (Monday)
ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Zubin Mehta, Conductor
Bruckner / Symphony No. 8 in C minor

Subscriptions:
The Kravis Center’s Regional Arts Concert Series is currently in its subscription renewal period. Subscription tickets for the 2013/2014 season start as low as $102 for the six-concert 2 p.m. series and $153 for the nine-concert 8 p.m. series.  

Subscriptions will be available to the general public beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, March 22, 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.

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Available for Interview:
Sharon McDaniel
Regional Arts Programming Associate
mcdaniel@kravis.org

Media Contact:
Gary Schweikhart
PR-BS, Inc.
561.756.4298
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