December 17 - Opus 48: Appeasement on Earth


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 48
8pm, Saturday, December 17, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA



Program

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)    
     Serenade, Op. 48 (1880)
          I. Pezzo en Forma di Sonatina (Andante non troppo)



Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)       
     Requiem in D Minor, Op.48 (1877)
          I. Introit (Molto largo)

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)           
     Four Character Pieces after The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám [1048–1131],
          Op. 48 (1900, Edward FitzGerald, 1809 - 883)
          II. ...the Lion and the Lizard...: Allegro deciso

          Jasmine Reyes, Soprano / The Opus Project Ensemble
                       
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)       
     Pleading, Op. 48 (1908, Arthur L. Salmon, b. 1865)
          Andante

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)        
     Chamber [Flute Trio] Sonata, Op. 48 (1927)
          II. Sarabande (Sur le Nom de Louis Fleury): Tres modere   

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)   
     Les Fleurs du Mal, Op. 48 (1909, Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867)
          I. Hymne

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger and Jessica Reyes, Piano
          Aaron Urton, Cello

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)       
     Five Songs, Op. 48 (1900)
          V. Winter Love (Karl Henckell, 1864-1929)

          Mark Alburger, Tenor / The Opus Project Ensemble
                       
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)           
     Prelude, Theme, and Variations, Op. 48 (1923)
          Prelude (Poco adagio e con fantasio)

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     The Captive Queen, Op. 48 (1906, Paavo Emil Cajander, 1846-1913)
          Allegro molto moderato

          Jasmine Reyes, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)   
     Concertino, Op. 48 (1918)
          Allegretto sostenuto

          Alan Kingsley, Flute

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)       
     A Glorious Day, Op. 48 (1932)
          Allegro moderato

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)       
     Selamlik, Op. 48 (1906)
          Assez anime

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Paul Juon (1872-1940)       
     Four Piano Miniatures, Op. 48 (1911)
          III. Scherzo ("Spook") - Tempo di valzer (Lento)

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)   
     Four Piano Preludes, Op. 48 (1905)
          II. Prelude in C Major: Poetico con delizio

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1874-1958)   
     Concerto in D Minor ("Accademico") (1925)
          I. Allegro pesante

          Alan Kingsley, Piccolo / The Opus Project Orchestra
                       
Max Reger (1873-1916)       
     Seven Songs, Op. 48 (1900)
          VI. On the Dorfsee (Oskar Wiener, 1873-1944)

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)       
     12 Humbert Wolfe [1885-1940] Songs, Op. 48 (1929)
          II. Things Lovelier

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)   
     Three Songs, Op. 48 (1933, Jakob Haringer, 1898-1948)
          II. Death (Somewhat slow)

          Allan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)       
     12 Pieces, Op. 48 (1912)
          VI. Shepherd's Song

Pavel Chesnokov (1877- 1944)   
     Four Pieces, Op. 48 (1917)
          II. Arise, O God

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Roger Quilter (1877-1953)       
     Three Songs (1904)
          II. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892)

          Jasmine Reyes, Soprano / Jessica Reyes, Piano

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)   
     Two Pieces, Op. 48 (1903)   
          I. Sanctus (Bb Major)

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)   
     Three Berceuses, Op. 48 (1922)
          I. Toward the Black Pond (Lento)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
          The Opus Project Orchestra

Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)     
     Orchestral Suite No. 7, Op. 48 (1926)
          I. Molto ritmico e marcato, alla Marcia

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962)       
     Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 48 (1962)
          II. Andante

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Sinfonietta in A Major, Op. 48 (1929)
          I. Allegro giocoso

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Konzertmusik, Op. 48 (1930)
          I. Lively, agitated halves

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)       
     Billy the Kid (1938)
          Gun Battle

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)   
     Concerto, Op. 48 (1948)
          I. Allegro molto e con brio

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)       
     Canzonetta, Op. 48 (1978)
          Andante sostenuto

