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)
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