April 30 - Opus 40: Mechanical / Organic

  
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)