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)       
     Piano Concerto ("Lousadzak - Dawn of Light"), Op. 48 (1944)
          Slow, noble and majestic

          Alan Kingsley, Piccolo / Stardust, Oboe
          Mark Alburger, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble

John Cage (1912-1992)        
     Prelude for Meditation (1944)
          Quarter = 152, Quietly

          Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano


Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)   
     Lachrymae, Reflections on a Song of [John] Dowland [1563-1626], Op. 48 (1937)
          Lento

          Nansamba Ssesalo, Viola

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)   
     Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals, Op. 48 (1977)

          The Opus Project Ensemble

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Federico's Little Songs for Children (1987, Federico Garcia Lorca, 1898-1936)
          I. La Senorita del Albanico

          Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)   
     Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations), Op. 48 (1996)
          THEME (Allegro ma non troppo)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



 Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     San Fernando Hub, Op. 48 (1993)
          I. Fresno
           
          Audience / The Opus Project Ensemble


Fazil Say (b. 1970)           
     Black Earth (1997)   
               
          Jessica Reyes, Piano


THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger                        Music Director and Conductor


Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Trumpet
Michael Cox


Soprano
Jasmine Reyes

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Jessica Reyes

Viola
Nansamba Ssealo

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 49: Orations / Ovations
8pm, Saturday, January 28, 2017,
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)            In Italien Overture, Op. 49 (1904)
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)             1812 Overture, Op. 49 (1880)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)            Flower Songs, Op. 49 (1902)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            The Apostles, Op. 49    (1903)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)             Basque Fantasy, Op. 49 (1927)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Song, Op. 49 (1901)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49 (1918)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 (1906)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Piano Piece, Op. 49 (1933)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)                 The Zvíkov Imp, Op. 49 (1914)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            The Haunted Palace, Op. 49 (1904)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)        Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 49 (1912)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Piece, Op. 49 (1905)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Clarinet Sonata, Op. 49, No. 1 (1900)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Double Violin Concerto, Op. 49 (1929)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            String Quartet No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 49 (1924)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and English Horn, Op. 49 (1902)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Children's Rhyme for Voice and Piano, Op. 49 (1923)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Echo from a Small Town, Op. 49 (1929)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)             Etude Concertante for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 49 (1936)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Gambler Suite, Op. 49 (1931)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 49 (1918)       
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Konzertmusik, Op. 49 (1930)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)            Concert Champêtre, Harpsichord or Piano & Orchestra (1928)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            An Outdoor Overture (1938)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)            Der Diktator, Op. 49 (1926)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49 (1949)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        String Quartet No. 1, Op. 49 (1938)
John Cage (1912-1992)            Root of an Unfocus, for Prepared Piano (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (1951)   
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Business As Usual, Op. 49 (1993)

November 19 - Opus 47: Airs Apparent


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 47



8pm, Saturday, November 19, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Program



Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)   
     Samson and Delilah, Op. 47 (1877, Ferdinand Lemaire, 1832-1879)
          Act III: Scene 2 - Bacchanale

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)       
     Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 (1905)
          Introduction

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)       
     Nal and Damayanti, Op. 47 (1903, Modest Tchaikovsky, 1850–1916,
          after Vasily Zhukovsky, 1783–1852)
          Introduction

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)        
     Music-Hall Impressions, Op. 47 (1927)
          I. Girls (French Blues)

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)   
     Cantata ("Snowflakes") on Poems by Russian Poets, Op. 47 (1910)
          I. Snowflakes (Valery Bryusov, 1873-1924)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)       
     Five Songs, Op. 47 (1900)
          II. Des Dichters Abendgang (Of the Poet's Evening Walk -
          Johann Ludwig Uhland, 1787-1862 - Songs, 1808)

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)       
     Ballad of the Bear, Op. 47 (1923, Aage Berntsen, 1885-1952;
           after Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, 1793-1866)
           Tempo giusto

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     Violin Concerto, Op. 47 (1904)
          I. Allegro moderato

