December 20 - Opus 36: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 36



8pm, Sunday, December 20, 2015


Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Program


Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)    
     Sonatina No. 1, Op. 36, No. 1 (1797)
          I. Allegro

          Feona Lee Jones, Prepared Piano

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)   
     Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (1803)
          I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)   
     Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 (1877)
          I. Finale - Allegro con fuoco

Sergei Taneyev (1856-1913)       
     Cantata No. 2 ("At the Reading of a Psalm"), Op.36 (1915)
          Introduction

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)       
     Variations on an Original Theme ("Enigma"), Op. 36 (1899)
          XI. (G.R.S.) [George Robertson Sinclair and his Great Bulldog, Dan]

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     Six Songs, Op. 36 (1900)
          V. March Snow (Josef Julius Wecksell, 1838–1907)


Feruccio Busoni (1864-1924)       
     Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 36a (1900)
          I. Langsam


Erik Satie (1866-1925)
     Sonatine Bureaucratique (1917)
          I. Allegro
           

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)   
     A la Cubana, Op. 36 (1914)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Harriet March Page, Alto / Corey Johnson, Violin
          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)       
     Symphony in C Sharp Minor, Op. 36a (1932)
          I. Moderato

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)       
     Piano Concerto, Op. 36 (1927)
          I. Allegro molto

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra



Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)   
     Poeme Satanique, Op. 36 (1903)
          Allegro

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)   
     Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931)
          II. Non allegro

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)       
     Choral Folk Songs, Op. 36b (1916)
          III. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)   
     Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (1936)
          I. Poco allegro

Marion Bauer (1882-1955)       
     Piano Concerto (“American Youth”), Op. 36 (1943)
          I. Majestic

Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)   
     Prelude and Fugue, Op. 36 (1935)
          Fugue - Exposition

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano / Corey Johnson, Violin
          The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Piano Sonata No. 3 (1917)
          Presto

  

 Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)       
     Elegie Songbook on Poetry of [Nikolas] Lenau and [Joseph] Eichendorff, Op. 36 (1924)
          I. Melancholie (Eichendorff)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra


Ernst Toch (1887-1965)       
     Five Capriccetti, Op. 36 (1925)
          I. Quasi andante


          Feona Lee Jones, Piano   


Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Five Poems of C[onstantine] Balmont, Op. 36 (1921)
          V. The Pillars - Andante lugubre

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano   

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Kammermusik No. 2, Op. 36 No. 1 (1924)
          III. Kleines Potpourri - Very light quarters

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)   
     The Story of the Priest and his Helper Balda, Op. 36 (1934)   
          I. Overture - Allegro non troppo

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)       
     Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 (1960)
          Allegro con brio

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)       
     Two Ghazals, Op. 36 (1933)
          Ghazal I

          Video       

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)   
     String Quartet No. 2 ("In Time of War"), Op. 36 (1945)
          I. Allegro calmo senza rigore

Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013)   
     Serenade for Flute and Strings, Op. 36 (1956)
          I. Tres large

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos, Volume III) (1974)
          IV. Myth

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / The Opus Project Orchestra

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)   
     Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 36 (1975)
          I. Andante molto

          The Opus Project Piano Trio   



Jan Pusina (b. 1940)       
     Six or Seven Dances for Cello(s), Op. 36 (1977)


          The Opus Project Cello Trio

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Lot in Life, Op. 36 (1988)
           IV. Lothario




Stardust (b. 1962)           
     Pipe Dream: A Kemet Chimera (2015)
           Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra           


Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)   
     Two Holiday Improvisations (2015)

          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano



THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield                Associate Music Director and Conductor

Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Kenneth Rhee

Tenor Saxophone
Trevor Strohl

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Lucie Valentine



Horn
Jan Pusina

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Alto
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass
John Veitch

