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