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)   
     Indian Daybook II: Song of the Spirit Round-Dance (Elegie No. 4), No. 47 (1915)

Amy Beach (1867-1944)       
     Summer Dreams, Op. 47 (1901)
          I. The Brownies

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)        
     Five Piano Pieces, Op. 47 (1941)
          I. Last Effort

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Two Chinese Poems, Op. 47 (1932)
          I. The Abandoned Favorite (Henri-Pierre Roché, 1879-1959,
          after Herbert Allen Giles, 1845-1935, after Li-I [Yi Li], 748–827)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
          Kat Walsh, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra
        

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)       
     Dance of the Deva Devotee, Op. 47 (1908)
          Moderato

          Stardust, English Horn

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)       
     Organ Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 (1924)
           I. Grave

           The Opus Project Orchestra


Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)       
     Swedish Rhapsody No. 3 ("Dalecarlian"), Op. 47 (1931)

          Video

Paul Juon (1872-1940)       
     Piano Sonatina, Op. 47 (1911)
          I. Moderato amabile

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)   
     Quasi Waltz in F Major, Op. 47 (1905)
          Dotted Half = 66

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Frederick William Holloway (1873-1954)
     Organ Symphony in C Minor, Op.47 (1910)
          I. Introduction - Maestoso

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)       
     Two Organ Pieces, Op. 47 (1916)
          I. Elegiac Prelude

Max Reger (1873-1916)           
     Six Organ Trios, Op. 47 (1900)
          I. Canon

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)       
     Egdon Heath, Op. 47 (1927)
          Adagio

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)   
     Phantasy, Op. 47 (1949)
          Grave

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano



Richard Wetz (1875-1935)       
     Symphony No. 2 in A Major, Op. 47 (1921)
          I. Agitato moderato

          Video

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)       
     Two Songs, Op. 47 (1919, Jacob Paulli, 1844-1912)
          I. At Sunset

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)   
     Consolations: Religious Tone Poems (Partly with Added Texts), Op. 47 (1918)
          I. Wollest meine Seele stillen (Be Still My Soul, Ab Major, Gustav Schüler, 1868-1938)

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)       
     Lotus Land, Op. 47, No. 1 (1905)
          Andante languido

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)       
     Notturno [Nocturne], Op. 47
     (1932, Nikolaus Lenau, 1802–1850, and Gottfried Keller, 1819–1890)
          I. Quietly

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)       
     Piano Sonata, Op. 47 (1928)
          I. Quasi Toccata

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)   
     Three Characteristic African Dances (1915)
          I. Rags (Dance of the Native Boys), Op. 47

Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962)       
     Maritsa, after Yugoslavian Folk Poetry, Op. 47 (1958)
          I. Maritsa

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Symphony No. 4, Op. 47 (1930)
          I. . . . Allegro eroico

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Trio for Heckelphone, Viola, and Piano, Op. 47 (1928)
          Part II - Potpourri - I. Fast Halves

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)       
     Waltz and Celebration from "Billy the Kid" (1938)
          II. Celebration

Hermann Reutter (1900-1985)   
     Doktor Johannes Faust, Op. 47 (1936)
          Act I, Scene 1, First appearance of the Faust ghosts
          Slow, but excited

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, Oboe
          Mark Alburger, Piano / Kat Walsh, Viola
          The Opus 47 Quartet and Orchestra

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)   
     Sextet for Clarinet, Horn, and String Quartet, Op. 47 (1954)
          I. Allegro moderato




Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)   
     Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Major (1946)
          I. Allegro con moto

          Jessica Reyes, Piano


Paul Creston (1906-1985)       
     The Lambs to the Lamb, Op. 47 (1950)

          Video

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)   
     Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 (1937)
          IV. Finale

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Samuel Barber (1910-1981)       
     Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47 (1978)

          Video

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)   
     Five Flower Songs, Op. 47 (1950)
          I. To Daffodils (Robert Herrick. 1591-1674)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)   
     Piano Sonatina No. 3, Op. 47 (1950)
          I. Warmly

