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)
