THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 40
8pm, Saturday, April 30, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Cockaigne (In London Town) Concert-Overture, Op. 40 (1901)
Allegro
The Opus Project Orchestra
Abraham Wolf Lilienthal (1859-1928)
Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1921)
Poco adagio
Elizabeth Morrison, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Theme with Variations, Op. 40 (1917)
Thema (Andante)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
10 Pensées Lyriques for Piano, Op.40 (1916)
V. Berceuse
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
Six Songs, Op. 40 (1931)
V. Wanderers Nachtliebe (Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832)
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello, Op. 40 (1929)
I. Allegro grazioso
Ruth Keys, Flute / Kat Walsh, Viola / Elizabeth Morrison, Cello
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Three Choruses, a capella, Op. 40 (1905)
II. Through the Storm (Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872):
Praying near the broken mast
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Two Mazurkas, Op. 40 (1903)
II. Pleasant
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 40 (1928)
I. Allegro vivace
Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40 (1923)
I. Moderato
Ruth Keys, Flute / Stardust, Oboe / The Opus Project Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Variations on a Recitative, Op. 40 (1941)
Lento
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
Three Piano Pieces, Op. 40 (1904)
I. Solitude
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Karl Weigl (1881-1949)
Five Songs for Soprano and String Quartet, Op. 40 (1934)
I. Consolation (Ina Seidel, 1885-1974)
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project String Quartet
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Three Paganini Caprices, Op. 40 (1918)
III. Tema (Caprice No. 24)
Carolyn Lowenthal, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
Tanz-und-Spielstücke, Op. 40 (1926)
I. Gray Sky
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 (1925)
I. Allegro ben articulato
The Opus Project Orchestra
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
Violin Sonata No. 2, Op.40 (1917)
I. Pastorale
Carolyn Lowenthal, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Alois Haba (1893-1973)
Nonet No. 1, Op. 40 (1930)
I. Allegro moderato
Erich Korngold (1897-1957)
Symphony in F#, Op. 40 (1952)
I. Moderato ma energico
The Opus Project Orchestra
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Easy Variations, Op. 40 (1944)
II. A Minor - Theme
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40 (1934)
III. Largo
Elizabeth Morrison, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40 (1966, Franco Zeffirelli, b. 1923,
after William Shakespeare, 1564 -1616))
Act III, Scene 2: "Give me my robe"
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 40 (1950)
II. Andante
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
String Quartet No. 3, with Soprano, Op. 40 (1973)
I. Contemplativo (La Musica - En la noche tranquila,
Juan Ramón Jiménez, 1881-1958)
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project String Quartet
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 (1953)
I. Allegretto
The Opus Project Orchestra
Peter Jona Korn (1922-1998)
Wind Quintet, Op. 40 (1971)
I. Con moto
The Opus Project Wind Quintet
Claude Ballif (1924-2004)
Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1963)
Calmo sereno
Elizabeth Morrison, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010)
Harpsichord (or Piano) Concerto, Op 40 (1980)
Allegro molto
Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Attila Bozay (1939-1999)
String Quartet No. 3 ("Feasts of Equinoxes"), Op. 40 (1971)
MOTTO - Adagio (Autumn / Winter / Spring / Summer)
The Opus Project String Quartet
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Trumpet Concerto (Macho Concertino), Op. 40 (1990)
I. Allegro
Michael Cox, Trumpet / The Opus Project Orchestra
Stardust (b. 1962)
Dam (2016)
I. Retention
The Opus Project Orchestra
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
Lilting Fire Monkey (2016)
The Opus Project String Trio
Feona Lee Jones (b. 1985)
Etude No. 1 (2016)
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
String Quartet No. 1 (2012)
II. Andante
The Opus Project String Quartet
Hussein Al-Naswari
Improvisation (2016)
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield Associate Music Director and Conductor
Flute
Ruth Keys
Oboe / English Horn
Stardust
Clarinet
Michael Kimbell
Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Trumpet
Michael Cox
Horn
Craig Hansen
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Soprano
Jill Wagoner
Harp
John Veitch
Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
Timpani
Ken Crawford
Violin I
Carolyn Lowenthal
Violin II
Corey Johnson
Viola
Kat Walsh
Cello
Elizabeth Morrison
Bass
Michael Stubblefield
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 41
8pm, Saturday, May 28, 2016,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Mass in G Minor: I. Kyrie (1922)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 (1942)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943) Piano Concerto No. 2 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) The Steel Step, Op. 41 (1926)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Les Euménides, Op.41 (1923)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Konzertmusik, Op. 41 (1926)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) The Youth of Maxim, Op. 41 (1935)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Despite and Still, Op. 41 (1969)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Protest and Prayer, Op.41 (1967)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41 (1947)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Mice Suite No. 1, Op. 41 (1991)
