THE OPUS PROJECT: 2017

December 16 - Opus 60: Birthday Suite

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 60
Birthday Suite
8pm, Saturday, December 16, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 (1806)
        I. Adagio - Allegro vivace

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
     Suite Algérienne, Op. 60 (1880)
        IV. French Military March - Alla giocoso

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
     A Page from Homer: Prelude-Cantata, Op. 60 (1901)
         Allegro tempestuoso

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 (1912, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 1874-1929)
Overture - Andante

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Two Songs for William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", Op. 60 (1909)
        I. Come away, Death! - Lento

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
     En Habit de Cheval (In Horse's Clothing, 1911)
        I. Choral / II. Fugue Litanique
        III. Autre Choral / Fugue de Papier

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Symphony No. 5 ("Prometheus - Poem of Fire"), Op. 60 (1910)
        Lento - Misty

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Symphony No. 4 in F Minor (1931)
I. Allegro

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Mother Goose (1910)
        V. Le Jardin Feerique

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Symphony No. 4 ("Symphonie Concertante"), Op. 60 (1932)
        I. Moderato

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Lieutenant Kije, Op. 60 (1934)
           IV. Troika

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Lincoln Portrait (1942)
Introduction

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Symphony No. 7 ("Leningrad"), Op. 60 (1941)
          I. Allegretto

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     12 Preludes and Fugues ("Topical"), Op. 60 (1998)
        Ib. Another Cognitive Disorder (Fugue)

         The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     San Francisco Symphony Fireworks Spectacular (2017)

        Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                     Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Peter Brown

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Mezzo Soprano
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Baritone
Brian Phelan

Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Brian Phelan
Mia Primrose

Violin
Olga Raldugina

Viola
Adrienne Johnson

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 61

Sax and Violins

8pm, Saturday, January 27, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)                Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (1806)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)                A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1842)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)             Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 (1846)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)            At the Grave, Op. 61 (1904)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            Summer Day in the Mountains, Op. 61 (1905)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61 (1910)
Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)            Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 61 (1915)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            The Goblet, Op. 61 (1902)
Felix Weingartner (1863-1942)            Symphony No. 4 in F Major, Op. 61 (1916)
Alexander Glazunov (1864-1956)            The Ruses of Love, Op. 61 (1900)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Festival Prelude, Op. 61 (1913)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)            Flabby Prelude (for a Dog) (1912)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)            Job: A Masque for Dancing (1930)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)                Symphony No. 3 ("The Camp Meeting") (1911)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)            Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (1911)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)            Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra (1940)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Etude for Orchestra (1928)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 (1933)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)            Ballade, Op. 61 (1920)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)            Double Piano Concerto (1932)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Lincoln Portrait (1942)
Boris Blacher (1903-1975)            Piano Concerto No. 3 ("Clementi Variations"), Op. 61
Pal Kadosa (1903-1983)            Kaleidoscope, Op. 61, No. 3 and 4 (1967)
Paul Creston (1906-1985)            Celebration Overture, Op. 61 (1954)
Jean Langlais (1907-1991)                Organ / Harpsichord Concerto, Op. 61
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)        Steinbeis-Serenade, Op. 61 (1981)
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)            Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 61 (1957)
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)        Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)             Marimba Concerto, Op. 61 (1997)
Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)                Flute Concerto, Op. 61 (1983)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Symphony No. 1 in C Major, ("It wasn't classical…"), Op. 61 (1998)

November 18 - Opus 59: Mysterious Wonder

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 59
Mysterious Wonder
8pm, Saturday, November 18, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Cesar Cui (1835-1918)
     Seven Vocal Quartets, Op. 59 (1901)
        II. Pale Blue

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
     "Pan Voyevoda [The Gentleman Provincial Governor]" Suite, Op. 59 (1904)
        I. Introduction

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     Russian Folk Songs, Op. 59 (1907)
        I. When Spring Comes - Moderato

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Song Cycle for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 59 (1910, Gilbert Parker, 1862-1932)
        VI. Twilight

