March 18 - Opus 51: Questionable Practices


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 51
8pm, Saturday, March 18, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA


Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Two Rondos, Op. 51 (1797)
          I. C Major

  The Opus Project Ensemble

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     Piano Variations on a Polish Popular Theme, Op. 51 (1901)
          Theme

  Mark Alburger, Piano


Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
     Ten Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 (1896)
          I. To a Wild Rose

  Carol Reynolds, Piano

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Two Orchestral Songs, Op. 51 (1903)
          I. The Valley

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     29 Small Preludes, Op. 51 (1929)
          I. Quarter = ca. 69

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
     Sarabande and Cortege (Elegie Nos. 5-6): Two Studies on "Dr. Faust", Op. 51 (1919)
          Sarabande - Molto sostenuto e gravemente

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
     24 Fantasy Pieces, Suite No. 1, Op. 51 (1926)
          II. Andantino

  The Opus Project Ensemble

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Four Piano Pieces, Op. 51 (1906)
          II. Prelude - Lugubre

  Mark Alburger, Piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Sancta Civitas (1925)
          Lento

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     A Choral Fantasia, Op. 51 (1930, Robert Bridges, 1844-1930)
          Adagio

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
     The Unanswered Question (1908)
          Largo molto sempre

  The Opus Project Ensemble

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
     Aphorisms: A Cycle of 17 Sketches for Piano, Op. 51 (1905)
          I. Deciso e risoluto, con brio

  Mark Alburger, Piano

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Octet (1923)
          I. Sinfonia

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
     Piano Concerto ("Aubade") (1929)
          I. Toccata - Lento e pesante

  The Opus Project Ensemble

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
     Sonatina, Op. 51 (1956)
          II. Lento

  Mark Alburger, Piano


Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Easy Variations on Folk Themes, Op. 51 (1952)
          I. Five Variations on a Russian Folk Song

  Carol Reynolds, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51 (1952)
          Slow Recitative

  Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     Tam O'Shanter Overture, Op. 51 (1955)
          Poco lento

  The Opus Project Ensemble

Claude Ballif (1924-2004)
     Percussion Symphony ("Timbres e Postes"), Op. 51 (1972)
          Quarter = 60

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Easter Dawning (1992)
          Joyously resounding!

  Mark Alburger, Vocal Percussion and Keyboard

Steve Reich (b. 1936)
     WTC 9/11 (2010)
          Quarter = 128

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     The Olympian - Lighting of the Torch (1984)
          Majestically


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     San Rafael News, Op. 51 (1995)
          V. Life Span - Moderato

  The Opus Project Ensemble and Audience


Kat Walsh (b. 1982)
     Video Game (2017)
       
          The Opus Project Mixed Quartet


THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger          Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Martha Stoddard

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Carol Reynolds

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Kat Walsh

Viola
Gregory Zinkl


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 52: Non-Toxic, Non-Taxing, II (Alburger's 60th and More!)
8pm, Saturday, April 15, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
With the Opus Project Orchestra

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) Georginen, Op. 52 (1913)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) Popular Song of Vivarais, Op. 52 (1900)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)       Prelude for Piano, Op. 52 (1903)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914) Ballet Piece, Op. 52 (1901)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)     The Prague Carnival, Op. 52 (1907)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) A Christmas Greeting, Op. 52(1907)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) Duet, Op. 52 (1910)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Near the Sea, Op. 52 (1901)
Henri Pierné (1863-1937) Passacaille, Op. 52 (1932)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Dead Leaves, Op. 52 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Taillefer, Op. 52 (1903)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Preludio e Presto, Op. 52 (1928)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Symphony No. 3, Op. 52 (1907)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Divertimento, Op. 52 (1920)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) A Hymn of Freedom, Op. 52 (1903)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Flute Sonata, Op. 52 (1913)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 52 (1943)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957) Arlequinades, Op.52 (1912)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Sinfonietta, Op. 52 (1934)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) Spring, Op. 52 (1918)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Tristesse au Jardin, Op. 52 (1908)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Ballade, Op. 52 (1926)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Piano Piece, Op. 52 (1907)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Twilight over Lake Ogwen, Op. 52 (1916)
Max Reger (1873-1916) Fantasy, Op. 52 (1900)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Hammersmith, Op. 52 (1931)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) L'Heure Espagnole (1907)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Piece, Op. 52 (1938)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Song, Op. 52 (1905)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970) A Song of London, Op. 52 No.1 (1906)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943) Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (1924)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) La Berceuse d'Aitacho Enia, Op. 52 (1926)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965) Geographical Fugue (1930)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Piece, Op. 52 (1931)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Of Mice and Men (1939)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Winter Words, Op. 52 (1953)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Variations and Toccata on "Aurora lucis rutilat," Op. 52 (1980)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Quest (1994)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932) String Quartet No. 4, Op. 52 (1990)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Abraham and Isaac, Op. 52 (1996)