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!