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
     Hymn to Work, Op. 59 (1927)
        Introduction

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
     Vespers, Op. 59 (1912)
        I. Psalm 140 "Praise the Lord"

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 (1911)
        Act I - Introduction

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     In Memoriam, Funeral March for Orchestra, Op. 59 (1909)
        Grave e maestoso - Finale

Amy Beach (1867-1944)
     The Sea-Fairies, Op. 59 (1907, Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892)
        Adagio

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Elpénor, Op. 59 (1937)
        Prelude - Lent

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Scherzo Vif, Op. 59 (1910)
        Assez anime

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
     Symphony No. 6, Op. 59 (1930)
        I. Introduction - Poco agitato e a piacere

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Piano Concerto (1930)
                        I. Toccata - Allegro Moderato

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
     Scherzo: Over the Pavements (1910)
        Allegro

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
     24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59 (1905)
        X. Deep River

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
     Divertimento (1939)
        I. Allegro non troppo

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Oedipus Rex (1927)
        Act II - Gloria

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59 (1933)
        I. O Sonorous 12-String Zither - Andante. Molto tranquillo.

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
     Concerto, Op. 59 (1962)
        I. Moderato

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     King Vahaken: Ballet - Is There Survival?, Op. 59 (1949)
        I. Overture - Andante

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Noye's Fludde, Op. 59 (1957)
        Majestic

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59 (1957)
        II. Vivace

Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)
     Hommage à Johannes Brahms, Op. 59 (1982)
        Un poco sostenuto

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Mice Suite No. 3, Op. 59 (1998)
        III. Dreamsong II

Feona Lee Jones (b. 1986)
     Piano Piece

     Two Sopranos, Piano, and String Quartet

        Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     Zumba Fireworks Spectacular

         Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger                     Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Bassoon / Alto Saxophone
Tim Machajewski

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Baritone
Brian Phelan

Percussion
Harlan Otter
Hussein Al-Naswari

Violin / Viola
Kat Walsh

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 60
Symphonies of the Air
8pm, Saturday, December 16, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1170-1827)            Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 (1806)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)            Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 60, No. 1 (1845)
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)            Suite Algérienne, Op. 60 (1880)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)             A Page from Homer, Op. 56 (1901)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            Little Gregorian Chant, Op. 60 (1904)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)             Composition, Op. 60 (1907)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Song from Obichod, Op. 60 (1909)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)             Japanese Poem, Op. 60 (1928)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Song, Op. 60 (1912)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)            Gently into Nothing, Op. 60 (1909)
Edward MacDowell (1860 1908)             Song, Op. 60 (1902)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            Romance, Op. 60 (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Praise the Name of the Lord, Op. 60 (1912)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 (1912)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Song for Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", Op. 60 (1909)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)            En Habit de Cheval (1911)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60 (1906)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)            Piano Sonata ("French"), Op. 60 (1919)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957)            En voyage, Op. 60 (1913)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)             From One's Life, Op. 60 (1932)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Motet, Op. 60 (1917)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Greek Poem, Op. 60 (1930)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 60 (1915)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Symphony No. 5 ("Poem of Fire"), Op. 60 (1910)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)            Symphony No. 4 in F Minor (1931)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Suite en Forme de Sonate, Op. 60 (1918)
Max Reger (1873-1916)                Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 60 (1901)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)            The Gong on the Hook and Ladder (1911)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Pentecost Motet, Op. 60 (1909)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (1932)
Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)         Opera Salambo, Op. 60 (1929)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)                Music for Orchestra and Baritone, Op. 60 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         Lieutenant Kije, Op. 60 (1934)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)             Kammerkantate No.3: Römische Kantate, Op. 60 (1937)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Lincoln Portrait (1942)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)            Life of Orestes, Op. 60 (1929)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Piano Rondo, Op. 60 (1958)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Symphony No. 7, Op. 60 (1941)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Nocturne, Op. 60 (1958)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)            Little Piano Book, Op. 60 (1953)
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)            Unaccompanied Viola Sonata, Op. 60 (1981)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)                Totus Tuus, Op. 60 (1987)
Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937)                Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 60 (1991)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Prelude and Fugue ("Topical"), Op. 60, No. 1 (1998)

