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!