THE OPUS PROJECT

May 31 - Opus 17: Teen Sensation!

THE OPUS PROJECT

Opus 17

8pm, Saturday, May 31, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
     Cello Suite No. 1 (1719)
        I. Prelude
          III. Courante
          V. Minuet I
          VI. Minuet II

               Sohrab Bazargannia, Marimba / Aaron Urton, Cello

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     Four Romances, Op. 17 (1889)
        II. In Spring

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Six Songs of Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack [1815-1894], Op. 17 (1888)
        I. Since Your Eyes Looked into Mine

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Seven Songs, Op. 17, No. 1 (1902)
        I. Then I Questioned No Further (Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804-1877)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Suite No.2 in C Major, Op.17 (1901)
        III. Romance - Beginning

               Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger & Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     King Estmere, Op 17 (1903) (Old English Ballad)
        Introduction

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Erwartung, Op. 17 (1909)
        Interlude

               The Opus Project Orchestra

Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
     Two Pieces, Op. 17 (1917)
        I. Malinconia - Theme

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
     Handelian Rhapsody, Op. 17 (1909)
        Interlude

               Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17 (1917)
        II. Allegro molto capriccioso    - Introduction

               The Opus Project String Quartet

George Enescu (1881-1955)
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 (1914)
        I. Assez vif et rythmé - Fanfare

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     The Nightingale (1914)
        Entr'acte

               The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Twelve Songs, Op. 17 (1907)
        IX. Slumber Song (Alfred Mombert, 1872-1942)

                Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Three Folk Texts, Op. 17 (1925)
        II. Dearest Virgin, We Are Yours

               Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Trio

Opus 17, No. 2

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Sarcasms, Op. 17 (1914)
        V. Precipitosissimo - Coda

               Mark Alburger, Piano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     Proteus, Op.17 (1919)
          Act I: Ouverture - Beginning

               The Opus Project Orchestra

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Piano Sonata, Op. 17 (1920)
           III. Introduction [Reconstruction]

                Mark Alburger, Piano

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
Jump Over the Shadow, Op. 17 (1923)
          Excerpt

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
     The Royal Palace, Op. 17 (1927)
          Introduction

Paul Creston (1906-1985)
     Two Choric Dances, Op. 17 (1938)
          II. Conclusion

               Video

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Two Pieces by Domenico Scarlatti, Op. 17 (1928)
          I. Pastorale - Part I

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 (1942)
          Finale

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Symphony No. 1, Op. 17 (1937)
          III. . . . Andante maestoso

               The Opus Project Orchestra

John Cage (1912-1992)
     Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939)

               Video

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Paul Bunyan, Op. 17 (1941)
        I. Prelude

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Ollantay, Op. 17 (1947)
        I. View of Ollantaytambo - Introduction

               The Opus Project Orchestra

Steve Reich (b. 1936)
     Clapping Music (1972)

               Mark Alburger and Sohrab Bazargannia, Hands

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Music in Fifths (1969)
    Page 1

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
     Coursing, Op. 17 (1979)
    Calmo

                The Opus Project Orchestra

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Two and a Half Pieces, Op. 17 (1979)
        I. Mirror Music
          II. Requiem Invention
III. Recapitulation

               The Opus Project Wind Quartet

Stardust (b. 1962)
     Piano Sonatina (2013)
          II. Melancholy

               Mark Alburger, Piano

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
     Clay Army March (2004)

               The Opus Project Orchestra

Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)
     Disney Improvisation (2014)

               Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

                    THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Alan Kingsley*

Oboe
Eva Langfeldt
Stardust

Bassoon
Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey*
Tim Machajewski*

Trumpet
Michael Beveridge
Michael Cox*

Trombone
Scott Sterling*

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Nasrawi

Percussion
Sohrab Bazargannia
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Lawrence Huang*

Violin II
Kat Walsh
Corey Johnson*

Viola
Carol Earley
Kristy Venstrom*

Cello
Aaron Urton*

Bass
Trevor Murphy

*The Opus Project Trio and Quartets

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 18 - 8pm, Saturday, June 28, 2014, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with Alan Kingsley, Jill Wagoner, and The Opus Project Orchestra