October 28 - Opus 58: Haunted

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 58
Haunted
8pm, Saturday, October 28, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (1806)
        I. Allegro moderato

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (1885)
        I. Lento lugubre

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
     Lygeia, Op. 58 (1906)
        Chorus of Sirens

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     Russian Folksong for Orchestra, Op. 58 (1906)
        I. Chant religieux - Geistliche Strophe (Moderato)

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Elegy, Op. 58 (1909)
        Adagio

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)
     Prelude and Fugue in Bb Minor, Op. 58 (1913)
        Fugue

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     The Wolves, Op. 58 (1902)
        Andante maestoso

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
     Passion Week, Op. 58 (1912)
        I. Behold, the Bridegroom Cometh at Midnight

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Elektra, Op. 58 (1909)
        Moderately slow

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     Commotio, Op. 58 (1931)
        Adagio

        Tim Machajewski, Bassoon / Carol Reynolds, Piano
        Kat Walsh, Alto / The Opus Project Orchestra

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Piano Piece, Op. 58 (1909)
        I. Reverie - Lento

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
     Oboe Sonata, Op. 58 (1916)
        I. Allegro moderato (Pastoral - The Earth - Work in the Fields - Evening)

         Stardust, Oboe / Mark Alburger, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     String Trio, Op. 58 (1937)
        I. Allegro moderato

        The Opus Project String Trio

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Little Elf Shut-Eye Week, or The Dreams of Hialmar, Op. 58 (1912)
        I. The Mouse's Wedding

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
     Triptyque, Op. 58 (1931)
        I. Matines - Allegro moderato

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Two Easy Piano Waltzes, Op. 58 (1913)
        I. Farfalla

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Album Leaf, Op. 58 (1910)
        Con delicatezza

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Frederick Holloway (1873-954)
     Suite Ancienne, Op. 58 (1913)
        I. Prelude Chorale

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Burlesque, Op. 58 (1901)
           I. Very Lively

           The Opus Project Orchestra

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
     Four African Dances (1904)
        I. Allegro

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Menuet sur le Nom de Haydn (1909)
        Mouvement de Menuet

        Corey Johnson, Violin / Mark Alburger, Piano

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)
     Three Songs, Op. 58 (1930)
        II. Lyngby (Gyrithe Lemche, 1866-1945)

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
     Inner Feelings, Op. 58 (1919)
        VII. Your Remembrance

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
     Alpine Sketch, Op. 58 (1908)
        I. Rather slowly

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Nicolai Medtner (1880 -1951)
     Two Pieces, Op. 58 (1945)
        II. Knight Errant

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
     Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos (1940)
        V. New Hungarian Folk Song - Ben Ritmato

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Kurpian Songs, Op. 58 (1932)
        I. The White Swans

Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)
     Tarjetas postales (Postcards), Op. 58 (1930)
        III. Madrid

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
     Ten Easy Etudes, Op. 58 (1931)
           V. Very calm

           Mark Alburger, Voice and Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58 (1951)
        Andante

        Aaron Urton, Cello / The Opus Project Orchestra

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     Le Boeuf sur le Toit or The Nothing Doing Bar, Op. 58 (1920)
        Theme of the Barman - Anime / Entrance of the Blacks

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
     Little Symphony, Op. 58 (1928)
                        I. Andante sostenuto

Paul Creston (1906-1985)
     Invocation and Dance, Op. 58 (1953)
        Slow

Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)
     Sonatina, Op. 58 (1970)
        II. Andante mesto

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58 (1957)
        V. Depression (Po Chu-i, 772-846) - Very slow and tired

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
     Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 58 (1952)
        Animato

        Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano / Aaron Urton, Guitar

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     Horn Concerto No. 2, Op. 58 (1956)
        I. Con energico

