June 25 - Opus 42: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Musicverse


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 42


8pm, Saturday, June 25, 2016
Park Presidio United Methodist Church, 4301 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, CA



Prelude

Steve Reich (b. 1936)   
     Three Tales (2002)
          Act III - Dolly

          Video


Program

Charles Marie Widor (1844-1937)
     Organ Symphony No. 5, Op 42, No. 1 (1885)
          V. Toccata

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)   
     Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42 (1901)
          I. Incidental Music

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)    
     Piano Variations in C Minor, Op. 42 (1918)
          Lent

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Robert Kahn (1865-1952)   
     Ten Songs, Op. 42 (1904)
          III. Chivalrous Courting

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)   
     Romance in C Major, Op. 42 (1904)
          Andante

          The Opus Project String Quintet



Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
     Elegiac Berceuse, Op. 42 (1909)
          Andantino

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Adolf Weidig (1867-1931)    
     Piano Canons, Op. 42 (1911)
          I. Moderato




Ede Poldini (1869-1957)   
     Walzerbuch, Op. 42 (1904)
          I. Lento assai

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Albert Roussel (1869-1937)   
     Symphony No. 3 in G Minor, Op. 42 (1930)
                    I. Allegro vivo

Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)
      The Storm, Op. 42 (1910)
           Tempesto, ma non troppo allegro

           The Opus Project Orchestra


Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)   
     Six Romantic Piano Pieces, Op. 42 (1908)
           II. Barcarole

           Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)   
     Piano Quintet, Op. 42 (1918)
          I. Poco lento / Moderato

          The Opus Project Piano Quintet



Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Eight Piano Etudes, Op. 42 (1903)
          III. Prestissimo

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     [English] Folk Song Suite (1923)
          I. March - "Seventeen come Sunday"
          II. Intermezzo- "My Bonny Boy"
          III. March - "Folk Songs from Somerset"

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 (1931)
          Theme / Variation I

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Max Reger (1873-1916)   
     Four Unaccompanied Violin Sonatas, Op. 42 (1900)
          Sonata I: I. Allegro energico

          Kristen Kline, Violin

Henri Marteau (1874-1934)    
     Partita for Flute and Viola, Op. 42 No. 2 (1930)
          Prelude

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Kat Walsh, Viola


Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Piano Concerto, Op. 42 (1942)
          Andante

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)   
     Symphony No. 3 ("Ilya Muromets"), Op. 42 (1911)
          I. Andante sostenuto

Erno Dohnanyi (1877-1960)   
     Piano Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, Op. 42 (1947)
          I. Allegro

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)   
     Transylvanian Dances (1931)
          I. Bagpipers

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin, Op. 42 (1918)
          I.  Allah, Allah, Akbar

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / The Opus Project Orchestra

Fartein Valen (1887-1952)     
     Serenade for Wind Quintet, Op. 42 (1947)
          I. Allegro moderato

          The Opus Project Wind Quintet


Harry Partch (1901-1973)   
     The Letter (1943)

         Mark Alburger, Voice / Feona Lee Jones, Prepared Piano

Vissarion Shebalin (1902-1963)
     Five Choruses on Poems by Alexander Pushkin, Op. 42 (1949)
          II. Winter Road

                    The Opus Project Orchestra

Boris Blacher (1903-1975)   
     Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 42 (1953)
          I. Andante

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Five Fragments for Orchestra, Op. 42 (1935)
          II. Andante

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Hans Georg Burghardt (1909-1993)
     Trio Sonata, Op. 42 (1941)
          Grave

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, Oboe / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Saint Nicolas, Op. 42 (1948)
          Andante, poco mosso

          Kristen Kline, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Johan Kvandal (1919-1999)   
     Flute Quartet, Op. 42 (1978)
          Allegretto con moto

          The Opus Project Flute Quartet

Giselher Klebe (1925-2009)   
     String Quartet No. 2, Op. 42 (1965)
          I. Due tempi (Allegro con fuoco)

          The Opus Project String Quartet


George Crumb (b. 1929)   
     A Little Suite for Christmas, A.D. 1979 (1980)
          II. Berceuse of the Infant Jesus

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)   
     Sinfonia, Op. 42 (1985)
          I. Lento

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)   
     Westminster Tropes, Op. 42 (1991)
          XIV. Parking Lot's Wife

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, Oboe / Michael Stubblefield, Guitar


Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
     Piano Trio in D Major ("Summer Rent") (2013)
          Adagio / Allegro con moto / Andante

          The Opus Project Piano Trio


THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                        Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield                    Associate Music Director and Conductor


Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Keith Leung

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Horn
Bob Satterford

Tromba Marina
Aaron Wallace

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Feona Lee Jones

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Corey Johnson

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 43: Symphonic Ecstacy!

8pm, Saturday, July 30, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with Hussein Al-Naswari, Feona Lee Jones, Kristen Kline,
Elizabeth Morrison,and The Opus Project Wind Quintet and Orchestra

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)            French Suite No. 6: III. Sarabande (1725)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Dream Children, Op. 43 (1902)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)             Franciscan Landscape, Op. 43 (1919)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Autumn Sketches, Op. 43 (1907)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Wind Quintet, Op. 43 (1922)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Symphony No. 2, Op. 43 (1902)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Symphonic Nocturne (Elegie No. 2), Op. 43 (1913)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Bacchus and Ariane, Op. 43 (1930)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Humoresque, Op. 43 (1911)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Silhouette, Op. 43 (1909)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Symphony No. 3 ("The Divine Poem"), Op. 43 (1904)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)        Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (194)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)            Central Park in the Dark (1906)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Theme and Variations for Orchestra, Op. 43 (1943)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Pulcinella (1920)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Divertissement, Op. 43 (1929)   
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op.43 (1917)       
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Speilmusik, Op. 43 (1927)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            El Salón México (1936)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Symphony No. 4, Op. 43 (1936)       
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Armenian Folk Song, Op. 43 (1943)       
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (1948)           
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Deploration Passacaglia, Op. 43 (1992)

