March 28 - Opus 27: Bolt Out of the Blue!

 
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 27



8pm, Saturday, March 28, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Mark Alburger and Michael Stubblefield, Conducting



Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)     
     Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor ("Moonlight"), Op. 27, No. 2 (1801)
          I. Adagio sostenuto (Introduction)

          Carol Reynolds, Piano



Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)         
     Two Nocturnes, Op. 27 (1835)
          I. Larghetto in C# Minor

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / John Veitch, Tenor


Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)     
     The Nursery (1872)
          I. With Nana

          John Veitch, Tenor / Carol Reynolds, Piano



Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)         
     12 Choruses, Op. 27 (1909)
          I. At the Grave

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra


Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)         
     Four Songs, Op. 27 (1902)
          I. Devotionale

          Morgan McDonald, Soprano / Carol Reynolds, Piano


Alexander Gretchaninov (1864-1956)     
     Symphony No. 2 in A Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 27 (1908)
          I. Pastorale: Moderato assai e poco rubato (Introduction)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)         
     Four Songs, Op. 27 (1894)
          IV. Morgen!


          Jill Wagner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)         
     Violin Sonata in E Minor (1918)
          II. Adagio, quasi fantasia

          Kat Walsh, Violin / Mark Alburger, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)         
     Flute Players, Op. 27 (1924)
          I. Pan

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)          
     12 Songs, Op. 27 (1937)
          IV. Now Is the Time

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano 


Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)     
     Two Preludes, Op. 27 (1901)
          II. Andante


          John Veitch, Piano



Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)     
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 27 (1907)
          I. Largo - Allegro moderato


          The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)     
     Four Choral Pieces, Op. 27 (1925)
          I. Inevitable (Quite Vigorous in Tempo and Tone)

          Jill Wagner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra



George Enescu (1881-1955)       
     Suite No. 3 ("Villageoise"), Op. 27 (1938)


Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)     
     Symphony No. 3 ("Song of the Night"), Op. 27, No. 1 (1916)
          I. Moderato assai

          Video

Anton Webern (1883-1945)         
     Variations for Piano, Op. 27 (1936)
          III. Flowing (Introduction)

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         
     Five Akhmatova Poems, Op. 27 (1916)   
          I. Sun Has Filled the Room

          Video

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)         
     From an Unpublished Notebook of Eugene Guerin's Journal, Op. 27 (1915)
          I. This Walk with You...   


          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)         
     Das Marienleben (The Life of Mary), Op. 27 (1923)
          I. Geburt Maria (The Birth of Mary)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra


Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)     
     Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, Op. 27 (1947)
          I. If, Lord, Thy love for Me Is Strong

          Video

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904--1987)     
     30 Pieces for Children, Op. 27 (1938)
          II. Ditty

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)     
     The Bolt, Op. 27 (1931)
          II. The Bureaucrat (Polka)

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)         
     Melodies Passageres, Op. 27 (1951)
          III. Grave in a Park

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano 

Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)     
     Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27 (1942)
          Introduction
                  
          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra


Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)     
     Vocalise, Op.27 (1945)


Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)     
     Cantata para América Mágica, Op. 27 (1960)
          I. Preludio y Canto a la Aurora


Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)         
     English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27 (1950)
          I. Andantino

          Video

Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)         
     ...quasi una fantasia..., Op. 27, No. 1 (1988)
          I. Introduction

          Mark Alburger, Piano / Ken Crawford, Percussion

George Crumb (b. 1929)          
     Night of the Four Moons (1969)
          IV. Run away, moon, moon, moon...
          "Musica Mundana" / "Musica Humana"

           Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Night-Moon Quartet

Steve Reich (b. 1936)         
     The Desert Music (1983)
          Excerpt

Philip Glass (b. 1937)         
     Einstein on the Beach (1975)   
          Act I, Scene II: TRIAL

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)         
     Two Organa, Op. 27 (1994)
          I. Notre Dame de Jouets

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)         
     Aerial Requiem, Op. 27 (1985)   
          X. Agnus Dei

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Thomas Ades (b. 1917)         
     Three Mazurkas, Op. 21 (2009)
          III. Grave, maestoso

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)     
     Kingdom X (2010)
          V. Key to the Grave


          The Opus Project End-of-Time Quartet



John Veitch (b. 1989)         
     Library of the Sands (Nasus's Library, 2010)

          John Veitch, Piano
               

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger, Music Director and Conductor



