January 30 - Opus 37: Fired Up!
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 37
8pm, Saturday, January 30, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (1803)
I. Allegro con brio
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)
Two Piano Pieces, Op. 37 (1906)
II. Burla
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
Two Piano Pieces, Op. 37 (1905)
II. Prelude
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Five Songs, Op. 37 (1902)
I. The First Kiss (Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804-1877)
Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Nocturne No. 2 (1919, orch. 2016, John Veitch, b. 1989)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Two Dances, Op. 37 (1915)
I. Danza Lenta
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
Lethe, Op. 37 (1926)
Video
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Psalm 80, Op. 37 (1928)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Paul Juon (1872-1940)
Rhapsody for Piano Quartet, Op. 37 (1906)
I. Moderato
The Opus Project Piano Quartet
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Four Preludes, Op. 37 (1903)
III. Andante (B Major)
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
All-Night Vigil ("Vespers"), Op. 37 (1915)
I. O Come, Let Us Worship
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37 (1917)
I. Prelude
The Opus Project Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (1936)
The Opus Project String Quartet
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
Pizzica-Pizzica, Op. 37 (1931)
Video
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Partita in Eight Movements (D Major) for Harmonium, Op. 37 (1905)
I. Entrada
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
Two Piano Pieces, Op. 37 (1904)
I. At Dawn
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)
Grosse Messe, Op. 37 (1926)
I. Kyrie
Video
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Histoire du Soldat (1918)
I. March
Harriet March Page, Voice / The Opus Project Histoire Ensemble
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Demeter, Cantata for Voice, Choir and Orchestra, Op. 37 (1917)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)
String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 37
III. Scherzo: Allegro
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
Divertimento for String Duet, Op. 37 (1925)
I. Spirited
Video
Fartein Valen (1887-1952)
Violin Concerto, Op. 37 (1940)
Allegro moderato
Lawrence Hwang, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
The Flaming Angel, Op. 37 (1923)
Lawrence Hwang, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Piano Music, Op. 37, Part II: Set of Short Pieces (1927)
XII. Slow and Tender
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Psalm 23, Op. 37 (1945)
Video
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
The Human Comedy, Op. 37
(1934, Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, La Comédie humaine, 1842)
II. Overture
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Die Natali, Op. 37 (1960)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Vijag, Op. 37 (1946)
Feona Lee Jones and Mark Alburger, Pianos
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 (1946, Ronald Duncan, 1914-1982,
after Le Viol de Lucrèce, 1931, by André Obey, 1892-1974)
Prologue
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 37 (1949)
I. With Motion
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Milena, Op. 37 (1971, Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, letters [1920-1923]
to Milena Jesenska, 1896-1944)
Praeludium
Video
Malcolm Arnold (b. 1921)
Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet, Op. 37 (1952)
I. Allegro energico
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, Oboe / Peter Brown, Clarinet
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Dream Sequence (Images II) (1976)
Cidadia Coda
Steve Reich (b. 1936)
City Life (1995)
I. Check It Out
The Opus Project Orchestra
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
At a Photo Shop, Op. 37 (1989)
Mark Alburger, Tenor / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield Associate Music Director and Conductor
Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley
Oboe
Stardust
Clarinet
Peter Brown
Bassoon
Michael Garvey
Trumpet
Sultan Molaib
Horn
Bob Satterford
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Tuba
Aaron Wallace
Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Bass-Baritone
John Veitch
Piano
Mark Alburger
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Violin I
Lawrence Hwang
Violin II
Kat Walsh
Viola
Donna Ashley
Cello
Young June Kim
Aaron Urton
Bass
Michael Stubblefield
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 38: Love Dream
8pm, Saturday, February 27, 2016,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 (1900)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907) Symphonischer Festmarsch, Op. 38 (1907)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Piano Trio No.1, Op.38 (1906)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) In the Night, Op. 38, No. 3 (1904)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916) Marche Militaire, Op. 38 (1915)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) The Dark Kingdom, Op. 38 (1930)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Jazz in the Night, Op. 38 (1928)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960) Elégie (At Emil Sjögren's Funeral), Op. 38 (1918)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38 (1939)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 38 (1923)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Church of Leaves, Op. 38 (1916)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 38 (1925)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Love and Hate, Op. 38 (1934)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Piano Concerto, Op. 38 (1962)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Mazert Nman Rehan, Op. 38 (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Occasional Overture, Op. 38 (1946)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Spectral Preludes, Op. 38 (1989)
December 20 - Opus 36: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 36
8pm, Sunday, December 20, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Program
Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
Sonatina No. 1, Op. 36, No. 1 (1797)
I. Allegro
Feona Lee Jones, Prepared Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (1803)
I. Adagio molto – Allegro con brio
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 (1877)
I. Finale - Allegro con fuoco