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Vale of Tuoni, Op. 18, No. 6 (1914)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)        Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            The Mystic Trumpeter, Op 18 (1904)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        The Golden Touch: Introduction, Op. 18 (1910)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)            Etude, Op. 18, No. 1 (1918 )
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Piece for Quartet (1914)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            Song, Op. 18, No. 1 (1925)
Ernst Toch (1887-1964)            String Quartet No. 8, Op. 18, No. 1 (1909)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            The Ugly Duckling, Op. 18 (1914)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Spring, Op.18 (1914)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Song, Op. 18, No. 1 (1920)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)        Symphony No. 1, Op. 18, No. 1 (1932)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        New Babylon, Op. 18 (1929)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Monks and Raisins, Op. 18, No. 2 (1943)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Variations and Fugue, Op. 18 (1963)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Les Illuminations, Op. 18 (1939)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)        Toccata, Op. 18, No. 1 (1947)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Bagatelle, Op. 18, No. 1 (1947)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Variazioni (1959)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)            Music in Similar Motion (1969)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)            Symphony No. 3, Op. 18 (1979)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Yellow River Concerto II, Op. 18 (1979)
Feona Lee Jones (b. 1985)        Story of Water (2013)

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     Four Romances, Op. 17 (1889)
        II. In Spring

Staruju pesnju mne serdce pojot,
Staraja greza opjat' voskresajet,
Gde-to blazhenstva cvetok rascvetajet,
Laskovyj golos nemolchno zovjot.

Skazka volshebnaja vnov' predo mnoj,
Skazke volshebnoj ja verju nevol'no,
Serdcu tak sladko, serdcu tak bol'no,
Na dushu vejet bessmertnoj vesnoj.

My heart sings to me the old song,
The old dream again arises,
Somewhere, a lucky little flower blooms,
A kind voice tenderly calls.

The magical story is again given to me,
Fairytale magic I believe innocently,
Heart so sweet, heart so painful,
In my soul like eternal Spring.

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Six Songs of Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack [1815-1894], Op. 17 (1888)
        I. Since Your Eyes Looked into Mine

Seitdem dein Aug' in meines schaute,
Und Liebe, wie vom Himmel her,
Aus ihm auf mich herniedertaute,
Was böte mir die Erde mehr?

Ihr Bestes hat sie mir gegeben,
Und von des Herzens stillem Glück
Ward übervoll mein ganzes Leben
Durch jenen einen Augenblick.

Since your eyes looked into mine,
And love, as if falling from Heaven,
Fell from them onto me like dew,
What more could the earth offer me?

It has given me its best,
And from the heart's quiet happiness
My whole life was overflowing
Only through on happy moment.

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Seven Songs, Op. 17, No. 1 (1902)
        I. Then I Questioned No Further (Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804-1877)

Se'n har jag ej frågat mera,
Hvarför är så flyktig våren,
Hvarför dröjer sommarn icke?
Så jag tänkte fordom ofta,
Frågte, utan svar, af mången.
Se'n den älskade mig svikit,
Se'n till köld hans värme blifvit,
All hans sommar blifvit vinter,
Se'n har jag ej frågat mera,
Känt blott djupt uti mitt sinne,
Att det sköna är förgängligt,
Att det ljufva icke dröjer.

Then I questioned no further
Why springtime is so fleeting,
Why summer lasts no longer?
Such I often used to wonder,
I have asked many, but received no answer.
Since my love has failed me,
Since his warmth has turned cold,
All his summer to winter,
Then I questioned no more,
Only sensed, deep in thought,
That beauty is perishable,
That the lovely will not last

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     King Estmere, Op 17 (1903) (Old English Ballad)
        Introduction

Harken to me gentlemen
Come and you shall hear
A tale of the boldest bretheren
That ever borne ywere

The one of them was Adler young
The t'other king Estmere,
They were as bold men in their deeds
As any far and near.

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Three Folk Texts, Op. 17 (1925)
        II. Dearest Virgin, We Are Yours

Liebste Jungfrau, wir sind dein,
Zeig dich, Mutter stets zu sein,
Schreib uns alle deinem Herzen
Unauslöschlich ein.
Groß ist unsrer Feinde Zahl
Hier in diesem Tränental;
Rette, Mutter, deine Kinder
Vor dem Sündenfall.

Dearest Virgin, we are yours;
Show yourself to be our Mother always,
Carve our names upon your heart
Unalterably.
Great is the number of our enemies
Here in this vale of tears;
Save your children, Mother,
From the ruin of sin.