Michael Stubblefield, Associate Conductor


Alan Kingsley, Recording Engineer


Piccolo / Flute / Alto Flute
Alan Kingsley*

Oboe
Eva Langfeldt

Clarinet
Keith Leung

Bassoon / Contrabassoon
Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey


Trumpet
Michael Cox*

Horn
Jan Pusina

Trombone
Zack Newbegin
Scott Sterling


Soprano
Morgan McDonald
Jill Wagoner

Tenor
Mark Alburger
John Veitch

Ukulele
Michael Stubblefield*


Harp
Samantha Garvey

Piano
Mark Alburger*



Hussein Al-Naswari



Carol Reynolds


John Veitch

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch
Jill Wagoner


Violin I
Kat Walsh*

Violin II
Corey Johnson
Keith Leung

Viola
Carol Earley

Cello
Aaron Urton*

Bass
Michael Stubblefield*

* The Opus Project End-of-Time and Night-Moon Quartets


THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 28 - 8pm, Saturday, April 18, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with Jill Wagoner and The Opus Project Orchestra

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)            Preludes, Op. 28, Nos. 4, 15 (1839)
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)            Concert Suite, Op. 28 (1910)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Op. 28 (1895)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Of the German Soul, Op. 28 (1921)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 28 (1924)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)            From the Poetry of Ernest Thiel, Op. 28 (1908)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)         Fantasy in B Minor, Op. 28 (1900)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Three Satires, Op. 28 (1926)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            String Quartet, Op. 28 (1938)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 28 (1917)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            The Exotic Tree, Op. 28 (1915)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            The Demon, Op. 28 (1922)
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)            Ballad of Mack the Knife (1928)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)        Golden Ears, Op. 28 (1940)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Rule, Britannia!, Op. 28 (1931)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Souvenirs, Op. 28 (1953)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            O Lord Rebuke Me Not, Op. 28 (1935)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)        A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 (1942)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Mary Variations, Op. 28 (1986)

March 1 - Opus 26: Lion's Roar!


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 26
8pm, Sunday, March 1, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)          
     Ten Poems from [Lev Koblinsky, 1889–1947)] Ellis's "Immortelles", Op. 26 (1908)
          I. Birth of the Harp (Andante semplice, Thomas Moore, 1779–1852)

Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)          
     Three Songs, Op. 26 (1902, Joseph von Eichendorff, 1788-1857)
          II. The Tragic Hunter

          Harriet March Page, Voice / Mark Alburger, Piano


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)          
     Finlandia, Op. 26 (1900)

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Albert Roussel (1869-1937)          
     Two Poems of [Pierre de] Ronsard [1524–1585], Op. 26, No. 1 (1924)
          I. Rossignol, mon Mignon (Nightingale, My Beauty)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, Oboe


Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)      
     King Kandaules, Op. 26 (1936, Andre Gide [1869-1951] -
          Le Roi Candaule, trans Franz Blei [1871-1942])
          Act I - Introduction

          Video

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)      
     Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 26 (1900)
          I. Lento

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)      
     Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1912)
          The Truth Sent from Above [Herfordshire Carol, 1909]

          Mark Alburger, Tenor / The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)      
     15 Romances, Op. 26 (1906)
          I. There Are Many Sounds (Aleksei Tolstoy, 1817–1875)

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

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)          
      Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda [1200 BC], Op. 26 (1912)
           First Group - I. Battle Hymn [of Indra]

           The Opus Project Orchestra


Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)      
     Wind Quintet, Op. 26 (1924)
          III. Etwas langsam [Somewhat slowly]

          The Opus Project Wind Quintet

George Enescu (1881-1955)          
     Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 26, No. 2 (1935)
          III. Andantino cantabile, senza lentezza


          Aaron Urton, Cello / Mark Alburger, Piano

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)          
     Song of the Nightingale (1917)
          Chinese March

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)      
     Eight Love Songs of Hafiz [1325-1390], (1924)
          I. The Tomb of Hafiz

          Aaron Urton, Cello / Mark Alburger, Piano
                       
Anton Webern (1883-1945)          
     Das Augenlicht [The Light of the Eye], Op. 26
          (1935, Hildegard Jone, 1891-1963)


          The Opus Project Orchestra


Ernst Toch (1887-1964)          
     Quartet No. 9, Op. 26 (1919)
          I. Mit Kraft und Ungestum [With strength and impetuousness]


