July 26 - Opus 19: Sounds Good and Is Good for You


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 19

8pm, Saturday, July 26, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA


Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)   
     Symphony No. 9 (1909)
          II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb
          (In the tempo of a leisurely waltz.  Somewhat clumsy and very crude)


               The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)   
     Six Songs from "Lotosblatter" ("Lotus Leaf") (Adolf Friedrich von Schack, 1815-1894)
          II. Breit' über mein Haupt dein schwarzes Haar
          (Spread your dark hair over my head)

               Mark Alburger, Voice and Piano

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)   
     Impromptu, Op. 19 (1902) (Viktor Rydberg, 1828-1895)
          Andante

Hugo Alfven (1872-1970)   
     Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19 (1903)
          Allegro moderato

               The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Cello Sonata, Op. 19 (1901)
          Lento

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)       
     Invocation, Op 19, No. 2 (1905)
          Senza Misura
   
               Aaron Urton, Cello / Geri Chang, Piano

Charles Ives (1874-1954)   
     The Circus Band (1898)

               The Opus Project Orchestra
   
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 (1911)
          I. Leicht, zart (Light, delicate)
          II. Langsam (Slow)
          III. Sehr langsame (Very slow)
          IV. Rasch, aber leicht (Fast, but light)
          V. Etwas rasch (Somewhat fast)
          VI. Sehr langsam (Very slow)

               Mark Alburger, Piano


Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
     Valse Charme, Op. 19, No. 2 (1917)
          Lento Doloroso

               Bruce Salvisberg, Flute / Geri Chang, Piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)   
     Pavane for a Dead Princess, M. 19 (1910)

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19 (1924)
          I. Allegro (Beginning)

               The Opus Project Orchestra
    

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (1910)
          I. Allegro moderato (Beginning)

Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959)
     Nomos, Op. 19 (1919)
          Introduction

               Video

Anton Webern (1883-1945)   
     Two Songs, Op. 19 (1926) 
          (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832,
          Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres- und Tageszeiten
          [The Chinese-German Year- and Day-Book], 1827)
          I. Weiß wie Lilien (White as Lillies)
               Lebhaft, licht, und frei (Lively, light and free)
               Verse 1

               The Opus Project Orchestra


Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)   
     Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19 (1916)
          I. Andantino

               John Yoon, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Piano Dance Piece, Op. 19 (1920)
          IV. Pantomime - No. 2 Langsamer

               Mark Alburger, Piano
     

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 19 (1934)
          I. Allegro quasi presto (Introduction)

               Video


Paul Creston (1906-1985)   
     Alto Saxophone Sonata, Op. 19 (1939)
          II. With Tranquility

               Tim Machajewski, Alto Saxophone / Geri Chang, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     The Bedbug, Op. 19 (1929)   
          I. March

               The Opus Project Orchestra
       


Samuel Barber (1910-1981)   
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (1944)
          I. Allegro ma non troppo (Beginning)



Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Canadian Carnival Overture, Op. 19 (1939)
          Introduction

               Video
       
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Rondo on Argentine Children's Folk-Tunes, Op. 19 (1947)
          Theme



               Mark Alburger, Piano

John McCabe (b. 1939)    
     Three Folk Songs, Op. 19 (1963)
          II. Hush-a-ba, Birdie, croon, croon (Scottish)

               Chris Diggins, Clarinet / Mark Alburger, Voice / Geri Chang, Piano

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)   
     Frammenti da Chiara (Fragments of "Clare"), Op.19a (1975)
          Introduction



Mark Alburger (b. 1957)   
     Academic Endeavors, Op. 19 (1979)
     (Walter Piston, 1894-1976, Harmony, 1959 /
      Richard Loucks, 1920-1993, Pomona College, 1978)
           I. Work Out the Following Bass
           II. Harmonize the Following Melody
           III. Work Out the Following Bass
           IV. Harmonize the Following Melody
           V. Marginalia
           VI. Work Out the Following Bass
           VII. Work Out the Following Bass
           VIII. Work Out the Following Bass
           IX. Harmonize the Following Melody

Stardust (b. 1962)       
     Requite (2014)
          I. Anguish
               
               The Opus Project Orchestra

       

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger - Music Director and Conductor



Flute       
Alan Kingsley
Bruce Salvisberg

Oboe
Eva Langfeldt
Stardust

Clarinet
Peter Brown
Chris Diggins

Alto Saxophone / Bassoon
Tim Machajewski



Trumpet
Cindy Collins
Michael Cox

Horn
Bob Satterford
Steve Senavsky
Valerie Senavsky

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Guitar
Michael Stubblefield

Piano
Mark Alburger
Husein Al-Nasrawi
Geri Chang

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin I
John Yoon

Violin II
Geri Chang

Viola
Kristy Venstrom

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
John McGrew
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 20
8pm, Saturday, August 30, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

A Multi-Media Event,
with Jill Wagoner and The Opus Project String Trio and Orchestra

