February 27 - Opus 38: Love Dreams


THE OPUS PROJECT


Opus 38
8pm, Saturday, February 27, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA


Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)       
     Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38 (1869)
          I. Allegro non troppo (E Minor)

          Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Edward Elgar (1857-1934)       
     The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 (1900)   
          Part I - Introduction

Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)        
     Symphonischer Festmarsch, Op. 38 (1907)
          Maestoso

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)   
     Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 38 (1906)   
          I. Allegro passionato

          Audio


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     Five Songs, Op. 38 (1904)       
          III. In the Night, Op. 38 (1904)

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Enrique Granados (1867-1916)       
     Marche Militaire, Op. 38 (1915)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)       
     The Dark Kingdom, Op. 38 (1930)
          Part I - We Dead

          Video


Albert Roussel (1869-1937)       
     Jazz in the Night, Op. 38 (1928, Rene Dommange, 1888-1977)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)       
     Elégie (At Emil Sjögren's Funeral), Op. 38 (1918)

          Video


Paul Juon (1872-1940)       
     Children of Lauschen, Op. 38 (1907)
          Mother Tells Fairytales
          I. From The Beautiful Ringlet

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)   
     Six Romances, Op. 38 (1916)
          I. In My Garden at Night (Alexander Block, 1880-1921) Lento

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Gustav Holst (1874-1934)       
     Ode to Death, Op 38 (1919, Walt Whitman, 1819-1892)
          Adagio

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)       
     Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38 (1939)
          I. Adagio

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Ottorino Respighi (1879-1836)       
     Notturno (1904)
       
          Hussein Al-Naswari


Cyril Scott (1879-1970)       
     My Captain, Op. 38 (1904, Walt Whitman)

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)       
     Piano-Rag Music (1919)
          Quarter = 144


          The Opus Project Orchestra


Ernst Toch (1887-1965)       
     Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 38 (1926)
          I. Molto pesante

                        Video


Fartein Valen (1887-1952)        
     Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 38 (1941)
          I. Allegro maestoso


Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 38 (1923)
          I. Allegro tranquillo

Alois Haba (1893-1973)                         
     Piano Toccata quasi una Fantasia, Op. 38 (1931)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 38 (1925)
          II. Very fast half-notes

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Erich Korngold (1897-1957)       
     Five Songs, Op. 38 (1947)
           I. Congratulations

                        Video

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)       
     Statements for Orchestra (1934)
          I. Militant

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Kurt Weill (1900-1950)       
     Four Walt Whitman Songs (1947)
          I. My Captain

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)       
     Three Greek Songs, Op. 38 (1953)
          I. Sappho

          Video



Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)       
     24 Piano Preludes, Op. 38 (1944)
          I. Andantino

Paul Creston (1906-1985)       
     Six Piano Preludes, Op. 38 (1945)
          II. Tranquil

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)   
     Love and Hate, Op. 38 (1934)

         Video
   
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)       
     Piano Concerto, Op. 38 (1962)
         I. Allegro appassionato

         Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra



Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)       
     Occasional Overture, Op. 38 (1946)


Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)       
     Piano Sonatina No. 1, Op. 38 (1950)
           I. Flowing



Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)       
     Beatrix Cenci, Op. 38
          (1971, after The Cenci, 1819, by Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792-1822)



Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)       
     Three Other Pieces for Clarinet and Cimbalom, Op. 38a (1996)
          No. 1. Kanonfele

          Video


George Crumb (1929)           
     Star-Child (1977)
          I. Introduction: Desolato

           The Opus Project Orchestra


Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)       
     A Serenade for Summer, for Chamber Orchestra, Op. 38 (1976)

          Video

Steve Reich (b. 1936)           
     Proverb (1995, "How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life,"
          Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951)

         Mark Alburger, Tenor

Philip Glass (b. 1937)           
     Satyagraha (1980, Constance DeJong, b. 1950)
          Act 3: III. Evening Song

           The Opus Project Orchestra


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Spectral Preludes, Op. 38 (1989)
          IV. Red-Orange (A)


          VIII. Blue-Purple (Db)


       
          IX. Blue (Ab)


          XI. Green (Bb)

          Video


Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)       
     Six Short Pieces on 12-Tone Circles (2016)
          II. Allemande

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield                Associate Music Director and Conductor


Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Peter Brown

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Bob Satterford

Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger


Bass
John Veitch

Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Hussein Al-Naswari
Cynthia Seagren

Violin I
Keith Leung

Violin II
Donna Ashley

Viola
Donna's Friend

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 39: Strange But True!
8pm, Saturday, March 26, 2016,
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)            In a Strange Land, Op. 39, No. 1 (1840)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Pomp and Circumstance March in D Major, Op. 39, No. 1 (1901)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)             Allegro Giusto, Op. 39 (1906)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)             Saga-Dream, Op. 39 (1908)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Symphony No. 1, Op. 39 (1899)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)            Capricho Espanol, Op. 39 (1915)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)            The Heart, Op. 39 (1931)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Petit Suite for Small Orchestra, Op. 39 (1929)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)            Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 39 (1922)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)                   Piano Trio No. 2 ("Caprice"), Op. 39 (1908)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)             Piano Prelude, Op. 39, No. 2 (1903)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)        Etude-Tableau, Op. 39, No. 2 (1917)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)                  The Perfect Fool: Ballet Music, Op. 39 (1922)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Kol Nidre, Op. 39 (1938)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)            Prelude for Violin and Cello, Op. 39, No. 1 (1909)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)            Dagobah, Op. 39 No. 1 (1904)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Three Pieces for Clarinet (1919)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)            Penthesilea, Op. 39 (1925)
Fartein Valen (1887-1952)            Song, Op. 39 (1941)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39 (1924)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Cardillac, Op. 39 (1926)
Erich Korngold (1897-1957)            Symphonische Serenade for String Orchestra (1948)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Children's Pieces, Op. 39 (1944)
Paul Creston (1906-1985)               Poem for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 39 (1945)   
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        The Limpid Stream, Op. 39 (1935)
Jean Langlais (1907-1991)             True Story, Op. 39, No. 1
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Andromach's Farewell, Op. 39 (1962)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Artinis, Op. 39 (1945)   
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Albert Herring, Op. 39 (1947)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)            Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 39 (1950)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)            Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 39 (1972)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)        Oboe Concerto, Op. 39 (1952)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Apparition (1979)
Peter Schat (1935-2003)            Etudes for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 39 (1992)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)                Glassworks (1982)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Big Beat, Op. 39 (1990)