April 26 - Opus 16: How Suite It Is

THE OPUS PROJECT

Opus 16

8pm, Saturday, April 26, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
     Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 (1868)
           I. Allegro molto moderato - Introduction

                Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Five Piano Preludes, Op. 16 (1895)
        IV. Lento

               Mark Alburger, Piano

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 (1909)
        I. Premonitions

               The Opus Project Orchestra

Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
     Two Pieces for Flute and Piano, Op. 16 (1917)
        I. Serenata - Theme

               Alan Kingsley, Flute / Melissa Smith, Piano

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
     Two Piano Pieces, Op. 16 (1904)
        I. Prelude

               Melissa Smith, Piano

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
     Piano Quartet, No. 16 (1899)
        II. Andante - Introduction

               Alvin Lau, Cello / Melissa Smith, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Five Songs, Op. 16 (1916) (Endre Ady, 1877-1919)
        I. Harom oszi konnycsepp (Three Autumn Tears)

               Alan Kingsley, Flute / Melissa Smith, Piano

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     The Wedding (1914 / 1923)
           Conclusion

                Mark Alburger, Baritone / The Opus Project Orchestra

Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959)
     Night-Sound Studies (Resonances), Op. 16 (1919)
        I. Freely / IV. Softly swaying / V. Hopping

               Mark Alburger, Piano

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Five Canons, Op. 16 (1924)
        II. Dormi Jesu (Serenely) (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)

               Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 16 (1913)
        I. Andantino - Introduction

               Melissa Smith / Mark Alburger / The Opus Project Orchestra

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     Quartet No. 2, Op. 16 (1915)
        II. Tres lent - Theme

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Quartet No. 3, Op. 16 (1921)
        II. Sehr langsam - Theme

               Mark Alburger, Piano

[Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
     Symphony No. 3, Op 16 (1922)
        I. Andante sostenuto - Introduction

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
     The New Orpheus, Op. 16 (1927) (Ywan Goll, 1891-1950)
        Introduction

Paul Creston (1906-1985)
     Threnody, Op. 16 (1938)
                    Introduction

                        Videos -     Takao Ukigaya / Andrew Davis / Alfred Wallenstein*]

[*presented 7pm, 4/29 and 9:30am 4/30]

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Tahiti-Trot, Op. 16 (1928)

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Reincarnations, Op. 16 (1940) (J. Stephens, 1880-1950, after A. Raftery, 1784-1835)
        II. Anthony O Daly

               The Opus Project Orchestra

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Fantasy for Piano, Op. 16 (1952)
          Allegro giusto

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Young Apollo, Op. 16 (1939)
          Moderato

               Melissa Smith / Hussein Al-Nasrawi / The Opus Project Orchestra

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Pampeana No. 1, Op. 16 (1947)
        Lento e liberaente ritmato - Introduction

               Alan Kingsley, Flute / Melissa Smith, PIano

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Movements for Wind Quintet, Op. 16 (1962)
I. Allegro / II. Moderato / III. Allegro / IV. Adagio / V. Allegro risoluto

               The Opus Projct Wind Quintet

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
     Sonya's Lullaby, Op. 16 (1979)
        Ben in tempo al fine

               Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Some Stuff, Op. 16 (1979)
           II. Urban Scherzo

                The Opus Project Mixed Quintet

Mark Summer (b. 1958)
Julie-O (1988)

               Alvin Lau, Cello

Stardust (b. 1962)
     Principia (2014)
        II. Supraluminal Expansion (Presto energetico / Largo)

Steven Price (b. 1977)
     Gravity (2014)*
           II. Debris

                The Opus Project Orchestra [*and Audience]

Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
     12 Minor Piano Preludes (2014)
        III. C Minor

               Melissa Smith, Piano

                    THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Alan Kingsley*

Oboe
Stardust*

Clarinet
Peter Brown*

Bassoon
Michael Garvey*
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Steve Senavsky
Valerie Senavsky*

Trombone
Zack Newbegin

Baritone
Mark Alburger

Harp
Samantha Garvey

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Nasrawi
Melissa Smith*

Percussion
Hussein Al-Nasrawi
Ken Crawford*
Melissa Smith
Samantha Garvey

Violin/ Viola
Kat Walsh

Viola
Kristy Venstrom

Cello
Alvin Lau*

Bass
John McGrew
Michael Stubblefield

*The Opus Project Wind and Mixed Quintets

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 17 - 8pm, Saturday, May 31, 2014