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)   
     Guitar Sonata, Op. 47 (1976)
          I. Esordio (Solenne)

          Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano


Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)   
     Solo Violin Sonata, Op. 47 (1976)
          IV. Boris Blacher


Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)   
     Polish Melodies, Op. 47, No. 2 (1949)
          I. Adagio

          Video

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)       
     Organ Concerto, Op. 47 (1954)
          I. Vivace

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)       
     Brief Messages, for Nonet, Op. 47 (2011)

          Video

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     A Haunted Landscape (1984)
          Lento desolato

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)   
     Moments, for Flute and Piano, Op. 47 (1992)
          I. Allegro

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano


Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937)       
     Contemplation (Meditation), Op. 47 (1987)

          Video

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Babel, Op. 47 (1992)
          II. Behold, they are one

          The Opus Project Orchestra




Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     The Andromeda Galaxy (2016)

          Hussein Al-Naswari
                            

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                        Music Director and Conductor


Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Jessica Reyes
John Veitch

Organ
John Veitch

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Ken Crawford

Violin / Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron's Student
Aaron Urton

Bass
Chase Fitzgibbons


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 48: Appeasement on Earth - 8pm, Saturday, December 17, 2016, Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA
With Alice Chen and The Opus Project Orchestra

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)            Piece after the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Op. 48 (1900)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Pleading, Op. 48 (1908)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)             Chamber Sonata, Op. 48 (1927)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Les Fleurs du Mal, Op. 48 (1909)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Song, Op. 48 (1900)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Violin Prelude, Op. 48 (1923)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            The Liberated Queen, Op. 48 (1906)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Clarinet Concertino, Op. 48 (1918)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Song, Op. 48 (1901)   
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Fountain of Youth, Op. 48 (1941)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            A Glorious Day, Op. 48 (1932)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Selamlik, Op. 48 (1906)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Four Piano Miniatures, Op. 48 (1911)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Prelude, Op. 48 (1905)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Epilogue, Op. 48 (1929)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)            Symphony No. 4: I (1916)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Three Songs, Op. 48 (1933)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)            Piece for Piano Four-Hands, Op. 48 (1912)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)             March, Op. 48 (1936)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Sinfonietta in A Major, Op. 48 (1929)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            L'Homme et son Desire, Op. 48 (1918)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Konzertmusik, Op. 48 (1930)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Billy the Kid (1938)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Violin Concerto, Op. 48 (1948)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Volochayev Days, Op. 48 (1937)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Canzonetta, Op. 48 (1978)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Lousadzak (Dawn), Op. 48 (1944)
John Cage (1912-1992)             Prelude for Meditation (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48 (1937)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            San Fernando Hub, Op. 48 (1993)

October 29 - Opus 46: Night of the Living


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 46
8pm, Saturday, October 29, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA


Program

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1901)
     Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (1878)
         I. Furiant in C Major

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
     Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1888)
         IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Concert Allegro, Op. 46 (1901)
         Allegro molto

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
     Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 46 (1907)
         I. Adagio

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)
     Cello Sonata, Op. 46 (1923)
         Lent et avec une grande souplesse de rythme

         Mark Alburger, Cellliano

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
     The Seasons, Op. 46 (1908)
          III. Autumn

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Five Songs on Texts of Friedrich Ruckert [1788-1866], Op. 46 (1900)
    I. A Shelter Against Wind and Rain

Robert Kahn (1865-1952)
     Seven Songs after Paul Heyse[1830-1914]'s "Fountain of Youth",
         Op. 46 (1906)
         I. Now Stand the Roses (Allegretto grazioso)

       Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 46 (1905)
         I. At the Castle Gate (Grave e largamente)

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
     Harlequin Rondo, Op. 46 (1915)
          Allegro molto

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
     Three Piece in the Form of a Pear (1903)
         I. Maniere de Commencement (Allez moderement / Un peu plus vif)

