October 19 - Opus 81-82: Imaginary Soundscapes

THE OPUS PROJECT

presents

OPUS 81-82

Imaginary Soundscapes

8pm, Saturday, October 19, 2019

Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

OPUS 81

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)    

     Tragic Overture, Op. 81 (1880)

           Allegro ma non troppo

Erik Satie (1866-1925)  

     Parade (1917)

           I. Chorale

Charles Ives (1874-1954)  

     A Set for Theatre Orchestra (1915)

           I. In the Cage

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)  

     Boléro (1928)

            Tempo di Bolero moderato assai

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)  

     Circus Polka (1942)

           Composed for a young elephant... Quarter = 100, Conclusion

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)  

     La Création du Monde, Op. 81 (1923)

           Fugato

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)  

     Clarinet Concerto (1948)

          II. Rather Fast

John Cage (1912-1992)  

     Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951)

           For 12 Radios

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)  

     The Beatitudes, Op. 81 (1999)

           Poco presto e con espressione

OPUS 82

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)  

     Symphony No. 5, Op. 82 (1919)

           III. Largamente assai

Erik Satie (1866-1925)  

     Sonatine Bureaucratique (1917)

           I. Allegro

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)  

     Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand (1930)

           Lento, Conclusion

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)  

     Danses Concertantes (1942)

          I. Marche Introduction

John Cage (1912-1992)  

     Music of Changes (1951)

           Quarter = 69

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)  

     Symphony No. 4 ("Sequence"), Op. 82 (1999)

           I. Quarter = 200

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)        
     Fireworks at the Carnival (2019)

          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger                          
Music Director and Conductor

Recorder
Kat Walsh

Alto / Tenor Saxophones
Tim Machajewski

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Kat Walsh

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Megan Cullen
Hussein Al-Naswari

Radios
Mark Aburger
Kat Walsh

Percussion
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari

Violin
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 83-84: Turnabout Intruders
8pm, Saturday, February 29, 2020
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)                Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83 (1881)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)                 Socrate (1918)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)                Piano Concerto in G (1931)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Norwegian Mood (1942)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Hymn to Yerevan, Op. 83 (1969)
John Cage (1912-1992)                Seven Haiku (1952)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Quadruple Concerto ("Metal"), Op. 83 (1999)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)         Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (1810)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)                Symphony No. 4 (1916)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Ode (1943)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)                Le Train Bleu, Op. 84 (1924)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Flute Concerto ("Mythological"), Op. 84 (2000)

September 28 - Opus 79-80: Fate Knocking at the Floor

THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 79-80
Fate Knocking at the Floor
8pm, Saturday, September 28, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

OPUS 79

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)   
     Symphony in C (1940)
          I. Allegro alla breve

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)   
     From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (1948)
          II. The Thoughtful Mother and Aunt ("Bye, Bye, Bye")

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
    Job: A Masque, Op. 79 (1999)
         Scene I - Introduction "What You Been Doing?"


OPUS 80

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)     
     Fantasia in C Minor ("Choral Fantasy"), Op. 80 (1808)
          Presto

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)   
     Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (1880)
          Finale

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)       
     Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80 (1898)
          III. Sicilienne

Charles Ives (1874-1954)       
    Sonata No. 2 ("Concord") (1915)
        III. The Alcotts
                   
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)   
     Tango (1940)
         Tempo di tango

Francis Poulenc (1899 -1963)   
     Suite Francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise [1525-1583], FP 80 (1935)
          I. Bransle de Bourgogne

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)   
     The Red Pony (1948)
          Introduction

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     John and Salome, Op. 80 (1999)
          IV. Salome's Dance
                       
          Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
          The Opus Chamber Project Orchestra

THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                          Music Director and Conductor

Clarinet
Peter Brown

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Bob Satterford

Soprano / Piano
Megan Cullen

Tenor / Percussion
Mark Alburger

Violin
Kat Walsh

Viola
Carol Earley

Bass
Josh Calderon


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 81-82
Imaginary Soundscapes
8pm, Saturday, October 19, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)                Tragic Overture, Op. 81 (1880)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)                Parade (1917)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)                 A Set for Theatre Orchestra (1915)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)                Boléro (1928)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Circus Polka (1942)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)            La Création du Monde, Op. 81 (1923)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Clarinet Concerto (1948)
John Cage (1912-1992)                 Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                The Beatitudes, Op. 81 (1999)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)                Symphony No. 5, Op. 82 (1919)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)                 Sonatine bureaucratique (1917)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)             Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand (1930)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Danses Concertantes (1942)
John Cage (1912-1992)                Music of Changes (1951)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Symphony No. 4 ("Sequence"), Op. 82 (1999)

May 25 - Opus 77-78: Being and Somethingness

THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 77-78
Being and Somethingness
8pm, Saturday, May 25, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

OPUS 77

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)     
     Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K. 77 (1715)
          I. Moderato e cantabile

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)   
     Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
          I. Allegro non troppo
  

 Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
     Carnival of the Animals (1886)
          XIII. The Swan
          XIV. Finale
    