A Multi-Media Event, with Alan Kingsley, Jill Wagoner, and The Opus Project Orchestra

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            King Estmere, Op 17 (1903)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Erwartung, Op. 17: Interlude (1909)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)            String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17 (1917)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            The Nightingale: Entr'acte (1914)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            Traditional Rhyme, Op. 17, No. 1 (1925)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Sarcasm, Op. 17, No. 1 (1914)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Protée, Op.17 (1919)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Piano Sonata, Op. 17 (1920)
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)            The Royal Palace, Op. 17
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)        Song, Op. 17, No. 1 (1932)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Piece by Scarlatti, Op. 17, No. 1 (1928)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 (1942)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Symphony No. 1, Op. 17: Finale (1937)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Paul Bunyan, Op. 17 (1941)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)        Ollantay, Op. 17, No. 1 (1947)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Viola Sonata, Op. 17 (1947)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)            Coursing, Op. 17 (1979)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Two and a Half Pieces, Op. 17 (1979)

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Five Songs, Op. 16 (1916) (Endre Ady, 1877-1919)
        I. Harom oszi konnycsepp (Three Autumn Tears)

Oszi delben, ozni delben
Oh be nehez kacagni lea nyokra
Oszi ejben, oszi ejben
Oh be nehz folzezni a esilla gokra.
Oszi ejben, oszi delben
Oh be konyny sir va, sir va
le borulni,

Days of autumn, days of autumn
Oh, how hard to smile upon the maidens tender!
Nights of autumn, nights of autumn,
Oh, hard to look up at the starry splendor!
Nights of autumn, days of autumn,
Oh, how easy, weaping, weeping,
Then to sink down!

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     The Wedding (1914 / 1923)
        Conclusion

Eh bien, mon ame, ma douceur,
fleur de mes jours, miel de mes nuits,
fleur de ma vie, on vivra avec toi,
comme il faut qu'on vive
pour qu'on nous envie pour qu'on fasse envie

Well, my soul, my sweetness,
flower of my days, honey of my nights,
flower of my life, we will live together
as best as we can
so that all will be envious of us.

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Five Canons, Op. 16, No. 1 (1924)
        II. Dormi Jesu (Serenely) (Das Knaben Wunderhorn)

Dormi Jesu, mater ridet,
Quae tam dulcem somnum videt,
Dormi Jesu, blandule!
Si non dormis, Mater plorat,
Inter fila cantans orat;
Blande, veni, somnule.

Sleep, infant Jesus, my cares beguiling:
Mother sits beside thee smiling;
Sleep, infant Jesus, tenderly!
If thou sleep not, Mother mourneth,
Singing as her wheel she turneth:
Come, soft slumber, balmily!

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Reincarnations, Op. 16 (1940)
        (James Stephens, 1880-1950, after Anthony Raftery, 1784-1835)
        II. Anthony O Daly

Since your limbs were laid out
The stars do not shine!
The fish leap not out
In the waves!
On our meadows the dew
Does not fall in the morn,
For O Daly is dead!
Not a flow'r can be born!
Not a word can be said!
Not a tree have a leaf!
On our meadows the dew
Does not fall in the morn,
For O Daly is dead.
Anthony!
After you
There is nothing to do!
There is nothing but grief!

March 29 - Opus 15

THE OPUS PROJECT

Opus 15

8pm, Saturday, March 29, 2014
Berkeley Arts Festival
2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Opus 15, No. 1

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Five Songs, Op. 15 (1886)
          V. Homeward (Adolf Friedrich von Schack [1815-1894], 1885)

               Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     The Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15 (1909, Stefan George, 1868-1933)
          I. Under Shade

               Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Ot Dal (Five Songs), Op. 15 (1916)
          I. Tavasz: Az en szerelmem (Spring: My Love) (Klara Gombossy)

               Video - Agnes Anna Kun, Mezzo-Soprano / Lazlo Borbely, Piano

George Enescu (1881-1955)
     Seven Songs of Clement Marot [1496-1544], Op. 15 (1908)
          I. A Gift for Ann

               Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
     Hary Janos, Op. 15 (1926)
          IV. The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     The Rite of Spring (1913)
          Dances of the Adolescents

               The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Symphony No. 1, Op. 15 (1907)
          I. Allegro moderato - Introduction

               Video - Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra, Karol Stryja

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
   Five Spiritual Songs, Op. 15 (1922, Peter Rosegger, 1843-1918)
          V. Double Canon in Contrary Mode - Flowing - "Venture Forth, O Soul"

               Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Wind-String Quintet

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Ballade, Op. 15 (1912)
          Fortissimo-piano

               Michael Garvey, Bassoon / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     Trio Sonata, Op.15 (1914)
          I. Anime - Introduction

               Moses Lei, Violin / Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Opus 15, No. 2

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     In einer Nacht... Traume und Erlebniss
        (In a Night... Dreams and Experiences), Op. 15 (1919)
          I. Mudigkeiten (Wearisomeness)

Hanns Jelinek (1901-1969)
     Two-Voice Invention, Op. 15 (1949)
          Part I

               Lo Chau, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     The Nose, Op. 15 (1928)
          I. Prologue

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15 (1940, Stephen Spender, 1909-1995)
          Introduction

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Violin Concerto, Op. 15 (1939)
          I. Moderato con moto - Introduction

               Moses Lei, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Suite of Creole Dances, Op.15 (1946)
          I. Adagietto pianissimo

               Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
     Toccata, Op. 15 (1971)

                Lo Chau, Piano

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Einstein on the Beach (1975, Christopher Knowles, b. 1959)
          Knee Play 1

               The Opus Project Orchestra

Jan Pusina (b. 1940)
     Trombone Loops, Op. 15 (1973) (with Ron Heglin, b. 1937)

               Jan Pusina, Electronics / Mark Alburger, Trombone

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
    Cantata for Oboe and String Trio (1977)

               Video - The Amsterdam Conservatory Oboe Quartet

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Book (Prehistoric Atlas), Op. 15 (1979)

          I. Antartica (Pangeia Prelude Preface on Ice)
          III. Africa (Oldavai Clockwork Invention)
          V. Europe (Morton Homestead)
          VI. North America (Requiem for the Teays River)

               Lo Chau, Piano / Video - Mark Alburger, Electronics

Stardust (b. 1962)
     Romance (2014)
          I. Caprice

Feona Lee Jones (b. 1985)
     Patriotic Music (2013)

               The Opus Project Orchestra

                   THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                   Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Alan Kingsley*

Oboe
Eva Langfeldt (Alto)
Stardust (Reciter, Percussion)

Clarinet
Michael Kimbell*

Bassoon
Michael Garvey
Tim Machajewski (Alto Saxophone)

Trumpet
Ron Cohen* (Bass)
Mancho Gonzalez
Brett Klein

Horn
Nathan Coy
Jan Pusina
Valerie Senavsky

Trombone
Mark Alburger
Scott Sterling

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page

Piano
Mark Alburger (Reciter, Tenor)

Hussein Al-Nasrawi
Lo Chau
Feona Lee Jones* (Percussion)

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Sohrab Bazargannia

Violin
Moses Lei* (Tenor, Percussion)

Viola
Kat Walsh (Recorder)

Cello
Aaron Urton

String Bass
John McGrew

*The Opus Project Wind-String Quintet

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 16 - 8pm, Saturday, April 26, 2014, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

A Multi-Media Event,
with Melissa Smith and The Opus Project String Quartet,
Mixed Quintet, Percussion, and Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)       Piece for Orchestra, Op. 16, No. 1 (1909)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)           Piano Prelude, Op. 16, No. 1 (1904)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)           Tears of Autumn, Op. 16, No. 1 (1916)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)           The Wedding: Conclusion (1914)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)           Canon, Op. 16, No. 1 (1924)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)           Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 16, No. 1 (1913)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)           String Quartet No. 2, Op. 16, No. 1 (1915)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)           String Quartet No. 2, Op. 16, No. 1 (1921)
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)       The New Orpheus, Op.16 (1927)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)       Tahiti-Trot, Op. 16 (1928)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)           Reincarnations, Op. 16 (1940)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)           Fantasy for Piano, Op. 16 (1952)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)       Young Apollo, Op. 16 (1939)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)       Pampeana No. 1, Op. 16 (1947)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)       Movements for Wind Quintet, Op. 16 (1962)
Jan Pusina (b. 1940)       Tape Composition No. 2, Op. 16 (1974)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)           Sonya's Lullaby, Op. 16 (1979)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)           Some Stuff, Op. 16 (1979)
Steven Price (b. 1977)           Gravity: Debris (2014)
Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)      Piano Prelude No. 3 (2014)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Funf Lieder, Op. 15 (1886)
          V. Heimkehr (Adolf Friedrich von Schack [1815-1894], 1885)

Leiser schwanken die Äste,
Der Kahn fliegt uferwärts,
Heim kehrt die Taube zum Neste,
Zu dir kehrt heim mein Herz.

