July 30 - Opus 43: Symphonic Ecstasy

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 43
8pm, Saturday, July 30, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA



Program

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)       
     Dream Children, Op. 43 (1902)
           I. Andante

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)    
     All-Night Vigil, Op. 43 (1900)
          I. Quarter = 60

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)        
     Franciscan Landscape, Op. 43 (1919)
          I. Au Jardin de Sainte Clare

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)       
     Wind Quintet, Op. 45 (1922)
          I. Allegro ben moderato

          The Opus Project Wind Quintet

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 43 (1902)
          IV. Finale

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)   
     Nocturne Symphonique (Elegie No. 2), Op. 43 (1913)
          Sostenutissimo

          The Opus Project Orchestras
                       


Ede Poldini (1869-1957)       
     Petit Decameron, Op. 43 (1909)
          I. Arabian Story - Lento

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano
 


Albert Roussel (1869-1937)       
     Bacchus and Ariane, Op. 43 (1930)
          Act I - [Introduction] Allegro con brio


          The Opus Project Orchestra



Vítezslav Novák (1870-1949)    
     Pan, Op. 43 (1910)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)       
     Humoresques, Op. 43 (1911)
          I. Marche militaire (Tres rhythme)

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Louis Vierne (1870-1937)       
     Silhouettes d'enfants, Op. 43 (1918)
          I. Valse

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano
 
Paul Juon (1872-1940)       
     Silhouettes, Series II, Op. 43, No. 2 (Book IV) (1909)
          IIIa. Intermezzo I - Allegretto (alla Menuetto)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, Oboe / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)   
     Symphony No. 3 ("The Divine Poem"), Op. 43 (1904)
          Introduction

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)   
     Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (194)
          Introduction. Allegro vivace — Variation I (Precedente)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Max Reger (1873-1916)       
     Eight Songs, Op. 43 (1900)
          V. Lullaby (Richard Dehmel)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Charles Ives (1874-1954)       
     Central Park in the Dark (1906)
          Molto adagio

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)   
     Theme and Variations for Orchestra, Op. 43 (1943)
          Theme (Poco allegro)

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Cyril Scott (1879-1970)       
     A Gift of Silence, Op. 43 (1905)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
                       
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)       
     Hungarian Sketches for Orchestra (1931)
          I. Evening in Transylvania (Evening in the Village)
          II. Bear Dance

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Marion Bauer (1882-1955)       
     Prelude and Fugue, Op. 43 (1948)
          Prelude

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / The Opus Project Orchestra
                   
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)       
     Pulcinella (1920)
          VII. Duetto (Vivo)

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)       
     The Fisherman and his Wife, Op. 43 (1930)
          I. Introduction

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Divertissement, Op. 43 (1929)
           I. Moderato, molto ritmato

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)       
     Chamber Symphony No. 1 ("Spring"), Op. 43 (1917)
          II. Chantant

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Speilmusik, Op. 43 (1927)
          I. Moderately moving half-notes

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     El Salon Mexico (1936)
          Allegro vivace

          The Opus Project Orchestra
          

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)   
     Two Russian Folk Songs, Op. 43 (1945)
          I. Andante con moto

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)   
     Symphony No. 4, Op. 43 (1936)
          I. Allegretto poco moderato

          The Opus Project Orchestra
       
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)       
     12 Armenian Folk Songs, Op. 43 (1943)
          I. Quarter = 104

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)   
     The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (1948, after the original, 1728, by John Pepusch, 1685-)   
          Act I - "Through All the Employments of Life"

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)   
     Serenade No. 5, Op. 43 (1950)
          I. Prelude

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Gnomic Variations (1981)
          Thema-lentemente, deciso

          Elizabeth Morrison, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Philip Glass (b. 1937)       
     Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
          V. Vessels - Verse 1

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Deploration Passacaglias, Op. 43 (1992)
          I. Ockeghem
               


Stardust (b. 1962)           
     Annie's Song No. 1: Like a Virgin (2016)

          Jill Wagoner and Annie Hepbern Smith, Sopranos / The Opus Project Orchestra


Feona Lee Jones (b. 1986)       
     Etude No. 2 (2016)

         Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
     Golden Gate (2016)
    

Hussein Al-Naswari (b.1990)
     The Ultimate Disney Steinway Grand Concert (2016)

          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
    

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

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

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley



Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Michael Garvey

Trombone
Scott Sterling


Soprano
Annie Hepbern Smith
Jill Wagoner


Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren

Violin
Kat Walsh

Viola
Kristy Venstrom

Cello
Elizabeth Morrison

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 44: International Fantasies
8pm, SUNDAY, August 28, 2016, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

A Multi-Media Event,
with Feona Lee Jones, and the Opus Project String Quartet, Piano Quintet, and Orchestra

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)            Romance, Op. 44, No. 1 (1859)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Coronation Ode, Op. 44 (1902)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)             Piano Serenade, Op. 44 (1920)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Chorus, Op. 44 (1908)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Orchestral Song, Op. 44 (1900)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            String Quartet No. 4, Op. 44 (1906)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Piece from "Kuolema", Op. 44 (1906)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Indian Fantasy, Op. 44 (1914)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Browning Song, Op. 44 (1900)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Little Symphony in G Major, Op. 44 (1939)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)             Idyll, Op. 44 (1930)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Open-Air Orchestral Music, Op. 44 (1904)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 44 (1909)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Poeme, Op. 44 (1905)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957)             Opera at the Crossing, Op. 44 (1933)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)        Symphony No. 3, Op. 44 (1936)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Part-Song, Op. 44 (1926)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Genesis Suite: Prelude, Op. 44 (1945)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Kyrie, Op. 44 (1916)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Symphony No. 3, Op. 44 (1928)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Low Song, Op. 44
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Felix the Cat, Op. 44 (1926)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Hail, Spain, Op. 44 (1936)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            A Fadograph of Yestern Scene, Op. 44 (1971)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44 (1935)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Spring Symphony, Op. 44 (1949)       
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Helena Suite, Op. 44 (1992)