September 26 - Opus 33: Love! Love! Love! Valentines Out of Season

  
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 33
8pm, Saturday, September 26, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)  

     German Folksongs, WoO 33 (1894)
          XLII. In Still of Night



Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)      
     Five Poems, Op. 33 (1911, Yakov Polonsky, 1819–1898)
          II. The Light of the Rising Stars

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)      
     Three Piano Pieces, Op. 33 (1905)
          I. Early Spring

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Albert Roussel (1869-1937)      
     Orchestral Suite in F, Op. 33 (1926)
          II. Sarabande

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)  
     Four Piano Preludes, Op. 33 (1903)
          I. Quarter = 96

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)  
     Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33 (1911)
          I. Allegro non troppo

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)      
     Japanese Suite, Op. 33 (1915)
          Interlude - Song of the Fisherman

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)  
     Two Piano Pieces, Op. 33 (11931)
          I. Moderato

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)      
     The Sirens, Op. 33 (1908)
          Introduction

George Enescu (1881-1955)      
     Chamber Symphony, Op. 33 (1954)
          I. Molto moderato, un poco maestoso

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)  
     Twelve Piano Etudes, Op. 33 (1916)
          I. Presto

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)      
     Twelve Hafiz Songs, Op. 33
          VII. Ich roch der Liebe himmliches Arom

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)      
     The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33 (1919)
          March

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)      
     Piano Sonata No.1, Op.33 (1916)
          I. Decide [Resolute]
      
          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)      
     Six Songs from Old Texts, Op. 33 (1923)  
          II. Frauenklage


          Jill Wagoner / The Opus Project Orchestra

Hermann Reutter (1900-1985)  
     Saul, Op. 33 (1928)
          Prelude

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)  
     Elegy and Toccata, Op. 33 (1950)
          I. Elegy


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)  
     The Counterplan, Op. 33 (1932)
          I. Introduction  

          Video
  


Samuel Barber (1910-1981)      
     Nocturne, Op. 33 (1958)   

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

John Cage (1912-1992)      
     A Valentine Out of Season (1944)
          I.

          Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)  
     Peter Grimes, Op. 33 (1945)
          Act III: Interlude V - Moonlight

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)  
     Two [E.E'] Cummings Choruses, Op.33 (1948)
          II. Jimmie's Got a Goil

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)  
     String Concerto, Op. 33 (1965)
          Theme


          The Opus Project Orchestra


Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)      
     English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33 (1951)
          I. Allegro non troppo


          Video

Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)      
     Stele (1994)
          Conclusion

          The Opus Project Orchestra


George Crumb (b. 1929)      
     Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) (1971)
          PALEOZOIC (VAR. III)
                  
          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Young June Kim, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

John Lennon (1940-1980)      
     All You Need Is Love (1967)

          Jill Wagoner / The Opus Project Orchestra


Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)      
     Requiem: Songs for Sue, Op. 33 (2006)
          I. Emily Dickinson

          Video


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)      
     San Timoteo Can[yon]tata, Op. 33
          (1988, Paul - First and Second Letters to Timothy)
          Book II :
          I. Chorale - "As My Tears"
          II. Duet - "If We Have Died"
          III. Chorale - "Last Days"
          IV. Chorale - "Being Sacrificed"

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra


John Veitch (b. 1989)      
     Nocturne Improvisation (2015)

          John Veitch, Piano


                THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield                Associate Music Director and Conductor

Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley

Clarino
Ron Cohen

Bassoon
Michael Garvey
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Horn
Sultan Molaib

Trombone
Spencer Akaba

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Alto
Feona Lee Jones
Kat Walsh

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass-Baritone
Ron Cohen
John Veitch

Guitar
Michael Stubblefield

Piano
Mark Alburger
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
John Veitch

Violin
Corey Johnson

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Young June Kim

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 34: In the Footsteps of Abraham
8pm, Saturday, October 24, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Taneyev (1856-1913)            Poem, Op. 34 (1911)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)        Piano Piece, Op. 34 (1904)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Bagatelle, Op. 34 (1916)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)            Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 34 (1923)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Concert for Small Orchestra, Op. 34 (1927)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)            14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalise (1912)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Lullay My Liking, Op. 34, No. 2 (1916)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Music to a Film Scene, Op. 34 (1930)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            String Quartet No. 11, Op. 34 (1924)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Hebrew Themes Overture, Op. 34 (1919)
Alois Hába (1893-1973)            Flute and Quartertone Piano Fantasy, Op. 33 (1927)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Jewish Poems, Op.34 (1916)      
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            String Trio No. 1, Op. 34 (1924)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        24 Piano Preludes, Op. 34 (1933)  
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Wondrous Love Variations, Op. 34 (1959)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Watchman, Tell Us of the Night, Op. 34 (1927)  
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)            Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (1946)  
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)            Bomarzo, Op. 34 (1967)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972)
Steve Reich (b. 1936)                Different Trains (1988) / The Cave (1993)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Song for Rebecca, Op. 34 (1988)

