THE OPUS PROJECT

April 15 - Opus 52: Non-Taxing Non-Toxic II... Alburger's 60th and More!

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 52
Non-Taxing Non-Toxic II: Alburger's 60th and More!
8pm, Saturday, April 15, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)
     Georginen: Six Piano Pieces, Op. 52 (1913)
        I. Georgine

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Ernst Schmidt (1878-1924)
     Violin Concertino No. 1, Op. 52 (1924)
        I. Allegro moderato

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
     Popular Songs of Vivarais, Op. 52 (1900)
        I. We Enter this Lovely Month

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
     20 Piano Preludes, Op. 52 (1903)
        V. Andante espressivo

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     Three Ballet Pieces, Op. 52 (1901)
        I. Moderato

        Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     A Christmas Greeting, Op. 52 (1907)
        Prelude

        Kristen Kline and Carole Cloud, Violins

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     Near the Sea: Six Sketches for Piano, Op. 52 (1901)
           I. Andante sostenuto

Henri Pierné (1863-1937)
     Passacaille, Op. 52 (1932)
        Moderato

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     Preludio e Presto, Op. 52 (1928)
        PRELUDIO - Con fantasia

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Symphony No. 3 in C Major, Op. 52 (1907)
        I. Allegro moderato

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
     Divertimento for Flute and Orchestra, Op. 52 (1920)
        Allegro misurato

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
     Flute Sonata, Op. 52 (1913)
        I. Adagio molto tranquillo

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
     Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 52 (1943)
        I. Calm

Ede Poldini (1869-1957)
     Arlequinades, Op. 52 (1912)
        I. Debut et Serenade

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Sinfonietta, Op. 52 (1934)
        I. Allegro molto

Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)
     Spring, Op. 52 (1918)
        Squirrel and Fox

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Three Piano Pieces, Op. 52 (1907)
        I. Poeme (Lento)

        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano
        Mark Alburger, Piano / Aaron Urton, Cello
        The Opus Project Orchestra

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)
     Twilight over Lake Ogwen, Op. 52 (1916)
        Modere (sans lenteur)

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
     Four Noveletten, Op. 52 (1903)
        I. Allegro moderato

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     L'Heure Espagnole (1907)
        I. Introduction (Assez lent)

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)
     Five Piano Pieces, Op. 52 (1938)
        I. Prelude (Molto sostenuto)

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
     Eight Songs, Op. 52 (1905)
        II. Half-Dream (Otto Leixner von Grunberg, 1847-1907)

        Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
     Three Songs, Op. 52 (1906, Rosamund Marriet Watson, 1894-1911)
        I. A Song of London

Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951)
     Seven Songs on Poems of Alexander Pushkin [1799-1837], Op. 52 (1929)
        III. Elegie - Grave

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)
        II. Allegro

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (1924)
        I. Largo

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     La Berceuse d'Aitacho Enia, Op. 52 (1926)
        Lento assai

               Megan Cullen, Soprano / Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano
               Mark Alburger, Piano / Kristen Kline, Violin
               The Opus Project Orchestra

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
     Geographical Fugue (1930)

        Video

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Six Piano Pieces, Op. 52 (1931)
        I. Intermezzo (Andantino)

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Of Mice and Men (1939)
        Fight / Final Scene

        Video

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Variations and Toccata on "Aurora lucis rutilat," Op. 52 (1980)
        VARIAZIONE I

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Quest (1994)
        I. Refrain I

        Kenneth Del Valle-Ruiz, Guitar / The Opus Project Orchestra

Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)
     String Quartet No. 4, Op. 52 (1990)
        First Part - Quarter = 96

        The Opus Project String Quartet

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Street Songs, Op. 29 (1985)
        I. All My Relations

     Abraham and Isaac, Op. 52 (1996)
        II. The Separation (Rag)

     Out on the Porch, Op. 107 (2002)
        VI. Caroline

        Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano
          Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano
          The Opus Project Orchestra

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
     Butterfly at Play (2017)

        The Opus Project Trio

Kenneth Del Valle-Ruiz (b. 1990)
     Viento (2017)

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     The American Joke: Donald Trump (2017)

        Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                        Music Director and Conductor
Kenneth Del Valle-Ruiz                    Associate Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet / Piccolo Clarinet
Tom Berkelman

