November 29 - Opus 23: Jazzed!


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 23

8pm, Saturday, November 29, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA


Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)   
     Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 23  (1875)
          I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso

          Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble

Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)   
     Reverie, Op. 23 (1903)

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
     Three Songs, Op. 23 (1873)
          II. Notre Amour (Our Love, Armand Silvestre, 1837-1901)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano
      

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)   
     Macbeth, Op. 23 (1890)
          Introduction

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
     Sinfonietta, Op. 23 (1934)
          I. Sehr lebhaft (Presto)

Hugo Alfven (1872-1970)
     Symphony No. 3, Op. 23 (1905)
          I. Allegro con brio

          The Opus Project Ensemble / Video
     

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Ten Piano Preludes, Op. 23 (1903)
          I. Largo

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Five Pieces for Piano, Op. 23 (1923)
          I. Sehr langsam
           
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
     Two Pieces for Flute and Piano, Op. 23 (1917)
          I. Melodia (Allegretto grazioso)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger and John Vietch, Piano
       
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)   
     Dance Suite (1923)   
          I. Moderato

George Enescu (1881-1955)   
     Oedipe, Op. 23 (1931)
           Act I: Prologue

King Oliver (1881-1938)   
     Dippermouth Blues (1923)

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Romance, Op. 23 (1910)

Anton Webern (1883-1945)   
     Three Songs after Hildegard Jone's "Viae inviae" [Impassible Roads],
          Op. 23, No. 1 (1934)
          I. Das Dunkle Herz (The Dark Heart) - Getragen (Stately)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger Piano

Jerzy Gablenz (1888-1937)   
     To My Children, Op. 23 (1925)

          Video
   
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)   
     Five Poems, Op. 23 (1915)
          III. Follow Me   
                   
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)   
     La Creation du Monde (1923)
          I. Fugato

Alois Hába (1893-1973)   
     Suite No. 5 in the Quarter-Tone System, Op. 23 (1925)

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)   
     Die Junge Magd (The Young Maid), Op. 23 (1922) (Georg Trakl, 1887 - 1914, from
          Die Bauern [The Farmers]: Die junge Magd)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Alburger, Piano
          The Opus Project Sextet and Ensemble

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)   
     Vom Tod im Wald (Death in the Forest), Op. 23 (1927)

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
     Piano Prelude, Op. 23 (1945)   
          I. Allegro

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 23 (1935)
          I. Allegro moderato

          Video / Mark Alburger & Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano / Opus Project Ensemble


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Opera Armer Columbus [Poor Columbus Opera], Op. 23 (1929)
          I. Entr'acte (Overture)   

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)   
     Medea, Op. 23 (1946)   
          Introduction

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)   
     Suite, Op. 23 (1949)   

          The Opus Project Ensemble / Video

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Introduction and Rondo, Op. 23 (1940)   
          Introduction

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Variaciones Concertantes, Op. 23 (1953)
          Theme

          Aaron Urton, Cello / Mark Alburger, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble
   
George Crumb (b. 1929)   
     Madrigals, Book II (1965)
          I. Bebe el agua tranquila de la cancion aneja
          (Drink the tranquil water of the antique song)

          Amanda Mello, Soprano / Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
      Diversions, Op. 23 (1967)
           III. Andante molto e espressivo

Steve Reich (b. 1936)   
     Octet (Eight Lines, 1979)

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)   
     Sequence Music for a [Keyboard] Trio, Op. 23 (1982)
                    III. Adagio / Moderato

                    Mark Alburger, Piano / The Opus Project Piano Trio and Ensemble

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)   
     Psalm 130 (1993)


John Veitch       
     Prelude and Improvization (2014)
         Prelude

         Scott Sterling, Tenor / Jill Wagoner, Soprano
         The Opus Project Quintet / John Veitch, Organ / Video


                THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger
Music Director and Conductor

Piccolo / Flute / Alto Flute   
Alan Kingsley*

Oboe / English Horn
Eva Langfeldt*
Stardust

Clarinet
Chris Diggins*

Alto Saxophone
Tim Machajewski

Bassoon
Michael Garvey*
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Jan Pusina                  

