THE OPUS PROJECT

October 7 - Opus 57 Varieties

THE OPUS PROJECT

Opus 57
Varieties
8pm, Saturday, October 7, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Sonata No. 23 in F Minor ("Appassionata"), Op. 57 (1806)
        I. Allegro assai

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
     "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" Suite, Op. 57 (1901)
        I. The Tsar's Departure and Farewell

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
      Symphony No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 57 (1903)
            I. Extremement lent

            The Opus Project Orchestra

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     Three Piano Pieces, Op. 57 (1905)
        I. Prelude

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)
     Three Pieces, Op. 57 (1913)
        I. Little Fugue - Allegretto

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Edward MacDowell (1860 1908)
     Piano Sonata No. 3 ("Norse"), Op. 57 (1900)
        I. Impressively; at times with impetuous vigor.
        Mesto, ma con passione

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     Three Vocal Quartets (1902)
        I. Serenade

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Two Military Marches, Op. 57 (1907)
        II. War March

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     Concerto, Op. 57 (1928)
        Allegretto un poco

        Stardust, Oboe / The Opus Project Orchestra

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Eight Ernst Josephson [1851-1906] Songs, Op. 57 (1912)
        I. The River and the Snail - Moderato

Frantisek Drdla (1868-1944)
     Improvisations (1909)
        III. Ritornell - Allegretto, Op. 57

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Concertino, Op. 57 (1936)
        I. Allegro moderato

        Kat Walsh, Bassoon / The Opus Project Orchestra

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Two Pieces for Harp or Piano (1911)
           I. The Moorlands

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Two Piano Pieces, Op. 57 (1908)
        I. Desire

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Frederick Holloway (1873-954)
     Suite Arabesque, Op. 57 (1921)
        I. Introduction

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)
     Les Fêtes Rouges, Op. 57 (1917)
        L'Epiphanie du Exiles

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Symphonic Fantasy, Op. 57 (1901)
        Vivacissimo ed agitato assai e molto espressivo

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
     Six Sorrow Songs, Op. 57 (1904, Christina Rossetti)
        I. Oh What Comes over the Sea

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Daphnis et Chloe (1912)
        Tableaux 1: A Prairie at the Edge of a Sacred Wood
        I. Introduction and Religious Dance

Richard Wetz (1875-1935)
     Violin Concerto, Op. 57 (1932)
        Somewhat halting

        Kristen Kline, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
     Two Piano Sketches, Op. 57 (1907)
        I. The Cuckoo-Call

Nicolai Medtner (1880 -1951)
     Sonata No. 3 in E Minor ("Epica"), Op. 57
        I. INTRODUZIONE - Andante meditamente

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
     Mikrokosmos: 153 Progressive Piano Pieces in 6 Books (1939)
        Book 1 - XV. Imitation and Inversion

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Veni Creator, Op. 57 (1930)
        Maestoso

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)
     Piano Partita in C Major, Op. 57 (1930)
        II. Zarabanda - Lento

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
     Ten Piano Studies of Intermediate Difficulty, Op. 57 (1930)
        I. Somewhat leisurely

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     Suite Symphonique No. 2, Op. 57 (1919)
        I. Ouverture - Modere

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Piano Sonata (1941)
        I. Molto moderato

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 (1940)
        I. Prelude - Lento - Opening Solo

Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)
     Sonatina, Op. 57 (1970)
        Allegro

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 (1956)
        Prelude

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     A Grand, Grand Festival Overture, Op. 57 (1957)
        Allegro

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
     The Angelus Bells Are Tolling, Op. 57 (1986)
        Moderato

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
     Concerto, Op. 57 (1995)
        II. Adagio

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Amazing Joseph, Op. 57 (1997)
        I. I Had a Dream

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Kat Walsh (b. 1982)
     Regrets (2017)

        The Opus Project String-Bassoon Quartet

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
Las Vegas (2017)

Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                         Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Tenor Saxophone
Jerod Chamberlain

