Opus 41
8pm, Saturday, May 28, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Prelude
Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995)
Ben Hur (1959)
What Service Have You Seen, 41? . . . What Is Your Name, 41?
Program
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
English Suite No. 6 (1720)
V. Sarabande
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)
Cello Sonata, Op. 41 (1900)
I. Allegro non troppo ed affetuoso
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Two Songs, Op. 41 (1902, Christopher Benson, 1862-1925)
I. In the Dawn
Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)
Piano Quintet, Op. 41 (1917)
I. Moderato molto tranquillo
The Opus Project Piano Quintet
Robert Kahn (1865-1952)
Piano Quartet, Op. 41 (1904)
I. Allegro molto moderato
The Opus Project Piano Quartet
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
The Winds Are Blowing, Op. 41 (1907)
II. Allegro moderato
Michael Cox, Trumpet / Feona Lee Jones, Piano / Kristen Kline, Violin
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Moderen (The Mother), Op. 41 (1920, Helge Rode, 1870-1937)
I. Tagen Letter (The Fog Is Lifting)
Alan Kingsley, Flute / The Opus Project Orchestra
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Kyllikki, Op. 41 (1904)
I. Largamente
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Turandot Suite, Op. 41 (1905)
I. The Execution, the City Gate, and the Departure
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Cold Pieces (1897)
I. Tunes to Make You Run Away
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Prelude and Fughetta, Op. 41 (1929)
Fughetta
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Eight Short Pieces, Op. 41 (1908)
V. Virelai
Paul Juon (1872-1940)
Tanzrhythmen (Books VI and VII), Op. 41 (1908)
I. Risoluto
The Opus Project Orchestra
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Poeme, Op. 41 (1904)
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Mass in G Minor (1922)
I. Kyrie
The Opus Project Orchestra
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957)
Trumpet Concerto, Op. 41 (1930)
Moderato sostenuto
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)
Trumpet Concertino, Op. 41 (1916)
Assez anime
Michael Cox, Trumpet / The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Three Russian Choruses, Op. 41 (1926)
I. Across the River
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte [1769-1821], Op. 41 (1942, Lord Byron [1788-1824], 1814)
Grave
The Opus Project Orchestra
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)
String Quartet No. 3 (1920)
I. Allegretto pastorale
The Opus Project String Quartet
Erno Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
Six Piano Pieces, Op. 41 (1945)
III. Canzonetta
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Georges Brun (1878-1961)
Romance for Flute and Piano, Op. 41 (1905)
Modere, sans lenteur
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1931)
I. Allegro
Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Four Songs from [Rabindranath] Tagore[1861-1941)]'s "The Garden", Op. 41 (1918)
I. My Heart
Kristen Kline, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)
Bassoon Sonata, Op. 41 (1927)
I. Gemessen
Tim Machajewski, Bassoon / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
The Steel Step, Op. 41 (1926)
I. Entree des personnages
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Konzertmusik for Winds, Op. 41 (1926)
I. Konzertante Overture
The Opus Project Orchestra
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Seven Merry Songs (Based on Nursery Rhymes), Op. 41
(1945, Samuil Marshak,1887-1964)
I. Old King Cole
Kristen Kline, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
The Youth of Maxim, Op. 41 (1935)
I. Prologue
Video
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Despite and Still, Op. 41 (1969)
I. A Last Song (Robert Graves, 1895-1968, A Last Poem, 1964)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41 (1947)
I. A Cradle Song (William Blake, 1757–1827, Notebook, 1794)
Kristen Kline, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 41 (1950)
II. Quietly
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Herbert Brun (1918-2000)
Six for Five by Two in Pieces, Op. 41 (1992)
I. Quarter = 60
Michael Cox, Trumpet / Bob Satterford, French Horn
Fritz Leitermeyer (1925-2006)
12 Epigrams for Cello and Piano, Op. 41 (1970)
I. Eighth = ca. 80
Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928)
Cello Concerto, Op. 41 (1971)
I. Allegro ma non troppo
Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Celestial Mechanics (Makrokosmos IV, 1979)
I. Alpha Centauri
Mark Alburger, Piano
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)
Das Gesetz der Quadrille (The Law of the Square Dance, 1979, Franz Kafka, 1883-1924)
I. Das Gesetz der Quadrille
Kristen Kline, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Glassworks (1982)
Opening / Closing
The Opus Project Orchestra
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
Guitar Suite, Op. 41 (1986)
I. Prelude
Michael Stubblefield, Guitar
Robin Holloway (b. 1943)
Serenade in C, Op. 41 (1979)
I. Marcia
Kai Stensgaard (b. 1952)
Spanish Dance (1982)
Sultan Molaib, Marimba
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Mice Suite No. 1, Op. 41 (1991)
I. Worksong
The Opus Project Orchestra
John Veitch (b. 1989)
Improvisation (2016)
John Veitch, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield Associate Music Director and Conductor
Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley
Clarino
Sultain Molaib
Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Trumpet
Michael Cox
Horn
Bob Satterford
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Tuba
Aaron Wallace
Countertenor
Young June Kim
Tenor
Mark Alburger
John Veitch
Guitar
Michael Stubblefield
Harp
John Veitch
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch
Percussion
Sultan Molaib
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch
Violin I
Kristen Kline
Violin II
Kat Walsh
Viola
Young June Kim
Kat Walsh
Cello
Aaron Urton
Bass
Michael Stubblefield
OPUS 42: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Project - 8pm, Saturday, June 25, 2016
With Hussein Al-Naswari, Feona Lee Jones, Kristen Kline, Aaron Urton, and the Opus Project Orchestra
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42 (1901)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) Piano Variations in C Minor, Op. 42 (1918)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) The Letter, Op. 42 (1907)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952) Song, Op. 42 (1904)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Springtime on a Danish Island, Op. 42 (1921)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Romance in C Major, Op. 42 (1904)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Elegiac Berceuse, Op. 42 (1909)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Cello Concerto in G Major, Op. 42 (1935)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Symphony No. 3, Op. 42 (1930)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Romantic Piano Piece, Op. 42 (1908)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960) Hjalmar Branting's Dirge, Op. 42 (1927)
Paul Juon (1872-1940) Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 42 (1909)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Piano Etude, Op. 42 (1903)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) English Folk Song, Op. 42 (1923)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957) March, Op. 42 (1930)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Variation on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 (1931)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) At the Boar's Head, Op. 42 (1924)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Piano Concerto, Op. 42 (1942)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956) Symphony No. 3 ("Ilya Muromets"), Op. 42 (1911)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) American Overture, Op. 42 (1926)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) The Prodigal Son, Op. 42 (1923)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Suite for Mechanical Organ, Op. 42 (1925)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Five Fragments, Op. 42 (1935)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Two Choral Pieces, Op. 42 (1968)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) I Will Rejoice in the Lord, Op. 42 (1942)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Saint Nicolas, Op. 42 (1948)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Westminster Tropes, Op. 42 (1991)
