March 26 - Opus 39: Strange But True


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 39


8pm, Saturday, March 26, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)   
     Rose of Isfahan, Op. 39, No. 1 (1888)

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Edward Elgar (1857-1934)   
     Pomp and Circumstance, Op. 39 (1901)
          I. March in D Major

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)    
     Allegro Giusto, Op. 39 (1906)

          Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)    
     Saga-Dream, Op. 39 (1908)
          Andante tranquillo

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)   
     Symphony No. 1, Op. 39 (1899)
          I. Andante, ma non troppo

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
     Capricho Espanol, Op. 39 (1915)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)   
     The Heart, Op. 39 (1931)
          Act I: Prelude

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)   
     Petit Suite for Small Orchestra, Op. 39 (1929)
          I. Aubade

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)   
     Songs for Vocal Quartet and Orchestra, Op. 39 (1905)
          I. Vehement

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)   
     Symphony No. 4 in C Minor ("From the Outermost Skerries"), Op. 39 (1922)
          I. Moderato

                    Video

Paul Juon (1872-1940)   
     Piano Trio No. 2 ("Caprice"), Op. 39 (1908)
          I. Moderato non troppo

          Audio


Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Four Piano Preludes, Op. 39 (1903)
          II. Elevato

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Symphony No. 3 ("Pastoral") (1921)
          I. Molto Moderato

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39 (1917)
          VIII. Allegro moderato        

          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)   
     The Perfect Fool, Op. 39 (1922)
           Ballet

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Kol Nidre, Op. 39 (1938)
          Grave

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)   
     Eight Pieces for Violin and Cello, Op. 39 (1909)
          I. Prelude

          Kat Walsh, Violin / Aaron Urton, Cello


Cyril Scott (1879-1970)   
     Dagobah, Op. 39 No. 1 (1904)

           Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)   
     Penthesilea, Op. 39 (1925, Heinrich von Kleist, 1777-1811)
          Molto agitato

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Fartein Valen (1887-1952)   
     Two Songs, Op. 39 (1941)
          I. Gruppe aus dem Tartarus (Frederich Schiller, 1759-1805)


Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959)
     Estampes, Op. 39 (1958)

          Video

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)   
     Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, and Bass in G Minor, Op. 39 (1924)
          I. Thema

          Audio

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)   
     Cardillac, Op. 39 (1926)
          Act I: I. Prelude

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Erich Korngold (1897-1957)   
     Symphonische Serenade for String Orchestra (1948)
          I. Andante moderato

          Video

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Children's Pieces, Op. 39 (1944)
          I-III. Little Song / Polka / March / IV. Cradle Song

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Paul Creston (1906-1985)   
     Poem for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 39 (1945)

          Video

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     The Limpid Stream, Op. 39 (1935)
          Act I: Waltz

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Jean Langlais (1907-1991)   
     Two Pieces for Flute and Piano, Op. 39 (1942)
          I. Histoire Vrai pour une Mon

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Samuel Barber (1910-1981)   
     Andromache's Farewell, Op. 39 (1962)
          Moderato with dignity

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)   
     Artinis, Op. 39 (1945)

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)   
     Frans Hals, Op. 39 (1949)
          Prelude - Fanfare
       
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)   
     Albert Herring, Op. 39 (1947)
          Act I  - Opening

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)   
     Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 39 (1950)
          III. Blandly

        Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)   
     Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 39 (1972)
          II. Scherzo for the Sinister Hand


Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)   
     Oboe Concerto, Op. 39 (1952)

          Video


George Crumb (b. 1929)   
     Apparition (1979)

     Jill Wagoner, Voice / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)   
     Big Beat, Op. 39 (1990)

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Scott Sterling (b. 1970)   
     Clown Antics (2016)
           
          The Opus Project Brass Trio


Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)   
     Remember Dreams Come True Fireworks Spectacular from Disneyland Resort (Overture) (2016)

          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



Trumpet
Michael Cox

Horn
Bob Satterford

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Hussein Al-Naswari

Violin I
Kat Walsh

Violin II
Carol Earley

Viola
Donna Ashley
Carol Earley
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 40 - Mechanical / Organic

8pm, Saturday, April 30, 2016,
Center for Contemporary Music,
55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with Stardust,
Michael Cox, Jill Wagoner, Harriet
March Page, Feona Lee Jones, Elizabeth
Morrison, and The Opus Project Orchestra