August 29 - Opus 32: Music of the Starry Light


THE OPUS PROJECT



Opus 32
8pm, Saturday, August 29, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)   
     Four Poems [Romances] for Voice and Piano, Op. 32
          (1911, Yakov Polonsky, 1819–1898)
          I. In Times of Loss (orch. John Veitch, 2015)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)   
     The Origin of Fire, Op. 32 (1902)
          Lento assai

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Albert Roussel (1869-1937)   
     Odes Anacreontiques, Op. 32 (1926, anon. Ancient Greek in the style of Anacreon,
          trans. Leconte de Lisle, 1818-1894)
          II. Ode XXXIV Sur une jeune fille

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Two Poems, Op. 32 (1903)
          II. Allegro Con eleganza Con fidueia

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     13 Piano Preludes, Op. 32 (1910)
           I / X

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano / John Veitch, Piano


Gustav Holst (1874-1934)   
     The Planets, Op 32 (1916)
          I. Mars, the Bringer of War

Charles Ives (1874-1954)   
     Symphony No. 2 (1902)
          V. Allegro molto vivace (finale)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     From Today to Tomorrow, Op. 32 (1928, Gertrud Bertha Schoenberg, 1893-1967)
          Very moderately

          Carol Reynolds, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor
          The Opus Project Orchestra


Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)   
     Two Pieces for Bass and Piano, Op. 32 (1909)
           I. Prelude


          Aaron Urton, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
               

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Three Songs to Words of Dmitri Davydov [1811-1888], Op. 32 (1915)
          I. Dawn

          Alan Kinglsey, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)   
     Four Pieces, Op. 32 (1918)   
          III. Gavotte (orch. John Veitch, 2015)

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)   
     String Quartet No. 5, Op. 32 (1923)

          The Opus Project String Sextet   


Paul Creston (1906-1985)   
     Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 32 (1942)

          Video

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Hamlet, Op. 32 (1932)
           II. Overture
   
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)   
     Vanessa, Op. 32 (1958, Gian Carlo Menotti, 1911-2007)
          Act I - Fiery

          The Opus Project Orchestra


John Cage (1912-1992)   
     Variations V (1968, Merce Cunningham Dance Company)
          Excerpt

          Video                   

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Festival Te Deum, Op. 32 (1945)
          Andante con moto

          The Opus Project Orchestra   


Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
     Variations for an Album, Op. 32 (1947)
          Theme / Variations I-II


Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)   
     Concerto for Duo Piano and Strings, Op. 32 (1951)
          I. Allegro

                    Video


Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)   
     Elutut Lebenslauf [Curriculum vitae] for Two Basset Horns and Two Pianos
          (Tuned 1/4-Tone Apart), Op. 32 (1992)
          Introduction

          The Opus Project Wind-Piano Quartet

George Crumb (b. 1929)   
     Lux Aeterna (1971)
          (REFRAIN) "Masked Dance for a Dead Prince" - Grave, somber
                   
     Music for a Summer Evening (1974)
          V. Music of the Starry Night:  Five-Fold Galactic Bells
          "SONG OF RECONCILIATION" -
          Joyous, ecstatic; with a sense of cosmic time

          The Opus Project Orchesra

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
     Impromptus, Op. 32 (1972)
          IV. Moderato

                    The Opus Project Bass Clef Ensemble

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)   
     Ophelia's Last Dance, Op. 32 (2010)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)   
     Crystal Series, Op. 32 (1987)
          I. Crystal Bells

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Scott Sterling (b. 1970)   
     Lullaby for Peace (2011)

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Hussein Al-Naswari   
     The Big Apple Chorale (2015)
          Theme and Variation

          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano



THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                     
Music Director and Conductor

Michael Stubblefield                 
Associate Music Director

Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley
Abigail Rolley

Clarinet
Peter Brown

Tenor Saxophone
Matthew Mayoff
Trevor Strohl

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Horn
Bob Satterford

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Soprano
Carol Reynolds

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Mandolin
Corey Johnson

Guitar
Michael Stubblefield

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Ken Crawford
Carol Reynolds

Violin I
Corey Johnson

Violin II
Carol Earley

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Young June Kim
Erina Lay
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 33 - Love, Love, Love (Valentines Out of Season)
8pm, Saturday, September 26, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Piece for Piano, Op. 33, No. 1 1928)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)        Elegy and Toccata, Op. 33 (1950)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33 (1919)   
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Sonata No.1, Op.33 (1916)       
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Songs from Old Texts, Op. 33 (1923)   
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Counterplan, Op. 33 (1932)       
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Nocturne, Op. 33 (1959)    
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Love Songs of Hafiz, Op. 33 (1936)
John Cage (1912-1992)        A Valentine Out of Season (1948)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Peter Grimes, Op. 33 (1945)
John Lennon (1940-1980)            All You Need Is Love (1967)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            San Timoteo Can[yon]tata, Op. 33 (1988)

Tickets -- $10 - $20 -- available at the door.