 Erik Satie (1866-1925)
     Next-to-Last Thoughts (1915)
          I. Idylle (to Claude Debussy)
          II. Aubade (to Paul Dukas)
          III. Meditation (to Albert Roussel)
           

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)     
     12 Pastorales, Op. 77 (1920)
          I. Allegretto quasi andante

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) 
     Symphony No. 5 in D Major (1943)
          I. Preludio

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)         
     Concerto in Eb ("Dumbarton Oaks") (1938)
          III. Con moto

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         
     Hamlet, Op. 77 (1938)
          I. The Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)         
     Symphony No. 3 (1946)
          II. Allegro Molto

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)     
     Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77 (1948)
          IV. Burlesque - Allegro con brio

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)         
     Henry Miller in Brooklyn, Op. 77 (1999)
          VI. Arthur Rimbaud


OPUS 78

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) 
     Symphony No. 3 ("Organ") in C Minor, Op. 78 (1886)
          IIb. Maestoso

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)     
     Alexander Nevsky, Op 78 (1939)
          I. Russia Beneath the Yoke of the Mongols

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)     
     Three Rag-Caprices, Op. 78 (1922)
          I. Sec et muscle

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)     
     In the Beginning (1947)
          Freely

    Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) 
          The Creation (1800)
               Part I : 2. In the Beginning

    Mark Alburger (b. 1957)     
          The Creation (2000)
               I. In the Beginning

    Paul Sjolund (b. 1935)     
          In the Beginning Was the Word (1965)
               Introduction

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)     
     Horn Concerto ("Artik"), Op. 78 (1948)
          I. Alleluia

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Esther Xerxes, Op. 78 (1999)
          IV. Bigthana and Teresh
     

Kat Walsh (b. 1980)         
     "Scarborough Fair" Quartet (2019)

          Bob Satterford, Horn
          Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
          Kristen Kline, Violin
          Aaron Urton, Cello
          The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                          Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Sarah Kidd

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Bob Satterford

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Alto
Kat Walsh

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass
Aaron Urton

Piano
Megan Cullen

Percussion
John Vietch

Violin
Kristen Kline

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 79-80: Fate, Knocking on the Floor
8pm, Saturday, September 28 , 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Arabella, Op. 79 (1933)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)                Grimaces for a Summer-Night's Dream (1915)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Symphony in C (1940)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Song, Op. 79 (1939)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)            Symphonie de Chambre No. 6, Op. 79 (1923)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            To the Memory of Sergei Prokofiev, Op. 79 (1965)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (1948)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Dance for Brass Quintet, Op. 79 (1967)
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)            "The Building of the House" Overture, Op. 79 (1967)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Job: A Masque, Op. 79 (1999)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)          Fantasia in C Minor ("Choral"), Op. 80 (1808)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)            Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80(1880)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Die schweigsame Frau, Op. 80 (1935)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)            Sonata No. 2 ("Concord") (1915)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Tango (1940)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            The Red Pony (1948)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                John and Salome, Op. 80 (1999)

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Way to end the Spring 2019 series of Opus Projects!

April 27 - Spirit of Opus 75-76

THE OPUS PROJECT

 presents

Spirit of OPUS 75-76
8pm, Saturday, April 27, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

OPUS 75

Greek Chant Composer (245)      
     Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent (275)
          Paraphrase, Gerard Moultrie (1829-1885)

Leonin (1133-1190)          
     Hec Dies (1175)
          "This Is the Day"

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)  
     Six Songs, Op. 75 (1809)
          I. Mignon [Cute] (Ziemlich langsam - A Major -
          Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832)

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)      
     Lohengrin, WWV 75 (1848)
          Act II, Scene 2: Entweihte Götter
          [Desecrated Gods]

Cesar Cui (1835-1918)      
     Seven Poems by Armenian Poets, Op. 75 (1907)
          VI. Ely (Smbat Shahaziz, 1841-1907)

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)       
     Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 75 (1893)
          Poco meno

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)      
     Suite Bergamasque, L. 75 (1905)
          III. Clair de Lune [Moonlight]

Max Reger (1873-1916)      
     18 Songs, Op. 75 (1903)
          II. Mondnacht [Moonlit Night]
          (Franz Evers, 1871-1947)

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)  
     Pierrot Lunaire (1912)
          (Albert Giraud [Emile Kayenberg], 1860-1929)
          I. Mondestrunken [Moon Drunk]

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)      
     Symphony No. 3 ("Recycled"), Op. 75 (1999)
          I. Moderato

OPUS 76

Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)      
     Symphony No. 60 ("Il Distratto") (1776)
                        V. Finale prestissimo

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)  
     Six Variations on a Theme in D ("Turkish"), Op. 76
                        Theme - Allegro risoluto

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924)  
     Songs of Erin, Op. 76 (1901, Alfred Perceval Graves, 1846-1941)
                        XXI. Lullaby

 

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)      
     Les Angelus, L. 76 (1892)
                        Modere (avec une douceur triste)

Erik Satie (1866-1925)          
     Sports et Divertissements (1914)
                        XII. La Pieuvre (The Octopus)
                        XVII. Le Tango