Bassoon
Nat Echols
Tim Machajewski

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Guitar
Kenneth Del Valle-Ruiz

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Corey Johnson
Kristin Kline*

Violin II
Carole Cloud*

Viola
Kat Walsh*

Cello
Maddy Stone
Aaron Urton*

Bass
Kenneth Del Valle-Ruiz

* The Opus Project String Quartet

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 53: Essential Existential - 8pm, Saturday, May 27, 2017, Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)        Piano Sonata No. 21 ("Waldstein"), Op. 53
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)            Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 (1869)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            The Stranger, Op. 53 (1901)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Bagatelle for Piano, Op. 53 (1903)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Four-Part Song, Op. 53 (1907)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)             Ole from the North Country, Op. 53 (1915)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            Piano Piece, Op. 53 (1901)
Henri Pierné (1863-1937)             Concert Prelude on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 53 (1933)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Mazurka, Op. 53 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 (1903)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952)            Sturmlied, Op.53 (1910)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Piano Music for Young and Old, Op. 53 (1930)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Pan and Echo, Op. 53 (1906)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Tanzwalz, Op. 53 (1920
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)            Viola Sonata, Op. 53 (1915)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Symphony No. 4, Op. 53 (1934)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Rhapsody, Op. 53 (1904)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Fantasy Piece from Second Suite, Op. 53 (1926)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 (1907)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Menuet-Scherzo, Op. 53, No. 2 (1917)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Piano Silhouette, Op. 53 (1900)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)             Piano Prelude, Op. 53 (1938)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Moods and Reflections, Op. 53 (1905)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Stabat Mater (1926)
Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)         Cantata Wandlungen, Op. 53 (1927)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            The Water, Op. 53 (1930)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)             Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 53 (1931)
Alois Hába (1893-1973)            Poetry of Life, Op. 53 (1943)
John Cage (1912-1992)            The Perilous Night: VI (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Gloriana, Op. 53 (1953)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)            Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 53 (1981)
Giselher Klebe (1925-2009)            Piano Quintet ("Quasi una Fantasia"), Op. 53 (1967)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Mundus Canis (A Dog's World) (1998)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)            Lerchenmusik (Lark Music), Op. 53 (1986)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)                Prelude to "Endgame" (1984)
Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937)            Prelude, Op. 53 (1988)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Mice Suite No. 2, Op. 53 (1996)

March 18 - Opus 51: Questionable Practices

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 51
8pm, Saturday, March 18, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Two Rondos, Op. 51 (1797)
  I. C Major

  The Opus Project Ensemble

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
Piano Variations on a Polish Popular Theme, Op. 51 (1901)
  Theme

  Mark Alburger, Piano

Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Ten Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 (1896)
  I. To a Wild Rose

  Carol Reynolds, Piano

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Two Orchestral Songs, Op. 51 (1903)
  I. The Valley

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
29 Small Preludes, Op. 51 (1929)
  I. Quarter = ca. 69

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Sarabande and Cortege (Elegie Nos. 5-6): Two Studies on "Dr. Faust", Op. 51 (1919)
  Sarabande - Molto sostenuto e gravemente

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
24 Fantasy Pieces, Suite No. 1, Op. 51 (1926)
  II. Andantino

  The Opus Project Ensemble

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Four Piano Pieces, Op. 51 (1906)
  II. Prelude - Lugubre

  Mark Alburger, Piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Sancta Civitas (1925)
  Lento

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
A Choral Fantasia, Op. 51 (1930, Robert Bridges, 1844-1930)
  Adagio

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
The Unanswered Question (1908)
  Largo molto sempre

  The Opus Project Ensemble

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Aphorisms: A Cycle of 17 Sketches for Piano, Op. 51 (1905)
  I. Deciso e risoluto, con brio

  Mark Alburger, Piano

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Octet (1923)
  I. Sinfonia

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Piano Concerto ("Aubade") (1929)
  I. Toccata - Lento e pesante

  The Opus Project Ensemble

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Sonatina, Op. 51 (1956)
  II. Lento

  Mark Alburger, Piano

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Easy Variations on Folk Themes, Op. 51 (1952)
  I. Five Variations on a Russian Folk Song

  Carol Reynolds, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51 (1952)
  Slow Recitative

  Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Tam O'Shanter Overture, Op. 51 (1955)
  Poco lento

  The Opus Project Ensemble

Claude Ballif (1924-2004)
Percussion Symphony ("Timbres e Postes"), Op. 51 (1972)
  Quarter = 60

George Crumb (b. 1929)
Easter Dawning (1992)
Joyously resounding!