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Song from "The Princess", Op 20a, No. 1 (1905)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Foliage of the Heart, Op. 20 (1911)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)            Improvisation on a Hungarian Song, Op. 20 (1920)
Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)             Atonal Music, Op. 20 (1922)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            String Trio, Op. 20 (1927)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Scythian Suite, Op. 20 (1915)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Latil Poem, Op. 20, No. 1 (1914)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Das Nusch-Nuschi, Op. 20 (1920)
Aaron Copland (1900-1920)            Music for the Theatre: IV. Burlesque (1925)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)        Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 20 (1945)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Prelude, Op. 20, No. 1 (1934)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Symphony No. 3, Op. 20 (1929)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Excursions for Piano, Op. 20 (1944)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Nocturne, Op. 20 (1937)
John Cage (1912-1992)            Bacchanale (1940)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1940)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)        String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20 (1948)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Clarinet Concerto No 1, Op 20 (1949)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Night Music I: Notturno II (1963)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)            Where the Wild Things Are, Op. 20 (1983)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Embedded Inventions, Op. 20 (1979)


Richard Strauss (1864-1949)   
     Six Songs from "Lotosblatter" ("Lotus Leaf")
     (Adolf Friedrich von Schack,1815-1894)
          II. Breit' über mein Haupt dein schwarzes Haar
          (Spread your dark hair over my head)

Breit' über mein Haupt dein schwarzes Haar,
Neig' zu mir dein Angesicht,
Da strömt in die Seele so hell und klar
Mir deiner Augen Licht.

Ich will nicht droben der Sonne Pracht,
Noch der Sterne leuchtenden Kranz,
Ich will nur deiner Locken Nacht
Und deiner Blicke Glanz.

Spread your black hair over my head,
and incline to me your face,
so that into my soul, so brightly and clearly,
will stream your eye's light.

I do not want the splendor of the sun above,
nor the glittering crown of stars;
I want only the night of your locks
and the radiance of your gaze.


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)   
     Impromptu, Op. 19 (1902)  (Viktor Rydberg, 1828-1895)
          Andante

Thou, who guid'st the stars in their glittering choir,
who leadest the joyous hymn of the night,
lovely Olympian youth,
come, o come,
with hosts of wild maidens,
daughters of Naxos, come!
Come with flocks of nymphs surrounded,
whose nightly chorus sings with the praise of Iacchus!


Charles Ives (1874-1954)   
     The Circus Band (1898)

All summer long,
we boys dreamed 'bout big circus joys!
Down Main Street, comes the band,
Oh! "Ain't it a grand and glorious noise!"
Horses are prancing, Knights advancing,
Helmets gleaming, Pennants streaming,
Cleopatra's on her throne!
That golden hair is all her own!
Where is the lady all in pink?
Last year, she winked at me, I think.
Can she have died?  Can that rot!
She is dancing but she sees me not.


Anton Webern (1883-1945)   
     Two Songs, Op. 19 (1926)
          (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832,
          Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres- und Tageszeiten 
          [The Chinese-German Year- and Day-Book], 1827)
               I. Weiß wie Lilien (White as Lillies)
               Lebhaft, licht, und frei (Lively, light and free)
               Verse 1

Weiß wie Lilien, reine Kerzen,
Sternen gleich, bescheidner Beugung,
Leuchtet aus dem Mittelherzen,
Rot gesäumt, die Glut der Neigung.

White as lilies, pure candles,
like stars, bowing unobtrusively,
from the centers of their hearts,
red-seamed, radiates the glow of affinity.


John McCabe (b. 1939)    
     Three Folk Songs, Op. 19 (1963)
          II. Hush-a-ba, Birdie, croon, croon (Scottish)

Hush-a-ba, Birdie, croon, croon,
The sheep are gane to the silverwood
An' the cows are gane to the broom, broom.
An' its braw, braw milking the kye, kye,
The birds are singing, the bells are ringing,
The wild deer come galloping by, by.
The gaits are gane to the mountains high
An' they'll no be hame till noon, noon.


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)   
     Academic Endeavors, Op. 19 (1979)
          (Walter Piston, 1894-1976, Harmony, 1959 /
          Richard Loucks, 1920-1993, Pomona College, 1978)

I. Work Out the Following Bass - Check

II. Harmonize the Following Melody - When you copy into the notebook, please note that I approved this II64.  It is unusual, but it makes sense here -- because the bass is interesting, I think  (MELODY HAS BEEN EXPANDED)

III. Work Out the Following Bass - (BASS HAS BEEN RHYTHMICALLY ALTERED)  Classic-Romantic cadences use the 3rd in preference to the 5th

IV. Harmonize the Following Melody - Mark, your work gives evidence of a good ear.   Please make sure that you have solved at least one of every kind of exercise that Piston provides in each chapter.  He almost always gives figured basses, unfigured basses, and melodies to harmonize, plus some other type of goodie.  Also add original exercises to illustrate points found in our analysis (no fugues yet) RL  2/1978

V. Marginalia

VI. Work Out the Following Bass - Check

VII. Work Out the Following Bass - Awkward melody.  Play it alone

VIII. Work Out the Following Bass - Check

IX. Harmonize the Following Melody - Below cello range