THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 79-80
Fate Knocking at the Floor
8pm, Saturday, September 28, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
OPUS 79
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Symphony in C (1940)
I. Allegro alla breve
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (1948)
II. The Thoughtful Mother and Aunt ("Bye, Bye, Bye")
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Job: A Masque, Op. 79 (1999)
Scene I - Introduction "What You Been Doing?"
OPUS 80
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Fantasia in C Minor ("Choral Fantasy"), Op. 80 (1808)
Presto
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (1880)
Finale
Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80 (1898)
III. Sicilienne
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Sonata No. 2 ("Concord") (1915)
III. The Alcotts
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Tango (1940)
Tempo di tango
Francis Poulenc (1899 -1963)
Suite Francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise [1525-1583], FP 80 (1935)
I. Bransle de Bourgogne
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
The Red Pony (1948)
Introduction
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
John and Salome, Op. 80 (1999)
IV. Salome's Dance
Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
The Opus Chamber Project Orchestra
THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Clarinet
Peter Brown
Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Horn
Bob Satterford
Soprano / Piano
Megan Cullen
Tenor / Percussion
Mark Alburger
Violin
Kat Walsh
Viola
Carol Earley
Bass
Josh Calderon
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 81-82
Imaginary Soundscapes
8pm, Saturday, October 19, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Tragic Overture, Op. 81 (1880)
Erik Satie (1866-1925) Parade (1917)
Charles Ives (1874-1954) A Set for Theatre Orchestra (1915)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Boléro (1928)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Circus Polka (1942)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) La Création du Monde, Op. 81 (1923)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Clarinet Concerto (1948)
John Cage (1912-1992) Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) The Beatitudes, Op. 81 (1999)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Symphony No. 5, Op. 82 (1919)
Erik Satie (1866-1925) Sonatine bureaucratique (1917)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand (1930)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Danses Concertantes (1942)
John Cage (1912-1992) Music of Changes (1951)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Symphony No. 4 ("Sequence"), Op. 82 (1999)
