2003-2004 SEASON AT THE LYRIC:

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12, 2003  PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES: An Evening of French Music

Robert Langevin - Principal Flute, New York Philharmonic Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence JEAN BAPTISTE LOEILLET Sonata in F Major   CHARLES-MARIE WIDOR Suite,Opus 34 JEAN-MICHEL DAMASE Sonate en concert CÉSAR FRANCK Sonata in A Major

WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 3, 2003 PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES: Mozart, Beethoven and More 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 A Major, KV 305 (293d) LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Sonata for Piano and Violin No.7 in c minor, Op.30 No.2 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Ballade No. 4 in f minor, Opus 52    (solo piano) CHARLES CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Havanaise Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2004 FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT: The Graham Ashton Brass Ensemble

Graham Ashton - Trumpet Mark Gould - Principal Trumpet, Metropolitan Opera Jeff Lang - French Horn, American Symphony Jim Pugh - Trombone ARR. GRAHAM ASHTON English Renaissance Dances LESLIE PEARSON Suite after Arbeau - Allemande - Galliard - Rigaudon - Basse Dance IGOR STRAVINSKY Trois Pièces - Noir - Noir - Blanc DANIEL SCHNYDER The Iron Tetrapod ARR. GRAHAM ASHTON A Fantasy on Catherine’s Song JAMES PUGH Suite Avariations - Toucan Dance - No Egrets - One Good Tern AARON COPLAND Three Movements - In Evening Air - Poetic Blues - The Young Pioneers BELA BARTÓK Six Romanian Dances - Stick Dance - Peasant Costume - Standing Still - Song of the Mountain Horn - A Garden Gate in Romania - Little One

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2004 PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES: Jon Deak and Friends - A Special Event in Celebration of Children’s Creativity

Jon Deak - Associate Princial Bass, New York Philharmonic Kathryn Lucktenberg - Violin, Soloist, Philadelphia Orchestra Karen Dreyfus - Viola, Naumburg Award Winner Rafael Figueroa - Principal Cello, Metropolitan Opera Richard Bishop - Piano, Tchaikovsky Competition Award Winner JON DEAK Wager at the Eldorado Saloon from Jack London’s The Call of the Wild for violin, bass, and piano Eeyore Has A Birthday - Scene 1: Earlier - Scene 2: Later - Interlude: Still Later - Scene 3: Later Yet THEO KALAITIS, Young Composer A Glimpse into a Child’s Mind  (WORLD PREMIERE) FRANZ SCHUBERT Quintet for Piano and Strings, D. 667, “The Trout”

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 2004 EXCITING YOUNG VIRTUOSOS: The Lyric Clarinet Trio

Igor Begelman - Clarinet Grigory Kalinovsky - Violin, and Viola Tatiana Goncharova - Piano WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, KV 498 CARL MARIA VON WEBER Grand Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Piano, Opus 43 ROBERT SCHUMANN Sonata in a minor for Violin and Piano, Opus 105 BELA BARTÓK Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2004 PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES

Michael Parloff - Principal Flute, Metropolitan Opera Cynthia Phelps - Principal Viola, New York Philharmonic Nancy Allen - Principal Harp, New York Philharmonic ARNOLD BAX Elegiac Trio for Flute, Viola, and Harp GABRIEL FAURÉ Impromptu, Opus 86, for Solo Harp CLAUDE DEBUSSY Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp ANDRÉ JOLIVET Pastorales de Noel, for Flute, Viola, and Harp CARL NIELSEN Three Short Pieces 1.The Fog is Lifting,Opus 41, for Flute and Harp 2.The Children are Playing, for Solo Flute 3.Faith and Hope are Playing, for Flute and Viola MAURICE RAVEL Sonatine (arr, by Carlos Salzedo for Flute, Viola, and Harp)