2007-2008 SEASON AT THE LYRIC:

THE UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE OF MUSIC: PROGRAMS FROM AROUND THE WORLD


WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17, 2007
OPENING NIGHT - PRINCIPAL PLAYERS SERIES:
Music From France

Robert Langevin - Principal Flute, NY Philharmonic
Nancy Allen - Principal Harp, NY Philharmonic
Jennifer Choi - Violin

Amie Weiss - Violin
Shmuel Katz - Viola
Wendy Law - Cello
Pavel Vinnitsky - Clarinet

FRANCOIS COUPERIN
Concert Royal No. 4

  • Prélude - Gravement
  • Courante Françoise - galament
  • Courante à l'Italienne - gayement
  • Sarabande - très tendrement
  • Rigaudon - Légèrement, et marqué
  • Forlane - Rondeau - gayement

CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Sphinx for solo Flute
En Bateau from Petite Suite


MAURICE RAVEL
Introduction et Allegro

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Concerto in C major, K. 299 for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra
- Allegro
- Andantino
- Rondo: Allegro


WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 14, 2007
CHAMZZ: AMERICAN INTERVENTION

Matt Herskowitz Trio (aka MaD Fusion)
Matt Herskowitz - Piano
David Rozenblatt - Drums
Mat Fieldes - Bass

GEORGE GERSHWIN
With special guest Lew Soloff - trumpet
Someone to Watch Over Me
I Love You Porgy

As a trio:
It Ain't Necessarily So
Summertime
Fascinating Rhythm
Nice Work If You Can Get It
The Man I Love
But Not For Me
I've Got Rhythm

Encore: Gabriel's Message



WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007
MUSIQUES EXOTIQUES:
Lebanon - Switzerland - China

Daniel Schnyder - Saxophone
Bassam Saba - Oud, Nay
Yang Jing - Pipa
Mark Feldman - Violin
Gregor Hübner - Violin
Damien Bassman - Percussion
Lois Martin - Viola
Mike Block - Cello
Mat Fieldes - Bass

DANIEL SCHNYDER
Zoom In
- At the Masters Party
- The Island
- Chorus


Traveling East

Concerto for Nay

Mozart in China

Cairo

Oyun 1

Oyun 2

Da Kord





WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008
MENDELSSOHN: WHAT'S NEW?
Music From Germany


Parker String Quartet
- Daniel Chong - Violin
- Karen Kim - Violin
- Jessica Bodner - Viola
- Kee-Hyun Kim - Cello

Yoon Kwon - Violin
Katherine Fong - Violin
Mark Holloway - Viola
Joel Noyes - Cello
Dr. Larry Todd - Arts & Sciences Professor of Music, Duke University

FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet No. 4 in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
- Allegro assai appassionato
- Scherzo: Allegro di molto
- Andante
- Presto agitato


FANNY MENDELSSOHN HENSEL
String Quartet in E-flat major
- Adagio ma non troppo
- Allegretto
- Romanze
- Allegro molto vivace


FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Fugue for String Quartet No. 5 in C minor - Con profonda espressione
Fugue for String Quartet No. 7 in C minor - Allegro ritmico
Fugue for String Quartet No. 8 in C minor - Mosso

Minuetto from String Quintet No. 1 in A major, Op. 18
String Octet Op. 20 in E-flat major -
EARLY VERSION
- Allegro moderato con fuoco
- Andante
- Scherzo
- Presto



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2008
AUSTRIA: "TO THE DISTANT BELOVED"

David Taylor - Bass Trombone
Adam Holzman - Keyboard
Michael Holober - Piano
Belle Ehresmann - Beat Box


ARR. DAVID TAYLOR
French Suite
- Le Chant di veilleur (Darius Milhaud)
- Un Grand Sommeil Noir (Maurice Ravel)
- Kaddisch (Maurice Ravel)
- L'Enigme Eternelle (Maurice Ravel)
- Gloire A Dieu (Darius Milhaud)
- Psalm 34 (Arthur Honneger)