May 28 - Opus 41: With All Due Diligence

THE OPUS PROJECT


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)

April 30 - Opus 40: Mechanical / Organic

  
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 40
8pm, Saturday, April 30, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA


Edward Elgar (1857-1934)     
     Cockaigne (In London Town) Concert-Overture, Op. 40 (1901)
          Allegro

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Abraham Wolf Lilienthal (1859-1928) 
     Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1921)
          Poco adagio

          Elizabeth Morrison, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)     
     Theme with Variations, Op. 40 (1917)
          Thema (Andante)


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)     
     10 Pensées Lyriques for Piano, Op.40 (1916)
          V. Berceuse

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)     
     Six Songs, Op. 40 (1931)
          V. Wanderers Nachtliebe (Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 1749-1832)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)     
     Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello, Op. 40 (1929)
          I. Allegro grazioso

          Ruth Keys, Flute / Kat Walsh, Viola / Elizabeth Morrison, Cello



Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)     
     Three Choruses, a capella, Op. 40 (1905)
          II. Through the Storm (Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872):
          Praying near the broken mast

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra


Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) 
     Two Mazurkas, Op. 40 (1903)
          II. Pleasant

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) 
     Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 40 (1928)
          I. Allegro vivace

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra


Gustav Holst (1874-1934)     
     A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40 (1923)
          I. Moderato

          Ruth Keys, Flute / Stardust, Oboe / The Opus Project Orchestra


Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) 
     Variations on a Recitative, Op. 40 (1941)
          Lento

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Cyril Scott (1879-1970)     
     Three Piano Pieces, Op. 40 (1904)
          I. Solitude

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Karl Weigl (1881-1949)     
     Five Songs for Soprano and String Quartet, Op. 40 (1934)
          I. Consolation (Ina Seidel, 1885-1974)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project String Quartet

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) 
     Three Paganini Caprices, Op. 40 (1918)
          III. Tema (Caprice No. 24)

          Carolyn Lowenthal, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Ernst Toch (1887-1965)     
     Tanz-und-Spielstücke, Op. 40 (1926)
          I. Gray Sky

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)     
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 (1925)
          I. Allegro ben articulato

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)     
     Violin Sonata No. 2, Op.40 (1917)
          I. Pastorale
                   
          Carolyn Lowenthal, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Alois Haba (1893-1973)     
     Nonet No. 1, Op. 40 (1930)
          I. Allegro moderato

Erich Korngold (1897-1957)       
     Symphony in F#, Op. 40 (1952)
          I. Moderato ma energico

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) 
     Easy Variations, Op. 40 (1944)
          II. A Minor - Theme

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) 
     Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40 (1934)
          III. Largo

          Elizabeth Morrison, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Samuel Barber (1910-1981)     
     Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40 (1966, Franco Zeffirelli, b. 1923,
          after William Shakespeare, 1564 -1616))
          Act III, Scene 2: "Give me my robe"
   
          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) 
     Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 40 (1950)
          II. Andante

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) 
     String Quartet No. 3, with Soprano, Op. 40 (1973)
          I. Contemplativo (La Musica - En la noche tranquila,
          Juan Ramón Jiménez, 1881-1958)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project String Quartet

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)     
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 (1953)
          I. Allegretto

          The Opus Project Orchestra
                   
Peter Jona Korn (1922-1998)     
     Wind Quintet, Op. 40 (1971)
          I. Con moto

          The Opus Project Wind Quintet


Claude Ballif (1924-2004)     
     Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1963)
          Calmo sereno

          Elizabeth Morrison, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

 Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010)     
     Harpsichord (or Piano) Concerto, Op 40 (1980)
          Allegro molto

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Attila Bozay (1939-1999)     
     String Quartet No. 3 ("Feasts of Equinoxes"), Op. 40 (1971)
          MOTTO - Adagio (Autumn / Winter / Spring / Summer)

          The Opus Project String Quartet




Mark Alburger (b. 1957)     
     Trumpet Concerto (Macho Concertino), Op. 40 (1990)
          I. Allegro

          Michael Cox, Trumpet / The Opus Project Orchestra

Stardust (b. 1962)         
     Dam (2016)
          I. Retention

                    The Opus Project Orchestra



Scott Sterling (b. 1970)     
     Lilting Fire Monkey (2016)

          The Opus Project String Trio



Feona Lee Jones (b. 1985)     
     Etude No. 1 (2016)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989) 
     String Quartet No. 1 (2012)
          II. Andante

          The Opus Project String Quartet


Hussein Al-Naswari     
     Improvisation (2016)

          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano



THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield                Associate Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Ruth Keys

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Horn
Craig Hansen

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Harp
John Veitch

Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones

Timpani
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Carolyn Lowenthal

Violin II
Corey Johnson

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Elizabeth Morrison

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 41
8pm, Saturday, May 28, 2016,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)            Mass in G Minor: I. Kyrie (1922)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 (1942)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)            Piano Concerto No. 2 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            The Steel Step, Op. 41 (1926)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Les Euménides, Op.41 (1923)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Konzertmusik, Op. 41 (1926)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)            The Youth of Maxim, Op. 41 (1935)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Despite and Still, Op. 41 (1969)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Protest and Prayer, Op.41 (1967)   
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41 (1947)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Mice Suite No. 1, Op. 41 (1991)