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!
