THE OPUS PROJECT

October 29 - Opus 46: Night of the Living

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 46
8pm, Saturday, October 29, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

Program

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1901)
Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (1878)
         I. Furiant in C Major

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1888)
         IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Concert Allegro, Op. 46 (1901)
         Allegro molto

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 46 (1907)
         I. Adagio

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)
Cello Sonata, Op. 46 (1923)
         Lent et avec une grande souplesse de rythme

         Mark Alburger, Cellliano

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
The Seasons, Op. 46 (1908)
      III. Autumn

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Five Songs on Texts of Friedrich Ruckert [1788-1866], Op. 46 (1900)
    I. A Shelter Against Wind and Rain

Robert Kahn (1865-1952)
Seven Songs after Paul Heyse[1830-1914]'s "Fountain of Youth",
         Op. 46 (1906)
         I. Now Stand the Roses (Allegretto grazioso)

       Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 46 (1905)
         I. At the Castle Gate (Grave e largamente)

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Harlequin Rondo, Op. 46 (1915)
Allegro molto

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Three Piece in the Form of a Pear (1903)
         I. Maniere de Commencement (Allez moderement / Un peu plus vif)

Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Sylvania, Op. 46 (1900)
         I. Allegro moderato (Chorus of Brownies)

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Allegro de Concierto (Concert Allegro), Op. 46 (1904)
         Molto allegro

Ede Poldini (1869-1957)
Fleurettes, Op.46
         I. Larghetto

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Prelude and Fugue, Op. 46 (1934)
         Fugue (Sur la Nom de Bach)

The Opus Project Orchestra

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Four Piano Pieces, Op. 46 (1932)
         IV. Cortege de Adorateurs de Feu

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Triumphal March for the Centenary of Napoleon I (1921)
         Maestoso e sostenuto

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
Two Rogue Etudes, Op. 46 (1911)
         I. Bold and Fresh

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Scherzo, Op. 46 (1905)
         Presto

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Prelude in C# Minor (1892)

         Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

Max Reger (1873-1916)
Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 46(1900)
         Fugue (Sostenuto)

  The Opus Project Orchestra

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Chrissemas Day in the Morning, Op. 46 (1926)
         Un poco vivace

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (1947)
         Quarter = 80

         Mark Alburger, Voice / The Opus Project Orchestra

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)
Five Songs, Op. 46 (1919)
I. Sharp as a Wayward Rose

       Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Erno Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
Stabat Mater, Op. 46 (1953)
Adagio, piuttosto, andante, mesto

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)
50 Easy Piano Pieces, Op. 46 (1934)
         I. Rigaudon

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Harmonium Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 46 (1911)
I. Enharmonic Fantasy and Double Fugue (Tempo rubato)

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
Three Chinese Songs, Op. 46 (1906)
  I. Waiting

         Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Hungarian Peasant Songs for Orchestra (1933)
  I. Ballade

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
The Five Fingers (1921)
  I. Andantino / IV. Larghetto / VI. Lento

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
King Roger, Op. 46 (1924)
Act I - Largo assai

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)
Violin Sonata in E Major, Op. 46 (1931)
  I. Tranquillo

Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962)
Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 46 (1956)
  I. Andante

        Kristen Kline, Violin / Mark Alburger, Piano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
String Quartet No. 4, Op.46 (1918)
I. Vif

         The Opus Project String Quartet

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Kammermusik No. 7, Op. 46, No. 2 (1929)
I. Nicht zu schnell

       The Opus Project Orchestra

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Major, Op. 46 (1946)
I. Allegro con moto

       Jessica Reyes, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Four Romances on Poems by [Alexander] Pushkin [1799-1837], Op. 46 (1937)
I. Renaissance

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Piano Ballade, Op. 46 (1977)

Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
A Wedding Anthem ("Amo Ergo Sum"), Op. 46 (1949, Ronald Duncan)
Allegro molto vivace

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Claude Ballif (1924-2004)
Les Battements du Cœur de Jésus, Op. 46 (1971)
Largo

     Mark Alburger, Trombiano

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Wind Quintet (1985)
I. Allegro risoluto

The Opus Project Wind Quintet

Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 46 (1987)
I. Theme and Variations - Theme

Kristen Kline, Violin / Kat Walsh, Bassoon

Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)
…a musical offering ("J.S.B. 1985")…, Op. 46 (1985)
I. Prelude

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
My Vistula, Grey Vistula, Op. 46
(1981, Folksong from Wide Water, 1957, ed. Jadwiga Gorzechowska)

Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Daniel Variations (2006)
I. I Saw a Dream

Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)
Piano Concerto, Op. 46 (1989)
Quarter = 66

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Iliad Songs, Op. 46 (1992)
I. Agamemnon

Stardust (b. 1962)
Nubian Journey (2016)

The Opus Project Orchestra

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Horn
Box Satterford

Trombiano / Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Jessica Reyes

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Corey Johnson

Viola
Kat Walsh

Celliano
Mark Alburger

The Opus Project presents

OPUS 47: Airs Apparent
8pm, Saturday, November 19, 2016, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) Samson and Delilah, Op. 47: Bacchanale (1877)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937) Vita nostra plena bellis, Motette, Op. 47 (1901)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 (1905)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Nal and Damayanti, Op. 47 (1903)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) Music-Hall Impressions, Op. 47 (1927)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Snowflakes, Op. 47 (1910)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Song, Op. 47 (1900)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Ballad of the Bear, Op. 47 (1923)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Violin Concerto, Op. 47 (1904)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Indian Daybook II (Elegie No. 4), No. 47 (1915)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) Summer Dreams, Op. 47 (1901)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Piano Piece, Op. 47 (1941)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Chinese Poem, Op. 47 (1932)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Dance of the Temple Girl, Op. 47 (1908)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960) Swedish Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 47 (1931)
Paul Juon (1872-1940) Piano Sonatina, Op. 47 (1911)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Quasi Waltz in F Major, Op. 47 (1905)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957) Easy Piano Etude, Op. 47 (1935)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Organ Piece, Op. 47 (1916)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Egdon Heath, Op. 47 (1927)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47 (1949)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony No. 4, Op. 47 (1930)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Sonata for Wind Trio and Piano, Op. 47 (1918)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Trio, Op. 47 (1928)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 (1937)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47 (1978)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Varak, Op. 47 (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Five Flower Songs, Op. 47 (1950)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Babel, Op. 47 (1992)

September 24 - Opus 45: There and Back Again

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 45
8pm, Saturday, September 24, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
     A German Requiem, Op. 45 (1868)
        IV. How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 (1880)
        Part I - Andante un poco rubato

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
     Serenade in F Major, Op. 45 (1914)
        II. Air

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Partsong from the Greek Anthology, Op. 45 (1902)
        I. Yea, Cast Me from Heights of Mountains

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
     Ten [William] Shakespeare [1564-1616] Sonnets, Op. 45 (1913)
        I. Moderato assai

        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)
     Piano Trio, Op. 45 (1922)
          I. Agite de mouvement et de sentiment

        The Opus 45 Piano Trio

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
     Four Songs, Op. 45 (1908)
        I. In the Village (Nicolay Negrasov, 1821-1878)

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Robert Kahn (1865-1952)
     Clarinet Trio, Op. 45 (1906)
           I. Allegro

           The Opus 45 Clarinet Trio

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     Piano Suite ("Luciferiske"), Op. 45 (1920)
        III. Molto Adago e patetico

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Jan Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Two Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 45 (1910)
        I. The Dryad

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
     "The Bridal Choice" Suite, Op. 45 (1912)
        I. Ghostly Music

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
     Barcarola, Op. 45 (1900)
        Con moto

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
     Elegie und Round Dance, Op. 45 (1940)
        I. Elegie

        Video

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Quartet in D Major, Op. 45 (1932)
        I. Allegro

        The Opus 45 Quartet

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Four Songs, Op. 45 (1912)
        III. Fleurs Decloses (Catulle Blée, b. 1869)

                        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Triple Concerto ("Episodes Concertantes"), Op. 45 (1912)
        I Allegro moderato

        Mark Alburger, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Piano Piece, Op. 45 (1905)
        III. Prelude

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (1940)
        Non allegro

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Six Piano Intermezzi, Op. 45 (1900)
        VI. As fast as possible

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     String Trio, Op. 45 (1946)
        Quarter = 60

        The Opus 45 Trio

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920)
          Ancora piu mosso...

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Two Pieces ("Things in Themselves"), Op. 45 (1928)
        I. Allegro moderato

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Hin und Zurück, Op. 45 (1927)
        Very Lively

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
     Jonny Spielt Auf, Op. 45 (1927)
        Part I - Lento assai, Poco piu mosso

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
     A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 (1954)
        Allegro moderato

Boris Blacher (1903-1975)
     Study in Pianissimo, Op. 45 (1954)
        Allegro

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Piano Sonata No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 45 (1945)
        Allegro moderato. Festamente

        Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Benjamin Frankel (1906 -1973)
     Viola Concerto, Op. 45 (1967)
        I. Andante: Allegro Moderato

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     The Return of Maxim, Op. 45 (1937)
        Introduction

        Video

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Three Songs, Op. 45 (1972)
        I. Now I Have Fed and Eaten Up the Rose (James Joyce, 1882-1942)

        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Armenian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 45 (1944)
        Fast but majestic

        The Opus Project Ensemble

John Cage (1912-1992)
     Tossed As It Is Untroubled (1943)
        Quarter = 152 ca.

        Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     The Little Sweep, Op. 45 (1949)
        I. The Sweep's Song (Moderate; heavy)

        The Opus Project Ensemble and Audience

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
     Piano Sonatina No. 2, Op. 45 (1950)
        With motion

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Puneña No. 2 ("Hommage à Paul Sacher"), Op. 45 (1972)
        I. Harawi: Adagio senza rigore di tempo e rubato

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 45 (1954)
        I. Allegro con energico

Claude Ballif (1924-2004)
     Prière du Seigneur, Op. 45 (1972, Thomas More, 1478-1535)

        Video

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
     Wind Quintet, Op. 45 (1985)
        I. Allegro risoluto

        The Opus Project Quintet

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Akhnaten (1983)
        Hymn: Psalm 137

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937)
     Toccata ("Motive Force"), Op. 45 (1985)

          Video

Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
     Serenade, Op. 45 (1988)
           I. Prelude (Andante)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992)
        Act II: Tartsong

        The Opus Project Ensemble

THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Alan Kingsley*

Clarinet
Peter Brown*

Bassoon
Michael Garvey*

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Tenor / Piano
Mark Alburger*

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin
Kristen Kline*

* The Opus 45 Trios and Quartet

The Opus Project presents

OPUS 46: Night of the Living
8pm, Saturday, October 29, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)            French Suite No. 6: III. Sarabande (1725)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)        Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1888)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)            O Fear the Immortals, Ye Children, Op. 46 (1900)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Concert Allegro, Op. 46 (1901)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)            Cello Sonata, Op. 46 (1923)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            The Seasons, Op. 46 (1908)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Song, Op. 46 (1900)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952)            Song after Paul Heyse's "Jungbrunnen", Op. 46 (1906)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 46 (1905)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Harlequin Rondo, Op. 46 (1915)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)            Piece in the Form of a Pear (1903)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Sylvania, Op. 46 (1900)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)            Allegro de Concierto, Op. 46 (1904)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Symphony in C Major, Op. 46 (1940)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Prelude, Op. 46 (1934)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Funeral Hymn, Op. 46 (1932)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Rogue Ways, Op. 46 (1911)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Scherzo, Op. 46 (1905)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957)             Easy Piano Piece, Op. 46 (1934)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Chrissemas Day in the Morning, Op. 46 (1926)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (1947)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Cross-Driver Song, Op. 46 (1910)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            The Prodigal Son, Op. 46 (1929)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            String Quartet No. 4, Op.46 (1918)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Kammermusik No. 6, Op. 46(1927)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Four Pushkin Romances, Op. 46 (1937)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Ballade, Op. 46 (1977)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Let Us Love One Another, Op. 46 (1941)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Amo Ergo Sum, Op. 46 (1949)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Iliad Song, Op. 46 (1992)

August 28 - Opus 44: International Fantasies

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 44
8pm, Sunday, August 28, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Anton Rubinstein (1829-1894)
     Six Evenings in St. Petersburg, Op.44 (1859)
        I. Romance

        Carol Reynolds, Piano

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Coronation Ode, Op. 44 (1902)
        Finale

Julius Rontgen (1859-1932)
     Nine Old Netherlandish Songs (1904)
        Part I - Three Marian Songs - III. Sweetest Jesus

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     String Quartet No. 4, Op. 44 (1906)
        I. Andante non tanto e comodo

        The Opus 44 Quartet

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Two Pieces from" Kuolema", Op. 44 (1906)
        I. Waltz Triste

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
     Indian Fantasy, Op. 44 (1914)
        Andante con moto, quasi di Marcia

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Amy Beach (1867-1944)
     Three [Robert] Browning Songs [1812-1889], Op. 44 (1900)
        II. Ah, Love, but a Day!

