July 30 - Opus 43: Symphonic Ecstasy

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 43
8pm, Saturday, July 30, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA



Program

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)       
     Dream Children, Op. 43 (1902)
           I. Andante

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)    
     All-Night Vigil, Op. 43 (1900)
          I. Quarter = 60

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)        
     Franciscan Landscape, Op. 43 (1919)
          I. Au Jardin de Sainte Clare

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)       
     Wind Quintet, Op. 45 (1922)
          I. Allegro ben moderato

          The Opus Project Wind Quintet

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 43 (1902)
          IV. Finale

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)   
     Nocturne Symphonique (Elegie No. 2), Op. 43 (1913)
          Sostenutissimo

          The Opus Project Orchestras
                       


Ede Poldini (1869-1957)       
     Petit Decameron, Op. 43 (1909)
          I. Arabian Story - Lento

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano
 


Albert Roussel (1869-1937)       
     Bacchus and Ariane, Op. 43 (1930)
          Act I - [Introduction] Allegro con brio


          The Opus Project Orchestra



Vítezslav Novák (1870-1949)    
     Pan, Op. 43 (1910)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)       
     Humoresques, Op. 43 (1911)
          I. Marche militaire (Tres rhythme)

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Louis Vierne (1870-1937)       
     Silhouettes d'enfants, Op. 43 (1918)
          I. Valse

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano
 
Paul Juon (1872-1940)       
     Silhouettes, Series II, Op. 43, No. 2 (Book IV) (1909)
          IIIa. Intermezzo I - Allegretto (alla Menuetto)

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

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)   
     Symphony No. 3 ("The Divine Poem"), Op. 43 (1904)
          Introduction

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)   
     Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (194)
          Introduction. Allegro vivace — Variation I (Precedente)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Max Reger (1873-1916)       
     Eight Songs, Op. 43 (1900)
          V. Lullaby (Richard Dehmel)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Charles Ives (1874-1954)       
     Central Park in the Dark (1906)
          Molto adagio

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)   
     Theme and Variations for Orchestra, Op. 43 (1943)
          Theme (Poco allegro)

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Cyril Scott (1879-1970)       
     A Gift of Silence, Op. 43 (1905)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
                       
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)       
     Hungarian Sketches for Orchestra (1931)
          I. Evening in Transylvania (Evening in the Village)
          II. Bear Dance

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Marion Bauer (1882-1955)       
     Prelude and Fugue, Op. 43 (1948)
          Prelude

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / The Opus Project Orchestra
                   
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)       
     Pulcinella (1920)
          VII. Duetto (Vivo)

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)       
     The Fisherman and his Wife, Op. 43 (1930)
          I. Introduction

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Divertissement, Op. 43 (1929)
           I. Moderato, molto ritmato

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)       
     Chamber Symphony No. 1 ("Spring"), Op. 43 (1917)
          II. Chantant

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Speilmusik, Op. 43 (1927)
          I. Moderately moving half-notes

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     El Salon Mexico (1936)
          Allegro vivace

          The Opus Project Orchestra
          

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)   
     Two Russian Folk Songs, Op. 43 (1945)
          I. Andante con moto

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)   
     Symphony No. 4, Op. 43 (1936)
          I. Allegretto poco moderato

          The Opus Project Orchestra
       
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)       
     12 Armenian Folk Songs, Op. 43 (1943)
          I. Quarter = 104

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)   
     The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43 (1948, after the original, 1728, by John Pepusch, 1685-)   
          Act I - "Through All the Employments of Life"

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)   
     Serenade No. 5, Op. 43 (1950)
          I. Prelude

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Gnomic Variations (1981)
          Thema-lentemente, deciso

          Elizabeth Morrison, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Philip Glass (b. 1937)       
     Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
          V. Vessels - Verse 1

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Deploration Passacaglias, Op. 43 (1992)
          I. Ockeghem
               


Stardust (b. 1962)           
     Annie's Song No. 1: Like a Virgin (2016)

          Jill Wagoner and Annie Hepbern Smith, Sopranos / The Opus Project Orchestra


Feona Lee Jones (b. 1986)       
     Etude No. 2 (2016)

         Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
     Golden Gate (2016)
    

Hussein Al-Naswari (b.1990)
     The Ultimate Disney Steinway Grand Concert (2016)

          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
    

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
Michael Garvey

Trombone
Scott Sterling


Soprano
Annie Hepbern Smith
Jill Wagoner


Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren

Violin
Kat Walsh

Viola
Kristy Venstrom

Cello
Elizabeth Morrison

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 44: International Fantasies
8pm, SUNDAY, August 28, 2016, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

A Multi-Media Event,
with Feona Lee Jones, and the Opus Project String Quartet, Piano Quintet, and Orchestra

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)            Romance, Op. 44, No. 1 (1859)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Coronation Ode, Op. 44 (1902)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)             Piano Serenade, Op. 44 (1920)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Chorus, Op. 44 (1908)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Orchestral Song, Op. 44 (1900)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            String Quartet No. 4, Op. 44 (1906)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Piece from "Kuolema", Op. 44 (1906)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Indian Fantasy, Op. 44 (1914)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Browning Song, Op. 44 (1900)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Little Symphony in G Major, Op. 44 (1939)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)             Idyll, Op. 44 (1930)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Open-Air Orchestral Music, Op. 44 (1904)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 44 (1909)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Poeme, Op. 44 (1905)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957)             Opera at the Crossing, Op. 44 (1933)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)        Symphony No. 3, Op. 44 (1936)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Part-Song, Op. 44 (1926)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Genesis Suite: Prelude, Op. 44 (1945)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Kyrie, Op. 44 (1916)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Symphony No. 3, Op. 44 (1928)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Low Song, Op. 44
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Felix the Cat, Op. 44 (1926)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Hail, Spain, Op. 44 (1936)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            A Fadograph of Yestern Scene, Op. 44 (1971)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44 (1935)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Spring Symphony, Op. 44 (1949)       
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Helena Suite, Op. 44 (1992)

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)