May 28 - Opus 41: With All Due Diligence

THE OPUS PROJECT


Opus 41
8pm, Saturday, May 28, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Prelude

Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995)   
     Ben Hur (1959)
          What Service Have You Seen, 41? . . . What Is Your Name, 41?



Program

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)     
     English Suite No. 6 (1720)
          V. Sarabande

          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano


Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)     
     Cello Sonata, Op. 41 (1900)
          I. Allegro non troppo ed affetuoso


Edward Elgar (1857-1934)     
    Two Songs, Op. 41 (1902, Christopher Benson, 1862-1925)
         I. In the Dawn

         Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Gabriel PiernĂ© (1863-1937)      
     Piano Quintet, Op. 41 (1917)
          I. Moderato molto tranquillo


          The Opus Project Piano Quintet

Robert Kahn (1865-1952)     
     Piano Quartet, Op. 41 (1904)
          I. Allegro molto moderato

          The Opus Project Piano Quartet

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) 
     The Winds Are Blowing, Op. 41 (1907)
          II. Allegro moderato

          Michael Cox, Trumpet / Feona Lee Jones, Piano / Kristen Kline, Violin

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)      
     Moderen (The Mother), Op. 41 (1920, Helge Rode, 1870-1937)
          I. Tagen Letter (The Fog Is Lifting)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / The Opus Project Orchestra

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)     
     Kyllikki, Op. 41 (1904)
          I. Largamente

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) 
     Turandot Suite, Op. 41 (1905)
          I. The Execution, the City Gate, and the Departure

Erik Satie (1866-1925)      
     Cold Pieces (1897)
          I. Tunes to Make You Run Away

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)     
     Prelude and Fughetta, Op. 41 (1929)
          Fughetta

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)     
     Eight Short Pieces, Op. 41 (1908)
          V. Virelai

Paul Juon (1872-1940)     
     Tanzrhythmen (Books VI and VII), Op. 41 (1908)
          I. Risoluto

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) 
     Poeme, Op. 41 (1904)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) 
     Mass in G Minor (1922)
          I. Kyrie

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Alexander Gedike (1873-1957)  
     Trumpet Concerto, Op. 41 (1930)
          Moderato sostenuto

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)     
     Trumpet Concertino, Op. 41 (1916)
          Assez anime

          Michael Cox, Trumpet / The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) 
     Three Russian Choruses, Op. 41 (1926)
          I. Across the River

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) 
     Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte [1769-1821], Op. 41 (1942, Lord Byron [1788-1824], 1814)
          Grave

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)     
     String Quartet No. 3 (1920)
          I. Allegretto pastorale

          The Opus Project String Quartet


Erno Dohnanyi (1877-1960)     
     Six Piano Pieces, Op. 41 (1945)
          III. Canzonetta

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Georges Brun (1878-1961)     
     Romance for Flute and Piano, Op. 41 (1905)
          Modere, sans lenteur

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)     
     Piano Concerto No. 2 (1931)
          I. Allegro

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) 
     Four Songs from [Rabindranath] Tagore[1861-1941)]'s "The Garden", Op. 41 (1918)
           I. My Heart

           Kristen Kline, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)  
     Bassoon Sonata, Op. 41 (1927)
          I. Gemessen

          Tim Machajewski, Bassoon / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)     
     The Steel Step, Op. 41 (1926)
          I. Entree des personnages

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)     
     Konzertmusik for Winds, Op. 41 (1926)
          I. Konzertante Overture

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) 
     Seven Merry Songs (Based on Nursery Rhymes), Op. 41
          (1945, Samuil Marshak,1887-1964)
          I. Old King Cole

          Kristen Kline, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) 
     The Youth of Maxim, Op. 41 (1935)
           I. Prologue   

          Video   

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)     
     Despite and Still, Op. 41 (1969)
          I. A Last Song (Robert Graves, 1895-1968, A Last Poem, 1964)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) 
     A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41 (1947)
          I. A Cradle Song (William Blake, 1757–1827, Notebook, 1794)

          Kristen Kline, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) 
     Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 41 (1950)
          II. Quietly

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Herbert Brun (1918-2000)     
     Six for Five by Two in Pieces, Op. 41 (1992)
          I. Quarter = 60

          Michael Cox, Trumpet / Bob Satterford, French Horn


Fritz Leitermeyer (1925-2006)  
     12 Epigrams for Cello and Piano, Op. 41 (1970)
          I.  Eighth = ca. 80

Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928) 
     Cello Concerto, Op. 41 (1971)
          I. Allegro ma non troppo                   

          Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

George Crumb (b. 1929)     
     Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV, 1979)
          I. Alpha Centauri

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)     
     Das Gesetz der Quadrille (The Law of the Square Dance, 1979, Franz Kafka, 1883-1924)
          I. Das Gesetz der Quadrille

          Kristen Kline, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Philip Glass (b. 1937)     
     Glassworks (1982)
          Opening / Closing

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)      
     Guitar Suite, Op. 41 (1986)
          I. Prelude

          Michael Stubblefield, Guitar

Robin Holloway (b. 1943)     
     Serenade in C, Op. 41 (1979)
          I. Marcia


Kai Stensgaard (b. 1952)     
     Spanish Dance (1982)

          Sultan Molaib, Marimba


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)     
     Mice Suite No. 1, Op. 41 (1991)
         I. Worksong

         The Opus Project Orchestra


John Veitch (b. 1989)     
     Improvisation (2016)

          John Veitch, Piano



THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

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


Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Clarino
Sultain Molaib

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Horn
Bob Satterford

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Countertenor
Young June Kim

Tenor
Mark Alburger
John Veitch

Guitar
Michael Stubblefield

Harp
John Veitch

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
Sultan Molaib
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Kat Walsh

Viola
Young June Kim
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


OPUS 42: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Project - 8pm, Saturday, June 25, 2016

With Hussein Al-Naswari, Feona Lee Jones, Kristen Kline, Aaron Urton, and the Opus Project Orchestra

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42 (1901)
Gabriel PiernĂ© (1863-1937)             Piano Variations in C Minor, Op. 42 (1918)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            The Letter, Op. 42 (1907)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952)            Song, Op. 42 (1904)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Springtime on a Danish Island, Op. 42 (1921)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Romance in C Major, Op. 42 (1904)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)        Elegiac Berceuse, Op. 42 (1909)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Cello Concerto in G Major, Op. 42 (1935)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Symphony No. 3, Op. 42 (1930)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)        Romantic Piano Piece, Op. 42 (1908)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)            Hjalmar Branting's Dirge, Op. 42 (1927)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 42 (1909)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Etude, Op. 42 (1903)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)            English Folk Song, Op. 42 (1923)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957)             March, Op. 42 (1930)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)        Variation on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 (1931)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            At the Boar's Head, Op. 42 (1924)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Piano Concerto, Op. 42 (1942)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)            Symphony No. 3 ("Ilya Muromets"), Op. 42 (1911)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            American Overture, Op. 42 (1926)   
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            The Prodigal Son, Op. 42 (1923)           
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Suite for Mechanical Organ, Op. 42 (1925)   
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Five Fragments, Op. 42 (1935)       
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Two Choral Pieces, Op. 42 (1968)       
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            I Will Rejoice in the Lord, Op. 42 (1942)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Saint Nicolas, Op. 42 (1948)           
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Westminster Tropes, Op. 42 (1991)