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)          
     Animal Farm, Op. 76 (1999)
          XXII. Bears
          XXIII. Cats
          XXIX. Horses

Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)      
     Fantasia Internazionale Meraviglie (2019)
          Improvisation for Piano, Ensemble, Electronics, and Audience

                        Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
                        Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
                        The Opus Project Ensemble

THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger                          Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Sarah Kidd

Flute
Kyle Wright

Oboe / English Horn
Sheila Weston

Clarinet
Kyle Wright

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Bob Satterford

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Percussion
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari

Cello
Aaron Urton

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 77-78: Being and Somethingness
8pm, Saturday, May 25
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)            Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)            Carnival of the Animals (1886)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)                Next-to-Last Thoughts (1915)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Concerto in Eb ("Dumbarton Oaks") (1938)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Hamlet, Op. 77 (1938)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Symphony No. 3 (1946)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77 (1948)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Zartik Parkim ("Awake, My Glory"), Op. 77 (1948)
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)            The Burning Fiery Furnace, Op. 77 (1966)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Henry Miller in Brooklyn, Op. 77 (1999)

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)    Symphony No. 3 ("Organ") in C Minor, Op. 78 (1886)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)            The Girl of the Golden West, SC 78 (1910)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)        Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (1939)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Alexander Nevsky, Op 78 (1939)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)            Three Rag Caprices, Op. 78 (1922)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            In the Beginning (1947)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Music to the Film "Michurin", Op. 78 (1948)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Horn Concerto ("Artik"), Op. 78 (1948)
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)            The Golden Vanity, Op. 78 (1966)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Esther Xerxes, Op. 78 (1999)

February 23 - Opus 73-74: When in Romance

THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 73-74
When In Romance...
8pm, Saturday, February 23, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

OPUS 73

Conrad Paumann (1415-1473)   
     Mit Ganczem Willen (1452)
          "With My Whole Heart"

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) 
     Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor"), Op. 73 (1809)
          II. Adagio un poco mosso

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)       
     Thekla, D. 73 (1813, Friedrich Schiller [1759-1805], 1802)
          Moderato

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)       
     Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 (1849)
          I. Tender, with expression

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)   
     Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 (1877)
          I. Allegro non troppo

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)       
     Piano Moods, Op. 73 (1905)
          VI. Student's Serenade

Arthur Foote (1853-1947)       
      Five Piano Silhouettes, Op. 73 (1913)
            III. Valse triste

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Festival Te Deum (1937)
          Andante risoluto

John Cage (1912-1992)       
     Suite for Toy Piano (1948)
          I. Half = 60
          II. Half = 64

Philip Glass (b. 1937)           
     Symphony No. 1 ("Low") (1992)
          I. Subterraneans

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     The Opera of Daniel, Op. 73 (1999)
          III. The Fiery Furnace

          Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
          Aaron Urton, Cello
          The Opus Project Orchestra

                        OPUS 74

Orkney Islands Composer (b. 1074)   
     Hymn to St. Magnus (1104)

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)    
     Symphony No. 6  ("Pathétique"), Op. 74 (1893)
          II. Allegro con grazia

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)   
     Madama Butterfly, SC 74 (1903)
          Act II: Un Bel Di (Andantino molto calmo)

Horatio Parker (1863-1919)       
     Seven Greek Pastoral Scenes, Op. 74 (1912)
          II. I Will Twine the Violet (after the Greek mythological hero Meleager)

Erik Satie (1866-1925)       
     Secular and Instantaneous Hours (1914)
          I. Obstacles Venimeux
          II. Crepuscule Matial (de Midi)

Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)   
     Five Piano Preludes, Op. 74 (1914)
          II. Tres lent, contemplatif

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)       
     Berceuse sur le Nom de Gabriel Fauré (1922)
          (G lA B sol rI E El  F lA sol Re E)
          Semplice

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Buddha's Little Instruction Book, Op. 74 (1999)
          I. Love

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)   
     Romanza Magica (2019)

          Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
          The Opus Project Orchestra
       
 THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                          Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Sarah Kidd

Recorder
Kat Walsh

Oboe
Sheila Weston

Clarinet
Kyle Wright

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Bob Satterford

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Alto
Kat Walsh

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Vibraphone / Timpani
Hussein Al-Naswari

Violin
Kristen Kline

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello / Bass
Gabby Dela Cruz
Aaron Urton

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

Spirit of OPUS 75-76
8pm, Saturday, April 27, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)             Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 75 (1893)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)            Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune, L. 75 (1905)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Die Ägyptische Helena, Op 75 (1928)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Abishag's Dance for Orchestra, Op. 75 (1925)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Jeu de Cartes (1936)   
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)             Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 (1937)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Music to the Film The Young Guard, Op. 75 (1948)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)                    La Belle et la Bete (1994)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Symphony No. 3 ("Recycled"), Op. 75 (1999)

Erik Satie (1866-1925)                Sports et Divertissements (1914)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Preludium (1937)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Songs of Our Times, Op. 76 (1937)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Music to the Film "Pirogov", Op. 76 (1947)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Thirtieth Ode of Solomon, Op. 76 (1948)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Animal Farm, Op. 76 (1999)