January 31 - Opus 25: Freshly Minted!


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 25

8pm, Saturday, January 31, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA


Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)   
     25 Muslim Songs, Op.25, No. 1 (1901)
          I. Moderato

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger Piano

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Historical Scenes No. 1, Op. 25 (1911)
          II. Scena

          The Opus Project Orchestra
           

Erik Satie (1866-1925)       
     Uspud (1892)
          Acte Premier - Lent / Tres Lent / Tres Lent
                   
          John Veitch, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)       
     Madrigal of the Muses, Op. 25 (1923)
          Introduction

          The Opus Project Woodwind Trio



Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)    
     String Quartet No. 4, Op. 25 (1936)
         III. Adagietto
 

Hugo Alfen (1872-1960)
     Festspel [Festival Overture], Op. 25 (1908)

          Video
           

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)   
     Five Mystical Songs (1911)
          IV. The Cal

          John Veitch, Baritone / The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)   
     Francesca da Rimini, Op. 25 (1905)
          Prolog

          John Veitch, Baritone / The Opus Project Orchestra

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)       
     Savitri, Op. 25 (1909)
          Death's Monologue

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)   
     Piano Suite, Op. 25 (1923)
          II. Etwas langsam

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)       
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 25 (1908)
          I. Allegro pesante

           The Opus Project Orchestra



Cyril Scott (1879-1970)       
     Piano Scherzo, Op. 25 (1904)
          Introduction

          Mark Alburger, Piano


George Enescu (1881-1955)       
     Sonata No. 3 ("dans le caractère populaire roumain"), Op. 25 (1926)
          I. Moderato malinconico

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano


Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)   
     Hagith, Op. 25 (1913)
          Prelude

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Anton Webern (1883-1945)       
     Three Songs on Poems of Hildegard Jone [1892-1963], Op. 25 (1935)
          I. Sehr langsam

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano


Jerzy Gablenz (1888-1937)       
     Piano Concerto, Op. 25 (1926)
          Introduction

          Video

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Symphony No. 1 ("Classical"), Op. 25 (1917)
          III. Gavotta: Non troppo allegro

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)       
     Printemps, Book I, Op.25 (1919)
          II. Souple [Supple]

                        Mark Alburger, Piano   



Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 25, No. 3 (1922)
          I. Markedly animated

          Aaron Urton, Cello


Paul Creston (1904-1985)        
     Prelude and Dance, Op. 25 (1941)
          Prelude

          Video

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)       
     Nuvoletta, Op. 25 (1947, James Joyce, Finnegan's Wake, 1939)

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano
           


Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)   
     String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (1941)
          I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)   
     The Hollow Men, Op. 25 (1944, after T.S. Elliot, 1925)

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)

     Harp Concerto, Op. 25 (1965)
          I. Allegro giusto

          Video

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) (1967)
          II. Remembrance of Time (Part II)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)   
     Cello Sonata, Op. 25 (1968)
                   
          Aaron Urton, Cello / Mark Alburger, Piano

Steve Reich (b. 1936)       
     Tehillim [Psalms] (1981)
          IV. Alleluia (Conclusion)


          The Opus Project Orchestra



Jan Pusina (b. 1940)       
     5/31/74, Op. 25 (1974)

          Video

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Stolen Students, Op. 25 (1983)
         I. Rondo

Stardust (b. 1962)
     Reverberations (2015)


          The Opus Project Orchestra



James Hetfield (b. 1963)       
     Master of Puppets
          VII. Orion (1986)

          John Veitch, Piano




Scott Sterling (b. 1970)       
     Dick and Jane's First Samhein (2000)

      The Opus Project Orchestra



Oszkar Balazs (b. c. 1976)       
     Eight Trios for Percussion (2006)
          Trio No. 8

          Pacific Sticks 


John Veitch (b. 1989)       
     Epilogue in A Minor (2015)

          John Veitch, Piano 



                THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo   
Alan Kingsley*

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust*

Clarinet
Keith Leung

Soprano / Alto Saxophone
Tim Machajewski

Bassoon / Contrabassoon
Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey*
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Horn
Jan Pusina

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Mezzo-Soprano

Harriet March Page

Baritone
John Veitch

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch

Percussion
Ken Crawford+
Robert Hamaker+
Francisco Ortiz+

Violin I
Keith Leung





Violin II
Kathy Gusenkov


Viola
Carol Earley

Cello
Aaron Urton


Bass
Trevor Murphy

* The Opus Project Woodwind Trio

+ Pacific Sticks


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 26 - 8pm, Saturday, February 21, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with Alan Kingsley, John Yoon, and The Opus Project Orchestra

Max Bruch (1838-1920)             Violin Concerto, Op. 26, No. 1 (1886)
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)            Poem, Op. 26, No. 1 (1908)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)            The Tragic Hunter, Op. 26, No. 2 (1902)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Ronsard Poem, Op. 26, No. 1 (1924)
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)            King Kandaules, Op. 26 (1936)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 26 (1900)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)            Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1912)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Wind Quintet, Op. 26 (1924)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            Das Augenlicht, Op. 26 (1935)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26 (1921)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            4 Poèmes de Claudel, Op.26 (1917)   
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Suite "1922", Op. 26 (1922)   
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)            Alone (Odna), Op.26 (1931)       
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Piano Sonata, Op. 26 (1948)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Behold, God Is My Help, Op. 26 (1935)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)        Scottish Ballad, Op. 26 (1941)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Sinfonietta, Op. 26 (1984)