        Mark Alburger, Tenor / Kat Walsh, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
     Little Symphony in G Major, Op. 44 (1939)
        I. Serene

        Video

Ede Poldini (1869-1957)
     Seven Masks, Op.44 (1910)
        VII. Villager

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Two Idylls, Op. 44 (1930)
        I. The Honey Thief

        Mark Alburger, Tenor / Kat Walsh, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Open-Air Musics, Op. 44 (1904)
        I. Mountain Procession

         The Opus Project Ensemble

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 44 (1909)
        I. Allegro moderato

        The Opus 44 Quintet

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Two Poems, Op. 44 (1905)
        I. Lento

        Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Symphony No. 3, Op. 44 (1936)
        I. Lento - Allegro moderato

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Ten Little Pieces, Op. 44 (1900)
        IX. Fugato

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     Seven Part-Songs, Op. 44 (1926, Robert Bridges, 1844-1930)
        I. Say, Who Is This?

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Genesis Suite
        I. Prelude, Op. 44 (1945)

        Video

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)
     Three Choral Songs, Op. 44 (1918, Thoger Larsen (1875-1928)
        II. Image

Pavel Chesnokov (1877- 1944)
     All-Night Vigil, Op. 44 (1915)
                        Quarter = 80

                        The Opus Project Ensemble

Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)
     At the Crossing, Op. 44 (1933, Vasily Zhukovsky, 1783-1852)
        Natashа's Romance (Moderato)

         Kat Walsh, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Suite from "Pulcinella" (1920)
        IX. Finale

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Symphony No. 3, Op. 44 (1928)
        IV. [Andante mosso] Andante maestoso

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     Low Songs, Op. 44 (1917, Stephane Mallarme [1842-1898], 1899)
        IX. The Clothes Merchant

        Mark Alburger, Tenor / Kat Walsh, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Sing und Spielmusik, Op. 44 (1926)
        I. Nine Canons : I

        Kat Walsh, Violin / Soha Sadeghi, Viola

Howard Hanson (1896-1981)
     Song of Democracy, Op. 44 (1956)
        Slow and Tender

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Hail, Spain (A Salute to Spain), Op. 44 (1936)
        I. Fanfare I
        II. March of the Officers - Allegro non troppo

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     A Fadograph of Yestern Scene, Op. 44
        (1971, James Joyce, 1882-1941, Finnegans Wake, 1939)
        Moderato, cantando liberamente

        Video

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Celestial Fantasy, Op. 44 (1935)

        Audio

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Spring Symphony, Op. 44 (1949)
        Lento, senza rigore

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Pastoral Drone (1982)
        Boldly resounding, with precise and sharply-etched rhythm;
        like an ancient "open-air" music

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     The Photographer (1983)
        I. A Gentleman's Honor

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Helena Suite, Op. 44 (1992)
        I. Beautiful Women

        Mark Alburger, Tenor / The Opus Project Ensemble

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     Variations on a Theme of Erik Satie (2016)
        Theme (Gnoissiene No. 1)
               I. Rachmaninoff
               II. Chopin
               III. Liszt

               Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger                        Music Director and Conductor

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski*

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones*
Carol Reynolds

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Ken Crawford

Violin
Kat Walsh*

Viola
Soha Sadeghi*

Cello
Aaron Urton*

* The Opus 44 Quartet and Piano Quintet

The Opus Project presents

OPUS 45: There and Back Again- 8pm, Saturday, September 24, 2016, Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)             Capriccio Italien, Op. 45 (1880)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)           Serenade in F Major, Op. 45 (1914)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Partsong from the Greek Anthology, Op. 45 (1902)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)             Piano Trio, Op. 45 (1922)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Song, Op. 45 (1908)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952)            Clarinet Trio, Op.45 (1906)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            The Demon, Op. 45 (1920)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Piece for Orchestra, Op. 45 (1910)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            The Bridal Choice, Op. 45 (1912)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)            Barcarola, Op. 45 (1900)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Elegie und Round Dance, Op. 45 (1940)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            String Quartet in D Major, Op. 45 (1932)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Orchestral Song, Op. 45 (1912)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Triple Concerto, Op. 45 (1912)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Piece, Op. 45 (1905)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957)             For the Glory of the Soviet Pilots, Op. 45 (1934)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)            Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (1940)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            The Morning of the Year, Op. 45 (1927)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            String Trio, Op. 45 (1946)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Things in Themselves, Op. 45 (1928)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Two Rimbaud Poems, Op.45 (1917)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Hin und Zurück, Op. 45 (1927)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)            Jonny Spielt Auf, Op. 45 (1927)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        The Return of Maxim, Op. 45 (1937)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Three Songs, Op. 45 (1972)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Armenian Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 45 (1944)
John Cage (1912-1992)             Tossed As It Is Untroubled (1943)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            The Little Sweep, Op. 45 (1949)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)            Serenade Quartet, Op. 45 (1988)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992)

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)