  Mark Alburger, Vocal Percussion and Keyboard

Steve Reich (b. 1936)
WTC 9/11 (2010)
  Quarter = 128

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
The Olympian - Lighting of the Torch (1984)
Majestically

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
San Rafael News, Op. 51 (1995)
V. Life Span - Moderato

The Opus Project Ensemble and Audience

Kat Walsh (b. 1982)
Video Game (2017)

The Opus Project Mixed Quartet

THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Martha Stoddard

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Carol Reynolds

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Kat Walsh

Viola
Gregory Zinkl

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 52: Non-Toxic, Non-Taxing, II (Alburger's 60th and More!)
8pm, Saturday, April 15, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
With the Opus Project Orchestra

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) Georginen, Op. 52 (1913)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) Popular Song of Vivarais, Op. 52 (1900)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937) Prelude for Piano, Op. 52 (1903)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914) Ballet Piece, Op. 52 (1901)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932) The Prague Carnival, Op. 52 (1907)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) A Christmas Greeting, Op. 52(1907)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) Duet, Op. 52 (1910)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Near the Sea, Op. 52 (1901)
Henri Pierné (1863-1937) Passacaille, Op. 52 (1932)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Dead Leaves, Op. 52 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Taillefer, Op. 52 (1903)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Preludio e Presto, Op. 52 (1928)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Symphony No. 3, Op. 52 (1907)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Divertimento, Op. 52 (1920)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) A Hymn of Freedom, Op. 52 (1903)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Flute Sonata, Op. 52 (1913)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 52 (1943)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957) Arlequinades, Op.52 (1912)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Sinfonietta, Op. 52 (1934)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) Spring, Op. 52 (1918)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Tristesse au Jardin, Op. 52 (1908)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Ballade, Op. 52 (1926)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Piano Piece, Op. 52 (1907)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Twilight over Lake Ogwen, Op. 52 (1916)
Max Reger (1873-1916) Fantasy, Op. 52 (1900)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Hammersmith, Op. 52 (1931)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) L'Heure Espagnole (1907)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Piece, Op. 52 (1938)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Song, Op. 52 (1905)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970) A Song of London, Op. 52 No.1 (1906)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943) Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (1924)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) La Berceuse d'Aitacho Enia, Op. 52 (1926)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965) Geographical Fugue (1930)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Piece, Op. 52 (1931)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Of Mice and Men (1939)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Winter Words, Op. 52 (1953)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Variations and Toccata on "Aurora lucis rutilat," Op. 52 (1980)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Quest (1994)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932) String Quartet No. 4, Op. 52 (1990)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Abraham and Isaac, Op. 52 (1996)

February 25 - Opus 50: Even Wild

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 50
8pm, Saturday, February 25, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA

Program

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
     Pavane, Op. 50 (1887)
        Andante molto moderato

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
     Six Pieces, Op. 50 (1902)
        II. Pater Noster

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 (1904)
        I. Vivace

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
     On the Volga, Op. 50 (1910)
        Andante sostenuto

        Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     Egyptian Nights, Op. 50 (1900)
        Allegro moderato

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
     Sister Beatrice, Op. 50 (1910)
        Act I - Andante / Allegro moderato

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     The Lack of Fire, Op. 50 (1901)
        Somewhat agitated

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (1922)
        I. Tempo giusto

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)

     Harlequin, Op. 50 (1916)
        Scene 1: Introduction

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     The Tragedy of Salome, Op. 50 (1910)
        I. Prelude (Lent)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Riders to the Sea (1925, John Millington Synge, 1871-1909)
        Lento moderato

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 50 (1900)
        II. Larghetto

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50 (1930)
        Allegro moderato

        Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor
        Kristen Kline, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Three Times a Thousand Years, Op. 50b (1949)
        6/4 = 3/2

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Mavra (1922)
        Ouverture

