Musical fireworks, passion, vertiginous speed, and laughter through tears are hallmarks of Romanian and Gypsy music. Gypsy themes in Haydn's Piano Trio in G Major, Brahms' Piano Quartet in G minor, Ravel's Tzigane, and David Popper's Rhapsody provide a map to a certain world of poetic and passionate melancholy. A cameo appearance by Bizet's famous gypsy, Carmen, in the guise of Metropolitan mezzo-soprano Lucille Beer. Dress cod: Gypsy, Bravura!

Lydia Artymix, piano; Vadim Gluzman, violin; Michael Klotz, viola; Yehuda Hanani, cello