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Cynthia Seagren

Violin I
Corey Johnson

Violin II
Sarah Ho

Viola
Carol Earley

Cello
Young June Kim
Claudia Portillo
Aaron Urton


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 37

Fired Up

8pm, Saturday, January 23, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

with Alan Kingsley, Jill Wagoner, Feona Lee Jones, and
The Opus Project String Quartet, Pierrot  Ensemble, and Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)            Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (1803)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)                 Burla, Op. 37, No. 2 (1906)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Two Piano Pieces, Op. 37 (1905)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)                      The First Kiss, Op. 37, No. 1 (1902)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)        Danza Lenta, Op. 37, No. 2 (1915)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)            Lethe, Op. 37 (1926)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Psalm 80, Op. 37 (1928)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)                   Rhapsody for Piano Quartet, Op. 37 (1906)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)        Prelude in B Major, Op. 37 (1903)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)            All-Night Vigil ("Vespers"), Op. 37 (1915)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)                The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37 (1917)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (1936)
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)            Pizzica-Pizzica, Op. 37 (1931)
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)           Grosse Messe, Op. 37 (1926)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            The Soldier's Tale (1918)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            The Fiery Angel, Op. 37 (1923)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Poème, Op.37, No. 1 (1916)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Piano Music, Op. 37 (1925)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        The Human Comedy, Op. 37 (1934)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Die Natali, Op. 37 (1960)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Vijag, Op. 37 (1946)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 (1946)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)        Milena, Op. 37 (1971)
Jan Pusina (b. 1940)                   New Work (2016)   
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            At a Photo Shop, Op. 37 (1989)
Stardust (b. 1962)             New Work (2016)
Michael Stubblefield        New Work (2016)
John Veitch (b. 1989)        New Work (2016)
Hussein Al-Naswari        New Work (2016)

November 21 - Opus 35: Tilting at Windmills


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 35

8pm, Saturday, November 21, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)      
     Piano Sonata No. 2 ("Funeral March"), Op. 35 (1839)
          III. Funeral March

          Feona Lee Jones / The Opus Project Ensemble / Monty Python Video

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)      
     Don Quixote, Op. 35 (1898)
          I. Introduction - Moderate tempo

          The Opus Project Ensemble



Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)      
     Two Songs, Op. 35 (1908)
          I. Jubal (Ernst Josephson, 1851-1906)

      
          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)  
     Paisaje, Op. 35 (1913)


          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Albert Roussel (1869-1937)      
     Two Chinese Poems, Op. 35 (1927)
          II. Réponse d'une épouse sage 
          (Chang-Chi [Qi Qian, 710-782], trans. Henri-Pierre Roché [1879-1959],                      
          after the English translation by Herbert Allen Giles [1845-1935])

         Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)  
     Three Piano Preludes, Op. 35 (1903)
          II. Elevato (Bb Major)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)  
     The Bells, Op. 35 (1913, Constantine Balmont [1867-1942],
          after Edgar Allan Poe [1809-1849])
          I. Listen! Hear the Silver Bells

          The Opus Project Ensemble


Gustav Holst (1874-1934)      
     Four Songs for Voice and Violin, Op. 35 (1917, Anon, 1400)
          I. Jesu Sweet (Andante)
      
          Mark Alburger, Tenor / Corey Johnson, Violin

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)  
     Six Pieces for Male Chorus, Op. 35 (1930)
          VI. Obligation

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)      
     Two Pierrot Pieces, Op.35 (1904)
          I. Pierrot Triste (Lento)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)  
     Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (1916)
          Vivace assai - Introduction

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)      
     Cello Concerto, Op. 35 (1924)
          III. Finale

          The Opus Project Ensemble




Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)      
     Five Melodies without Words, Op. 35 (1920)
          II. Lento, ma non troppo

          Corey Johnson, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Alois Hába (1893-1973)      
     Mother, Quartertone Opera in Ten Scenes, Op. 35 (1929)
          Overture

          Video



Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)      
     The Serenades, Op. 35 (1924)      
          Part I
          II. An Phyllis: Toccata (Cello)

          Aaron Urton, Cello

Paul Creston (1906-1985)      
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 35 (1944)



Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)  
     Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (1933)  
          IV. Allegro con brio (Finale)


          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble / Shostakovich Video

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)      
     A Hand Of Bridge, Op. 35 (1959)
          Opening

          The Opus Project Ensemble



Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)      
     The Lord's Prayer, Op. 35 (1962)  

          Video
  


Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)  
     The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 (1945)
          I. [IV] Oh my Blacke Soule! Now Thou Art Summoned

               Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)  
     King Lear, Op. 35 (1948)
          I. Lear's Dance of Vengeance

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)      
     Holderlin Songs, Op. 35 (1997)
          I. An...Hommage A D.E. Sattler


          Mark Alburger, Voice

George Crumb (b. 1929)      
     Makrokosmos (Volume II): Twelve Fantasy Pieces after the Zodiac (1973)
          I. Morning Music (Genesis II) Cancer - Exuberantly, with primitive energy

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)  
     Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 35 (1974)

          Video

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)      
     Missa California, Op. 35 (1988)
          I. Kyrie
          II. Gloria
          III. Credo
          IV. Sanctus
          V. Agnus Dei

          The Opus Project Ensemble



Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)   
     Six Short Piano Pieces on 12-Tone Circles (2015)
          I. Prelude

          Michael Stubblefield, Piano



           THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield                Associate Music Director and Conductor

Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Soprano
Feona Lee Jones

Alto
Cynthia Seagren

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass
John Veitch


Piano
Mark Alburger
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren

Violin
Corey Johnson

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 36: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery

8pm, Sunday, December 20, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event,
with Allan Kingsley, Jill Wagoner, Feona Lee Jones, and The Opus Project Orchestra

Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)         Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 1 (1797)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)            Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (1803)
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)            Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 (1877)
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1913)            At the Reading of a Psalm, Op.36 (1915)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Enigma Variations, Op. 36, No. 11 (1899)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)             Sonatine Bureaucratique (1917)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)            A la Cubana, Op. 36 (1914)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)            Symphony in C Sharp Minor, Op. 36a (1932)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Piano Concerto, Op. 36 (1927)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Poeme Satanique, Op. 36 (1903)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)            Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (1936)
Marion Bauer (1882-1955)            Piano Concerto (“American Youth”), Op. 36 (1943
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)        Prelude and Fugue, Op. 36 (1935)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Piano Sonata No. 3 (1917)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)            Elegie, Op. 36 (1924)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Capriccetti, Op. 36 (1925)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Five Balmont Poems, Op. 36 (1921)  
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Kammermusik No. 2, Op. 36 No. 1 (1924)  
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)            The Priest and Balda, Op. 36 (1934)  
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 (1960)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Two Ghazals, Op. 36 (1933)          
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36 (1945)
Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013)            Serenade for Flute and Strings, Op. 36 (1956)
George Crumb (b. 1959)            Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos, Volume III) (1974)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)            Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 36, No. 1 (1975)       
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Lot in Life, Op. 36 (1988)

October 24 - Opus 34: In the Steps of Abraham


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 34
8pm, Saturday, October 24, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)   
     Seven Poems, Op. 34 (1912) (Yakov Polonsky,1819–1898)
           III. The Mask


Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)   
     Three Piano Pieces, Op. 34 (1904)
          III. Waltz (G Minor)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)   
     Ten Piano Bagatelles, Op. 34 (1916)
          I. Waltz

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)    
     Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 34 (1923)
          II. Slow, very solemn

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)   
     Concert for Small Orchestra, Op. 34 (1927)

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Poeme Tragique, Op. 34 (1903)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     14 Romances, Op. 34 (1912)
          XIV. Vocalise

          Jill Wagoner / The Opus Project Orchestra


Gustav Holst (1874-1934)   
     Lullay My Liking, Op. 34, No. 2 (1916) (Sloane Manuscript, c. 1400)

          The Opus Project Vocal Quartet and Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Accompaniment to a Film-Scene, Op. 34 (1930)

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Three Masques, Op. 34 (1916)
          I. Sheherazade

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Ernst Toch (1887-1965)   
     String Quartet No. 11, Op. 34 (1924)

                    Video

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)   
     Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 (1919)
          Un poco allegro
                   
          The Opus Project Orchestra


Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)   
     Jewish Poems, Op.34 (1916)
          I. Chant de Nourrice



Alois Hába (1893-1973)   
     Fantasy for Flute and Piano, Op. 34 (1927)
          Allegro agitato

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Jill Wagoner, Voice / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)   
     String Trio No. 1, Op. 34 (1924)
          TOCCATA. Fast Halves

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     24 Piano Preludes, Op. 34 (1933)
          X. C-Sharp Minor

           Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)   
     Wondrous Love Variations, Op. 34 (1959)
          Theme

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)
     Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
          (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Henry Purcell),
Op. 34 (1946)
          Theme

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Bomarzo, Op. 34 (1967, Manuel Mujica Lainez)
          "Dies Irae" Orchestral Interlude

          Video

George Crumb (b. 1929)   
     Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972)
          I. Primeval Sounds (Genesis I) (Cancer)

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Steve Reich (b. 1936)   
     Different Trains (1988)
          I. America Before the War

          The Opus Project Orchestra


     The Cave (1993)
          Act II: East Jerusalem - II. Surah 3 - Koran - Arabic Chant

               Video       

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)   
     Songs for Rebecca, Op. 34 (1988)
          I. Spiral
          III. Aves

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra


Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)    
     Symphony No. 1 (2014)
          I. Moderato

          The Opus Project Orchestra



                THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield                Associate Music Director and Conductor

Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley

Clarinet
Kenneth Rhee

Bassoon
Michael Garvey

Trumpet
Michael Cox
Lucie Valentine

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Alto
Kat Walsh

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass
John Veitch

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Ken Crawford
John Veitch

Violin
Carol Earley

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 35
Numbers Game

8pm, Saturday, November 21, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Six Pieces for Male Chorus, Op. 35 (1930)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Five Songs without Words, Op. 35 (1920)   
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Two Gardner Poems, Op. 35 (1917)   
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            The Serenades, Op. 35 (1924)       
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (1933)   
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            A Hand Of Bridge, Op. 35 (1959)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            The Lord's Prayer, Op. 35 (1962)       
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)        Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 (1945)   
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Missa California, Op. 35 (1988)