Genug am schimmernden Tage,
Wenn rings das Leben lärmt,
Mit irrem Flügelschlage
Ist es ins Weite geschwärmt.

Doch nun die Sonne geschieden,
Und Stille sich senkt auf den Hain,
Fühlt es: bei dir ist der Frieden,
Die [Ruhe]1 bei dir allein.

The branches sway more gently,
the boat flies toward the shore;
home to its nest turns the dove,
home to you turns my heart.

It has wandered enough on shimmering days,
when life clamored
and with beating wings
it keenly explored foreign lands.

But now the sun has departed,
and silence sinks down upon the grove.
My heart feels this: with you is peace,
with you alone is rest.

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Das Buch der hängenden Gärtens, Op. 15 (1909) (Stefan George, 1868-1933)
       I. Unterm schutz von dichten blättergründen

Unterm schutz von dichten blättergründen,
Wo von sternen feine flocken schneien,
Sachte stimmen ihre leiden künden,
Fabeltiere aus den braunen schlünden
Strahlen in die marmorbecken speien,
Draus die kleinen bäche klagend eilen:
Kamen kerzen das gesträuch entzünden,
Weisse formen das gewässer teilen.

Under shade of dense leaf-cover
Where from star-flowers fine flakes snow,
Gentle voices murmur their pains
Mythical creatures from the brown spouts
Stream into the marble basin,
Rivulets rush out plaintively
Candles illuminated the bushes,
White forms divided the waters.

George Enescu (1881-1955)
     Sept Chansons de Clement Marot [1496-1544], Op. 15 (1908)
          I. Estreine a Ann

Ce nouvel an pour Estreines vous donne
Mon cueur blessé d'une novelle playe.
Contrainct y suis; Amour ainsi l'ordonne,
En qui ung cas bien contraire j'essaye;
Car ce Cueur là, c'est ma richesse vraye;
Le demeurant n'est rien où je me fonde;
Et fault donner le meilleur bien que j'aye
Si j'ay vouloir d'estre riche en ce monde.

I give you as a New Year's present
my heart which is newly wounded.
I'm forced to - this is commanded by Love
in whose service I'm attempting a paradoxical thing:
for my heart is my true wealth
(the rest of my goods are nothing to build on),
yet I have to give away my best possession
if I wish to be rich in this world.

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Five Spiritual Songs, Op. 15 (1922, Peter Rosegger, 1843-1918)
          V. Double Canon in Contrary Mode - Flowing - Venture Forth, O Soul

Fahr hin, o Seel', zu deinem Gott,
der dich aus nichts gestaltet,
der dich erlöst durch seinen Tod,
den Himmel offen haltet.

Fahr hin zu dem, der in der Tauf
die Unschuld dir gegeben,
Er nehme dich barmherzig auf
in jenes bess're Leben.

Venture forth, O soul, to your God,
Who has formed you out of nothingness,
Who has saved you through his death,
And who holds open the heavens.

Venture forth to the one, who by baptism
Has granted innocence to you.
God lovingly lifts you
Into the better life to come.

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15 (1940, Stephen Spender, 1909-1995)
          Introduction

A stopwatch and an ordance map.
At five a man fell to the ground
And the watch flew off his wrist
Like a moon struck from the earth
Marking a blank time that stares
On the tides of change beneath.

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Einstein on the Beach (1975, Christopher Knowles, b.1959)
         Knee Play 1

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      4     3456         5678       4     3456     3456
Will it get some wind for the sailboat. And it could get for it is.
It could get the railroad for these workers. & it could be were it is.
It could Franky it could be Franky it could be very fresh and clean.
It could be a balloon. Oh these are the days my friends
and these are the days my friends... Do Re Mi... La Sol Do...