        Stardust, English Horn / The Opus Project Orchestra

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Otherworldly Resonances (2003)
        I. Double Helix - Very slowly, with a Zen-like intensity of concentration

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
     For You, Anne-Lill, Op. 58 (1986)
        Lento cantabile

Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
     Violin Sonata, Op. 58 (1996)
        I. Adagio

        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Kristen Kline, Violin
        Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     The Ten Commandments, Op. 58 (1997)
          Moderato - Dotted Quarter / Half = 60

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     Halloween Spectacular (2017)

        Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                     Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Alejandro Lara-Agraz

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Markus Alvarez
Adrienne Johnson
Carol Reynolds

Alto
Kat Walsh

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Guitar
Aaron Urton

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Hussein Al-Naswari

Violin I
Corey Johnson
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Alex Raldugin
Olga Raldugina

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 59: Mysterious Wonder - 8pm, Saturday, November 18, 2017, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)         Pan Voyevoda Suite, Op. 59 (1904)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 59 (1904)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)               Song with Violin, Op. 59 (1906)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Russian Folk Songs, Op. 59 (1907)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)            Azzopardi Etudes, Op. 59 (1913)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Song Cycle for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 59 (1910)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)             Hymn to Work, Op. 59 (1927)
Edward MacDowell (1860 1908)             Piano Sonata No. 4, ("Keltic") (1901)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            Children's Song, Op. 59 (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Vespers, Op. 59 (1912)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 (1911)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1928)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            In Memoriam, Funeral March for Orchestra, Op. 59 (1909)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            The Sea-Fairies, Op. 59 (1907)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)            Piano Sonata, Op. 59 (1916)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957)            Spring Waltz, Op.59 (1913)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Elpénor, Op. 59 (1937)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)         Nikotina, Op. 59 (1929)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Scherzo Vif, Op. 59 (1910)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Symphony No. 6, Op. 59 (1930)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Mysterien, Op. 59 (1928)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1910)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)            Piano Concerto in C Major (1931)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Aquarelles, op. 59 (1917)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Piece, Op. 59 (1901)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)            Scherzo: Over the Pavements (1910)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)            Saint Francois d'Assise (1910)
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)            Song, Op. 59 (1930)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)            Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1938)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)             Violin Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 59 (1908)
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)            The Death of Cleopatra, Op. 59 (1944)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Oedipus Rex (1927)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59 (1933)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)                Suite, Op. 59 (1945)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Beginner's Etude, Op. 59 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1934)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Cocteau Poeme, Op. 59 (1920)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)             Kammerkantate No. 2 ("White Bread Cantata"), Op. 59 (1937)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            An Outdoor Overture (1941)
Paul Creston (1906-1985)            La Lettre, Op. 59 (1954)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)                Is There Survival? ("King Vahaken"), Op. 59 (1949)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)            Horn Sonatina, Op. 59 (1970)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Noye's Fludde, Op. 59 (1957)
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)            String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 (1957)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)                Scottish Dance, Op. 59 (1957)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)                Aria for Tuba, Piano, Tam-Tam, and Bass Drum (1987)
Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)            Hommage à Johannes Brahms, Op. 59 (1982)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Mice Suite No. 3, Op. 59 (1998)

...and your music, should you so desire!

October 7 - Opus 57 Varieties

THE OPUS PROJECT

Opus 57
Varieties
8pm, Saturday, October 7, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Sonata No. 23 in F Minor ("Appassionata"), Op. 57 (1806)
        I. Allegro assai

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
     "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" Suite, Op. 57 (1901)
        I. The Tsar's Departure and Farewell

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
      Symphony No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 57 (1903)
            I. Extremement lent

            The Opus Project Orchestra

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     Three Piano Pieces, Op. 57 (1905)
        I. Prelude

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)
     Three Pieces, Op. 57 (1913)
        I. Little Fugue - Allegretto

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Edward MacDowell (1860 1908)
     Piano Sonata No. 3 ("Norse"), Op. 57 (1900)
        I. Impressively; at times with impetuous vigor.
        Mesto, ma con passione