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1913)
Cantata No. 2 ("At the Reading of a Psalm"), Op.36 (1915)
Introduction
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Variations on an Original Theme ("Enigma"), Op. 36 (1899)
XI. (G.R.S.) [George Robertson Sinclair and his Great Bulldog, Dan]
The Opus Project Orchestra
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Six Songs, Op. 36 (1900)
V. March Snow (Josef Julius Wecksell, 1838–1907)
Feruccio Busoni (1864-1924)
Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 36a (1900)
I. Langsam
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Sonatine Bureaucratique (1917)
I. Allegro
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
A la Cubana, Op. 36 (1914)
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Harriet March Page, Alto / Corey Johnson, Violin
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
Symphony in C Sharp Minor, Op. 36a (1932)
I. Moderato
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Piano Concerto, Op. 36 (1927)
I. Allegro molto
Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Poeme Satanique, Op. 36 (1903)
Allegro
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931)
II. Non allegro
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Choral Folk Songs, Op. 36b (1916)
III. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (1936)
I. Poco allegro
Marion Bauer (1882-1955)
Piano Concerto (“American Youth”), Op. 36 (1943)
I. Majestic
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)
Prelude and Fugue, Op. 36 (1935)
Fugue - Exposition
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano / Corey Johnson, Violin
The Opus Project Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Piano Sonata No. 3 (1917)
Presto
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)
Elegie Songbook on Poetry of [Nikolas] Lenau and [Joseph] Eichendorff, Op. 36 (1924)
I. Melancholie (Eichendorff)
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
Five Capriccetti, Op. 36 (1925)
I. Quasi andante
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Five Poems of C[onstantine] Balmont, Op. 36 (1921)
V. The Pillars - Andante lugubre
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Kammermusik No. 2, Op. 36 No. 1 (1924)
III. Kleines Potpourri - Very light quarters
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
The Story of the Priest and his Helper Balda, Op. 36 (1934)
I. Overture - Allegro non troppo
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 (1960)
Allegro con brio
The Opus Project Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Two Ghazals, Op. 36 (1933)
Ghazal I
Video
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
String Quartet No. 2 ("In Time of War"), Op. 36 (1945)
I. Allegro calmo senza rigore
Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013)
Serenade for Flute and Strings, Op. 36 (1956)
I. Tres large
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos, Volume III) (1974)
IV. Myth
Alan Kingsley, Flute / The Opus Project Orchestra
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 36 (1975)
I. Andante molto
The Opus Project Piano Trio
Jan Pusina (b. 1940)
Six or Seven Dances for Cello(s), Op. 36 (1977)
The Opus Project Cello Trio
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Lot in Life, Op. 36 (1988)
IV. Lothario
Stardust (b. 1962)
Pipe Dream: A Kemet Chimera (2015)
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
Two Holiday Improvisations (2015)
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield Associate Music Director and Conductor
Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley
Oboe / English Horn
Stardust
Clarinet
Kenneth Rhee
Tenor Saxophone
Trevor Strohl
Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Trumpet
Lucie Valentine
Horn
Jan Pusina
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Soprano
Jill Wagoner
Alto
Harriet March Page
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Bass
John Veitch
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch
Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Cynthia Seagren
Violin I
Corey Johnson
Violin II
Sarah Ho
Viola
Carol Earley
Cello
Young June Kim
Claudia Portillo
Aaron Urton
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 37
Fired Up
8pm, Saturday, January 23, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
with Alan Kingsley, Jill Wagoner, Feona Lee Jones, and
The Opus Project String Quartet, Pierrot Ensemble, and Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (1803)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907) Burla, Op. 37, No. 2 (1906)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Two Piano Pieces, Op. 37 (1905)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) The First Kiss, Op. 37, No. 1 (1902)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916) Danza Lenta, Op. 37, No. 2 (1915)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Lethe, Op. 37 (1926)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Psalm 80, Op. 37 (1928)
Paul Juon (1872-1940) Rhapsody for Piano Quartet, Op. 37 (1906)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Prelude in B Major, Op. 37 (1903)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) All-Night Vigil ("Vespers"), Op. 37 (1915)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37 (1917)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (1936)
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962) Pizzica-Pizzica, Op. 37 (1931)
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954) Grosse Messe, Op. 37 (1926)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Soldier's Tale (1918)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) The Fiery Angel, Op. 37 (1923)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Poème, Op.37, No. 1 (1916)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Piano Music, Op. 37 (1925)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) The Human Comedy, Op. 37 (1934)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Die Natali, Op. 37 (1960)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Vijag, Op. 37 (1946)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 (1946)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Milena, Op. 37 (1971)
Jan Pusina (b. 1940) New Work (2016)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) At a Photo Shop, Op. 37 (1989)
Stardust (b. 1962) New Work (2016)
Michael Stubblefield New Work (2016)
John Veitch (b. 1989) New Work (2016)
Hussein Al-Naswari New Work (2016)
November 21 - Opus 35: Tilting at Windmills
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 35
8pm, Saturday, November 21, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Sonata No. 2 ("Funeral March"), Op. 35 (1839)