A Bella E Golden Hue
- An Eine Rose (Josef Matteus Hauer)
- Close, O Close My Eyes At Parting (Alban Berg)
- Jane Grey (Arnold Schoenberg)
- Ida Lupino (Carla Bley)
- Dem Schmerz Sein Recht (Alban Berg)

Kislev (Daniel Schnyder
Eclipse (Charles Mingus)
Close, O Close My Eyes Are Parting (Alban Berg)

Schubert Suite
- Der Leiermann
- Der Atlas
- Die Nebensonnen
- Die Stadt
- Der Doppelgänger




WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 2008
CUBA: THE PIONEERS

Paquito d'Rivera - Clarinet & Artistic Director
Adonis Gonzáles-Matos - Piano, Arranger
Brenda Feliciano - Soprano

The Latin Sax Quartet
- Oscar Góngora - Soprano Saxophone, Director
- Aleijandro Ríos - Alto Saxophone
- Guillermo Madriz - Tenor Saxophone
- Raul Cordíes - Baritone Saxophone


AMADEO ROLDÁN
Cancion de Cuna del Niño Negro (Black Lullaby)
El Diabolito Baila (Dance of the Little Devil)

FELIX GUERRERO
Machacando (Pounding)
Cariñosa (The Affectionate One)
Interrumpida (Interrupted)

ERNESTO LECUONA
La Mulata (The Mulatto Girl)
... Y la Negra Bailaba (... And the Black Woman Kept Dancing)
Danza de los Ñáñigos (Dance of the African Priests)
Danza Lucumí (Lucumi Dance)
Ante el Escorial (At the Escorial)
Gitanerias (Gypsyness)

PAQUITO D'RIVERA
Lecuonerías
Contradanza

ALEJANDRO GARCÍA CATURLA
Danza del Tambor (Dance of the Drum)

GISELA HERNÁNDEZ
Toque de Clave
(arr. Adonis Gonzáles-Matos)
Mi Corazon Lo Trajo el Mar
(text by Mirta Aguirre)
Dialogo
(text by Dulce Maria Loynaz)

ALEJANDRO GARCÍA CATURLA
Juego Santo (text by Alejo Carpentier)

MANUEL SAUMELL (arr. Estela Alonso)
El Pañuelo de Pepa (Pepa's Handkerchief)
La Matilde
Los Ojos de Pepa (Pepa's Eyes)

JOSÉ WHITE (arr. Oscar Góngora)
La Bella Cubana (The Beautiful Cuban Girl)

IGNACIO CERVANTES (arr. Estela Alonso)
La Camagüeyana (The Girl from Camagüey)
Invitación (Invitation)
Los Tres Golpes (The Tree Blows)
Los Muñecos (Dance of the Dolls)

ANDRES ALÉN
Cuarteto de Saxofón

ALEJANDRO GARCÍA CATURLA
Berceuse (Lullaby)

PAQUITO D'RIVERA
Wapango
Kites over Havana



WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2008
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

Igor Begelman - Clarinet
Tatiana Goncharova
- Piano
Tamara Volskaya - Domra
Anatoliy Trofimov - Bayan
Roman Simovic - Violin

MIKHAIL IVANOVICH GLINKA
Unfinished Sonata in D minor, for clarinetand piano

TRADITIONAL (arr. Anatoliy Shalaev-Anatoliy Trofimov)
Na gore-to kalina (There is kalina-berry on the mountain)

ANDREI ESHPAY (arr. Anatoliy Trofimov)
Iva (The Willow)

TRADITIONAL (arr. Anatoliy Trofimov)
Otrada (The Joy)

ALEXANDER KRASOTOV
Rhapsody on Hebrew Themes, for clarinet and piano

PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Melody for clarinet and piano
Waltz Scherzo for violin and piano

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (arr. Tamara Volskaya, Anatoliy Trofimov)
"The Galop" from the operetta Moscow: Cherry Tree Towers

NIKOLAI RISKY-KORSAKOV
Flight of the Bumblebee

TRADITIONAL (arr. Anatoliy Trofimov)
Ochi chernye (Dark eyes)

IGOR FYODOROVICH STRAVINSKY
L'Histoire du Soldat, for clarinet, violin, and piano