2001-2002 SEASON AT THE LYRIC:

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 24, 2001  LYRICISM: Masterpieces in the Hands of Masters

Nicholas Eanet - Concertmaster, Metropolitan Opera Rafael Figueroa - Principal Cello, Metropolitan Opera Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN                          Sonata for Cello and Piano No.5 in D Major, Opus 102 No. 2 CLAUDE DEBUSSY Sonata for Violin and Piano in g minor (1917) FRANZ SCHUBERT Trio for Violin, Cello, and  Piano No. 1 in B-flat Major, Opus 99

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2001 HAYDN-GO-SEEK: Exploring Rarely Heard Chamber Work by Haydn

Moscow String Quartet - Eugenia Alikhanova - Violin - Galina Kokhanovskaia - Violin II - Tatiana Kokhanovskaia - Viola - Olga Ogranovitch - Cello Joan Thomson Kretschmer - Piano FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello Hob. XV: 26 - Joan Thomson Kretschmer, Piano - Eugenia Alikhanova, Violin - Olga Ogranovitch, Cello String Quartet  “The Lark”, Op.64, No.5 - Moscow String Quartet  “Die Sieben Letzten Worte Jesu Christi”, Op. 51 (The Seven Last Words of Christ) - Moscow String Quartet

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2002 THE LYRIC CLARINET TRIO - NEW YORK DEBUT

Igor Begelman - Clarinet Philip Quint - Violin Tatiana Goncharova - Piano DARIUS MILHAUD Suite for Clarinet, Violin, and  Piano IGOR STRAVINKSY Suite Italienne for Violin, and Piano Suite from “ L’Histoire du Soldat “ for Clarinet, Violin and Piano GEORGE GERSHWIN / JASCHA HEIFETZ Suite from “Porgy and Bess “ for Clarinet and Piano PAUL SCHOENFIELD Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano in Four Movements

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2002 A CLASSIC ROMANTIC EVENING

Ryu Goto - Violin Tatiana Goncharova - Piano LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata for Violin and Piano, in D Major, Opus 12, No.2 CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1, in d minor, Opus 75 HEINRICH ERNST The Last Rose of Summer  (Etude No. 6) (Violin Solo ) EDWARD ELGAR Salut d’amour, Opus 12  La Capricieuse, Opus 17 MAURICE RAVEL Tzigane

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2002 GONE WITH THE WINDS

Robert Langevin - Principal Flute, New York Philharmonic Joseph Robinson - Principal Oboe, New York Philharmonic Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence JOHANN JOACHIM QUANTZ Trio Sonata in c minor for Flute, Oboe , and Piano CARL REINECKE Sonata for Flute and Piano , Opus 167, “Undine” IGNAZ MOSCHELES Concertante in F Major for Flute, Oboe, and Piano FRANCIS POULENC Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1962) MADELEINE DRING Trio for Flue, Oboe, and Piano

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2002 THE DIVERTIMENTO TRIO RETURNS

Michael Tree - Viola, The Guarneri String Quartet Soovin Kim - Violin Margo Tatgenhorst - Cello JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Prelude and Fugue No. 2 in f minor, KV 404a arr. By Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart DAVID LUDWIG Dances of Light (2000) WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Divertimento for String Trio in E-Flat Major, K.563

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2002 EXCITING YOUNG VIRTUOSOS

Vadim Lando - Clarinet Martin Kuuskmann - Bassoon Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 167 FRANCISCO MIGNONE Waltz from 16 Waltzes for Solo Bassoon FRANCIS POULENC Duo for Clarinet and Bassoon   GIUSEPPE VERDI/BASSI-GIAMPIERI Rigoletto Fantasia di Concerto for Clarinet and Piano IDA GOTKOVSKY Variations Concertantes for Bassoon and Piano PETER I. TCHAIKOVSKY Song of Fall  Melody for Clarinet and Piano DANIEL SCHNYDER Sonata for Bassoon and Piano