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)            Danse Macabre, Op. 40 (1874)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Cockaigne (In London Town) Overture, Op. 40 (1901)
Abraham Wolf Lilienthal (1859-1928)        Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1921)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (1898)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Theme with Variations, Op. 40 (1917)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            10 Pensées Lyriques for Piano, Op.40 (1916)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)            Song, Op. 40 (1931)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Trio for Flute, Viola, and Cello, Op. 40
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Through the Storm, Op 40, No. 2 (1905)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Mazurka, Op. 40 (1903)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)            Piano Concerto No. 4 (1928)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Fugal Concerto, Op. 40 (1923)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Variations on a Recitative, Op. 40 (1941)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 40 (1924)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)            Solitude, Op. 40, No. 1 (104)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)            Cantata Profana (1930)
Karl Weigl (1881-1949)            Song for Soprano and Quartet, Op. 40 (1934)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Suite from "Histoire du Soldat" (1919)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Paganini Caprice, Op. 40 (1918)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)             Buried Alive, Op. 40 (1926)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)        Tanz-und-Spielstücke, Op. 40 (1926)
Fartein Valen (1887-1952)             Symphony No.2, Op. 40 (1944)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 (1925)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Violin Sonata No. 2, Op.40 (1917)
Alois Haba (1893-1973)        Fantasia for Nonet No. 1 in the 12-Tone System, Op. 40 (1930)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Music for Mechanical Instruments, Op. 40 (1927)
Erich Korngold (1897-1957)              Symphony in F# Major, Op. 40 (1952)
Harald Saeverud (1897-1992)            Symphony No.8 ("Minnesota"), Op.40 (1930)
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)            Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 40 (1955)
Boris Blacher (1903-1975)            Unaccompanied Violin Sonata, Op. 40 (1951)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Easy Variations in D Major and A Minor, Op. 40 (1944)
Paul Creston (1906-1985)            Zanoni, Op. 40 (1946)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40 (1934)
Jean Langlais (1907-1991)            Song of Peace, Op. 40 (1943)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40 (1966)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Psalm and Fugue, Op. 40 (1940)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            My Beloved Is Mine, Op. 40 (1947)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)            Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 40 (1950)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)            String Quartet No. 3, with Soprano, Op. 40 (1973)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Symphony No. 2, Op. 40 (1953)
Herbert Brun (1918-2000)            Nonet, Op. 40 (1969)
Claude Ballif (1924-2004)            Cello Sonata, Op. 40 (1963)
Henryk Gorecki (1933-2010)            Harpsichord Concerto, Op 40 (1980)
Bozay Attila (1939-1999)            String Quartet No. 3, Op. 40
Philip Glass (b. 1937)            Glassworks (1982)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)        Trumpet Concerto (Macho Concertino), Op. 40 (1990)

February 27 - Opus 38: Love Dreams


THE OPUS PROJECT


Opus 38
8pm, Saturday, February 27, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA


Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)       
     Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 38 (1869)
          I. Allegro non troppo (E Minor)

          Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Edward Elgar (1857-1934)       
     The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 (1900)   
          Part I - Introduction

Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)        
     Symphonischer Festmarsch, Op. 38 (1907)
          Maestoso

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)   
     Piano Trio No. 1, Op. 38 (1906)   
          I. Allegro passionato

          Audio


Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     Five Songs, Op. 38 (1904)       
          III. In the Night, Op. 38 (1904)

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Enrique Granados (1867-1916)       
     Marche Militaire, Op. 38 (1915)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)       
     The Dark Kingdom, Op. 38 (1930)
          Part I - We Dead

          Video


Albert Roussel (1869-1937)       
     Jazz in the Night, Op. 38 (1928, Rene Dommange, 1888-1977)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)       
     Elégie (At Emil Sjögren's Funeral), Op. 38 (1918)

          Video


Paul Juon (1872-1940)       
     Children of Lauschen, Op. 38 (1907)
          Mother Tells Fairytales
          I. From The Beautiful Ringlet

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)   
     Six Romances, Op. 38 (1916)
          I. In My Garden at Night (Alexander Block, 1880-1921) Lento

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Gustav Holst (1874-1934)       
     Ode to Death, Op 38 (1919, Walt Whitman, 1819-1892)
          Adagio

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)       
     Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38 (1939)
          I. Adagio

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Ottorino Respighi (1879-1836)       
     Notturno (1904)
       
          Hussein Al-Naswari


Cyril Scott (1879-1970)       
     My Captain, Op. 38 (1904, Walt Whitman)

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)       
     Piano-Rag Music (1919)
          Quarter = 144


          The Opus Project Orchestra


Ernst Toch (1887-1965)       
     Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 38 (1926)
          I. Molto pesante

                        Video


Fartein Valen (1887-1952)        
     Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 38 (1941)
          I. Allegro maestoso


Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 38 (1923)
          I. Allegro tranquillo

Alois Haba (1893-1973)                         
     Piano Toccata quasi una Fantasia, Op. 38 (1931)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 38 (1925)
          II. Very fast half-notes

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Erich Korngold (1897-1957)       
     Five Songs, Op. 38 (1947)
           I. Congratulations

                        Video

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)       
     Statements for Orchestra (1934)
          I. Militant

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Kurt Weill (1900-1950)       
     Four Walt Whitman Songs (1947)
          I. My Captain

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)       
     Three Greek Songs, Op. 38 (1953)
          I. Sappho

          Video



Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)       
     24 Piano Preludes, Op. 38 (1944)
          I. Andantino

Paul Creston (1906-1985)       
     Six Piano Preludes, Op. 38 (1945)
          II. Tranquil

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)   
     Love and Hate, Op. 38 (1934)

         Video
   
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)       
     Piano Concerto, Op. 38 (1962)
         I. Allegro appassionato

         Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra



Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)       
     Occasional Overture, Op. 38 (1946)


Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)       
     Piano Sonatina No. 1, Op. 38 (1950)
           I. Flowing



Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)       
     Beatrix Cenci, Op. 38
          (1971, after The Cenci, 1819, by Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792-1822)



Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)       
     Three Other Pieces for Clarinet and Cimbalom, Op. 38a (1996)
          No. 1. Kanonfele

          Video


George Crumb (1929)           
     Star-Child (1977)
          I. Introduction: Desolato

           The Opus Project Orchestra


Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)       
     A Serenade for Summer, for Chamber Orchestra, Op. 38 (1976)

          Video

Steve Reich (b. 1936)           
     Proverb (1995, "How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life,"
          Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951)

         Mark Alburger, Tenor

Philip Glass (b. 1937)           
     Satyagraha (1980, Constance DeJong, b. 1950)
          Act 3: III. Evening Song

           The Opus Project Orchestra


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Spectral Preludes, Op. 38 (1989)
          IV. Red-Orange (A)


          VIII. Blue-Purple (Db)


       
          IX. Blue (Ab)


          XI. Green (Bb)

          Video


Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)       
     Six Short Pieces on 12-Tone Circles (2016)
          II. Allemande

          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 / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Peter Brown

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Bob Satterford

Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger


Bass
John Veitch

Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Hussein Al-Naswari
Cynthia Seagren

Violin I
Keith Leung

Violin II
Donna Ashley

Viola
Donna's Friend

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 39: Strange But True!
8pm, Saturday, March 26, 2016,
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)            In a Strange Land, Op. 39, No. 1 (1840)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Pomp and Circumstance March in D Major, Op. 39, No. 1 (1901)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)             Allegro Giusto, Op. 39 (1906)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)             Saga-Dream, Op. 39 (1908)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Symphony No. 1, Op. 39 (1899)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)            Capricho Espanol, Op. 39 (1915)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)            The Heart, Op. 39 (1931)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Petit Suite for Small Orchestra, Op. 39 (1929)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)            Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 39 (1922)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)                   Piano Trio No. 2 ("Caprice"), Op. 39 (1908)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)             Piano Prelude, Op. 39, No. 2 (1903)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)        Etude-Tableau, Op. 39, No. 2 (1917)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)                  The Perfect Fool: Ballet Music, Op. 39 (1922)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Kol Nidre, Op. 39 (1938)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)            Prelude for Violin and Cello, Op. 39, No. 1 (1909)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)            Dagobah, Op. 39 No. 1 (1904)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Three Pieces for Clarinet (1919)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)            Penthesilea, Op. 39 (1925)
Fartein Valen (1887-1952)            Song, Op. 39 (1941)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Quintet in G Minor, Op. 39 (1924)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Cardillac, Op. 39 (1926)
Erich Korngold (1897-1957)            Symphonische Serenade for String Orchestra (1948)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Children's Pieces, Op. 39 (1944)
Paul Creston (1906-1985)               Poem for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 39 (1945)   
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        The Limpid Stream, Op. 39 (1935)
Jean Langlais (1907-1991)             True Story, Op. 39, No. 1
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Andromach's Farewell, Op. 39 (1962)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Artinis, Op. 39 (1945)   
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Albert Herring, Op. 39 (1947)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)            Piano Sonata No. 6, Op. 39 (1950)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)            Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 39 (1972)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)        Oboe Concerto, Op. 39 (1952)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Apparition (1979)
Peter Schat (1935-2003)            Etudes for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 39 (1992)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)                Glassworks (1982)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Big Beat, Op. 39 (1990)