THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 24
8pm, Saturday, December 27, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen [Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming] (1609)
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
The Damnation of Faust, Op. 24 (1854)
Act I: III. Hungarian March
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Eugene Onegin, Op 24 (1878)
Act II: I. Waltz (Finale)
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Elegie, Op. 24 (1883)
Introduction
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24 (1890)
Finale
Aaron Urton, Cello / The Opus Project Orchestra
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 24 (1903)
I. Impromptu
Mark Alburger, Piano
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Four Preludes (1893)
II. Prelude d'Eginhard
IV. Prelude du Nazareen II
John Veitch, Piano
Hugo Alfven (1872-1970)
Swedish Rhapsody No. 2 ("Uppsala"), Op. 24 (1907)
Introduction
Video
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks (1914)
Prelude
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
The Miserly Knight, Op. 24 (1905)
Prelude
The Opus Project Orchestra
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op 24 (1908)
I. Ushas (Dawn)
Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Psalm 150 (1899)
Introduction
The Opus Project Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Serenade, Op. 24 (1923)
I. Marsch
Video
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 24, No. 1 (1924)
III. Andante molto espressivo
Mark Alburger, Piano
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Renard [The Fox] (1916)
Marche (Entrance of the Actors)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Six Love Songs of Hafiz [1325-1390], Op. 24 (1911)
I. Desires
Mark Alburger, Piano
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Concerto, Op. 24 (1934)
II. Sehr Langsam
The Opus Project Orchestra
Leo Weiner (1885-1960)
Divertimento No.2, Op. 24 (1938)
Introduction
Video
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
The Gambler, Op. 24 (1917)
Prelude
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
Les Choéphores [The Libation Bearers], Op. 24 (1915)
I. Vociferation Funebre [Furious Funeral] (Introduction)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2 (1921)
III. Ruhig und einfach (Quiet and easy)
The Opus Project Wind Quintet
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Colas Breugnon, Op. 24 (1938)
Overture
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Five Little Dances for Piano, Op. 24 (1940)
IV. Pastoral Dance
Video
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
The Gunshot, Op. 24 (1929)
I. Con moto
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (1947)
Conclusion
Kate Bautch, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Yar Nazani (Bashful Darling), Op. 24 (1938)
Verse-Chorus I
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Matinées Musicales (Rossini), Op. 24 (1941)
I. Allegro
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Pampeana No. 3, Op. 24 (1954)
Introduction
Video
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Eleven Echoes of Autumn, 1965 (Echoes I, 1966)
I. Eco I. Fantastico
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Trio No. 1, Op. 24 (1967)
I. Allegro con moto
Mark Alburger, Piano
Mick Jagger (b. 1943)
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (1965)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
Piano Variations, Op. 24 (1989)
I
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Orpheus Cycle, Op. 24 (1982)
II. E: The Lament - Desperate Orpheus
Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano
Stardust (b. 1962)
Quartet No. 1 for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Horn (2014)
I / II / III
The Opus Project Wind Quartet
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
Endless Rolling Round (2011)
The Opus Project Orchestra
John Veitch (b. 1989)
Prelude and Improvization (2014)
Improvization
Video
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley*
Oboe / English Horn
Eva Langfeldt*
Stardust
Clarinet
Chris Diggins*
Bassoon / Contrabassoon
Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey*
Tim Machajewski
Trumpet
Ron Cohen
Horn
Bob Satterford*
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Soprano
Kate Bautch
Tenor
Mark Alburger
John Veitch
Piano
Mark Alburger
Kate Bautch
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch
Violin
Corey Johnson
Keith Leung
Viola
Keith Leung
Cello
Aaron Urton
* The Opus Project Wind Quartet and Quintet
THE OPUS PROJECT presents OPUS 25
8pm, Saturday, January 31, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
School of Compostela (1195) All-Powerful Generator (1225)
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1672) Saul, Saul, Why Do You Persecute Me (1625)
Johann Joseph Fux (1660-1741) Gradus ad Parnassum (1725)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Historical Scenes, No. 1, Op. 25 (1911)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Mystical Song (1911)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Francesca da Rimini, Op. 25 (1905)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Savitri, Op. 25 (1909)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Suite for Piano, Op. 25 (1923)
Edgar Varese (1883-1925) Integrales (1925)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) Song on Jone, Op. 25, No. 1 (1935)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony No. 1 ("Classical"), Op. 25 (1917)
Henry Cowell (1897-1965) The Banshee (1925)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Printemps [Spring], Book I, Op. 25 (1919)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 25 (1922)
Aaron Copland (1900-1920) Music for the Theatre: IV. Burlesque (1925)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Nuvoletta, Op. 25 (1947)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975) String Quartet No. 1, Op. 25 (1941)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) (1967)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010) Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 25 (1968)
Jan Pusina (b. 1940) 5/31/74 (1974)
Steve Reich (b. 1936) Tehillim [Psalms]: I (1981)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Stolen Students, Op. 25 (1983)
