December 12 - Opus 85: Global Warning


THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 85 ONLINE
Global Warning
7pm, Saturday, December 12, 2020
as a Zoom Meeting
(email invitation sent c. 1 hour prior)


Orkney Islands Composer (b. c. 1085)   
     Hymn to St. Magnus (c. 1115)

               Mark Alburger, Electronics

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)   
     The Well-Tempered Clavier
          Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 850

              Dominic Pang, Harpsichord

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)       
     Songs Without Words, Book VII, Op. 85 (1845)
          I. Andante espressivo

               Megan Cullen, Piano

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)       
     Six Songs, Op. 85 (1882)
          VI. In Waldeseinsamkeit (In the Loneliness of the Forest)

                Megan Cullen, Soprano
                Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)   
     Les Cloches du Soir, Op. 85 (1889)

Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)       
     Klosterlied (Cloister Song), Op. 85 (1857)

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)       
     Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 (1889)
          VI. Vzpominani (Reverie) - Andante (B Major)

               Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano

          XII. U mohyly (At a Hero's Grave) - Grave, Tempo di marcia (F Minor)

               Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
     Three Songs, Op. 18 (1878)
          III. Automne

              Lorraine Helvick, Mezzo-Soprano
       
     Three Songs, Op. 85 (1902)
          I. Dans le Foret du Septiembre
 
               Megan Cullen, Soprano
               Appcompanist

Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)       
     Schuler-Konzert (School Concerto) No. 1, Op. 85 (1927)
         II. Andantino

              Kat Walsh, Violin
              Megan Cullen, Piano

Christian Sinding (1856-1941)       
     Seven Poems, Op. 85 (1909)
          V. Kalte (Coldness)

                            Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
                        
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)       
     Eight Songs from "Letzte Blatter" ("Last Songs") (1885)
          III. Die Nacht (The Night)
          IV. Die Georgine (The Dahlia)
          VIII. Allerseelen  (All Souls' Day)

               Jean-Paul Bjorlin, Voice and Piano

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     Five Piano Pieces, Op. 85 (1917)
          II. Oeillet

Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948)       
     Six Mazurkas, Op. 85 (1925)
          I. Allegro simplice

               Megan Cullen, Piano

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972)
          XI. Dream Images

               Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

Larry Bell (b. 1952)
     Five Poems for Trumpet and Piano, Op. 85
          based on the song cycle Dream within a Dream, Op. 79 (2006)
          IV. There came a wind like a bugle

               Michael Cox, Trumpet

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Op. 85 (2000)
          II. The People That Walked in Darkness

               Mark Alburger, Voice and Electronics

Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1992)       
     Improvisation on "The Prayer" (2020)

               Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano


The Opus Project Performers

Mark Alburger     Music Director
Megan Cullen      Associate Music Director

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Electronics
Mark Alburger

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Mezzo-Soprano
Lorraine Helvick

Tenor
Mark Alburger
Jean-Paul Bjorlin

Harpsichord
Dominic Pang

Piano
Hussein Al-Nasrawi
Jean-Paul Bjorlin
Megan Cullen

Violin
Kat Walsh

 

February 29 - Opus 83-84: Mythos in Tempore Belli


THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 83-84
Mythos in Tempore Belli
8pm, Saturday, February 29, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



OPUS 83

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)      
     Keyboard Sonata, K. 83 (c. 1738)
          I. (Presto)



Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1857)  
     Six Ecossaises,WoO. 83 (1806)
           I-VI
     Three Songs, Op. 83 (1810)
           I. Wonne der Wehmut



Robert Schumann (1810-1856)      
     Three Songs, Op. 83 (1850)
          III. Der Einsiedler

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)              
     Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83 (1881)
          I. Allegro non troppo
                          
Erik Satie (1866-1925)               
     Socrate (1918)
          I. Portrait de Socrate (Le Banquet)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)          
     Piano Concerto in G (1931)
          I. Allegramente

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)          
     Four Norwegian Moods (1942)
          III. Wedding Dance

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)          
     Hymn to Yerevan, Op. 83 (1969)
          Adagio maestoso

John Cage (1912-1992)              
     Haiku (1951)
          Haiku I, For my dear friend, Who

John Lennon (1940-1980)              
     Rubber Soul (1965)
          II. Norwegian Wood

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)              
     Quadruple Concerto ("Metal"), Op. 83 (1999)
          I. Allegro moderato
     Broke Dance Intermezzi: E (2019)
           III. Ecological Ecossaise (Beethoven Blues)


OPUS 84

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)       
     Egmont, Op. 84 (1810)
          Overture - Sostenuto ma non troppo

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)          
     Cantabile in Bb Major, B. 84 (1834)
          (Andantino)

Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)          
     The Jakobín, Op. 84 (1887)
          "O lásku tvou je marno ždáti"

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)          
     Eight Short Pieces, Op. 84 (1902)
          V. Improvisation 

Charles Ives (1874-1954)              
     Symphony No. 4 (1916)
          I. Prelude - Maestoso

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)      
     Ode (1943)
          I. Eulogy

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)          
     Le Train Bleu, Op. 84 (1924)
           I. Introduction

Francis Poulenc (1899-1959)          
     Les soirées de Nazelles, FP 84 (1936)
          III. La désinvolture et la discrétion

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)              
     Flute Concerto ("Mythological"), Op. 84 (2000)
            I. Allegro aperto

           Deborah Yates, Flute
           Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
           The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra



Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1990)
     Mythos in Tempore Belli Improvisation (2020)

           Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano




THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA


Mark Alburger                          Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Deborah Yates

Oboe
Sheila Weston



Clarinet

Jisoo Kim

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Lois Kail

Horn
Bob Satterford


Soprano

Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Megan Cullen
Hussein Al-Nasrawi

Percussion
Hussein Al-Nasrawi


Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Kat Walsh

Viola
Carol Earley



Bass

Joshua Calderon


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 85-86-87: Global Warning
8pm, Saturday, March 28, 2020
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Op. 85 (2000)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)        Mass in C Major, Op. 86 (1807)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)            Prélude à l'Après-Midi d'un Faune, L 86 (1894)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Babel (1944)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)            Vespers (1610): Magnificat
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)                Magnificat (1733)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)                    Magnificat (1958)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Magnificat (2000), Op. 86

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Symphony ("Mathis der Maler") (1934)
G.F. Handel (1685-1759)                Water Music (1717)
John Cage (1912-1992)                Water Music (1952)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Water Music (2014)
                                Violin Concerto ("Ticklish"), Op. 87 (2000)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)                 Prelude No. 1, Op. 87 (1951)