December 17 - Opus 48: Appeasement on Earth


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 48
8pm, Saturday, December 17, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA



Program

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)    
     Serenade, Op. 48 (1880)
          I. Pezzo en Forma di Sonatina (Andante non troppo)



Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)       
     Requiem in D Minor, Op.48 (1877)
          I. Introit (Molto largo)

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)           
     Four Character Pieces after The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám [1048–1131],
          Op. 48 (1900, Edward FitzGerald, 1809 - 883)
          II. ...the Lion and the Lizard...: Allegro deciso

          Jasmine Reyes, Soprano / The Opus Project Ensemble
                       
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)       
     Pleading, Op. 48 (1908, Arthur L. Salmon, b. 1865)
          Andante

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)        
     Chamber [Flute Trio] Sonata, Op. 48 (1927)
          II. Sarabande (Sur le Nom de Louis Fleury): Tres modere   

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)   
     Les Fleurs du Mal, Op. 48 (1909, Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867)
          I. Hymne

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger and Jessica Reyes, Piano
          Aaron Urton, Cello

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)       
     Five Songs, Op. 48 (1900)
          V. Winter Love (Karl Henckell, 1864-1929)

          Mark Alburger, Tenor / The Opus Project Ensemble
                       
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)           
     Prelude, Theme, and Variations, Op. 48 (1923)
          Prelude (Poco adagio e con fantasio)

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     The Captive Queen, Op. 48 (1906, Paavo Emil Cajander, 1846-1913)
          Allegro molto moderato

          Jasmine Reyes, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)   
     Concertino, Op. 48 (1918)
          Allegretto sostenuto

          Alan Kingsley, Flute

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)       
     A Glorious Day, Op. 48 (1932)
          Allegro moderato

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)       
     Selamlik, Op. 48 (1906)
          Assez anime

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Paul Juon (1872-1940)       
     Four Piano Miniatures, Op. 48 (1911)
          III. Scherzo ("Spook") - Tempo di valzer (Lento)

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)   
     Four Piano Preludes, Op. 48 (1905)
          II. Prelude in C Major: Poetico con delizio

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1874-1958)   
     Concerto in D Minor ("Accademico") (1925)
          I. Allegro pesante

          Alan Kingsley, Piccolo / The Opus Project Orchestra
                       
Max Reger (1873-1916)       
     Seven Songs, Op. 48 (1900)
          VI. On the Dorfsee (Oskar Wiener, 1873-1944)

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)       
     12 Humbert Wolfe [1885-1940] Songs, Op. 48 (1929)
          II. Things Lovelier

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)   
     Three Songs, Op. 48 (1933, Jakob Haringer, 1898-1948)
          II. Death (Somewhat slow)

          Allan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)       
     12 Pieces, Op. 48 (1912)
          VI. Shepherd's Song

Pavel Chesnokov (1877- 1944)   
     Four Pieces, Op. 48 (1917)
          II. Arise, O God

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Roger Quilter (1877-1953)       
     Three Songs (1904)
          II. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892)

          Jasmine Reyes, Soprano / Jessica Reyes, Piano

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)   
     Two Pieces, Op. 48 (1903)   
          I. Sanctus (Bb Major)

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)   
     Three Berceuses, Op. 48 (1922)
          I. Toward the Black Pond (Lento)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
          The Opus Project Orchestra

Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)     
     Orchestral Suite No. 7, Op. 48 (1926)
          I. Molto ritmico e marcato, alla Marcia

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962)       
     Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 48 (1962)
          II. Andante

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Sinfonietta in A Major, Op. 48 (1929)
          I. Allegro giocoso

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Konzertmusik, Op. 48 (1930)
          I. Lively, agitated halves

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)       
     Billy the Kid (1938)
          Gun Battle

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)   
     Concerto, Op. 48 (1948)
          I. Allegro molto e con brio

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)       
     Canzonetta, Op. 48 (1978)
          Andante sostenuto

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)       
     Piano Concerto ("Lousadzak - Dawn of Light"), Op. 48 (1944)
          Slow, noble and majestic

          Alan Kingsley, Piccolo / Stardust, Oboe
          Mark Alburger, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble

John Cage (1912-1992)        
     Prelude for Meditation (1944)
          Quarter = 152, Quietly

          Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano


Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)   
     Lachrymae, Reflections on a Song of [John] Dowland [1563-1626], Op. 48 (1937)
          Lento

          Nansamba Ssesalo, Viola

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)   
     Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals, Op. 48 (1977)

          The Opus Project Ensemble

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Federico's Little Songs for Children (1987, Federico Garcia Lorca, 1898-1936)
          I. La Senorita del Albanico

          Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)   
     Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations), Op. 48 (1996)
          THEME (Allegro ma non troppo)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



 Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     San Fernando Hub, Op. 48 (1993)
          I. Fresno
           
          Audience / The Opus Project Ensemble


Fazil Say (b. 1970)           
     Black Earth (1997)   
               
          Jessica Reyes, Piano


THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger                        Music Director and Conductor


Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Trumpet
Michael Cox


Soprano
Jasmine Reyes

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Jessica Reyes

Viola
Nansamba Ssealo

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 49: Orations / Ovations
8pm, Saturday, January 28, 2017,
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)            In Italien Overture, Op. 49 (1904)
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)             1812 Overture, Op. 49 (1880)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)            Flower Songs, Op. 49 (1902)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            The Apostles, Op. 49    (1903)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)             Basque Fantasy, Op. 49 (1927)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Song, Op. 49 (1901)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49 (1918)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 (1906)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Piano Piece, Op. 49 (1933)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)                 The Zvíkov Imp, Op. 49 (1914)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            The Haunted Palace, Op. 49 (1904)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)        Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 49 (1912)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Piece, Op. 49 (1905)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Clarinet Sonata, Op. 49, No. 1 (1900)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Double Violin Concerto, Op. 49 (1929)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            String Quartet No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 49 (1924)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and English Horn, Op. 49 (1902)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Children's Rhyme for Voice and Piano, Op. 49 (1923)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Echo from a Small Town, Op. 49 (1929)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)             Etude Concertante for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 49 (1936)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Gambler Suite, Op. 49 (1931)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 49 (1918)       
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Konzertmusik, Op. 49 (1930)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)            Concert Champêtre, Harpsichord or Piano & Orchestra (1928)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            An Outdoor Overture (1938)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)            Der Diktator, Op. 49 (1926)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49 (1949)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        String Quartet No. 1, Op. 49 (1938)
John Cage (1912-1992)            Root of an Unfocus, for Prepared Piano (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (1951)   
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Business As Usual, Op. 49 (1993)