August 25 - REVOLUTION (sturm und drang) - Opus [19]68


THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
REVOLUTION (sturm und drang) -- Opus [19]68
8pm, Saturday, August 25, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Symphony No. 6 in F Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 (1808)
          V. Shepherd's song.  Cheerful and thankful feelings after the storm (Allegretto)

Giuseppe Verdi (1811-1901)   
     Rigoletto (1851)
          XIII. Scena, Terzetto, e Tempesta

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)   
     Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (1876)
          IV. Adagio - Piu Andante - Allegro non troppo, ma con brio

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     Pique Dame (Queen of Spades), Op. 68 (1890)
          Act III - XX. "I am worn out by grief" (LIza)   

Vincent D'Indy (1851-1931)   
     13 Short Piano Pieces, Op. 68 (1915)
          VI. Souvenir

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)   
     RĂªverie, L. 68 (1890)
          Andantino sans lenteur


Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)   
     Le Tombeau de Couperin (1917)
          IV. Rigaudon

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)   
     Suite Italienne (Pulcinella) (1933)
          I. Introduzione (Ouverture / Sinfonia / Sinfonie)
          II. Serenata
          III. Scherzino - Allegro - Andantino

Neal Hefti (1922-2008)       
     The Odd Couple (1968)
          Steady Swing

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1968)
          I. Refrain I

Terry Riley (b. 1935)       
     Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band (1968)
          @ 6:00

Philip Glass (b. 1937)       
     Two Pages (1968)
          Fast, Steady

          Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano / Harriet March Page, Alto
          Ali Sanie, Bass / The Opus Project Orchestra
                               
    The Thin Blue Line (1988)
         Metamorphosis I

         Mark Alburger, Voice / John Veitch, Piano

John Lennon (1940-1980)       
     Happiness Is a Warm Gun (1968)
          Conclusion

Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)       
     Castles Made of Sand (1968)
          Verses 1-2, Chorus

Paul McCartney (b. 1942)       
     Why Don't We Do It In the Road (1968)
          Quarter = 76

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Mice Suites, Op. 68 (1998)
          III. Threatsong

         Megan Cullen, Soprano / Harriet March Page, Alto
         The Opus Project Orchestra

Steven Clark (b. 1968)       
     Amok Time (2004)
          Act I - Jim, you've got to get Spock to Vulcan

          Video
                       
Thom York (b. 1968)       
     Morning Bell (2000)
          Lento espressivo

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Kat Walsh (b. 1980)   
     Three Dances for Woodwind Quartet (2018)
          I. Gigue

          The Opus Project Woodwind Quartet


John Veitch (b. 1987)       
     Improvisation (2018)

         John Veitch, Piano


THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA


Mark Alburger                           
Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute
Alan Kingsley

Oboe
Allison Schwartz

Clarinet
Peter Brown

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Bob Satterford

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Alto
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass
Ali Sanie

Harp
John Veitch

Piano
Mark Alburger
Megan Cullen
John Veitch

Percussion
John Veitch

Violin I
Corey Johnson

Violin II
Kristen Kline

Viola
Kat Walsh


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

[OPUS] '69: Moondance - 8pm, Saturday, September 29, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Henry Purcell (1659-1695)            Dido and Aeneas (1689): When I Am Laid in Earth
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)            Symphonie Fantastique (1830): IV. March to the Scaffold
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)            Hungarian Dance No. 5 (1869)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)                Norwegian Dance No. 2 (1869)
John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)            Liberty Bell (1893) (re-popularized by Monty Python, 1969)
Aaron Copland (1900-1900)            Billy the Kid (1938): Goodby Old Paint (1869 Cowboy song)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)            Children's Notebook, Op. 69 (1945): Happy Fairy Tale
                                                            Symphony No. 14 (1969): Malaguena
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)            Tangazo (1969)
John Cage (1912-1992)                   Dream (1948)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)        Symphony No. 6, Op. 69 (1956)
Luciano Berio (1925-2003)            Sinfonia (1969): III
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Madrigals, Book III (1969): III
                                             Night of the Four Moons (1969): I. The Moon Is Dead
Philip Glass (b. 1937)            Music in Contrary Motion (1969)
                                        Music in Fifths (1969)
                                             Music in Similar Motion (1969)   
                                                 Passages (1990)
John Cleese (b. 1939)                    Dead Parrot Sketch (1969)
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1969)                The Star-Spangled Banner (1969)
Pete Townsend (b. 1945)                Tommy (1969): Overture
Robert Fripp (b. 1946)                In the Court of the Crimson King (1969): IV. Moonchild
David Bowie (1947-2016)                Space Oddity (1969)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                King David, Op. 69 (1998)