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)
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)
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