Festival Schedule

Festival Schedule

 

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Thursday, March 05
07:00 PM Sixth Annual Rotary Club of Boca Raton Future Stars Performing Arts CompetitionFor more information visit: www.rotaryfuturestars.com
Friday, March 06
07:00 PM Literary Event - Sir Salman Rushdie, author
Lecture: "Public Events, Private Lives: Literature and Politics in the Modern World"
Saturday, March 07
07:30 PM Russian National Orchestra with Itzhak Perlman violin; Mikhail Pletnev conducting
Beethoven Coriolan Overture, Op. 62
Beethhoven, Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Beethoven, Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Sunday, March 08
05:00 PM Literary Event - Anthony Doerr and David Ebershoff, authors
"An Afternoon of Fiction with David Ebershoff and Anthony Doerr"
07:00 PM The Perlman Music Program, Itzhak Perlman violin
Chamber music - Mr. Perlman will perform with his own students from the Perlman Music Program
Beethoven, Trio in E flat major, Woo 38
Mendelssohn, StringQuartet in A minor, Op. 13
Brahms, Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Monday, March 09
07:00 PM Literary Event - Shashi Tharoor -
Indian Diplomat and author, former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, Chairman of Afras Ventures
Lecture: "Globalization, Terrorism and the Human Imagination"
Tuesday, March 10
07:00 PM Russian National Orchestra with Jeremy Denk piano; Mikhail Pletnev conducting
Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. in E flat major "Emperor"
Op. 73; Beethoven, Symphony o. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Wednesday, March 11
07:00 PM Literary Event - Jamaica Kincaid, author
Lecture: "Writing and Families, an Evening with Jamaica Kincaid"
Thursday, March 12
07:00 PM Itzhak Perlman in a reprise of "In the Fiddler's House" - the best selling album, tour and popular PBS Show celebrating Klezmer Music
Friday, March 13
07:30 PM
Russian National Orchestra with Ana Karina Alamo, piano; Nina Kotova, cello; Alondra de la Parra conducting
An Evening of Music of the New World
Getty, Overture to Plump Jack
Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue
Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto in A minor
Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World"
 
SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY:
JOSHUA BELL
Saint-Saens, Introduction and Rondo Caprioccioso, Op. 28 A minor

 

Saturday, March 14
02:00 PM Free Community Literary Event - FAU Faculty Literay Panel featuring Emanuele Pettener, Andrew Furman and moderator Jason Schwartz
Readings: "A Pointed Finger" and "The Complete Works of Ellery Queen", Emanuele Pettener, author and "Alligators May be Present", Andrew Furman, author.
Sunday, March 15
07:00 PM Russian National Orchestra with Itzhak Perlman conducting, the Master Chorale of South Florida and Layla Claire soprano, Kelley O'Conner mezzo-soprano, John Tessier tenor and Kyle Ketelsen bass-baritone
Beethoven, Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125,"Choral"
Festival events will be presented in the Festival Tent - a clearspan tent with a floor area of 35,000 square feet (an area equal to the area of the Amphitheater Concert Green or 3/4 of the area of a football field.)

Program subject to change