September 24 - Opus 45: There and Back Again


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 45
8pm, Saturday, September 24, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Program

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)     
     A German Requiem, Op. 45 (1868)
          IV. How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)      
     Capriccio Italien, Op. 45  (1880)
          Part I - Andante un poco rubato

          The Opus Project Ensemble



Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
     Serenade in F Major, Op. 45 (1914)
          II. Air

          Mark Alburger, Piano
              

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)         
     Partsong from the Greek Anthology, Op. 45 (1902)
          I. Yea, Cast Me from Heights of Mountains

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)      
     Ten [William] Shakespeare [1564-1616] Sonnets, Op. 45 (1913)
          I. Moderato assai

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
                   
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)          
     Piano Trio, Op. 45 (1922)
          I. Agite de mouvement et de sentiment

          The Opus 45 Piano Trio

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)     
     Four Songs, Op. 45 (1908)
          I. In the Village (Nicolay Negrasov, 1821-1878)

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Robert Kahn (1865-1952)         
     Clarinet Trio, Op. 45 (1906)
           I. Allegro

           The Opus 45 Clarinet Trio

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)         
     Piano Suite ("Luciferiske"), Op. 45 (1920)
          III. Molto Adago e patetico

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Jan Sibelius (1865-1957)         
     Two Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 45 (1910)
          I. The Dryad

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)     
     "The Bridal Choice" Suite, Op. 45 (1912)
          I. Ghostly Music

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)     
     Barcarola, Op. 45 (1900)
          Con moto

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)          
     Elegie und Round Dance, Op. 45 (1940)
          I. Elegie

          Video

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)         
     Quartet in D Major, Op. 45 (1932)
          I. Allegro
                   
          The Opus 45 Quartet

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)         
     Four Songs, Op. 45 (1912)
          III. Fleurs Decloses (Catulle Blée, b. 1869)

                        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Paul Juon (1872-1940)         
     Triple Concerto ("Episodes Concertantes"), Op. 45 (1912)
          I Allegro moderato

          Mark Alburger, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)     
     Piano Piece, Op. 45 (1905)
          III. Prelude

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)     
     Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (1940)
          Non allegro

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Max Reger (1873-1916)         
     Six Piano Intermezzi, Op. 45 (1900)
          VI. As fast as possible

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)     
     String Trio, Op. 45 (1946)
          Quarter = 60

          The Opus 45 Trio

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)         
     Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)
          Ancora piu mosso...

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         
     Two Pieces ("Things in Themselves"), Op. 45 (1928)
          I. Allegro moderato

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)         
     Hin und Zurück, Op. 45 (1927)
          Very Lively

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)         
     Jonny Spielt Auf, Op. 45 (1927)
          Part I - Lento assai, Poco piu mosso

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)     
     A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 (1954)
          Allegro moderato

Boris Blacher (1903-1975)         
     Study in Pianissimo, Op. 45 (1954)
          Allegro

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)     
     Piano Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 45 (1945)
          Allegro moderato.  Festamente

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Benjamin Frankel (1906 -1973)      
     Viola Concerto, Op. 45 (1967)
          I. Andante: Allegro Moderato


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)     
     The Return of Maxim, Op. 45 (1937)
          Introduction

          Video

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)         
     Three Songs, Op. 45 (1972)
          I. Now I Have Fed and Eaten Up the Rose (James Joyce, 1882-1942)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)         
     Armenian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 45 (1944)
          Fast but majestic

          The Opus Project Ensemble
   
John Cage (1912-1992)          
     Tossed As It Is Untroubled (1943)
          Quarter = 152 ca.

          Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)     
     The Little Sweep, Op. 45 (1949)
          I. The Sweep's Song (Moderate; heavy)

          The Opus Project Ensemble and Audience

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)     
     Piano Sonatina No. 2, Op. 45 (1950)
          With motion

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)     
     Puneña No. 2 ("Hommage à Paul Sacher"), Op. 45 (1972)
          I. Harawi: Adagio senza rigore di tempo e rubato

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)         
     Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 45 (1954)
          I. Allegro con energico


Claude Ballif (1924-2004)         
     Prière du Seigneur, Op. 45 (1972, Thomas More, 1478-1535)

          Video

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)     
     Wind Quintet, Op. 45 (1985)
          I. Allegro risoluto

          The Opus Project Quintet

Philip Glass (b. 1937)         
     Akhnaten (1983)
          Hymn: Psalm 137

          The Opus Project Ensemble



Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937)         
     Toccata ("Motive Force"), Op. 45 (1985)

          Video

Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)         
     Serenade, Op. 45 (1988)
           I. Prelude (Andante)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)         
     Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992)
          Act II: Tartsong

          The Opus Project Ensemble



THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger                        Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Alan Kingsley*

Clarinet
Peter Brown*

Bassoon
Michael Garvey*

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Tenor / Piano
Mark Alburger*

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin
Kristen Kline*

* The Opus 45 Trios and Quartet


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 46: Night of the Living
8pm, Saturday, October 29, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)            French Suite No. 6: III. Sarabande (1725)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)        Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1888)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)            O Fear the Immortals, Ye Children, Op. 46 (1900)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Concert Allegro, Op. 46 (1901)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)            Cello Sonata, Op. 46 (1923)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            The Seasons, Op. 46 (1908)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Song, Op. 46 (1900)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952)            Song after Paul Heyse's "Jungbrunnen", Op. 46 (1906)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 46 (1905)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Harlequin Rondo, Op. 46 (1915)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)            Piece in the Form of a Pear (1903)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Sylvania, Op. 46 (1900)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)            Allegro de Concierto, Op. 46 (1904)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Symphony in C Major, Op. 46 (1940)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Prelude, Op. 46 (1934)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Funeral Hymn, Op. 46 (1932)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Rogue Ways, Op. 46 (1911)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Scherzo, Op. 46 (1905)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957)             Easy Piano Piece, Op. 46 (1934)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Chrissemas Day in the Morning, Op. 46 (1926)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (1947)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Cross-Driver Song, Op. 46 (1910)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            The Prodigal Son, Op. 46 (1929)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            String Quartet No. 4, Op.46 (1918)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Kammermusik No. 6, Op. 46(1927)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Four Pushkin Romances, Op. 46 (1937)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Ballade, Op. 46 (1977)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Let Us Love One Another, Op. 46 (1941)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Amo Ergo Sum, Op. 46 (1949)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Iliad Song, Op. 46 (1992)