2004-2005 SEASON AT THE LYRIC:

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2004  A BENEFIT

Michael Parloff - Principal Flute, Metropolitan Opera Arturo Delmoni - Violin Korliss Uecker - Soprano, Metropolitan Opera Katherine Greene - Viola, New York Philharmonic Jerry Grossman - Co-Principal Cello, Metropolitan Opera Jon Deak - Associate Principal Bass, New York Philharmonic Christopher Oldfather - Piano ERNRST CHAUSSON Le Colibri (The Hummingbird) LEONARD BERNSTEIN Dream With Me BOHUSLAV MARTINU Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano FRANZ SCHUBERT   “Die Forelle” (The Trout) for Voice and Piano Quintet for Piano and Strings, D.667, “The Trout”

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6, 2004 PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES

Sheryl Staples - Principal Associate Concertmaster, New York Philharmonic Mark Nuccio - Associate Principal Clarinet, New York Philharmonic Yulia Ziskel - Violin Robert Rinehart - Viola Elizabeth Dyson - Cello WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART                                           Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, KV 622 ERNÖ DOHNÁNI Serenade in C Major for String Trio, Opus 10             JOHANNES BRAHMS Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in b minor, Opus 115

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2004 RUSSIAN DUO PLUS

Tamara Volskaya - Domra, and Mandolin Anatoliy Trofimov - Bayan Richard Bishop - Piano ALEZANDER ALYBAYEV The Nightingale EDWARD ELGARD  Salut d’Amour WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Rondo in G Major ROBERT SCHUMANN Träumerei CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso AARON COPLAND “Hoe Down” from Rodeo PIETRO DENIS Capriccio for solo mandarin RUGGIERO LONCAVALLO/G. PETTINI “Vesti la Giubba” from Pagliacci  NICCOLÓ PAGANINI Carnival in Venice GERMAN G. GALININ  Scherzo ARR. ANATOLIY TROFIMOV Russian Folk Songs - “The Willow” - “The Joy” - Two Freilachs - “Dark Eyes” (Ochi Chorniye)

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2005 SHOSTAKOVIC AND BEYOND

Korliss Uecker - Soprano, Metropolitan Opera Jerry Grossman - Co-Principal Cello, Metropolitan Opera Laurie Smuckler - Violin Christopher Oldfather - Piano FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN Piano Trio in E-flat Major, Hob. XV: 29 LEOS JANACEK Pohadka for Cello and Piano LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Scottish Songs for Soprano and Piano Trio DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok for Soprano and Piano Trio

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2005 EXCITING YOUNG VIRTUOSOS NEW YORK PERCUSSION QUARTET

New York Percussion Quartet - Benny Koonyevsky - Eric Poland - Pablo Rieppi - David Rosenblatt DAVID ROZENBLATT The Three Stages of Part 1   (WORLD PREMIERE) WILLIAM BOLCOM Recreations:Three Traditional Latin American Dances (arr. Benny Koonyevsky) 1. Choro 2. Paseo            3.Valse Venezolano PABLO RIEPPI Rage and Peace (WORLD PREMIERE) PIXINGUINHA Choro Suite  (arr.Benny Koonyevsky) 1.Pretencioso 2.Somente 3.Vamos Brincar 4.Vou Vivendo DANIEL LEVITAN   Conservatory Garden

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2005 MENTORING MAGIC: Handing Down The Torch

Joseph  Robinson - Principal Oboe, New York Philharmonic (1978 - 2005) Kesuke Wakao - Oboe, Boston Symphony Orchestra Igor Leschishin - Oboe, National Symphony Orchestra, Washington,D.C. Carolyn Banham - Oboe, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Younjoo Lee - Oboe Dmitry Malkin - Oboe Meridith Rouse - Oboe Slava Znatchneni - Oboe Tessa Gross - Oboe Edmund Arkus - Piano Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Sonata in D Major for Oboe and Piano ROBERT SCHUMANN Three Romances for Oboe and Piano JOHANN WENZEL KALLIWODA Morceau de Salon for Oboe and Piano, Opus 228 PAUL HINDEMITH Sonata for English Horn and Piano                                                                    LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Variations on “La ci darem la mano” from Mozart’s Don Giovanni for Two Oboes and English Horn,WoO28 GILLES SILVESTRINI Études for Solo Oboe HENRI TOMASI Évocations for Solo Oboe

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2005 EXCITING YOUNG VIRTUOSOS, PLUS ...

Igor Begelman - Clarinet Andrey Tchekmazov - Cello Tatiana Goncharova - Piano Mark Ptashne - Violin JOSEPH HAYDN Piano Trio in G Major for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Hob. XV: 25 GEORGE GERSHWIN Three Preludes for Clarinet and Piano (arr. Heifetz-Begelman) ASTOR PIAZZOLA Le Grand Tango for Cello and Piano ROBERT SCHUMANN Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano, Opus 70 JOHANNES BRAHMS Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, opus 114