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     20 Piano Mazurkas, Op. 50 (1925)
        I. Sostenuto. Molto rubato

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
     Cello Sonata, Op. 50 (1929)
        I. Allegro commodo

        Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Konzertmusik, Op. 50 (1930)
        I. Moderately Fast, with Force

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
     Piece Breve sur le Nom d'Albert Roussel (1929)
        Tres anime

        Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Boris Blacher (1903-1975)
     The Moor of Venice, Op. 50 (1955)
        Prolog - Presto

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Elibris - God of Dawn, Op. 50 (1944)
        Andante

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Billy Budd, Op. 50 (1951, E.M. Forster [1879-1970] and
        Eric Crozier [1913-1994], after Herman Melville [1819-1891])
        Prologue - Slowly moving

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     Serenade, Op. 50 (1955)
        Andante

        Stardust, Oboe / Michael Kimbell, Clarinet
        Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Giselher Klebe (1925-2009)
     Concerto for Five, Op. 50 (1965)
        I. Larghetto con passione

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Zeitgeist (6 Tableaux Vivants) (1988)
        I. Portent - Molto moderato, il ritmo ben marcato

Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)
     …in real time, Op. 50 (1988)
        Dotted half = 104

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Mishima (1984)
        III. Grandmother and Kimitake

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     L.A. Stories, Op. 50 (1994)
        B. Interlude 1 - Bozos and Ozone

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
AlbiBassBoni Adagio

Feona Lee Jones (b. 1985)
     Symphony No. 1 (2017)
        Moderato / Allegro maestoso

        Scott Sterling, Trombone / The Opus Project Orchestra and Audience

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     Alternate Bosendorfer Grand Pops Concert (2017)

                        Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Nat Echols

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Corey Johnson

Viola
Nansamba Ssesalo
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 51: Questionable Practices
8pm, Saturday, March 18, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)               Song, Op. 51 (1902)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Variations on a Polish Folk Theme, Op. 51 (1901)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)            Old Dutch Song, Op. 51 (1911)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            The Kingdom, Op. 51 (1906)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)         Children's Chorus, Op. 51 (1910)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            Piano Quintet, Op. 51    (1900)
Henri Pierné (1863-1937)             Free Variations and Finale, Op. 51 (1934)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Dramatic Poem, Op. 51 (1910)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Orchestral Song, Op. 51 (1903)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Small Prelude, Op. 51 (1929)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Sarabande (Elegie No. 5), Op. 51 (1919)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Song, Op. 51 (1903)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Study, Op. 51 (1942)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Andante et Scherzo, Op. 51 (1934)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)             Strength and Defiance, Op. 51 (1917)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Piano Quintet, Op. 51 (1919)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Fantasy Piece from First Suite, Op. 51 (1926)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Divertimento, Op. 51 (1913)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Piece, Op. 51 (1906)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)            Sancta Civitas (1925)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Caprice Impromptu, Op. 51 (1916)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Song, Op. 51 (1900)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            A Choral Fantasia, Op. 51 (1930)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)            The Unanswered Question (1908)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Song, Op. 51 (1929)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)             Piano Prelude, Op. 51 91938)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Piano Aphorism, Op. 51 (1905)
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)            The Dream of Life, Op. 51 (1937)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Octet (1923)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Prince Potemkin, Op 51 (1925)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            The Fan, Op. 51 (1929)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)             On the Dnieper, Op. 51 (1931)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Petit Air, Op. 51 (1918)
Alois Hába (1893-1973)            Children's Moods, Op. 51 (1943)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)            Piano Concerto ("Aubade") (1929)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)            Guitar Sonatina, Op. 51 (1956)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Easy Variations, Volume 2, Op. 51 (1952)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Abraham and Isaac (Canticle II), Op. 51 (1952)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)            Iubilum, Op. 51 (1981)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Tam O'Shanter, Op. 51 (1955)
Claude Ballif (1924-2004)            Percussion Symphony ("Timbres e Postes"), Op. 51 (1972)
George Crumb (b. 1929)             Easter Dawning (1991)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)            Sing Ariel, Op. 51 (1990)
Steve Reich (b. 1936)                WTC 9/11 (2010)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)                The Olympian - Lighting of the Torch (1984)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)            Flute Concerto, Op. 51 (1991)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            San Rafael News, Op. 51 (1995)

