THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 31
8pm, Saturday, July 25, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
W. de Wycomb (c. 1280-1330)
Sumer Is Icumen In (c. 1310)
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
March Slav, Op. 31 (1876)
The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra
Alexander Taneyev (1856-1913)
String Trio in Eb Major, Op. 31 (1911)
III. Andante espressivo
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
Piano Concerto, Op. 31 (1922)
I. Pomphaft mit Kraft und Schwung - bedeutend
[Pompous, with force and momentum - meaningfully]
Audio
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Odes Anacreontiques [Odes in the style of Anacreon], Op. 31
(1926, anon. Ancient Greek, trans. Leconte de Lisle, 1818-1894)
III. Ode XX Sur une jeune fille
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Four Piano Preludes, Op. 31 (1903)
IV. Lento
John Veitch, Piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31 (1910)
I. The Great Ektenya ["Diligence" / Liturgy]
XII. We Sing to Thee
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Hymn to Dionysus, Op. 31, No. 2 (1913, Euripides, 480-406 BC)
Introduction
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Psalm 100 (1902)
I. Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord
II. Serve the Lord with Gladness
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (1928)
INTRODUKTON
The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Six Songs of the Fairy Tale Princess, Op. 31
(1915, Zofia Szymanowska,1898-1946)
I. The Lonely Moon
Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)
Orchestral Suite No. 1, Op. 31 (1925)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Cantata No. 2, Op. 31 (1943, Hildegard Jone, 1891-1963)
IV. Light the Friar's Trees
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Old Grandmother Tales, Op. 31 (1918)
IV. Sostenuto
Mark Alburger, Piano
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Solo Violin Sonata, Op. 31 (1924)
I. Very Lively Eighth-Notes
Audio
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Porgy and Bess
(1934, DuBose Heyward [1885-1940] / Ira Gershwin [1896-1983])
Act I - Summertime
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Hypothetically Murdered, Op. 31 (1931)
I. Overture
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Summer Music, Op. 31 (1956)
Slow and Indolent
Video
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Serenade, Op. 31 (1943)
I. Prologue
Stardust, English Horn
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Don Rodrigo, Op. 31 (1964)
Act I: Scene 1 - Victory
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
A Sussex Overture, Op. 31 (1951)
Video
Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)
Ligatura: [Message]-Hommage à Frances-Marie [Uitti]
(The Answered Unanswered Question) (1989)
Aaron Urton, Cello / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Black Angels (1970)
I. Night of the Electric Insects (Introduction)
The Opus Project String Quartet
Music for a Summer Evening (1974)
II. Wanderer-Fantasy - Introduction
Alan Kingsley and Stardust, Slide Whistles
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
String Trio, Op. 31 (1972)
The Opus Project String Trio
Tan Mi-Zi (b. 1936)
Flute and Drum at Twilight (1981)
Kris Palmer, Flute
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Duo Sonata No. 2 ("Wasatch"), Op. 31 (1986)
II. Adagio
Carol Earley, Viola / Mark Alburger, Piano
Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
Suiporg Nonam (2015)
I. The Angel's Theme
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Aaron Urton, Cello / Michael Stubblefield, Bass
John Veitch (b. 1989)
Memoriam, for Strings, in G Minor (2015)
The Opus Project String Quartet
THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger
Music Director and Conductor
Piccolo / Flute / Slide Whistle
Alan Kingsley
Kris Palmer
Oboe / English Horn / Slide Whistle
Stardust
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Soprano
Jill Wagoner
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Scott Sterling
Michael Stubblefield
John Veitch
Piano
Mark Alburger
Carol Reynolds
John Veitch
Percussion
Carol Reynolds
Cynthia Seagren
John Veitch
Violin I
Elisa Fischer
Violin II
Corey Johnson
Viola
Carol Earley
Cello
Aaron Urton
Bass
Michael Stubblefield
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 32: Music of the Starry Light
8pm, Saturday, August 29, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra
Charles Ives (1874-1954) Symphony No. 2: V (1902)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) The Planets, Op 32: I. Mars (1916)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) From Today to Tomorrow, Op. 32 (1928)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Four Piano Pieces, Op. 32 (1918)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) String Quartet No. 3, Op.32 (1916)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) String Quartet No. 5, Op. 32 (1923)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Two Songs, Op. 32: (1941)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Hamlet, Op. 32 (1932)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Vanessa, Op. 32 (1958)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Starlight at Noon, Op. 32 (1947)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Festival Te Deum, Op. 32 1945
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Cantata Bomarzo, Op. 32 (1964)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Concerto for Duo Piano and Strings, Op. 32 (1951)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Music for a Summer Evening: V. Music of the Starry Night (1974)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952) Ophelia's Last Dance, Op. 32 (2010)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Crystal Series, Op. 32 (1987)
Tickets -- $10 - $20 -- available at the door.
