August 31 - Opus 8


THE OPUS PROJECT
presents

OPUS 8
8pm, Saturday, August 31, 2013
Berkeley Arts Festival
2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with Sarita Cannon, Megan Cullen, Letitia C. Page, Elizabeth Lee, Maria Reeves, Elizabeth Morrison, and The Opus Project Piano Trio, String Quartet, and Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Nature, Op. 8, No. 1 (1905)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)            Romanian Folk Dance, Op. 8a, No. 1 (1910)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)        The Firebird: Dance, Berceuse, Finale (1910)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            Song after a Poem of Rilke, Op. 8, No. 1 (1910)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)        Autumnal Sketch, Op. 8 (1910)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)        Suite for Piano, Op. 8, No. 1 (1910)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)        Fantasy for Cello and Piano, Op. 8, No. 2 (1917)
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)            String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8, No. 1 (1923)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)        String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8, No. 1 (1928)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)    Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 8, No. 1 (1923)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Let Down the Bars, O Death, Op. 8, No. 2 (1936)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Insect Piece (1935) /  Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8 (1936)
Jan Pusina (b. 1940)                Pool (2011)
Michael Kimbell (b. 1946)            Celestial Encounters (1986)
Harry Bernstein (b. 1948)            Mary Had a Little Lamp (1997)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            The Twelve Fingers: March, Op. 8, No. 12 (1977)
Stardust (b. 1962)                Opus 8 (2013)           
Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)        March of the Defiled Horde (2013)

Tickets -- $10 - $20 -- available at the door.