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)