February 22 - Opus 14

THE OPUS PROJECT

Opus 14

8pm, Saturday, February 22, 2014
Berkeley Arts Festival
2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA

Opus 14, No. 1

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
     Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 (1830)
        V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath: Dies Irae

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     12 Romances, Op. 14, No. 11 (1896)
        XI. Floods of Spring (Allegro vivace) (Fyodor Tyutchev, 1803–1873)

        Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Cesar Cancino, Piano

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     Quintet for Winds in Ab Major (1903)
        I. Allegro moderato

The Opus Project Wind Quintet

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Two Songs, Op. 14, No. 1 (1908)
           I. Ich darf nicht dankend (Stefan Anton George, 1868-1933)

         Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Cesar Cancino, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Suite, Op. 14 (1916)
        IV. Sostenuto

        Cesar Cancino, Piano

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Fantasia in C Major, Op. 14 (1905)
        I. Grave (Introducton)

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Six Songs after Poetry of Georg Trakl [1887-1914], Op. 14 (1922)
        I. The Sun

        The Opus Project Wind-String Quartet


Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 14 (1912)
        III. Andante

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     Agamemnon, Op.14 (1914)
        I. Dialogue of Clytemnestra and the Chorus

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Three Hymns by Walt Whitman [1819-1892], Op. 14 (1919)
           I. Ages and Ages (Der ich, in Zwischenraumen - Johannes Schlaf, 1862-1941)

           Michael Garvey, Bassoon / Cesar Cancino, Piano

Opus 14, No. 2

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     From Pioneer Life, Op. 14 (1931)
        I. Drummer (Marciele moderato)

        Cesar Cancino, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Symphony No. 2 ("To October"), Op. 14 (1927)
        II. Quarter Note = 152

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (1940)
        I. Allegro (Introduction)

        Moses Lei, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Tapor, Op. 14 (1948)
Theme

        The Opus Project Audience and Orchestra

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14 (1939)
        I. Funeral March (Introduction)

Albert Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Lamentations of Jeremiah, Op. 14 (1946)
        II. Ego vir videns paupertatem meam (I have seen affliction)

        The Opus Project Orchestra

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Vox Balaenae (1971)
        Vocalise (...for the beginning of time) [Strauss - Zarathustra parody]

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
     Flute Sonata, Op. 14 (1961)
        III. Andante

        Kris Palmer, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Jan Pusina (b. 1940)
     Tantara (2013)

          Jason Park, Trumpet / The Opus Project Orchestra

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
     Autumnal, Op. 14 (1980
        I. Nocturne

        Corey Johnson, Violin / Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Seasons' Eves, Op. 14 (1978)
        I. Spring (Maundy Thursday)

        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, English Horn
        The Opus Project Orchestra

Stardust (b. 1962)
     Perpetraum (2014)

          The Opus Project Woodwind Trio

Tilmann Dehnhard (b. 1968)

Wake Up! For Piccolo and Alarm Clock (2001)

        Alan Kingsley, Piccolo

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
     The Simple Freshman (2013)

        Kris Palmer, Flute / The Opus Project Strings

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Alan Kingsley*
Kris Palmer*

Oboe
Stardust*

Clarinet
Laura Calverley*

Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Michael Garvey*
Lori Garvey
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Ron Cohen

Jason Park

Horn
Daniel Bao
Jan Pusina*

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Piano
Mark Alburger
Cesar Cancino

Violin I
Moses Lei

Violin II
Corey Johnson*

Viola
Moses Lei*
Rozalia Valentine

Cello
Alvin Lau

Bass
Michael Stubblefield

* The Opus Project Woodwind Trio,
Wind-String Quartet, and Wind Quintet

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 15
8pm, Saturday, March 29, 2014
Berkeley Arts Festival
2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with Jill Wagoner and The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Homecoming, Op. 15, No. 5 (1886)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15, No. 1 (1909)
George Enescu (1881-1955)        A Gift for Ann, Op. 15, No. 1 (1908)
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)            Hary Janos: Battle and Defeat of Napoleon, Op. 15, No. 4 (1926)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            The Rite of Spring: Dance (1913)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Symphony No. 1, Op. 15 (1907)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            Sacred Song, Op. 15, No. 1 (1922)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Ballade for Cello and Piano, Op. 15 (1912)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Sonata for Two Violins and Piano, Op.15 (1914)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            In One Night, Op. 15 (1919)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        The Nose: Prologue, Op. 15 (1928)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            A Stopwatch & an Ordnance Map, Op. 15 (1940)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Violin Concerto, Op. 15 (1939)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)        Toccata, Op. 15 (1971)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)        Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 1 (1975)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Book (Prehistoric Atlas), Op. 15 (1979)
Feona Lee Jones (b. 1985)            Patriotic Piece (2013)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     12 Romances, Op. 14, No. 11 (1896)
    XI. Floods of Spring (Allegro vivace) (Fyodor Tyutchev, 1803–1873)

Jeshchjo v poljakh belejet sneg,
A vody uzh vesnoj shumjat --
Begut i budjat sonnyj breg,
Begut, i bleshchut, i glasjat...

