February 25 - Opus 50: Even Wild


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 50
8pm, Saturday, February 25, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA



Program

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)       
     Pavane, Op. 50 (1887)
          Andante molto moderato

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)           
     Six Pieces, Op. 50 (1902)
          II. Pater Noster

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)       
     In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 (1904)
          I. Vivace

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)    
     On the Volga, Op. 50 (1910)
          Andante sostenuto

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)       
     Egyptian Nights, Op. 50 (1900)
          Allegro moderato


Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)   
     Sister Beatrice, Op. 50 (1910)
          Act I - Andante / Allegro moderato

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)       
     The Lack of Fire, Op. 50 (1901)
          Somewhat agitated
                       
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)       
     Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (1922)
          I. Tempo giusto

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)   

     Harlequin, Op. 50 (1916)
          Scene 1: Introduction

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)       
     The Tragedy of Salome, Op. 50 (1910)
          I. Prelude (Lent)


Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)   
     Riders to the Sea (1925, John Millington Synge, 1871-1909)
          Lento moderato

Max Reger (1873-1916)       
     Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 50 (1900)
          II. Larghetto

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)       
     The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50 (1930)
          Allegro moderato

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor
          Kristen Kline, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)   
     Three Times a Thousand Years, Op. 50b (1949)
          6/4 = 3/2

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)       
     Mavra (1922)
          Ouverture

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)   
     20 Piano Mazurkas, Op. 50 (1925)
          I. Sostenuto. Molto rubato

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)       
     Cello Sonata, Op. 50 (1929)
          I. Allegro commodo

          Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Konzertmusik, Op. 50 (1930)
          I. Moderately Fast, with Force

          The Opus Project Orchestra   


Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)       
     Piece Breve sur le Nom d'Albert Roussel (1929)
          Tres anime

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Boris Blacher (1903-1975)       
     The Moor of Venice, Op. 50 (1955)
          Prolog - Presto

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)       
     Elibris - God of Dawn, Op. 50 (1944)   
          Andante

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)   
     Billy Budd, Op. 50 (1951, E.M. Forster [1879-1970] and
          Eric Crozier [1913-1994], after Herman Melville [1819-1891])
          Prologue - Slowly moving
       

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)       
     Serenade, Op. 50 (1955)
          Andante

          Stardust, Oboe / Michael Kimbell, Clarinet
          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Giselher Klebe (1925-2009)       
     Concerto for Five, Op. 50 (1965)
          I. Larghetto con passione

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Zeitgeist (6 Tableaux Vivants) (1988)
          I. Portent - Molto moderato, il ritmo ben marcato

Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)       
     …in real time, Op. 50 (1988)
          Dotted half = 104

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Philip Glass (b. 1937)       
     Mishima (1984)
          III. Grandmother and Kimitake


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     L.A. Stories, Op. 50 (1994)
          B. Interlude 1 - Bozos and Ozone



Scott Sterling (b. 1970)       
     AlbiBassBoni Adagio


Feona Lee Jones (b. 1985)       
     Symphony No. 1 (2017)
          Moderato / Allegro maestoso

          Scott Sterling, Trombone / The Opus Project Orchestra and Audience



Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)   
     Alternate Bosendorfer Grand Pops Concert (2017)

                        Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano


                    THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor


Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Nat Echols

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Corey Johnson


Viola
Nansamba Ssesalo
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 51: Questionable Practices
8pm, Saturday, March 18, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)               Song, Op. 51 (1902)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Variations on a Polish Folk Theme, Op. 51 (1901)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)            Old Dutch Song, Op. 51 (1911)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            The Kingdom, Op. 51 (1906)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)          Children's Chorus, Op. 51 (1910)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            Piano Quintet, Op. 51    (1900)
Henri Pierné (1863-1937)             Free Variations and Finale, Op. 51 (1934)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Dramatic Poem, Op. 51 (1910)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Orchestral Song, Op. 51 (1903)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Small Prelude, Op. 51 (1929)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Sarabande (Elegie No. 5), Op. 51 (1919)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Song, Op. 51 (1903)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Study, Op. 51 (1942)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Andante et Scherzo, Op. 51 (1934)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)             Strength and Defiance, Op. 51 (1917)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Piano Quintet, Op. 51 (1919)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Fantasy Piece from First Suite, Op. 51 (1926)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Divertimento, Op. 51 (1913)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Piece, Op. 51 (1906)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)            Sancta Civitas (1925)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Caprice Impromptu, Op. 51 (1916)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Song, Op. 51 (1900)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            A Choral Fantasia, Op. 51 (1930)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)            The Unanswered Question (1908)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Song, Op. 51 (1929)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)             Piano Prelude, Op. 51 91938)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Piano Aphorism, Op. 51 (1905)
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)            The Dream of Life, Op. 51 (1937)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Octet (1923)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Prince Potemkin, Op 51 (1925)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            The Fan, Op. 51 (1929)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)             On the Dnieper, Op. 51 (1931)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Petit Air, Op. 51 (1918)
Alois Hába (1893-1973)            Children's Moods, Op. 51 (1943)   
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)            Piano Concerto ("Aubade") (1929)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)            Guitar Sonatina, Op. 51 (1956)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Easy Variations, Volume 2, Op. 51 (1952)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Abraham and Isaac (Canticle II), Op. 51 (1952)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)            Iubilum, Op. 51 (1981)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Tam O'Shanter, Op. 51 (1955)
Claude Ballif (1924-2004)            Percussion Symphony ("Timbres e Postes"), Op. 51 (1972)
George Crumb (b. 1929)             Easter Dawning (1991)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)            Sing Ariel, Op. 51 (1990)
Steve Reich (b. 1936)                WTC 9/11 (2010)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)                The Olympian - Lighting of the Torch (1984)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)            Flute Concerto, Op. 51 (1991)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            San Rafael News, Op. 51 (1995)