The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts has announced the 2020/2021 Regional Arts MUSIC "At Eight" and MUSIC "At Two" Classical Concert Series, now in its 46th season. Leonard and Sophie Davis sponsor the popular series.
The coming season will feature remarkable orchestras, ensembles and soloists, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the revered Renée Fleming, violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
The 2020/2021 season will include eight MUSIC "At Eight" concerts and four MUSIC "At Two" concerts in the series. All Regional Arts Classical Series concerts are held in the Kravis Center's Alexander W. Dreyfoos Concert Hall.
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 8 pm)
CHINA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Long Yu, Conductor
Nancy Zhou, Violin
+ Tian Zhou/Gift
+ Tchaikovsky/Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
+ Dvořák/Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ("From the New World")
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 2 pm)
INTERNATIONALE BACH STUTTGART
Hans-Christoph Rademann, Conductor
+ Bach/St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 8 pm)
George Li, PIANO
+ Beethoven/Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor ("Moonlight")
+ Beethoven/"Eroica" Variations and Fugue, Op. 35
+ Schumann/Fantasy in C Major, Op. 17
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 8 pm)
RENÉE FLEMING, SOPRANO
Program To Be Announced.
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 2 pm)
MOSCOW STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Pavel Kogan, Conductor
Blake Pouliot, Violin
+ Prokofiev/Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34bis.
+ Bruch/Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
+ Strauss/Symphony No. 2 in F minor, Op. 12
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 8 pm)
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Riccardo Muti, Conductor
Program To Be Announced.
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 8 pm)
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA
Franz Welser-Möst, Conductor
+ Mozart/Divertimento, K 247
+ Tchaikovsky/Symphony No. 2 ("Ukrainian")
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 8 pm)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
David Kim, Violin
+ Rimsky-Korsakov/Capriccio espagnol
+ Massenet/Meditation from Thais (David Kim, Violin)
+ Sarasate/Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25 (David Kim, Violin)
+ Mussorgsky/Ravel/Pictures at an Exhibition
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 2 pm)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Sir Andrew Davis, Conductor
+ Weber/Overture to Oberon
+ Mozart/Symphony No. 39 in E-flat Major, K 543
+ Brahms/Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 8 pm)
Itzhak Perlman, VIOLIN
Rohan De Silva, Piano
Program To Be Announced.
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 2 pm)
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS
Johannes Moser, Cello
+ Schubert/Overture in C minor, D. 8
+ Schumann/Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
+ Sallinen/Chamber Music III, "The Nocturnal Dances of Don Juanquixote," Op. 58
+ Tchaikovsky/Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48
(Regional Arts Classical Concert Series at 8 pm)
BUFFALO PHILHARMONIC
JoAnn Falletta, Conductor
Pavel Šporcl, Violin
+ Rossini/William Tell Overture
+ Mendelssohn/Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
+ Tchaikovsky/Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
All programs and artists are subject to change without notice.
Subscription tickets for the 2020/2021 season will start as low as $100 for the four-concert 2 pm series and $200 for the eight-concert 8 pm series. Renewals for current subscribers will be sent out soon.
Photo Credit: Andrew Eccles
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