Amy Beach (1867-1944)
     Sylvania, Op. 46 (1900)
         I. Allegro moderato (Chorus of Brownies)

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
     Allegro de Concierto (Concert Allegro), Op. 46 (1904)
         Molto allegro

Ede Poldini (1869-1957)
     Fleurettes, Op.46
         I. Larghetto

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Prelude and Fugue, Op. 46 (1934)
         Fugue (Sur la Nom de Bach)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Four Piano Pieces, Op. 46 (1932)
         IV. Cortege de Adorateurs de Feu

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
     Triumphal March for the Centenary of Napoleon I (1921)
         Maestoso e sostenuto

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Two Rogue Etudes, Op. 46 (1911)
         I. Bold and Fresh

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Scherzo, Op. 46 (1905)
         Presto

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Prelude in C# Minor (1892)

         Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 46(1900)
         Fugue (Sostenuto)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     Chrissemas Day in the Morning, Op. 46 (1926)
         Un poco vivace

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (1947)
         Quarter = 80

         Mark Alburger, Voice / The Opus Project Orchestra

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)
     Five Songs, Op. 46 (1919)
          I. Sharp as a Wayward Rose

         Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Erno Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
     Stabat Mater, Op. 46 (1953)
          Adagio, piuttosto, andante, mesto

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)
     50 Easy Piano Pieces, Op. 46 (1934)
         I. Rigaudon

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
     Harmonium Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 46 (1911)
          I. Enharmonic Fantasy and Double Fugue (Tempo rubato)

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
     Three Chinese Songs, Op. 46 (1906)
          I. Waiting

         Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Hungarian Peasant Songs for Orchestra (1933)
          I. Ballade

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     The Five Fingers (1921)
          I. Andantino / IV. Larghetto / VI. Lento

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     King Roger, Op. 46 (1924)
          Act I - Largo assai

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)
     Violin Sonata in E Major, Op. 46 (1931)
          I. Tranquillo

Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962)
     Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 46 (1956)
          I. Andante

          Kristen Kline, Violin / Mark Alburger, Piano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     String Quartet No. 4, Op.46 (1918)
          I. Vif

         The Opus Project String Quartet

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Kammermusik No. 7, Op. 46, No. 2 (1929)
          I. Nicht zu schnell

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Major, Op. 46 (1946)
          I. Allegro con moto

         Jessica Reyes, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Four Romances on Poems by [Alexander] Pushkin [1799-1837], Op. 46 (1937)
          I. Renaissance

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Piano Ballade, Op. 46 (1977)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     A Wedding Anthem ("Amo Ergo Sum"), Op. 46 (1949, Ronald Duncan)
          Allegro molto vivace

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Claude Ballif (1924-2004)
     Les Battements du Cœur de Jésus, Op. 46 (1971)
          Largo

         Mark Alburger, Trombiano


Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
     Wind Quintet (1985)
          I. Allegro risoluto

          The Opus Project Wind Quintet

     Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 46 (1987)
          I. Theme and Variations - Theme

         Kristen Kline, Violin / Kat Walsh, Bassoon

Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)
     …a musical offering ("J.S.B. 1985")…, Op. 46 (1985)
          I. Prelude

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
     My Vistula, Grey Vistula, Op. 46
          (1981, Folksong from Wide Water, 1957, ed. Jadwiga Gorzechowska)

Steve Reich (b. 1936)
     Daniel Variations (2006)
          I. I Saw a Dream

Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)
     Piano Concerto, Op. 46 (1989)
          Quarter = 66

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Iliad Songs, Op. 46 (1992)
          I. Agamemnon


Stardust (b. 1962)
     Nubian Journey (2016)