          Video


Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)          
     Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26 (1921)
          II. Tema - Andante

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)          
     4 Poèmes de Paul Claudel [1868-1955], Op.26 (1917)      
          IV. Obsession

          Michael Garvey, Bassoon / Mark Alburger, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)          
     Suite "1922", Op. 26 (1922)
          I. March  

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)      
     The Comedians, Op. 26 (1940)
                        II. Comedians' Gallop

                        Video
  
Paul Creston (1906-1985)          
     Alto Saxophone Concerto, Op. 26 (1941)
          II. Meditative (Conclusion)

          Tim Macajewski, Alto Saxophone, The Opus Project Orchestra


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)      
     Alone (Odna), Op.26 (1931, Grigori Kozintsev [1905-1973] and
          Leonid Trauberg [1902-1990])  
          Awakening


          Video

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)          
     Piano Sonata, Op. 26 (1948)  
          III. Adagio mesto


          Mark Alburger, Piano


Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)      
     Scottish Ballad, Op. 26 (1941)
           Funeral March

           Video

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)      
     Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 (1958)
          I. Allegro rustico (Excerpt)

          The Opus Project Quartet

George Crumb (b. 1929)          
     Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1968, Federico Garcia Lorca, 1898-1936)
          I. Refrain I

          Mark Alburger, Piano




Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)  
     Fantasy Trio, for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 26 (1969)
          I. Allegro energico

          Video

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)          
     Songs Without Voices, Op. 26 (1992)
          IV. Adagio e rubato (Introduction)

          Stardust, English Horn / Mark Alburger, Piano


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)          
     Sinfonietta, Op. 26 (1984)  
                         I. Allegretto


Scott Sterling (b. 1970)          
     DotSotR: Dancing on the Steps of the Round (2010)

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Hussein Al-Nasrawi      
     "Disneyland Forever!": Fireworks Spectacular from Disneyland Resort, CA
          (2015)

          Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano



THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger*  Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo  
Alan Kingsley*

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust*

Clarinet
Peter Brown*


Soprano / Alto Saxophone
Tim Machajewski

Bassoon / Contrabassoon

Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey*
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Ron Cohen

Horn
Bob Satterford*

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Mezzo-Soprano / Reciter
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Nasrawi

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren


Violin
Carole Cloud*

Viola
Carol Earley*

Cello
Aaron Urton*

* The Opus Project Quartet and Wind Quintet

THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 27 - 8pm, Saturday, March 28, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with Alan Kingsley, Harriet March Page,
Jill Wagoner, John Veitch, and The Opus Project Orchestra

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881)        The Nursery (1872)
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)            At the Grave, Op. 27, No. 1 (1909)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)            Devotionale, Op. 27, No. 1 (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Symphony No. 2 ("Pastoral"), Op. 27, No. 1 (1909)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Morning, Op. 27, No. 4 (1894)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)            Violin Sonata in E Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (1918)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Flute Players: Pan, Op. 27, No. 1 (1924)
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)            Introduction, Op. 27, No. 1 (1937)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)        Prelude, Op. 27, No. 2 (1901)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)            Symphony No. 2, Op. 27, No. 1 (1907)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Inevitable, Op. 27, No. 1 (1925)
George Enescu (1881-1955)            Orchestral Suite No. 3 ("Suite Villageoise"), Op. 27 (1938)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)        Symphony No. 3 ("Song of the Night"), Op. 27, No. 1 (1916)    Anton Webern (1883-1945)            Variation for Piano, Op. 27, No. 1 (1936)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Sun Has Filled the Room, Op. 27, No.  1 (1916)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Guérin Song, Op.27, No. 1 (1915)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Das Marienleben, Op. 27 (1923)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)        Poem of St Teresa of Avilla, Op. 27, No. 1 (1947)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        The Bolt: Overture, Op. 27, No. 1 (1931)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Melodies Passageres, Op. 27 (1951)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)        Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27 (1942)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)        Vocalise, Op.27 (1945)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)        Cantata para América mágica, Op. 27 (1960)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27 (1950)
George Crumb (b. 1929)             Night of the Four Moons: I. La Luna Esta Muerta (1969)
Steve Reich (b. 1936)            The Desert Music: Introduction (1983)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)            Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play V (1975)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)            Organum to Honor the Schoenberg Ensemble, Op. 27, No. 2 (1994)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Aerial Requiem: Offertorium, Op. 27, No. 8 (1985)