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)