January 28 - Opus 49: Orations / Ovations

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 49
8pm, Saturday, January 28, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA

Program

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)
In Italien Overture, Op. 49 (1904)
Allegro con fuoco

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (1880)
Finale

The Opus Project Orchestra

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
Flower Songs, Op. 49 (1902)
III. The Foxglove

Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
The Apostles, Op. 49 (1903)
Prologue (Lento)

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)
Basque Fantasy, Op. 49 (1927)
Assez vif

The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Eight Songs, Op. 49 (1901)
I. Bliss in the Woods (Richard Dehmel, 1863-1920)

Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Pan and Syrinx: Nature Scene for Orchestra, Op. 49 (1918)
Andantino (quasi allegretto)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 (1906)
Largo - Moderato - Largamente

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
Three Chorales, Op. 49, No. 2 (1912)
II. La Charite (Adagio con moto. Tres doux et lie)

The Opus Project Orchestra

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Three Pieces, Op. 49 (1933)
I. Allegro con brio

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Etude for "The Haunted Palace" of Edgar [Allan] Poe [1809-1849],
Op. 49 (1904)
Lent

Mark Alburger, Piano

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 49 (1912)
I. Allegro Moderato - Cadenza

Kristen Kline, Violin

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Three Piano Pieces, Op. 49 (1905)
II. Prelude (Bruscamente irato)

Mark Alburger, Piano

Max Reger (1873-1916)
Two Sonatas, Op. 49 (1900)
Sonata No. 1 in Ab Major: I. Allegro affanate

Alan Kingsley, Flute

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Double Violin Concerto, Op. 49 (1929)
I. Scherzo (Allegro)

Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)
Etude Concertante for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 49 (1936)
Allegro molto

Michael Cox, Trumpet / Kristen Kline and Corey Johnson, Violins
The Opus Project Orchestra

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Wind Trio, Op. 49 (1902)
III. Double Fugue

The Opus Project Wind Trio

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
20 Children's Rhymes for Voice and Piano, Op. 49 (1923)
III. The House

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
Kleinstadtbilder, 14 Moderately Easy Piano Pieces, Op. 49 (1929)
III. Oh, I did... (Slowly)

Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Four Portraits and a Denouement from "The Gambler", Op. 49 (1931)
I. Alexis (Allegro passionato)

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
[Chamber] Symphony No. 2 ("Pastorale"), Op. 49 (1918)
I. Joyeux

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Konzertmusik, Op. 49 (1930)
Quiet andante, in quarter notes

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Concert Champêtre For Harpsichord or Piano and Orchestra (1928)
I. [Adagio -]Allegro molto

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
An Outdoor Overture (1938)
Maestoso

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
Der Diktator, Op. 49 (1926)
Scene I: Largamente / Allegro

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49 (1949)
I. Allegro

Kat Walsh, Bassoon / The Opus Project Orchestra

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 49 (1938)
I. Moderato

The Opus Project Quartet

John Cage (1912-1992)
Root of an Unfocus, for Prepared Piano (1944)

Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (1951)
IV. BACCHUS at whose feasts is heard the noise of gaggling
women's tattling tongues and shouting out of boys

Stardust, Oboe

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Sonata, Op. 49 (1979)
I. PRIMA PARTE - Allegro deciso

George Crumb (b. 1929)
An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) (1986)
(to be heard from afar, over a lake, on a moonlit evening in August)
Lento, con alcuna licenza

Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano Strings

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
Three Lullabies, Opus 49 (1984)
I. Go to Sleep

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Business As Usual, Op. 49 (1993)
Ib. Six Friday Nights

Stardust (b. 1962)
Post-Truth (2017)

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
Joyful Cycle (2016)

The Opus Project Orchestra

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
San Francisco Fireworks Spectacular (2017)

Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley*

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust*

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Trumpet
Michael Cox*

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Corey Johnson

Viola
Nansamba Ssesalo

*The Opus Project Wind Trio

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 50: Even Wild

8pm, Saturday, February 25, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Pavane, Op. 50 (1887)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937) Pater Noster, Op. 50, No. 2 (1902)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932) Piano Trio No. 4 in C Minor (1904)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 (1904)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) On the Volga, Op. 50 (1910)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Egyptian Nights, Op. 50 (1900)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Sister Beatrice, Op. 50 (1910)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) The Lack of Fire, Op. 50 (1901)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952) Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 50 (1907)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (1922)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) A Maiden Sings in the Field, Op. 50, No. 3 (1906)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Harlequin, Op. 50 (1916)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Ballade for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 50 (1919)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) The Hour of Return, Op. 50, No. 1 (1934)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) The Tragedy of Salome, Op. 50 (1907)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Poeme for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 50 (1926)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)   Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 50 (1912)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Riders to the Sea (1925)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) String Quartet No. 2, Op 50 (1916)
Max Reger (1873-1916)   Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 50, No. 2 (1900)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50 (1930)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Psalm 130 ("De Profundis"), Op. 50b (1949)
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939) Queen Margrethe, Op. 50 (1919)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970) Afterday, Op. 50 No. 1 (1906)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Mavra (1922)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Piano Mazurka, Op. 50 (1925)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)   Cello Sonata, Op. 50 (1929)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) String Quartet No. 1, Op. 50 (1930)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Konzertmusik, Op. 50 (1930)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Piece Breve sur le Nom d'Albert Roussel (1929)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) The Secret Kingdom, Op. 50 (1927)
Boris Blacher (1903-1975) The Moor of Venice, Op. 50 (1955)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major ("Youth"), Op. 50 (1952)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Elibris (God of Dawn), Op. 50 (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Billy Budd, Op. 50 (1951)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Guitar Serenade, Op. 50 (1955)
Giselher Klebe (1925-2009) Concerto for Five, Op. 50 (1965)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Zeitgeist (Tableau Vivant) (1988)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932) …in real time, Op. 50 (1988)
Philip Glass (b. 1937) Mishima (1984)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010) String Quartet No. 2, Op. 50 (1991)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) L.A. Stories, Op. 50 (1994)

December 17 - Opus 48: Appeasement on Earth

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 48
8pm, Saturday, December 17, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA

Program

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     Serenade, Op. 48 (1880)
        I. Pezzo en Forma di Sonatina (Andante non troppo)

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
     Requiem in D Minor, Op.48 (1877)
        I. Introit (Molto largo)

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
     Four Character Pieces after The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám [1048–1131],
        Op. 48 (1900, Edward FitzGerald, 1809 - 883)
        II. ...the Lion and the Lizard...: Allegro deciso

        Jasmine Reyes, Soprano / The Opus Project Ensemble

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Pleading, Op. 48 (1908, Arthur L. Salmon, b. 1865)
        Andante

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)
     Chamber [Flute Trio] Sonata, Op. 48 (1927)
        II. Sarabande (Sur le Nom de Louis Fleury): Tres modere

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
     Les Fleurs du Mal, Op. 48 (1909, Charles Baudelaire, 1821-1867)
        I. Hymne

        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger and Jessica Reyes, Piano
        Aaron Urton, Cello

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Five Songs, Op. 48 (1900)
        V. Winter Love (Karl Henckell, 1864-1929)

        Mark Alburger, Tenor / The Opus Project Ensemble

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     Prelude, Theme, and Variations, Op. 48 (1923)
        Prelude (Poco adagio e con fantasio)

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     The Captive Queen, Op. 48 (1906, Paavo Emil Cajander, 1846-1913)
        Allegro molto moderato

Jasmine Reyes, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
     Concertino, Op. 48 (1918)
        Allegretto sostenuto

Alan Kingsley, Flute

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     A Glorious Day, Op. 48 (1932)
        Allegro moderato

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Selamlik, Op. 48 (1906)
        Assez anime

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Four Piano Miniatures, Op. 48 (1911)
        III. Scherzo ("Spook") - Tempo di valzer (Lento)

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Four Piano Preludes, Op. 48 (1905)
        II. Prelude in C Major: Poetico con delizio

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1874-1958)
     Concerto in D Minor ("Accademico") (1925)
        I. Allegro pesante

        Alan Kingsley, Piccolo / The Opus Project Orchestra

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Seven Songs, Op. 48 (1900)
        VI. On the Dorfsee (Oskar Wiener, 1873-1944)