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     Three Vocal Quartets (1902)
        I. Serenade

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Two Military Marches, Op. 57 (1907)
        II. War March

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     Concerto, Op. 57 (1928)
        Allegretto un poco

        Stardust, Oboe / The Opus Project Orchestra

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Eight Ernst Josephson [1851-1906] Songs, Op. 57 (1912)
        I. The River and the Snail - Moderato

Frantisek Drdla (1868-1944)
     Improvisations (1909)
        III. Ritornell - Allegretto, Op. 57

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Concertino, Op. 57 (1936)
        I. Allegro moderato

        Kat Walsh, Bassoon / The Opus Project Orchestra

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Two Pieces for Harp or Piano (1911)
           I. The Moorlands

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Two Piano Pieces, Op. 57 (1908)
        I. Desire

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Frederick Holloway (1873-954)
     Suite Arabesque, Op. 57 (1921)
        I. Introduction

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)
     Les Fêtes Rouges, Op. 57 (1917)
        L'Epiphanie du Exiles

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Symphonic Fantasy, Op. 57 (1901)
        Vivacissimo ed agitato assai e molto espressivo

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
     Six Sorrow Songs, Op. 57 (1904, Christina Rossetti)
        I. Oh What Comes over the Sea

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Daphnis et Chloe (1912)
        Tableaux 1: A Prairie at the Edge of a Sacred Wood
        I. Introduction and Religious Dance

Richard Wetz (1875-1935)
     Violin Concerto, Op. 57 (1932)
        Somewhat halting

        Kristen Kline, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
     Two Piano Sketches, Op. 57 (1907)
        I. The Cuckoo-Call

Nicolai Medtner (1880 -1951)
     Sonata No. 3 in E Minor ("Epica"), Op. 57
        I. INTRODUZIONE - Andante meditamente

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
     Mikrokosmos: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces in 6 Books (1939)
        Book 1 - XV. Imitation and Inversion

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Veni Creator, Op. 57 (1930)
        Maestoso

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)
     Piano Partita in C Major, Op. 57 (1930)
        II. Zarabanda - Lento

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
     Ten Piano Studies of Intermediate Difficulty, Op. 57 (1930)
        I. Somewhat leisurely

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     Suite Symphonique No. 2, Op. 57 (1919)
        I. Ouverture - Modere

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Piano Sonata (1941)
        I. Molto moderato

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 (1940)
        I. Prelude - Lento - Opening Solo

Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)
     Sonatina, Op. 57 (1970)
        Allegro

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 (1956)
        Prelude

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     A Grand, Grand Festival Overture, Op. 57 (1957)
        Allegro

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
     The Angelus Bells Are Tolling, Op. 57 (1986)
        Moderato

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
     Concerto, Op. 57 (1995)
        II. Adagio

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Amazing Joseph, Op. 57 (1997)
        I. I Had a Dream

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Kat Walsh (b. 1982)
     Regrets (2017)

        The Opus Project String-Bassoon Quartet

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
Las Vegas (2017)

Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                         Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Tenor Saxophone
Jerod Chamberlain

