1998-1999 SEASON AT THE LYRIC:


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7, 1998 
GERSHWIN AND THE JAZZ AGE
A 100th Birthday Celebration

Rinat Shaham - Mezzo-Soprano
Mark Gould - Trumpet
Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence
Adam Rogers - Guitar
Jay Anderson - String Bass

GEORGE GERSHWIN
Solo Piano Transcriptions (7) (arranged by G. Gershwin)
- Richard Bishop

Summertime 
My Man’s Gone Now

- Shaham, Gould, Bishop, Rogers, and Anderson

Rhapsody in Blue (solo piano version by George Gershwin)
- Richard Bishop

Three Piano Preludes for Trumpet and Piano  ( arranged by Mark Gould )
- M.Gould, Trumpet and R. Bishop, Piano

Fascinating Rhythm
Do, Do, Do
The Man I Love
Someone to Watch Over Me
Embraceable You
Our Love is Here to Stay
I Got Rhythm

- R. Shaham, M. Gould, R. Bishop, A. Rogers, J. Anderson


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 1998
AN EVENING OF MOZART AND SCHUBERT

Moscow String Quartet
- Eugenia Alikhanova - Violin
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Galina Kokhanovskaia - Violin
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Tatyana Kokhanovskaia - Viola
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Olga Ogranovitch - Cello

Joan Thomson Kretschmer - Piano, Artistic Director of the Lyric Chamber Music Society of  New York

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Quartet in D Major, KV 575
Piano Quartet in g minor, KV 478

FRANZ SCHUBERT
Quartet No. 14 in d minor,”Death and the Maiden” D.810



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1998
EXCITING YOUNG VIRTUOSOS

Vadim Gluzman - Violin
Angela Yoffé -Piano

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.8, in G Major, Opus 30, No.3

SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.2, in D Major, Opus 94a

KURT WEILL - FRENKEL
Suite from Three Penny Opera

ERNEST BLOCH
Nigun from the Baal Shem Suite for Violin and Piano

HENRYK WIENIAWSKI
Faust-Fantasy after the opera of Gounod


WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1999
EXCITING VENERABLE VIRTUOSOS

Charles Neidich - Clarinet
Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence

AAROM COPLAND
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, in E-Flat Major, Opus 120, No.2

DARIUS MILHAUD
Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano (1927)

CHARLES NEIDICH
In Memoriam/ Spirals for solo clarinetist

SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Sonata in D Major, Opus 94



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1999
THE VIOLA MADE VISIBLE

Cynthia Phelps - Principal Viola, New York Philharmonic
Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Sonata for Viola and Piano, in c minor, Opus 4

BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Lachrymae: Reflections on a Song of John Dowland for Viola and Piano, Opus 48

GEORGES ENESCU
Concertpièce for Viola and Piano

JOHANNES BRAHMS
Sonata for Clarinet or Viola and Piano, in f minor,Opus 120, No. 1



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1999

Moscow String Quartet  25th Anniversary Celebration
- Eugenia Alikhanova - Violin
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Galina Kokhanovskaia - Violin
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Tatyana Kokhanovskaia - Viola
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Olga Ogranovitch - Cello

Jon Manasse - Clarinet

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Clarinet Quintet in A Major, KV 581

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartet No.7, in f-sharp minor, Opus 108

PIOT ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKI
Album for the Young, Opus 39, Album pour enfants: 24 pièces
Faciles ( á la Schumann )



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1999
PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES:
A Romantic Evening

Glenn Dicterow - Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic
Lisa Kim - Associate Principal, New York Philhamonic
Karen Dreyfus - Viola
Carter Brey - Principal Cello, New York Philharmonic
Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for Cello and Piano in d minor

BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Madrigals: Duo for Violin and Viola

CÉSAR FRANCK
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major

ANTONIN DVOÁŘK
Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, Opus 81



WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1999
EXCITING YOUNG VIRTUOSOS

Philip Quint - Violin
Tatiana Goncharova - Piano

JEAN-MARIE LECLAIR
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3, in D Major

GABRIEL FAURÉ
Sonata for Violin and Piano No.1, in A Major, Opus13

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sonata for Violin and Piano, in g minor

MAURICE RAVEL
Tzigane



WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1999
SOLOS, DUOS, AND TRIOS

Philip Quint - Violin
Maria Kitsopoulos - Cello, New York Philharmonic
Joan Thomson Kretschmer - Piano
David Korevaar - Piano

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Sonata for Violin and Piano in B-flat Major, KV 454

MAURICE RAVEL
Miroirs Suite for Solo Piano

FREDERICK DELIUS
Sonata for Cello and Piano

MAURICE RAVEL
Piano Trio in a minor