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     12 Humbert Wolfe [1885-1940] Songs, Op. 48 (1929)
        II. Things Lovelier

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Three Songs, Op. 48 (1933, Jakob Haringer, 1898-1948)
        II. Death (Somewhat slow)

        Allan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
     12 Pieces, Op. 48 (1912)
        VI. Shepherd's Song

Pavel Chesnokov (1877- 1944)
     Four Pieces, Op. 48 (1917)
        II. Arise, O God

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Roger Quilter (1877-1953)
     Three Songs (1904)
        II. Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal (Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892)

        Jasmine Reyes, Soprano / Jessica Reyes, Piano

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
     Two Pieces, Op. 48 (1903)
        I. Sanctus (Bb Major)

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Three Berceuses, Op. 48 (1922)
        I. Toward the Black Pond (Lento)

        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
        The Opus Project Orchestra

Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)
     Orchestral Suite No. 7, Op. 48 (1926)
        I. Molto ritmico e marcato, alla Marcia

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962)
     Piano Sonata No. 12, Op. 48 (1962)
        II. Andante

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Sinfonietta in A Major, Op. 48 (1929)
        I. Allegro giocoso

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Konzertmusik, Op. 48 (1930)
        I. Lively, agitated halves

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Billy the Kid (1938)
        Gun Battle

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Concerto, Op. 48 (1948)
        I. Allegro molto e con brio

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Canzonetta, Op. 48 (1978)
        Andante sostenuto

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Piano Concerto ("Lousadzak - Dawn of Light"), Op. 48 (1944)
        Slow, noble and majestic

        Alan Kingsley, Piccolo / Stardust, Oboe
        Mark Alburger, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble

John Cage (1912-1992)
     Prelude for Meditation (1944)
        Quarter = 152, Quietly

        Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Lachrymae, Reflections on a Song of [John] Dowland [1563-1626], Op. 48 (1937)
        Lento

          Nansamba Ssesalo, Viola

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Glosses on Themes of Pablo Casals, Op. 48 (1977)

        The Opus Project Ensemble

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Federico's Little Songs for Children (1987, Federico Garcia Lorca, 1898-1936)
        I. La Senorita del Albanico

        Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
     Desperate Measures (Paganini Variations), Op. 48 (1996)
        THEME (Allegro ma non troppo)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     San Fernando Hub, Op. 48 (1993)
        I. Fresno

        Audience / The Opus Project Ensemble

Fazil Say (b. 1970)
     Black Earth (1997)

        Jessica Reyes, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Soprano
Jasmine Reyes

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Jessica Reyes

Viola
Nansamba Ssealo

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield

The Opus Project presents

OPUS 49: Orations / Ovations
8pm, Saturday, January 28, 2017,
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)            In Italien Overture, Op. 49 (1904)
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)             1812 Overture, Op. 49 (1880)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)            Flower Songs, Op. 49 (1902)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            The Apostles, Op. 49    (1903)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)             Basque Fantasy, Op. 49 (1927)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Song, Op. 49 (1901)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49 (1918)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 (1906)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Piano Piece, Op. 49 (1933)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)                 The Zvíkov Imp, Op. 49 (1914)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            The Haunted Palace, Op. 49 (1904)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)        Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 49 (1912)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Piece, Op. 49 (1905)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Clarinet Sonata, Op. 49, No. 1 (1900)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Double Violin Concerto, Op. 49 (1929)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            String Quartet No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 49 (1924)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Trio for Oboe, Clarinet, and English Horn, Op. 49 (1902)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Children's Rhyme for Voice and Piano, Op. 49 (1923)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Echo from a Small Town, Op. 49 (1929)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)             Etude Concertante for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 49 (1936)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Gambler Suite, Op. 49 (1931)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 49 (1918)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Konzertmusik, Op. 49 (1930)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)            Concert Champêtre, Harpsichord or Piano & Orchestra (1928)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            An Outdoor Overture (1938)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)            Der Diktator, Op. 49 (1926)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49 (1949)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        String Quartet No. 1, Op. 49 (1938)
John Cage (1912-1992)            Root of an Unfocus, for Prepared Piano (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (1951)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Business As Usual, Op. 49 (1993)