Opus 62
Romancing the Tone
8pm, Saturday, February 24, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (1807)
Allegro con brio
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Chanson russe, Op. 62 (1905)
Allegretto non troppo
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
Souvenirs: Poem for Orchestra, Op. 62 (1906)
Tres lent
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 (1909)
Andante
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 62 (1910)
Andante
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
Turkish Fragments - Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 62 (1930)
I. Caravan - Moderato sostenuto, tempo marciale
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Truly Flabby Prelude (for a Dog) (1912)
I. Severe Reprimand
Tim Macajewski, Bassoon / The Opus Project Ensemble
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Dionysiaques, Op. 62 (1914)
Moderato sostenuto, tempo marciale
Mark Alburger, Piano
Henry Hadley (1871-1937)
The Culprit Fay Op. 62 (1909)
Andante misterioso
Max Reger (1873-1916)
16 Songs, Op. 62 (1902)
XI. Fromm (Gustav Falke, 1853-1916,
Mit dem Leben [From my Life], 1899:
The Moon Shines on my Bed)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Mother Goose (1912)
Tom Thumb
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Le Baiser de la Fée (1928)
I. Sinfonia
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Two Mazurkas, Op. 62 (1934)
I. Allegretto graziozo
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Pensées, Op. 62 (1934)
I. Adagio pensieroso - Moderato
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Sérénade en Trois Parties, Op. 62 (1920–1921)
I. Vif
Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
The Opus Project Ensemble
Alois Hába (1893-1973)
Quartertone Piano Sonata, Op. 62 (1947)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Valse-Improvisation sur le Nom de BACH, Op. 62 (1932)
Video
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Rodeo (1942)
IV. Hoe-Down
Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
Festival Overture for Orchestra, Op 62 (1947)
The Opus Project Ensemble
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Dance Overture, Op. 62 (1954)
Mark Alburger, Piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Six Romances on Verse by English Poets, Op. 62a (1942)
III. Macpherson before his Execution (Macpherson's Farewell, Robert Burns)
Megan Cullen, Soprano
The Opus Project Ensemble
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Etchmiadzin: Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62 (1946)
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)
Cantata Academica, Op. 62 (1959)
Video
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)
Organ Concerto, Op. 62 (1981)
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Spanish Songbook I: The Ghosts of Alhambra (2009)
V. Ay!
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Symphony No. 2 ("Tamalpais"), Op. 62 (1998)
II. DOUBLE FUGUE
Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
Homage to Jules Verne (2018)
PIANO
John Williams (b. 1932) - Indiana Jones Temple (1984)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Jeux d’eau (1901)
Randy Newman (b. 1943) - Buzz Lightyear Astroblasters (1995)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Estampes (1903): III. Jardin sous la plouie
Michael Giacchino (b. 1967) - Space Mountain (1985)
Claude Debussy - La Cathedrale Engloutie
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ENSEMBLE
Frederic Chopin (1810-1847) - Piano Ballade No. 2, Op. 38 (1839)
C Major
Db Major
D Major
Eb Major
E Major
F Major
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VIDEO
Prague, Czech Republic NYE 2018 Fireworks Display
Adam Young (1986) - When Can I See You Again? (2012)
Jean-Jacques Perrey (1929-2016) - Baroque Hoedown (1967)
Megan Cullen, Voice and Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
The Opus Project Ensemble
THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Bassoon
Tim Macajewski
Soprano
Megan Cullen
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen
Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Cello
Aaron Urton
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 63
8pm, Saturday, March 17, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA
With The Opus Project Orchestra
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Neapolitan Song, Op. 63 (1907)
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925) Bagatelle, Op. 63 (1900)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914) Kikimora for Orchestra, Op. 63 (1910)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Symphony No. 2 in Eb, Op. 63 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Joseph's Legend, Op. 63 (1914)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Symphony No. 4, Op. 63 (1911)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) Service, Op. 63
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Landscapes and Seascapes, Op. 63 (1916)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957) Lustgärtchen, Op.63
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) Romances for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 63 (1934)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) War Song, Op. 63 (1914)
Paul Juon (1872-1940) Austrian Equestrian Song, Op. 63 (1914)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Poème, Op. 63
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Magnificat (1932)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) In Memoriam, Op. 63 (1919)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Kirghiz Song, Op. 63
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Impressions and Poems, Op. 63 (1908)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970) Sphinx, Op. 63 (1908)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943) Concerto for Orchestra (1943)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) Vision, Op. 63
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 62 (1935)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) Étude for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 63 (1920)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) Kammerkantate No.9 ("Prison Cantata"), Op. 63 (1937)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
Hermann Reutter (1900-1985) Double Piano Concerto in Eb, Op. 63 (1947)
Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986) Symphony No. 5 in Bb, Op. 63 (1947)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) The Leninists, Op. 63 (1959)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Music to the Spectacle Native Country, Op. 63 (1942)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Greek Piano Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 63 (1944)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006) Hymnus Monaciensis, Op. 63 (1972)
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976) Missa Brevis, Op. 63 (1959)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Symphony No. 3, Op. 63 (1957)
George Crumb (b. 1929) American Songbook VII: From the Heartland (2010)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932) Idées Fixes for Ensemble, Op. 63 (1997)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010) Good Night, Op. 63 (1990)
Robin Holloway (b. 1943) Bassoon Concerto, Op. 63 (1985)
Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943) Cello Concerto No. 1 (Conc da Camera No. 4), Op. 63 (1984)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Moses and Aaron, Op. 63 (1998)
