2005-2006 SEASON AT THE LYRIC:


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19, 2005 
OPENING NIGHT

Hai-Ye Ni - Cello
Richard Bishop - Piano
Dr. Joan Thomson Kretschmer - Piano
Lyric Chamber Ensemble

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Andante and Variations for Piano Four Hands, in G Major, KV 501

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Cello Concerto in C Major, Hob. VIIb: 1

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Seven Variations on the Duet “Bei Mannern, Welche Liebe Fuhlen”, Woo. 46 from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, for Cello and Piano

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 “Jeunehomme”



WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2005
CHAMZZ: CLASSICS FOR THE 21st CENTURY

Matt Herskowitz Trio (aka HRP  Herskowitz Rozenblatt Project ) 
- Matt Herskowitz - Piano
- David Rozenblatt - Drums
- Mat Fieldes - String Bass

Lew Soloff - Trumpet     

MATT HERSKOWITZ
Bach á la Jazz   arrangement by Matt Herskowitz
Concerto

NINA SIMONE
Four Women     arr. Matt Herskowitz

MATT HERSKOWITZ
Forget me Not

MARCEL KHALIFE
Amr B’Ismak   arr. M. Herskowitz

DAVID ROZENBLATT
Dima’s Blues

MATT HERSKOWITZ
Dentelle

ARY BARROSO/BEN MARTIN
Brazil      arr.HRP

MATT HERSKOWITZ
La Belle Noyee

DANIEL SCHNYDER
Electric Titan    arr.  HRP

SHELDON HARNIK/J.BOCK
If I Were a Rich Man    introduction by Rozenblatt/Soloff,     
                                        arr. Rozenblatt

MATT HERSKOWITZ
Peach Fuzz




WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2005
CHAMZZ: CLASSICS FOR THE 21st CENTURY

John Patitucci - Bass
Martin Kuuskmann - Bassoon
Sirius String Quartet
Jeremy McCoy - String Bass

GREGOR HUEBNER
African Visions

JOHN PATITUCCI
Grateful
Theme and Variations
Caprice
Short Story No.1
 Short Story No. 2

DANIEL SCHNYDER
Zoom In



WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2006
WORLDS BEYOND

Daniel Schnyder - Saxophone
David Taylor - Bass Trombone
Kenny Drew, Jr. - Piano

DANIEL SCHNYDER
Trio for Soprano Saxophone,Bass Trombone, and Piano
Sonata for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
Worlds Beyond

KURT WEILL                                                      
 Suite from the “Three Penny Opera”
- Mackie Messer
- Kanonensong
-  Zuhaelterballade
- Ballade vom Angenehmen Leben

DANIEL SCHNYDER
Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano

GEORGE GERSHWIN
Song Suite
- “I Was So Young, You Were So Beautiful”
-  “Nobody But You”
- “Across The Sea”
- “The Half of It, Deary, Blues”




WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006
EXCITING YOUNG VIRTUOSOS

Viviane Hagner - Violin
Andrey Tchekmazov - Cello
Tatiana Goncharova - Piano

FRANZ SCHUBERT

Piano Trio in B-Flat Major, Opus 99

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
Introduction and Polonaise Brilliante for Cello and Piano

RICHARD STRAUSS
 Sonata for Violin and Piano in E-Flat Major, Opus 18

PAUL SCHOENFIELD
Café Music, for Piano Trio



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2006
LEN HOROVITZ AND FRIENDS: A BENEFIT

Len Horovitz - Piano
Joan Kretschmer - Piano
Valerie Saalbach - Soprano
Younjoo Lee- Oboe
Igor Begelman - Clarinet
Martin Kuuskmann - Bassoon
Ann Ellsworth - French Horn
Yuri Namkung- Violin

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Andante with Variations for Piano Four Hands, in G Major, KV.501
Piano and Wind Quintet in E-Flat Major, KV.452

SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Songs
- They Answered
- Lilacs(Ekaterina Beketova)
- Lilacs(Glafira Galin)
- Do Not Sing To Me Fair One
- Dream
- Spring Torrents

DARIUS MILHAUD
Suite for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2006
PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES

Robert Langevin - Principal Flute, New York Philharmonic
Richard Bishop - Piano, Lyric Artist-in-Residence

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Sonata for Flute and Piano, in F Major, KV. 376

CLAUDE DEBUSSY                                            
“Bilitis” for Flute and Piano
Michèle Pesner, Narrator

JAQUES HÉTU
Quatre Pièces pour Flute et Piano
- Récitatif
- Scherzo
- Intermezzo
- Rondo

GABRIEL FAURÉ
 Sonata for Violin and Piano in A Major ,Opus 13



WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2006
SCHICKEL FEST
Celebrating Peter Schickele with the Lyric

Interview with Peter Schickele  by Dr. Joan Thomson Kretschmer
Concert at 7:30 P.M. (VBH)

Peter Schickele,Composer - Musician, Author, Satirist
Michele Eaton - Soprano
Hai –Ting Chinn - Mezzo-Soprano
John Rose - Baritone
Susan Palma-Nidel - Flute
Susan Jolles- Harp
Danielle Farina - Viola
Margaret Kampmeier - Piano
Elizabeth Difelice - Piano

PETER SCHICKELE
Little Mushrooms
Songs On Old French Poems (from Summer Music)
Triptych    (from Summer Music )
Mountain Music II
Selected Rounds
Morning Music
“The Lowest Trees Have Tops”





WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2006
CHAMZZ: CLASSICS FOR THE 21st CENTURY

Martin Kuuskmann - Bassoon
Dave Taylor - Trombone
Matt Herskowitz - Piano

CAMILLE SAINT-SAÉNS
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Op.168

GENE PRITSKER
Suite No. 2 for Bassoon and Piano (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

FRANCISCO MIGNONE
Sonata for Bassoon and Bass Trombone

ARVO PÄRT
For Alena

MATT HERSKOWITZ
Sicilienne and Fugue (NEW YORK PREMIERE)

MATT HERSKOWITZ
La Belle Noye

DANIEL SCHNYDER
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano

GEORGE GERSHWIN
Summertime   arr. by Matt Herskowitz