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Soprano
Amanda Mello

Jill Wagoner

Tenor
Mark Alburger
Scott Sterling

Piano
Mark Alburger*
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch


Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren

Viola
Carol Earley*

Cello
Aaron Urton*

*The Opus Project Trio, Quintet, and Sextet


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 24 - 8pm, Saturday, December 27, 2014, Diablo Valley College
A Multi-Media Event, with Kate Bautch, Jill Wagoner, and The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)        Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 (1890)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)        Hymn from the Rig Veda, Op 24, No. 1 (1908)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Serenade, Op. 24 (1923)   
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)        Song, Op. 24 (1903)   
George Enescu (1881-1955)        Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 24, No. 1 (1924)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Renard: Introduction (1916)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24 (1934)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            The Gambler, Op. 24 (1917)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Les Choéphores, Op.24 (1915)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Kammermusik No. 1, Op. 24 (1921)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Colas Breugnon: Overture, Op. 24 (1936–1938)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        The Gunshot, Op. 24 (1929)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (1947)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Yar Nazani, Op. 24 (1938)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Matinées Musicales (Rossini), Op. 24 (1941)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)            Pampeana No. 3, Op. 24 (1954)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Divertimento No. 2, Op. 24 (1950)
Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013)        Piano Sonata, Op 24 (1953)
Jan Pusina (b. 1940)            New Work (2014)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)        Piano Variations, Op. 24 (1989)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)        Orpheus Cycle, Op. 24  (1982)
Stardust (b. 1960)            New Work (2014)
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)        Endless Rolling Round
John Vietch (b. 1989(            New Work (2014)


Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)   
     Three Songs, Op. 23 (1873)
          II. Notre Amour (Our Love, Armand Silvestre, 1837-1901)

Our love is a light thing…
Our love is a charming thing…
Our love is a sacred thing…
Our love is an infinite thing …
Our love is an eternal thing


Anton Webern (1883-1945)   
     Three Songs after Hildegard Jone's "Viae inviae" [Impassible Roads],
          Op. 23, No. 1 (1934)
          I. Das Dunkle Herz (The Dark Heart) - Getragen (Stately)

Das dunkle Herz,
das in sich lauscht,
ershaut den Fruhling
   nicht nur am Hauch und Duft,
   der durch das Leuchten bluht;
es fuhlt ihn
   an dem dunklen Wurzelreich,
   das an die Toten ruhrt:
Was wird,
   legt sich mit zarten Wurzeln
   an das Wartende im Dunkel,
trinkt Kraft und Stille
   aus der Nacht.
eh 'sich's dem Tage schenkt,
eh' es als Liebeskelch
   zum Himmel duftet
und eh' aus ihm zu ihm
   ein goldnes Flattern Leben tragt:
Ich bin nicht mein.
Die Quellen meiner Seele,
   sie sprudeln in die Wiesen dessen,
   der micht liebt
   und machen seine Blumen bluhen
   und sind sein.
Du bist nicht dein.
Die Flusse deiner Seele,
   du Mensch, von mir geliebt,
   sie stromen in das Meine,
   dass es nicht verdorre.
Wir sind nicht unser,
ich und du und All.

The dark heart
which hearkens to itself,
perceives spring
   not only by the breeze and scent
   which blossom through its glow;
it feels spring
   in the dark realm of roots,
   which reaches to the dead.
that which grows
   lays its tender roots
   against that which waits in the dark;
it drinks strength and repose
   from the night
before it gives itself to the day,
before as a chalice of love
   it sends its fragrance to heaven,
and before from heaven
   a golden flutter bears it life.
I do not belong to myself.
The springs of my soul,
   they flow into the meadows of him
   who loves me,
   and makes his flowers blossom
   and are his.
You do not belong to yourself.
The rivers of your soul,
   thou man, loved by me,
   they flow into what is mine
   so that it will not wither.
We do not belong to ourselves,
not I, not you, not anyone.


Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)   
     Die Junge Magd (The Young Maid), Op. 23 (1922) (Georg Trakl, 1887 - 1914, from
          Die Bauern [The Farmers): Die junge Magd)

Oft am Brunnen, wenn es dämmert,
Sieht man sie verzaubert stehen
Wasser schöpfen, wenn es dämmert.
Eimer auf und nieder gehen.

In den Buchen Dohlen flattern
Und sie gleichet einem Schatten.
Ihre gelben Haare flattern
Und im Hofe schrein die Ratten.

Und umschmeichelt von Verfalle
Senkt sie die entzundenen Lider.
Dürres Gras neigt im Verfalle
Sich zu ihren Füßen nieder.
Often at the well, at dawn,
one sees it standing, spellbound.
The water-scoop, at dawn
Rises and falls.

In the beeches, western jackdaws flutter
And they resemble shades,
Their yellow hair fluttering
Above a yard-shrine of squirrels.

They compliment the purity,
lowering their fiery eyelids.
Dry grass bends, purifying itself
down to its roots.