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!