THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 16
8pm, Saturday, April 26, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (1868)
I. Allegro molto moderato - Introduction
Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Five Piano Preludes, Op. 16 (1895)
IV. Lento
Mark Alburger, Piano
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 (1909)
I. Premonitions
The Opus Project Orchestra
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
Two Pieces for Flute and Piano, Op. 16 (1917)
I. Serenata - Theme
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Melissa Smith, Piano
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
Two Piano Pieces, Op. 16 (1904)
I. Prelude
Melissa Smith, Piano
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
Piano Quartet, No. 16 (1899)
II. Andante - Introduction
Alvin Lau, Cello / Melissa Smith, Piano
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Five Songs, Op. 16 (1916) (Endre Ady, 1877-1919)
I. Harom oszi konnycsepp (Three Autumn Tears)
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Melissa Smith, Piano
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
The Wedding (1914 / 1923)
Conclusion
Mark Alburger, Baritone / The Opus Project Orchestra
Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959)
Night-Sound Studies (Resonances), Op. 16 (1919)
I. Freely / IV. Softly swaying / V. Hopping
Mark Alburger, Piano
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Five Canons, Op. 16 (1924)
II. Dormi Jesu (Serenely) (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 16 (1913)
I. Andantino - Introduction
Melissa Smith / Mark Alburger / The Opus Project Orchestra
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
Quartet No. 2, Op. 16 (1915)
II. Tres lent - Theme
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Quartet No. 3, Op. 16 (1921)
II. Sehr langsam - Theme
Mark Alburger, Piano
[Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
Symphony No. 3, Op 16 (1922)
I. Andante sostenuto - Introduction
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
The New Orpheus, Op. 16 (1927) (Ywan Goll, 1891-1950)
Introduction
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Threnody, Op. 16 (1938)
Introduction
Videos - Takao Ukigaya / Andrew Davis / Alfred Wallenstein*]
[*presented 7pm, 4/29 and 9:30am 4/30]
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Tahiti-Trot, Op. 16 (1928)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Reincarnations, Op. 16 (1940) (J. Stephens, 1880-1950, after A. Raftery, 1784-1835)
II. Anthony O Daly
The Opus Project Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Fantasy for Piano, Op. 16 (1952)
Allegro giusto
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Young Apollo, Op. 16 (1939)
Moderato
Melissa Smith / Hussein Al-Nasrawi / The Opus Project Orchestra
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Pampeana No. 1, Op. 16 (1947)
Lento e liberaente ritmato - Introduction
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Melissa Smith, PIano
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Movements for Wind Quintet, Op. 16 (1962)
I. Allegro / II. Moderato / III. Allegro / IV. Adagio / V. Allegro risoluto
The Opus Projct Wind Quintet
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
Sonya's Lullaby, Op. 16 (1979)
Ben in tempo al fine
Mark Alburger, Piano
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Some Stuff, Op. 16 (1979)
II. Urban Scherzo
The Opus Project Mixed Quintet
Mark Summer (b. 1958)
Julie-O (1988)
Alvin Lau, Cello
Stardust (b. 1962)
Principia (2014)
II. Supraluminal Expansion (Presto energetico / Largo)
Steven Price (b. 1977)
Gravity (2014)*
II. Debris
The Opus Project Orchestra [*and Audience]
Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
12 Minor Piano Preludes (2014)
III. C Minor
Melissa Smith, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Flute
Alan Kingsley*
Oboe
Stardust*
Clarinet
Peter Brown*
Bassoon
Michael Garvey*
Tim Machajewski
Horn
Steve Senavsky
Valerie Senavsky*
Trombone
Zack Newbegin
Baritone
Mark Alburger
Harp
Samantha Garvey
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Nasrawi
Melissa Smith*
Percussion
Hussein Al-Nasrawi
Ken Crawford*
Melissa Smith
Samantha Garvey
Violin/ Viola
Kat Walsh
Viola
Kristy Venstrom
Cello
Alvin Lau*
Bass
John McGrew
Michael Stubblefield
*The Opus Project Wind and Mixed Quintets
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 17 - 8pm, Saturday, May 31, 2014
A Multi-Media Event, with Alan Kingsley, Jill Wagoner, and The Opus Project Orchestra
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) King Estmere, Op 17 (1903)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Erwartung, Op. 17: Interlude (1909)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17 (1917)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Nightingale: Entr'acte (1914)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) Traditional Rhyme, Op. 17, No. 1 (1925)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Sarcasm, Op. 17, No. 1 (1914)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Protée, Op.17 (1919)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Piano Sonata, Op. 17 (1920)
Kurt Weill (1900-1950) The Royal Palace, Op. 17
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Song, Op. 17, No. 1 (1932)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Piece by Scarlatti, Op. 17, No. 1 (1928)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 (1942)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Symphony No. 1, Op. 17: Finale (1937)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Paul Bunyan, Op. 17 (1941)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Ollantay, Op. 17, No. 1 (1947)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Viola Sonata, Op. 17 (1947)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952) Coursing, Op. 17 (1979)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Two and a Half Pieces, Op. 17 (1979)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Five Songs, Op. 16 (1916) (Endre Ady, 1877-1919)
I. Harom oszi konnycsepp (Three Autumn Tears)
Oszi delben, ozni delben
Oh be nehez kacagni lea nyokra
Oszi ejben, oszi ejben
Oh be nehz folzezni a esilla gokra.
Oszi ejben, oszi delben
Oh be konyny sir va, sir va
le borulni,
Days of autumn, days of autumn
Oh, how hard to smile upon the maidens tender!
Nights of autumn, nights of autumn,
Oh, hard to look up at the starry splendor!
Nights of autumn, days of autumn,
Oh, how easy, weaping, weeping,
Then to sink down!
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
The Wedding (1914 / 1923)
Conclusion
Eh bien, mon ame, ma douceur,
fleur de mes jours, miel de mes nuits,
fleur de ma vie, on vivra avec toi,
comme il faut qu'on vive
pour qu'on nous envie pour qu'on fasse envie
Well, my soul, my sweetness,
flower of my days, honey of my nights,
flower of my life, we will live together
as best as we can
so that all will be envious of us.
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Five Canons, Op. 16, No. 1 (1924)
II. Dormi Jesu (Serenely) (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)
Dormi Jesu, mater ridet,
Quae tam dulcem somnum videt,
Dormi Jesu, blandule!
Si non dormis, Mater plorat,
Inter fila cantans orat;
Blande, veni, somnule.
Sleep, infant Jesus, my cares beguiling:
Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Sleep, infant Jesus, tenderly!
If thou sleep not, Mother mourneth,
Singing as her wheel she turneth:
Come, soft slumber, balmily!
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Reincarnations, Op. 16 (1940)
(James Stephens, 1880-1950, after Anthony Raftery, 1784-1835)
II. Anthony O Daly
Since your limbs were laid out
The stars do not shine!
The fish leap not out
In the waves!
On our meadows the dew
Does not fall in the morn,
For O Daly is dead!
Not a flow'r can be born!
Not a word can be said!
Not a tree have a leaf!
On our meadows the dew
Does not fall in the morn,
For O Daly is dead.
Anthony!
After you
There is nothing to do!
There is nothing but grief!