July 25 - Opus 31: Eine Grosse Sommernachtsmusik


THE OPUS PROJECT



Opus 31
8pm, Saturday, July 25, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA


W. de Wycomb (c. 1280-1330)
     Sumer Is Icumen In (c. 1310)

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     March Slav, Op. 31 (1876)

          The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Alexander Taneyev (1856-1913)
     String Trio in Eb Major, Op. 31 (1911)
          III. Andante espressivo

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)   
     Piano Concerto, Op. 31 (1922)
          I. Pomphaft mit Kraft und Schwung - bedeutend
          [Pompous, with force and momentum - meaningfully]

          Audio

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)   
     Odes Anacreontiques [Odes in the style of Anacreon], Op. 31
          (1926, anon. Ancient Greek, trans. Leconte de Lisle, 1818-1894)
          III. Ode XX Sur une jeune fille

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano



Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Four Piano Preludes, Op. 31 (1903)   
          IV. Lento


          John Veitch, Piano

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31 (1910)
          I. The Great Ektenya ["Diligence" / Liturgy]
          XII. We Sing to Thee

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)   
     Hymn to Dionysus, Op. 31, No. 2 (1913, Euripides, 480-406 BC)
          Introduction

Charles Ives (1874-1954)   
     Psalm 100 (1902)
           I. Make a Joyful Noise Unto the Lord
           II. Serve the Lord with Gladness

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (1928)
          INTRODUKTON


          The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Six Songs of the Fairy Tale Princess, Op. 31
     (1915, Zofia Szymanowska,1898-1946)
           I. The Lonely Moon

Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)   
     Orchestral Suite No. 1, Op. 31 (1925)

Anton Webern (1883-1945)   
     Cantata No. 2, Op. 31 (1943, Hildegard Jone, 1891-1963)   
                    IV. Light the Friar's Trees

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)   
     Old Grandmother Tales, Op. 31 (1918)
          IV. Sostenuto

          Mark Alburger, Piano
                   
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)   
     Solo Violin Sonata, Op. 31 (1924)
          I. Very Lively Eighth-Notes

          Audio

George Gershwin (1898-1937)
     Porgy and Bess
     (1934, DuBose Heyward [1885-1940] / Ira Gershwin [1896-1983])
          Act I - Summertime
                   
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
      Hypothetically Murdered, Op. 31 (1931)
                    I. Overture

                    Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra


Samuel Barber (1910-1981)   
     Summer Music, Op. 31 (1956)
          Slow and Indolent   

          Video               


Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

     Serenade, Op. 31 (1943)
          I. Prologue

          Stardust, English Horn

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Don Rodrigo, Op. 31 (1964)
          Act I: Scene 1 - Victory

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra



Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
      A Sussex Overture, Op. 31 (1951)

                    Video
      

Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)   
     Ligatura: [Message]-Hommage à Frances-Marie [Uitti]
          (The Answered Unanswered Question)
(1989)

          Aaron Urton, Cello / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Black Angels (1970)
           I. Night of the Electric Insects (Introduction)

          The Opus Project String Quartet
                      

     Music for a Summer Evening (1974)
          II. Wanderer-Fantasy - Introduction

          Alan Kingsley and Stardust, Slide Whistles

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
     String Trio, Op. 31 (1972)

          The Opus Project String Trio



Tan Mi-Zi (b. 1936)   
     Flute and Drum at Twilight (1981)

          Kris Palmer, Flute

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)   
     Duo Sonata No. 2 ("Wasatch"), Op. 31 (1986)
          II. Adagio

          Carol Earley, Viola / Mark Alburger, Piano



Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
     Suiporg Nonam (2015)
          I. The Angel's Theme

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Aaron Urton, Cello / Michael Stubblefield, Bass


John Veitch (b. 1989)    
     Memoriam, for Strings, in G Minor (2015)

          The Opus Project String Quartet



THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger               
Music Director and Conductor


Piccolo / Flute / Slide Whistle
Alan Kingsley
Kris Palmer


Oboe / English Horn / Slide Whistle
Stardust

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Tenor
Mark Alburger
Scott Sterling
Michael Stubblefield
John Veitch

Piano
Mark Alburger
Carol Reynolds
John Veitch



Percussion
Carol Reynolds


Cynthia Seagren


John Veitch

Violin I
Elisa Fischer

Violin II
Corey Johnson

Viola
Carol Earley


Cello
Aaron Urton


Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 32: Music of the Starry Light
8pm, Saturday, August 29, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra

Charles Ives (1874-1954)            Symphony No. 2: V (1902)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            The Planets, Op 32: I. Mars (1916)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        From Today to Tomorrow, Op. 32 (1928)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Four Piano Pieces, Op. 32 (1918)   
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            String Quartet No. 3, Op.32 (1916)   
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            String Quartet No. 5, Op. 32 (1923)   
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)        Two Songs, Op. 32:  (1941)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)            Hamlet, Op. 32 (1932)       
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Vanessa, Op. 32 (1958)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Starlight at Noon, Op. 32 (1947)       
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Festival Te Deum, Op. 32 1945       
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)        Cantata Bomarzo, Op. 32 (1964)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Concerto for Duo Piano and Strings, Op. 32 (1951)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Music for a Summer Evening: V. Music of the Starry Night (1974)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)            Ophelia's Last Dance, Op. 32 (2010)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Crystal Series, Op. 32 (1987)

Tickets -- $10 - $20 -- available at the door.