Oni glasjat vo vse koncy:
«Vesna idjot, vesna idjot!
My molodoj vesny goncy,
Ona nas vyslala vperjod.

Vesna idjot, vesna idjot,
I tikhikh, teplykh majskikh dnej
Rumjanyj, svetlyj khorovod
Tolpitsja veselo za nej!»

The fields are still covered with white snow.
But the streams are already rolling in a spring mood,
Running and awakening the sleepy shore,
Running and glittering and announcing loudly.

They are announcing loudly to every corner:
"Spring is coming, Spring is coming!
We are the messengers of young Spring,
She has sent us to come forward,

Spring is coming, Spring is coming!
And the quiet, warm May days
Follow her, merrily crowded
Into the rosy, bright dancing circle."

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Two Songs, Op. 14, No. 1 (1908)
        I. Ich darf nicht dankend
               (Stefan Anton George, 1868-1933,
               Das Jahr der Seele [The Year of the Soul, 1907] -
               Waller in Schnee [Victory in the Snow]: IV)

Ich darf nicht dankend an dir niedersinken ·
Du bist vom geist der flur aus der wir stiegen:
Will sich mein trost an deine wehmut schmiegen
So wird sie zucken um ihm abzuwinken.

Verharrst du bei dem quälenden beschlusse
Nie deines leides nähe zu gestehen
Und nur mit ihm und mir dich zu ergehen
Am eisigklaren tief-entschlafnen flusse?

I am not allowed thankfully to kneel down before you,
You are of the spirit of the field which nurtured us.
If my consolation were to snuggle up to your anguish,
You would shrug and refuse it.

Is it your plan to stick to your cruel decision,
Never to admit your pain.
And only to go forth with it and me
Along the ice-clear deep-frozen river?

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Six Songs after Poetry of Georg Trakl [1887-1914], Op. 14 (1921)
        I. The Sun

Täglich kommt die gelbe Sonne über den Hügel.
Schön ist der Wald, das dunkle Tier,
Der Mensch; Jäger oder Hirt.

Rötlich steigt im grünen Weiher der Fisch.
Unter dem runden Himmel
Fährt der Fischer leise im blauen Kahn.

Langsam reift die Traube, das Korn.
Wenn sich stille der Tag neigt,
Ist ein Gutes und Böses bereitet.

Wenn es Nacht wird,
Hebt der Wanderer leise die schweren Lider;
Sonne aus finsterer Schlucht bricht.

Daily the yellow sun comes over the hill
Beautiful is the forest, the dark animal,
man, hunter or shepherd.

Red rises the fish in the green pond
Under the round sky the fisherman
goes quietly in the blue bark,

Slowly ripens the grape, the grain.
When the day quietly draws to its end, both a
good and an evil is waiting.

When it becomes night,
the wanderer raises quietly his heavy eyelids,
Sun bursts from the dark ravine.

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Three Hymns by Walt Whitman [1819-1892], Op. 14 (1919)
        I. Ages and Ages (Der ich, in Zwischenraumen - Johannes Schlaf, 1862-1941)

Ages and ages, returning at intervals,
Undestroy'd, wandering immortal,
Lusty, phallic, with the potent original loins, perfectly sweet,
I, chanter of Adamic songs,
Through the new garden, the West, the great cities calling,
Deliriate, thus prelude what is generated, offering these,
    offering myself,
Bathing myself, bathing my songs in Sex,
Offspring of my loins.

Der ich, in Zwischenräumen, in Äonen und Äonen wiederkehre,
Ein unzerstörbarer, unsterblicher Wandrer,
Lustvoll, geschlechtlich, mit ursprünglichen, zeugenden Lenden,
    in süßer Fülle;
Der ich, Sänger adamitischer Gesänge,
Durch den neuen Garten des Westens,
    durch die großen Städte rufe;
Und trunken das verkünde, was im Werden ist,
    dies darbiete und mich selbst.
Und mich selbst bade und meine Lieder im Zeugenden,
Meine Lieder, die Sprößlinge meiner Lenden.