III. Funeral March
Feona Lee Jones / The Opus Project Ensemble / Monty Python Video
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Don Quixote, Op. 35 (1898)
I. Introduction - Moderate tempo
The Opus Project Ensemble
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Two Songs, Op. 35 (1908)
I. Jubal (Ernst Josephson, 1851-1906)
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
Paisaje, Op. 35 (1913)
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Two Chinese Poems, Op. 35 (1927)
II. Réponse d'une épouse sage
(Chang-Chi [Qi Qian, 710-782], trans. Henri-Pierre Roché [1879-1959],
after the English translation by Herbert Allen Giles [1845-1935])
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Three Piano Preludes, Op. 35 (1903)
II. Elevato (Bb Major)
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
The Bells, Op. 35 (1913, Constantine Balmont [1867-1942],
after Edgar Allan Poe [1809-1849])
I. Listen! Hear the Silver Bells
The Opus Project Ensemble
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Four Songs for Voice and Violin, Op. 35 (1917, Anon, 1400)
I. Jesu Sweet (Andante)
Mark Alburger, Tenor / Corey Johnson, Violin
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Six Pieces for Male Chorus, Op. 35 (1930)
VI. Obligation
The Opus Project Ensemble
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
Two Pierrot Pieces, Op.35 (1904)
I. Pierrot Triste (Lento)
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (1916)
Vivace assai - Introduction
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
Cello Concerto, Op. 35 (1924)
III. Finale
The Opus Project Ensemble
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Five Melodies without Words, Op. 35 (1920)
II. Lento, ma non troppo
Corey Johnson, Violin / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Alois Hába (1893-1973)
Mother, Quartertone Opera in Ten Scenes, Op. 35 (1929)
Overture
Video
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
The Serenades, Op. 35 (1924)
Part I
II. An Phyllis: Toccata (Cello)
Aaron Urton, Cello
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 35 (1944)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (1933)
IV. Allegro con brio (Finale)
Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble / Shostakovich Video
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
A Hand Of Bridge, Op. 35 (1959)
Opening
The Opus Project Ensemble
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
The Lord's Prayer, Op. 35 (1962)
Video
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)
The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 (1945)
I. [IV] Oh my Blacke Soule! Now Thou Art Summoned
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
King Lear, Op. 35 (1948)
I. Lear's Dance of Vengeance
The Opus Project Ensemble
Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)
Holderlin Songs, Op. 35 (1997)
I. An...Hommage A D.E. Sattler
Mark Alburger, Voice
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Makrokosmos (Volume II): Twelve Fantasy Pieces after the Zodiac (1973)
I. Morning Music (Genesis II) Cancer - Exuberantly, with primitive energy
Mark Alburger, Piano
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 35 (1974)
Video
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Missa California, Op. 35 (1988)
I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Credo
IV. Sanctus
V. Agnus Dei
The Opus Project Ensemble
Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
Six Short Piano Pieces on 12-Tone Circles (2015)
I. Prelude
Michael Stubblefield, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield Associate Music Director and Conductor
Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley
Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Soprano
Feona Lee Jones
Alto
Cynthia Seagren
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Bass
John Veitch
Piano
Mark Alburger
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren
Violin
Corey Johnson
Cello
Aaron Urton
Bass
Michael Stubblefield
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 36: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery
8pm, Sunday, December 20, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event,
with Allan Kingsley, Jill Wagoner, Feona Lee Jones, and The Opus Project Orchestra
Muzio Clementi (1752-1832) Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 1 (1797)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36 (1803)
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 (1877)
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1913) At the Reading of a Psalm, Op.36 (1915)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Enigma Variations, Op. 36, No. 11 (1899)
Erik Satie (1866-1925) Sonatine Bureaucratique (1917)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916) A la Cubana, Op. 36 (1914)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Symphony in C Sharp Minor, Op. 36a (1932)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Piano Concerto, Op. 36 (1927)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Poeme Satanique, Op. 36 (1903)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 36 (1931)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Violin Concerto, Op. 36 (1936)
Marion Bauer (1882-1955) Piano Concerto (“American Youth”), Op. 36 (1943
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954) Prelude and Fugue, Op. 36 (1935)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Piano Sonata No. 3 (1917)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) Elegie, Op. 36 (1924)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965) Capriccetti, Op. 36 (1925)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Five Balmont Poems, Op. 36 (1921)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Kammermusik No. 2, Op. 36 No. 1 (1924)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) The Priest and Balda, Op. 36 (1934)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Toccata Festiva, Op. 36 (1960)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Two Ghazals, Op. 36 (1933)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) String Quartet No. 2, Op. 36 (1945)
Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013) Serenade for Flute and Strings, Op. 36 (1956)
George Crumb (b. 1959) Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos, Volume III) (1974)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010) Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 36, No. 1 (1975)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Lot in Life, Op. 36 (1988)
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