2000-2001 SEASON AT THE LYRIC:

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18, 2000  POWER AND INFLUENCE: How Geniuses Learn From Each Other

Joseph Robinson - Principal Oboe, New York Philharmonic Igor Begelman - Clarinet, Avery Fisher Career Grant 2000 Karl Kramer - French Horn Martin Kuuskmann - Bassoon Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence Joan Thomson Kretschmer - Piano JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH Sonata for Piano Four Hands in C Major - Rondo: Allegretto WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Sonata for Piano Four Hands in C Major, KV 521 - Rondo: Allegretto Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon in E-Flat Major, KV 452 KARL STARNITZ Quartet for Winds in E-Flat Major, Op. 8, No.2 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, and Bassoon in E-Flat Major, Opus 16

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 2000 EXCITING YOUNG VIRTUOSOS: Celebrating American Music

Philip Quint - Violin Tatiana Goncharova - Piano WILLIAM GRANT STILL Suite for Violin and Piano JOHN CORIGLIANO Sonata for Violin and Piano AARON COPLAND Passacaglia (Piano Solo) LUKAS FOSS Three American Pieces - Early Song - Dedication - Composer’s Holiday GEORGE GERSHWIN / JASCHA HEIFETZ Transcriptions for Violin and Piano from Porgy and Bess - Summertime - A Woman is a Sometime Thing - My Man’s Gone Now - Bess, You Is My Woman Now - It Ain’t Necessarily So

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2001 VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL: Music for your Heart

Sheryl Staples - Principal Associate Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence Joan Thomson Kretschmer - Piano WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, KV 301  - Sheryl Staples and Joan Thomson Kretschmer FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major,Hob. XV: 32 - Sheryl Staples and Richard Bishop FRANCIS POULENC Sonata for Piano and Violin á la mémoire de Federico Garcia Lorca - Sheryl Staples and Richard Bishop LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata for Piano and Violin in A Major, Op.47,  “Kreutzer” - Sheryl Staples and Richard Bishop THIS CONCERT IS AVAILABLE ON CD: Call the Lyric office at 212-239-9190 to order, or click here to purchase online (MasterCard / VISA only)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2001 FROM BRAZIL TO BIZET

Mark Gould - Trumpet Raimundo Penaforte - Guitar, Percussion, Vocal Annamae Goldstein - Violin Jeremy Turner - Cello David Wong - String Bass Jeff Hirschfield - Drums Ted Rosenthal - Piano Sarah Watkins - Piano SEBASTIAN YRADIER La Paloma JUAN CARLOS MARAMBIO CATAN / ENRIQUE SANTOS DISCEPOLO / ANGEL VILLOLDO El Choclo GERARDO MATOS RODRÍGUEZ La Cumparsita SCARPINA / CALDARELLA                   Canaro in Paris PIXINGUINHA Nacquele Tempo ASTOR PIAZZOLA Tango Café 1930 GEORGES BIZET / GLENN GOULD Habanera FREIBERG                                                Milonga ARI DOS SANTOS / RAUL DE BARROS Na Gloria FRANZ SCHUBERT / RAIMUNDO PENAFORTE Serenade RAIMUNDO PENAFORTE Raimundo Grand Central Shuttle RAIMUNDO PENAFORTE / PIXINGUINHA Picada de Abelha/Lamentos JOAO GILBERTO / RAIMUNDO PENAFORTE Un Diu

TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2001 GUBAIDULINA-THON, DAY 1: Celebrating the Music of Sofia Gubaidulina

6:00 P.M. Interview: Sofia Gubaidulina by Dr. Joan Thomson Kretschmer 8:00 P.M. Concert Moscow String Quartet - Eugenia Alikhanova - Violin - Galina Kokhanovskaia - Violin II - Tatiana Kokhanovskaia - Viola - Olga Ogranovitch - Cello Joan Thomson Kretschmer - Piano WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART  String Quartet in D Major, KV 499 SOFIA GUBAIDULINA String Quartet No. 2 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Sonata for Piano and Violin in F Major, KV 377 (374e) - Eugenia Alikhanova,Violin, and J. T. Kretschmer SOFIA GUBAIDULINA String Trio (Written for The Moscow String Quartet )

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001 GUBAIDULINA-THON: DAY 2 Celebrating the Music of Sofia Gubaidulina

6:00 P.M.: Panel Discussion Sofia Gubaidulina Eugenia Alikhanova, First Violin, Moscow String Quartet Laurel Fay Joan Thomson Kretschmer, Moderator 8:00 P.M.: Concert Moscow String Quartet - Eugenia Alikhanova - Violin - Galina Kokhanovskaia - Violin II - Tatiana Kokhanovskaia - Viola - Olga Ogranovitch - Cello WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quartet in D Major, KV 575 SOFIA GUBAIDULINA String Quartet No. 1 WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART String Quartet in G Major, KV 387 SOFIA GUBAIDULINA  String Quartet No. 3

WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2001 A TRIBUTE TO JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL

Valerie Chermiset - Flute Maria Kitsopoulos - Cello Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence FRANZ SCHUBERT Introduction and Variations on “ Trockne Blumen “ from Die Schone Mullerin,Op. Posth. 160: D. 802 for Flute and Piano CARL MARIA VON WEBER Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano in g minor, Opus 63 CLAUDE DEBUSSY Syrinx for Solo Flute BOHUSLAV MARTINU Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano in F Major ( 1944 ) ANDRÉ JOLIVET Chant de Linos for Flute and Piano