1999-2000 SEASON AT THE LYRIC:

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 1999  A ROMANTIC EVENING Dedicated to Jasha Zayde (1911 - 1999)

Rafael Figueroa - Co-Principal Cello, Metropolitan Opera Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No.17 in d minor, “Tempest”, Opus 31,No.2 GASPAR CASSADÓ Suite for Cello Solo JOHANNES BRAHMS Sonata  No. 2 for Cello and Piano, in F Major, Opus 99 THIS CONCERTS IS AVAILABLE ON CD: Call the Lyric office at 212-239-9190 to order, or click here to purchase online (MasterCard / VISA only) DIGITAL DOWNLOADS CAN BE PURCHASED HERE:

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 15, 1999 A FAMILY AFFAIR

Arnold Steinhardt - Violin Natasha Steinhardt - Soprano Victor Steinhardt - Piano and Composer WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART “L’amero, Saro Costante” from Il Ré Pastore for voice, violin,and piano RICHARD STRAUSS Five Songs for voice and piano - Nacht - All Mein Gedanken - Ruhe Meine Seele - Wie Sollten Wir - Morgen  ( with violin obbligato ) LUKAS FOSS Three American Pieces for violin and piano  - Early - Dedication - Composer’s Holiday AMY BEACH Opus 40, No.1,2,3 for Violin and Piano - La Captive - Berceuse - Mazurka SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Five Songs for Voice and Piano - In the Silence of the Night, Opus 4 No.3 (with violin obbligato) - The Answer, Opus 21 No. 4 - Await Thee, Opus 14 No.1 - The Lilac, Opus 21, No.5 -O Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair, Opus 4 No. 4   Three Pieces written for Arnold Steinhardt: VICTOR STEINHARDT Tango LINCOLN MAYORGA Bluefields: A West Hollywood Rumba DAVE GRUSIN Tango de Parque Central SAMMY FAIN Touch of a Master’s Hand, for Voice, Violin, and Piano

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2000 THE DIVERTIMENTO STRING TRIO: NEW YORK DEBUT

Michael Tree - Viola Soovin Kim - Violin Margo Tatgenhorst - Cello LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN String Trio in E-Flat Major, Opus 3 Serenade in D Major, Opus 8

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2000 TWO HANDS AND FOUR HANDS

Ann-Estelle Médouz - Violin Tatiana Goncharova - Piano Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence Joan Thomson Kretschmer - Piano WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Andante with Variations, in G Major, KV 501 for Piano Four Hands FRANZ SCHUBERT Fantaisie in f minor, No. 103, D. 940  for Piano Four Hands FRANZ LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 EDVARD GRIEG Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3, in c minor, Opus 45

TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2000 ALFRED SCHNITTKE CELEBRATION, DAY 1 Schnittke Plus

Moscow String Quartet  25th Anniversary Celebration - Eugenia Alikhanova - Violin - Galina Kokhanovskaia - Violin - Tatyana Kokhanovskaia - Viola - Olga Ogranovitch - Cello Tigran Alikhanov - Piano, Chairman of the Chamber Music Music Department, Moscow Conservatory Timothy Cobb - Associate Principal Bass, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Joan Thomson Kretschmer - Piano, Artistic Director of the Lyric Chamber Music Society of  New York WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Sonata for Violin and Piano in B-Flat major, KV 454 - Eugenia Alikhanova, Violin - Joan Thomson Kretschmer, Piano ALFRED SCHNITTKE Quartet No.1 - Moscow String Quartet MIKHAIL GLINKA Grand Sextet for Piano and Strings in E-Flat Major -  Moscow String Quartet - Tigran Alikhanov, Piano - Timothy Cobb, Double Bass

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2000 ALFRED SCHNITTKE CELEBRATION, DAY 2 Celebrating the Music of Alfred Schnittke

Moscow String Quartet  25th Anniversary Celebration - Eugenia Alikhanova - Violin - Galina Kokhanovskaia - Violin - Tatyana Kokhanovskaia - Viola - Olga Ogranovitch - Cello Tigran Alikhanov - Piano, Chairman of the Chamber Music Music Department, Moscow Conservatory ALFRED SCHNITTKE Canon for Two Violins, Viola, and Cello - In memory of Igor Stravinsky Moz-Art for Two Violins String Quartet No.2 Piano Quintet

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2000 EXCITING YOUNG VIRTUOSOS

Igor Begelman - Clarinet Tatiana Goncharova - Piano WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI Dance Preludes (5) CLAUDE DEBUSSY Première Rhapsody                                                    GEORGE GERSHWIN Three Preludes(1936)                                           FRANCIS POULENC Sonata (1962) FRITZ KREISLER Three Waltzes - Liebesfreud - Liebesleid - Schoen Rosmarin GIUSEPPE VERDI / DONATO LOVREGLIO Concert Fantasy on Themes from  La Traviata