          The Opus Project Orchestra


THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor


Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Horn
Box Satterford

Trombiano / Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Jessica Reyes

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Corey Johnson

Viola
Kat Walsh

Celliano
Mark Alburger


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 47: Airs Apparent
8pm, Saturday, November 19, 2016, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) Samson and Delilah, Op. 47: Bacchanale (1877)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)     Vita nostra plena bellis, Motette, Op. 47 (1901)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 (1905)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Nal and Damayanti, Op. 47 (1903)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) Music-Hall Impressions, Op. 47 (1927)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Snowflakes, Op. 47 (1910)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Song, Op. 47 (1900)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Ballad of the Bear, Op. 47 (1923)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Violin Concerto, Op. 47 (1904)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Indian Daybook II (Elegie No. 4), No. 47 (1915)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) Summer Dreams, Op. 47 (1901)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Piano Piece, Op. 47 (1941)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Chinese Poem, Op. 47 (1932)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Dance of the Temple Girl, Op. 47 (1908)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960) Swedish Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 47 (1931)
Paul Juon (1872-1940) Piano Sonatina, Op. 47 (1911)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Quasi Waltz in F Major, Op. 47 (1905)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957) Easy Piano Etude, Op. 47 (1935)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Organ Piece, Op. 47 (1916)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Egdon Heath, Op. 47 (1927)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47 (1949)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony No. 4, Op. 47 (1930)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Sonata for Wind Trio and Piano, Op. 47 (1918)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Trio, Op. 47 (1928)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 (1937)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47 (1978)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Varak, Op. 47 (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Five Flower Songs, Op. 47 (1950)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Babel, Op. 47 (1992)

September 24 - Opus 45: There and Back Again


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 45
8pm, Saturday, September 24, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Program

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)     
     A German Requiem, Op. 45 (1868)
          IV. How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)      
     Capriccio Italien, Op. 45  (1880)
          Part I - Andante un poco rubato

          The Opus Project Ensemble



Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
     Serenade in F Major, Op. 45 (1914)
          II. Air

          Mark Alburger, Piano
              

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)         
     Partsong from the Greek Anthology, Op. 45 (1902)
          I. Yea, Cast Me from Heights of Mountains

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)      
     Ten [William] Shakespeare [1564-1616] Sonnets, Op. 45 (1913)
          I. Moderato assai

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
                   
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)          
     Piano Trio, Op. 45 (1922)
          I. Agite de mouvement et de sentiment

          The Opus 45 Piano Trio

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)     
     Four Songs, Op. 45 (1908)
          I. In the Village (Nicolay Negrasov, 1821-1878)

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Robert Kahn (1865-1952)         
     Clarinet Trio, Op. 45 (1906)
           I. Allegro

           The Opus 45 Clarinet Trio

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)         
     Piano Suite ("Luciferiske"), Op. 45 (1920)
          III. Molto Adago e patetico

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Jan Sibelius (1865-1957)         
     Two Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 45 (1910)
          I. The Dryad

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)     
     "The Bridal Choice" Suite, Op. 45 (1912)
          I. Ghostly Music

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)     
     Barcarola, Op. 45 (1900)
          Con moto

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)          
     Elegie und Round Dance, Op. 45 (1940)
          I. Elegie

          Video

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)         
     Quartet in D Major, Op. 45 (1932)
          I. Allegro
                   
          The Opus 45 Quartet

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)         
     Four Songs, Op. 45 (1912)
          III. Fleurs Decloses (Catulle Blée, b. 1869)

                        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Paul Juon (1872-1940)         
     Triple Concerto ("Episodes Concertantes"), Op. 45 (1912)
          I Allegro moderato

          Mark Alburger, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)     
     Piano Piece, Op. 45 (1905)
          III. Prelude

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)     
     Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (1940)
          Non allegro

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Max Reger (1873-1916)         
     Six Piano Intermezzi, Op. 45 (1900)
          VI. As fast as possible

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)     
     String Trio, Op. 45 (1946)
          Quarter = 60

          The Opus 45 Trio

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)         
     Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)
          Ancora piu mosso...

