THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 9
8pm, Saturday, September 28, 2013
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Pleasant Hill, CA
Op. 9, No. 1
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Prelude and Nocturne for the Left-Hand, Op. 9 (1894)
I. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
II. Nocturne in D-Flat Major
Lo Chau, Piano
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Chamber Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 9 (1906)
Introduction
The Opus Project Orchestra
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Four Dirges, Op. 9 (1910)
I. Adagio
Mark Alburger, Piano
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Two Poems of Paul Verlaine, Op. 9 (1910)
I. Un Grand Sommeil Noir (A Great, Black Sleep)
Megan Cullen, Soprano
The Opus Project Orchestra
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Six Bagatelles, Op. 9 (1913)
I. Massig (Moderato)
The Opus Project Quartet
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Two Poems, Op. 9 (1911)
I. Jest' Drugije Planety (There Are Other Planets)
(Konstantin Bal'mont) (Verse 1)
Megan Cullen, Soprano
The Opus Project Orchestra
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Three Songs for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 9 (1917)
I. Meine Nachte Sind Heiser Zerschrien
(My Throat Is Hoarse from Screaming)
(Ernst Wilhelm Lotz) (Vocal Introduction)
Megan Cullen, Soprano
The Opus Project Orchestra
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
Quodlibet, Op. 9 (1923)
I. Andante non troppo (Introduction)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Opus 9, No. 2
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 9 (1928)
III. Vivace marcato (Introduction)
Video
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, Op. 9 (1936)
Introduction
The Opus Project Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Piano Quintet, Op. 9 (1926)
I. Andante
The Opus Project Piano Quintet
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Soirees Musicales, Op. 9 (1936)
I. March
The Opus Project Orchestra
John Lennon (1940-1980)
Revolution 9 (1968)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Psalm 92, Op. 9 (1977)
V-XI
Megan Cullen, Soprano
The Opus Project Orchestra
Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
Distant Worlds (2009)
Sumeria
Alan Kingsley, Flute
Peter Brown, Clarinet
Michael Stubblefield, Guitar
Austin Graham (b. 1992)
Mild Insanity (2013)
The Opus Project End-Of-Time Quartet
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 10 - 8pm, Saturday, October 26, 2013, Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with Sarita Cannon, and The Opus Project Quartet and Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10, No. 3 (1908)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) Image, Op. 10, No. 2 (1910)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Petrushka: Russian Dance (1911)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 10 (1913)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 10: Introduction (1912)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Poem of Lucile de Chateaubriand, Op. 10, No. 1 (1913)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 1 (1918)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Symphony No. 1, Op. 10, No. 2: Trio (1925)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) James Joyce Song, Op. 10, No. 1 (1936)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Variation on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10, No. 1 (1937)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Nocturnes for Insomniacs, Op. 10, No. 1, (1978)
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger
Music Director and Conductor
Flute
Alan Kingsley
Oboe
Eva Langfeldt
Clarinet
Peter Brown*
Bassoon
Nat Echols
Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey
Trumpet
David Graber
Anthony Ragus
Trombone
Zack Newbegin
Soprano
Megan Cullen
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Guitar
Michael Stubblefield
Piano
Mark Alburger*
Lo Chau
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Violin I
Jaehee Kim*
Violin II
Rozalia Valentine*
Viola
Carol Earley*
Cello
Austin Graham*
Bass
Michael Stubblefield
*The Opus Project
End-of-Time and
String Quartets, and
Piano Quintet
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Two Poems of Paul Verlaine, Op. 9, No. 1 (1910)
I. Un Grand Sommeil Noir (A Great Black Sleep)
Un grand sommeil noir
Tombe sur ma vie:
Dormez, tout espoir,
Dormez, toute envie!
Je ne vois plus rien,
Je perds la memoire
Eu mal et du bien...
O la triste histoire!
Je suis un berceau
Qu' une main balance
Au creux d'un caveau....
Silence, silence.
A great black sleep
Falls on my life:
Sleep, all hope,
Sleep, all desire!
I am not able to see,
I have lost my memory,
Of bad and good...
O sad story!
I am a cradle
Balanced by hand
In the hollowness of a cave...
Silence, silence.
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Two Poems, Op. 9 (1911)
I. Jest' Drugije Planety (There Are Other Planets)
(Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont) (Verse 1)
Jest' drugije planety,
gde vetry pevuchije tishe,
Gde nebo bledneje,
travy ton'she i vyshe,
Gde preryvisto l'jutsja
peremennyje svety,
No svojej peremenoj tol'ko laskajut, smejutsja.
There are other planets,
where the skies are clear and calm
Mimosa blossoms are softer,
sweet grasses grow higher.
The clarity that plays there,
it is less changable than here,
We cherish it always and can always smile.
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Three Songs, Op. 9 (1917)
I. Meine Nachte sind heiser zerschrien
(My Throat Is Hoarse from Screaming)
(Ernst Wilhelm Lotz) (Vocal Introduction)
Meine Nachte sind heiser zerschrieen.
Eine Wunde, die riss.
Ein Zum Fenster flakkerte ein Schrei herein
Voll Sommer, Laub und Herz.
My throat is hoarse from screaming,
A wound, a tear.
From a window flickered a cry in here --
Full summer, leaves and heart.
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Psalm 92, Op. 9 (1977)
V-XI
O Lord, how great are thy works, and thy thoughts are very deep.
A brutish man knows not, neither do fools understand.
When the wicked spring as the grass, and thrive the workers of iniquity --
It is that thy shall be destroyed forever.
Oh Thou Lord are most high, forever evermore,
For lo, thine enemies shall perish evermore,
And all the workers of iniquity shall perish.
Exalts my soul like a unicorn, I am anointed with fresh oil.
Mine eyes have seen the downfull of my enemies.
Mine ears have heard the doom of my assailants.
