March 26 - Opus 39: Strange But True
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 39
8pm, Saturday, March 26, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Rose of Isfahan, Op. 39, No. 1 (1888)
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39 (1901)
I. March in D Major
The Opus Project Orchestra
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)
Allegro Giusto, Op. 39 (1906)
Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Saga-Dream, Op. 39 (1908)
Andante tranquillo
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 39 (1899)
I. Andante, ma non troppo
The Opus Project Orchestra
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Capricho Espanol, Op. 39 (1915)
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
The Heart, Op. 39 (1931)
Act I: Prelude
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Petit Suite for Small Orchestra, Op. 39 (1929)
I. Aubade
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Songs for Vocal Quartet and Orchestra, Op. 39 (1905)
I. Vehement
The Opus Project Orchestra
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)
Symphony No. 4 in C Minor ("From the Outermost Skerries"), Op. 39 (1922)
I. Moderato
Video
Paul Juon (1872-1940)
Piano Trio No. 2 ("Caprice"), Op. 39 (1908)
I. Moderato non troppo
Audio
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Four Piano Preludes, Op. 39 (1903)
II. Elevato
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Symphony No. 3 ("Pastoral") (1921)
I. Molto Moderato
The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39 (1917)
VIII. Allegro moderato
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
The Perfect Fool, Op. 39 (1922)
Ballet
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Kol Nidre, Op. 39 (1938)
Grave
The Opus Project Orchestra
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
Eight Pieces for Violin and Cello, Op. 39 (1909)
I. Prelude
Kat Walsh, Violin / Aaron Urton, Cello
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
Dagobah, Op. 39 No. 1 (1904)
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)
Penthesilea, Op. 39 (1925, Heinrich von Kleist, 1777-1811)
Molto agitato
The Opus Project Orchestra
Fartein Valen (1887-1952)
Two Songs, Op. 39 (1941)
I. Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (Frederich Schiller, 1759-1805)
Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
Estampes, Op. 39 (1958)
Video
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Bass in G Minor, Op. 39 (1924)
I. Thema
Audio
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Cardillac, Op. 39 (1926)
Act I: I. Prelude
The Opus Project Orchestra
Erich Korngold (1897-1957)
Symphonische Serenade for String Orchestra (1948)
I. Andante moderato
Video
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Children's Pieces, Op. 39 (1944)
I-III. Little Song / Polka / March / IV. Cradle Song
Mark Alburger, Piano
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Poem for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 39 (1945)
Video
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
The Limpid Stream, Op. 39 (1935)
Act I: Waltz
The Opus Project Orchestra
Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
Two Pieces for Flute and Piano, Op. 39 (1942)
I. Histoire Vrai pour une Mon
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39 (1962)
Moderato with dignity
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Artinis, Op. 39 (1945)
Mark Alburger, Piano
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)
Frans Hals, Op. 39 (1949)
Prelude - Fanfare
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Albert Herring, Op. 39 (1947)
Act I - Opening
The Opus Project Orchestra
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 39 (1950)
III. Blandly
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 39 (1972)
II. Scherzo for the Sinister Hand
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Oboe Concerto, Op. 39 (1952)
Video
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Apparition (1979)
Jill Wagoner, Voice / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Big Beat, Op. 39 (1990)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
Clown Antics (2016)
The Opus Project Brass Trio
Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
Remember Dreams Come True Fireworks Spectacular from Disneyland Resort (Overture) (2016)
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield Associate Music Director and Conductor
Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley
Trumpet
Michael Cox
Horn
Bob Satterford
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Soprano
Jill Wagoner
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Hussein Al-Naswari
Violin I
Kat Walsh
Violin II
Carol Earley
Viola
Donna Ashley
Carol Earley
Kat Walsh
Cello
Aaron Urton
Bass
Michael Stubblefield
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 40 - Mechanical / Organic
8pm, Saturday, April 30, 2016,
Center for Contemporary Music,
55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with Stardust,
Michael Cox, Jill Wagoner, Harriet
March Page, Feona Lee Jones, Elizabeth
Morrison, and The Opus Project Orchestra
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) Danse Macabre, Op. 40 (1874)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Cockaigne (In London Town) Overture, Op. 40 (1901)
Abraham Wolf Lilienthal (1859-1928) Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1921)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (1898)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Theme with Variations, Op. 40 (1917)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) 10 Pensées Lyriques for Piano, Op.40 (1916)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Song, Op. 40 (1931)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello, Op. 40
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Through the Storm, Op 40, No. 2 (1905)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Mazurka, Op. 40 (1903)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 4 (1928)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Fugal Concerto, Op. 40 (1923)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Variations on a Recitative, Op. 40 (1941)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935) Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 40 (1924)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970) Solitude, Op. 40, No. 1 (104)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943) Cantata Profana (1930)
Karl Weigl (1881-1949) Song for Soprano and Quartet, Op. 40 (1934)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Suite from "Histoire du Soldat" (1919)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Paganini Caprice, Op. 40 (1918)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) Buried Alive, Op. 40 (1926)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965) Tanz-und-Spielstücke, Op. 40 (1926)
Fartein Valen (1887-1952) Symphony No.2, Op. 40 (1944)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 (1925)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Violin Sonata No. 2, Op.40 (1917)
Alois Haba (1893-1973) Fantasia for Nonet No. 1 in the 12-Tone System, Op. 40 (1930)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Music for Mechanical Instruments, Op. 40 (1927)
Erich Korngold (1897-1957) Symphony in F# Major, Op. 40 (1952)
Harald Saeverud (1897-1992) Symphony No.8 ("Minnesota"), Op.40 (1930)
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956) Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 40 (1955)
Boris Blacher (1903-1975) Unaccompanied Violin Sonata, Op. 40 (1951)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Easy Variations in D Major and A Minor, Op. 40 (1944)
Paul Creston (1906-1985) Zanoni, Op. 40 (1946)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40 (1934)
Jean Langlais (1907-1991) Song of Peace, Op. 40 (1943)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40 (1966)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Psalm and Fugue, Op. 40 (1940)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) My Beloved Is Mine, Op. 40 (1947)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 40 (1950)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) String Quartet No. 3, with Soprano, Op. 40 (1973)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 (1953)
Herbert Brun (1918-2000) Nonet, Op. 40 (1969)
Claude Ballif (1924-2004) Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1963)
Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010) Harpsichord Concerto, Op 40 (1980)
Bozay Attila (1939-1999) String Quartet No. 3, Op. 40
Philip Glass (b. 1937) Glassworks (1982)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Trumpet Concerto (Macho Concertino), Op. 40 (1990)