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch

Percussion
John Veitch

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Olga Raldugina

Viola
Greg Zinkl

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 58: Haunted
8pm, Saturday, October 28, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)        Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (1806)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            The Eyes of Love for Voice and Piano, Op. 58 (1904)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)               Lygeia, Op. 58 (1906)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Russian Folksong for Orchestra, Op. 58 (1906)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)               Old Dutch Peasant Song, Op. 58 (1913)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Elegy, Op. 58 (1909)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)             Songs, Op. 58 (1925)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            The Wolves, Op. 58 (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Passion Week, Op. 58 (1912)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Elektra, Op. 58 (1909)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Commotio, Op. 58 (1931)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Piano Piece, Op. 58 (1909)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)         Oboe Sonata, Op. 58 (1916)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            String Trio, Op. 58 (1937)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)         Signorina Gioventu, Op. 58 (1928)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Little Elf Shut-Eye Week, Op. 58 (1912)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Triptyque, Op. 58 (1931)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)        Album Leaf, Op. 58 (1910)
Frederick Holloway (1873-954)        Suite Ancienne, Op. 58 (1913)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Sarabande Triste, Op. 58 (1918)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Burlesque, Op. 58 (1901)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)            Menuet sur le Nom de Haydn (1909)
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)            Song, Op. 58 (1930
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)        Inner Feelings, Op. 58 (1919)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)            Alpine Sketch, Op. 58 (1908)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)            Piece from Mikrokosmos for Two Pianos (1940)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)        Song from Kurpie, Op. 58 (1932)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Easy Etude, Op. 58 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         Cello Concerto, Op. 58 (1951)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Le Boeuf sur le Toit, Op. 58 (1920)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)            Little Symphony, Op. 58 (1928)
Hermann Reutter (1900-1985)        Song after a Poem of Theodor Storm, Op. 58 (1945)
Paul Creston (1906-1985)            Invocation and Dance, Op. 58 (1953)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)            Trombone Sonatina, Op. 58 (1970)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58 (1957)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)        Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 58 (1952)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Horn Concerto No. 2, Op. 58 (1956)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Otherworldly Resonances (2003)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)            For You, Anne-Lill, Op. 58 (1986)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)            Violin Sonata, Op. 58 (1996)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            The Ten Commandments, Op. 58 (1997)

...and your music, should you so desire!

August 26 - Opus 56: Exotic Evenings and Lyrical Moments

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 56
Exotic Evenings and Lyrical Moments
8pm, Saturday, August 26, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1170-1827)
     Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 56 (1803)
        I. Allegro

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
     Symphony No. 3 in A Minor ("Scottish"), Op. 56 (1842)
        I. Introduction: Andante con moto

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
     Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 (1873)
        Chorale St. Antoni - Andante

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     Baba Yaga, Op. 56 (1904)
        Presto

Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)
     Cello Sonata No. 5 in B Minor, Op. 56 (1910)
        Moderato

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
     [Three] Songs of Ossian, Op. 56 (1925)
        (James Macpherson, 1736-1796, The Works of Ossian, 1765)
        I. Lake Lyano

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     Four Cello Pieces, Op. 56 (1902)
        III. Chanson Triste

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Six Songs, Op. 56 (1906)
        VI. The Holy Three Kings of the Morning Land
        (Heinrich Heine, 1797-1856)

Robert Kahn (1865-1952)
     Cello Sonata, Op. 56 (1911)
        I. Allegro appassionato

        Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
          Aaron Urton, Cello / The Opus Project Orchestra

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     String Quartet in D Minor ("Voces Intimae"), Op. 56 (1909)
        I. Andante - Allegro molto moderato

        The Opus Project String Quartet

Ede Poldini (1869-1957)
     Roses, Op.56 (1912)
        II. Reve d'Or - Tranquillo

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Flemish Rhapsody, Op. 56 (1936)
        Lento

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Crépuscules (Dusks), Op. 56 (1911)
        I. Niege (Snow)

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
     Exotic Evenings: Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 56 (1928)
        I. Grenada

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Lyrical Moments, Op. 56 (1913)
        II. Elegie

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Four Piano Pieces, Op. 56 (1908)
        III. Nuances

        Aaron Urton, Cello / Megan Cullen, Piano

Frederick William Holloway (1873-954)
     Song without Words, Op.56 (1913)
        Andante

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)
     Tableaux Pittoresques, Op. 56 (1917)
        I. Le Matin dans la Campagne

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Five Light and Easy Preludes and Fugues, Op. 56 (1901)
        I. Prelude in E Major

           The Opus Project Orchestra

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
     Piano Cameos, Op. 56 (1904)
        I. Allegro, ma non troppo

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (1908)
        Lent

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Nicolai Medtner (1880 -1951)
     Piano Sonata-Idylle: Pastorale, Op. 56 (1937)
        I. Allegretto cantabile

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
     Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938)
        I. Allegro non troppo

