The sixth season 1998-99 opened with Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest performing world premiere of “Chiaro Di Luna” by woman composer Laura Schwendinger. The Budapest Chamber Orchestra, known as one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world, performed its only Bay Area concert with PGN. The program also included three encores. The chamber orchestra received standing ovation from the entire audience. The 1998-1999 season included the Chorovaya Akademia men’s “a capella” choir from Moscow, raved by the Washington Post as “the loveliest sounds made by human beings this season”, performed “Alleluia” by Augusta Read Thomas, Composer in Residence for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.