2002-2003 SEASON AT THE LYRIC:

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2002  ROR-A-THON! Salute to Ned Rorem on his 79th Birthday

Ned Rorem - piano Leon Williams - baritone Valerie Chermiset - flute Semyon Fridman - cello Richard Bishop - piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence Nathaniel Webster - baritone Lisa Shihoten - violin Amy Sue Barston - cello Ieva Jokubaviciute- piano Locrian Chamber Players - Katie Lansdale - violin - Calvin Wiersma - violin - Scott Rawls - viola Chris Finckel - cello Special Guest Artist: Judy Collins Tributes to the Composer by: - John Corigliano - Marian Seldes - John Simon - David Del Tredici 6:30 P.M.: Interview of the Composer by Lyric Artistic Director, Joan Thomson Kretschmer 8:00 P.M.: Concert Words of Tribute :  John Simon and Marian Seldes NED ROREM  String Quartet  No. 4 - Locrian Chamber Players War Scenes                                         - Leon Williams - baritone; - Ned Rorem - piano Words of Tribute : John Corigliano and David Del Tredici Selected songs - Judy Collins - voice - Ned Rorem - piano Trio for Flute, Cello, and Piano   - Valerie Chermiset - flute - Semyon Fridman - cello - Richard Bishop - piano Aftermath: Ten Songs of War and Love For Medium Voice, Violin, Cello, and Piano (NEW YORK PREMIERE) - Nathaniel Webster - baritone - Lisa Shihoten - violin - Amy Sue Barston - cello - Ieva Jokubaviciute - piano

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4, 2002 PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES

Jerry Grossman - Principal Cello, Metropolitan Opera Ken Noda -  Piano JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Suite No.1 in G Major for Solo Cello, BWV 1007 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata for Cello and Piano No.4 in C Major, Opus 102 No.1 CLAUDE DEBUSSY Sonata for Cello and Piano in d minor JOHANNES BRAHMS Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in F Major, Opus 99

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2003 EXCITING YOUNG VIRTUOSOS

Viviane Hagner - Violin Tatiana Goncharova - Piano LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata in E-Flat Major, Opus 12 No.3 EDWARD ELGAR Sonata in e minor, Opus 82 MAURICE RAVEL Sonata in G Major PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Waltz-Scherzo, Opus 34

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2003 CHAMBER MUSIC THAT SINGS

The Moscow String Quartet - Eugenia Alikhanova - Violin - Galina Kokhanovskaia - Violin - Tatiana Kokhanovskaia - Viola - Olga Ogranovitch - Cello Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence GIUSEPPE VERDI String Quartet ALEXANDER BORODIN String Quartet No. 2 in D Major DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Quintet for Piano, Two Violins, Viola, and  Cello, Opus 57

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2003 JOAN KRETSCHMER AND FRIENDS

Joan Kretschmer - Artistic Director Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence Joseph Robinson - Principle Oboe, New York Philharmonic Grigory Kalinovsky - Violin Jethro Marks - Viola Inbal Segev - Cello Igor Begelman - Clarinet, Avery Fisher Cereer Grant Tatiana Goncharova - Piano WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Sonata for Violin and Piano in C Major, KV 303 Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major, No 1, KV 423 Piano Quartet in g minor, KV 478 JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH Oboe Quartet in B-flat Major, Op. 8, No. 3 CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola and Piano PABLO DE SARASATE Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2003 PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES: Gone With The Winds II

Joseph Robinson - Principal Oboe, New York Philharmonic Mark Nuccio - Associate Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic Bart Feller - Principal Flute, New Jersey Philharmonic Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence MALCOLM ARNOLD Divertimento for Wind Trio, Opus 37 WILLIAM GRANT STILL Incantation and Dance for Oboe and Piano PAUL HINDEMITH Sonata for Flute and Piano in B-Flat Major JOSEPH HOROVITZ Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano in B-Flat Major CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, in B Flat Major, Op. 79

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2003 PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES: Monuments of the Repertoire

Michelle Kim - Assistant Concertmaster, NewYork Philharmonic Carter Brey - Principal Cello, New York Philharmonic Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence ANTON STEPANOVICH ARENSKY Trio No.1 for Piano, Violin, and Cello, Opus 32  in d minor PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Trio for Piano, Violin, and Cello, in a minor, Opus 50