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         
     Two Pieces ("Things in Themselves"), Op. 45 (1928)
          I. Allegro moderato

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)         
     Hin und Zurück, Op. 45 (1927)
          Very Lively

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)         
     Jonny Spielt Auf, Op. 45 (1927)
          Part I - Lento assai, Poco piu mosso

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)     
     A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 (1954)
          Allegro moderato

Boris Blacher (1903-1975)         
     Study in Pianissimo, Op. 45 (1954)
          Allegro

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)     
     Piano Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 45 (1945)
          Allegro moderato.  Festamente

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Benjamin Frankel (1906 -1973)      
     Viola Concerto, Op. 45 (1967)
          I. Andante: Allegro Moderato


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)     
     The Return of Maxim, Op. 45 (1937)
          Introduction

          Video

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)         
     Three Songs, Op. 45 (1972)
          I. Now I Have Fed and Eaten Up the Rose (James Joyce, 1882-1942)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)         
     Armenian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 45 (1944)
          Fast but majestic

          The Opus Project Ensemble
   
John Cage (1912-1992)          
     Tossed As It Is Untroubled (1943)
          Quarter = 152 ca.

          Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)     
     The Little Sweep, Op. 45 (1949)
          I. The Sweep's Song (Moderate; heavy)

          The Opus Project Ensemble and Audience

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)     
     Piano Sonatina No. 2, Op. 45 (1950)
          With motion

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)     
     Puneña No. 2 ("Hommage à Paul Sacher"), Op. 45 (1972)
          I. Harawi: Adagio senza rigore di tempo e rubato

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)         
     Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 45 (1954)
          I. Allegro con energico


Claude Ballif (1924-2004)         
     Prière du Seigneur, Op. 45 (1972, Thomas More, 1478-1535)

          Video

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)     
     Wind Quintet, Op. 45 (1985)
          I. Allegro risoluto

          The Opus Project Quintet

Philip Glass (b. 1937)         
     Akhnaten (1983)
          Hymn: Psalm 137

          The Opus Project Ensemble



Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937)         
     Toccata ("Motive Force"), Op. 45 (1985)

          Video

Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)         
     Serenade, Op. 45 (1988)
           I. Prelude (Andante)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)         
     Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992)
          Act II: Tartsong

          The Opus Project Ensemble



THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger                        Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Alan Kingsley*

Clarinet
Peter Brown*

Bassoon
Michael Garvey*

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Tenor / Piano
Mark Alburger*

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin
Kristen Kline*

* The Opus 45 Trios and Quartet


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 46: Night of the Living
8pm, Saturday, October 29, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)            French Suite No. 6: III. Sarabande (1725)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)        Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1888)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)            O Fear the Immortals, Ye Children, Op. 46 (1900)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Concert Allegro, Op. 46 (1901)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)            Cello Sonata, Op. 46 (1923)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            The Seasons, Op. 46 (1908)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Song, Op. 46 (1900)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952)            Song after Paul Heyse's "Jungbrunnen", Op. 46 (1906)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 46 (1905)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Harlequin Rondo, Op. 46 (1915)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)            Piece in the Form of a Pear (1903)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Sylvania, Op. 46 (1900)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)            Allegro de Concierto, Op. 46 (1904)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Symphony in C Major, Op. 46 (1940)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Prelude, Op. 46 (1934)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Funeral Hymn, Op. 46 (1932)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Rogue Ways, Op. 46 (1911)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Scherzo, Op. 46 (1905)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957)             Easy Piano Piece, Op. 46 (1934)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Chrissemas Day in the Morning, Op. 46 (1926)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (1947)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Cross-Driver Song, Op. 46 (1910)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            The Prodigal Son, Op. 46 (1929)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            String Quartet No. 4, Op.46 (1918)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Kammermusik No. 6, Op. 46(1927)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Four Pushkin Romances, Op. 46 (1937)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Ballade, Op. 46 (1977)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Let Us Love One Another, Op. 46 (1941)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Amo Ergo Sum, Op. 46 (1949)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Iliad Song, Op. 46 (1992)