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)
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