        Kristen Kline, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 (1927)
        I. Moderato - dolce e tranquillo

        The Opus Project String Quartet

Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)
     Niñerías, Suite II, Op. 56 (1930, a mon fille Conchita)
        I. Entrée de Conchita

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
     Ten Recital Etudes, Op. 56 (1931)
        IV. Andante

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56 (1932)
        I. Andante cantabile

        Kristen Kline and Kat Walsh, Violins

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
     Five Pieces, Op. 56 (1960)
          I. Lento

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Romeo and Juliet, Op. 56 (1956)
        I. Introduction - Enmity and Love

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     The Silly Little Baby Mouse, Op. 56 (1939)
        Introduction

   Megan Cullen, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Hercules, Op. 56 (1959)
        Introduction

Kat Walsh, Violin

Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)
     Trumpet Sonatina, Op. 56 (1970)
        Introduction

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
     Piano Four-Hands Concerto, Op. 56 (1952)
        I. Lento

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     The Open Window, Op. 56 (1956)
        Introduction

Michael Cox, Trumpet / Megan Cullen, Piano
The Opus Project Orchestra

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
     Under Your Protection, Op. 56 (1984)

   Mark Alburger, Piano

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Quartet No. 3 ("Mishima") (1985)
        VI. Mishima / Closing

The Opus Project Orchestra

Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
     Concerto, Op. 56 (1994)
        I. Adagio - Allegro

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     For My Brother For My Brother, Op. 56 (1997, S.A. Alburger)
        I. A Poem for My Brother

Kat Walsh (b. 1982)
     Dirge Without Music (2017, Edna St. Vincent Millay)

        Megan Cullen and Kat Walsh, Piano
        The Opus Project Orchestra

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
"Arabian Nights" Improvisation (2017)

Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger             Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe
Sheila Weston

Clarinet
Peter Brown

Tenor Saxophone
Jerrod Chamberlain

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Bass-Baritone
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen
Kat Walsh

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Kat Walsh

Viola
Elisa Fischer
Greg Zinkl

Cello
Aaron Urton

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 57 Varieties
8pm, Saturday, October 7, 2017, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1170-1827)        Piano Sonata No. 23 ("Appassionata"), Op. 57 (1806)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)            The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57 (1901)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            Symphony No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 57 (1903)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Piano Piece, Op. 57 (1905)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)                Christmas Carol, Op. 57 (1914)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Go, Song of Mine, Op. 57 (1909)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)            Desire, Op. 57 (1925)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            Quartet for Voices and Cello (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Quartet, Op. 57 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            War March, Op. 57 (1907)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57 (1928)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Josephson Song, Op. 57 (1912)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Chorus, Op. 57 (1904)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)        String Quartet No. 2, Op. 57 (1916)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Cello Concertino, Op. 57 (1936)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)         Grandfather’s Legacy, Op. 57 (1925)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Piece for Harp or Piano (1911)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Angelus, Op. 57 (1931)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)        Piano Piece, Op. 57 (1908)
Frederick Holloway (1873-954)        Suite Arabesque, Op. 57 (1921)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Les Fêtes Rouges, Op. 57 (1917)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Symphonic Fantasy, Op. 57 (1901)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)            Daphnis et Choe (1912)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)        Renaissance, Op. 57 (1907)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)            Sketch, Op. 57 (1907)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)            Mikrokosmos (1939)
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)        Scenes from the Life of Holy Joan, Op. 57 (1943)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)        Veni Creator, Op. 57 (1930)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Intermediate Etude, Op. 57 (1930)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Suite Symphonique No. 2, Op. 57 (1919)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 (1940)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)            Tuba Sonatina, Op. 57 (1970)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        The Prince of Pagodas, Op. 57 (1956)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            A Grand, Grand Festival Overture, Op. 57 (1957)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)            The Bells Are Tolling, Op. 57 (1986)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)            Trombone Concerto, Op. 57 (1995)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Amazing Joseph, Op. 57 (1997)

...and your music, should you so desire!