THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 77-78
Being and Somethingness
8pm, Saturday, May 25, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
OPUS 77
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K. 77 (1715)
I. Moderato e cantabile
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 (1878)
I. Allegro non troppo
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Carnival of the Animals (1886)
XIII. The Swan
XIV. Finale
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Next-to-Last Thoughts (1915)
I. Idylle (to Claude Debussy)
II. Aubade (to Paul Dukas)
III. Meditation (to Albert Roussel)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
12 Pastorales, Op. 77 (1920)
I. Allegretto quasi andante
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Symphony No. 5 in D Major (1943)
I. Preludio
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Concerto in Eb ("Dumbarton Oaks") (1938)
III. Con moto
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Hamlet, Op. 77 (1938)
I. The Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Symphony No. 3 (1946)
II. Allegro Molto
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 77 (1948)
IV. Burlesque - Allegro con brio
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Henry Miller in Brooklyn, Op. 77 (1999)
VI. Arthur Rimbaud
OPUS 78
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Symphony No. 3 ("Organ") in C Minor, Op. 78 (1886)
IIb. Maestoso
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Alexander Nevsky, Op 78 (1939)
I. Russia Beneath the Yoke of the Mongols
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Three Rag-Caprices, Op. 78 (1922)
I. Sec et muscle
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
In the Beginning (1947)
Freely
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
The Creation (1800)
Part I : 2. In the Beginning
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
The Creation (2000)
I. In the Beginning
Paul Sjolund (b. 1935)
In the Beginning Was the Word (1965)
Introduction
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Horn Concerto ("Artik"), Op. 78 (1948)
I. Alleluia
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Esther Xerxes, Op. 78 (1999)
IV. Bigthana and Teresh
Kat Walsh (b. 1980)
"Scarborough Fair" Quartet (2019)
Bob Satterford, Horn
Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
Kristen Kline, Violin
Aaron Urton, Cello
The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra
THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Flute
Sarah Kidd
Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Horn
Bob Satterford
Soprano
Megan Cullen
Alto
Kat Walsh
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Bass
Aaron Urton
Piano
Megan Cullen
Percussion
John Vietch
Violin
Kristen Kline
Viola
Kat Walsh
Cello
Aaron Urton
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 79-80: Fate, Knocking on the Floor
8pm, Saturday, September 28 , 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
With The Opus Project Orchestra
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Arabella, Op. 79 (1933)
Erik Satie (1866-1925) Grimaces for a Summer-Night's Dream (1915)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Symphony in C (1940)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Song, Op. 79 (1939)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) Symphonie de Chambre No. 6, Op. 79 (1923)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) To the Memory of Sergei Prokofiev, Op. 79 (1965)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (1948)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Dance for Brass Quintet, Op. 79 (1967)
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976) "The Building of the House" Overture, Op. 79 (1967)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Job: A Masque, Op. 79 (1999)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Fantasia in C Minor ("Choral"), Op. 80 (1808)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80(1880)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Die schweigsame Frau, Op. 80 (1935)
Charles Ives (1874-1954) Sonata No. 2 ("Concord") (1915)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Tango (1940)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) The Red Pony (1948)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) John and Salome, Op. 80 (1999)
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Way to end the Spring 2019 series of Opus Projects!