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch

Percussion
John Veitch

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Olga Raldugina

Viola
Greg Zinkl

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 58: Haunted
8pm, Saturday, October 28, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)        Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (1806)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            The Eyes of Love for Voice and Piano, Op. 58 (1904)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)               Lygeia, Op. 58 (1906)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Russian Folksong for Orchestra, Op. 58 (1906)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)               Old Dutch Peasant Song, Op. 58 (1913)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Elegy, Op. 58 (1909)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)             Songs, Op. 58 (1925)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            The Wolves, Op. 58 (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Passion Week, Op. 58 (1912)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Elektra, Op. 58 (1909)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Commotio, Op. 58 (1931)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Piano Piece, Op. 58 (1909)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)         Oboe Sonata, Op. 58 (1916)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            String Trio, Op. 58 (1937)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)         Signorina Gioventu, Op. 58 (1928)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Little Elf Shut-Eye Week, Op. 58 (1912)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Triptyque, Op. 58 (1931)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)        Album Leaf, Op. 58 (1910)
Frederick Holloway (1873-954)        Suite Ancienne, Op. 58 (1913)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Sarabande Triste, Op. 58 (1918)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Burlesque, Op. 58 (1901)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)            Menuet sur le Nom de Haydn (1909)
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)            Song, Op. 58 (1930
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)        Inner Feelings, Op. 58 (1919)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)            Alpine Sketch, Op. 58 (1908)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)            Piece from Mikrokosmos for Two Pianos (1940)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)        Song from Kurpie, Op. 58 (1932)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Easy Etude, Op. 58 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         Cello Concerto, Op. 58 (1951)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Le Boeuf sur le Toit, Op. 58 (1920)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)            Little Symphony, Op. 58 (1928)
Hermann Reutter (1900-1985)        Song after a Poem of Theodor Storm, Op. 58 (1945)
Paul Creston (1906-1985)            Invocation and Dance, Op. 58 (1953)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)            Trombone Sonatina, Op. 58 (1970)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58 (1957)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)        Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 58 (1952)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Horn Concerto No. 2, Op. 58 (1956)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Otherworldly Resonances (2003)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)            For You, Anne-Lill, Op. 58 (1986)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)            Violin Sonata, Op. 58 (1996)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            The Ten Commandments, Op. 58 (1997)

...and your music, should you so desire!

August 26 - Opus 56: Exotic Evenings and Lyrical Moments

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 56
Exotic Evenings and Lyrical Moments
8pm, Saturday, August 26, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1170-1827)
     Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 56 (1803)
        I. Allegro

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
     Symphony No. 3 in A Minor ("Scottish"), Op. 56 (1842)
        I. Introduction: Andante con moto

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
     Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 (1873)
        Chorale St. Antoni - Andante

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     Baba Yaga, Op. 56 (1904)
        Presto

Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)
     Cello Sonata No. 5 in B Minor, Op. 56 (1910)
        Moderato

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
     [Three] Songs of Ossian, Op. 56 (1925)
        (James Macpherson, 1736-1796, The Works of Ossian, 1765)
        I. Lake Lyano

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     Four Cello Pieces, Op. 56 (1902)
        III. Chanson Triste

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Six Songs, Op. 56 (1906)
        VI. The Holy Three Kings of the Morning Land
        (Heinrich Heine, 1797-1856)

Robert Kahn (1865-1952)
     Cello Sonata, Op. 56 (1911)
        I. Allegro appassionato

        Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
          Aaron Urton, Cello / The Opus Project Orchestra

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     String Quartet in D Minor ("Voces Intimae"), Op. 56 (1909)
        I. Andante - Allegro molto moderato

        The Opus Project String Quartet

Ede Poldini (1869-1957)
     Roses, Op.56 (1912)
        II. Reve d'Or - Tranquillo

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Flemish Rhapsody, Op. 56 (1936)
        Lento

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Crépuscules (Dusks), Op. 56 (1911)
        I. Niege (Snow)

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
     Exotic Evenings: Five Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 56 (1928)
        I. Grenada

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Lyrical Moments, Op. 56 (1913)
        II. Elegie

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Four Piano Pieces, Op. 56 (1908)
        III. Nuances

        Aaron Urton, Cello / Megan Cullen, Piano

Frederick William Holloway (1873-954)
     Song without Words, Op.56 (1913)
        Andante

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)
     Tableaux Pittoresques, Op. 56 (1917)
        I. Le Matin dans la Campagne

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Five Light and Easy Preludes and Fugues, Op. 56 (1901)
        I. Prelude in E Major

           The Opus Project Orchestra

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
     Piano Cameos, Op. 56 (1904)
        I. Allegro, ma non troppo

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (1908)
        Lent

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Nicolai Medtner (1880 -1951)
     Piano Sonata-Idylle: Pastorale, Op. 56 (1937)
        I. Allegretto cantabile

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
     Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938)
        I. Allegro non troppo

        Kristen Kline, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 (1927)
        I. Moderato - dolce e tranquillo

        The Opus Project String Quartet

Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)
     Niñerías, Suite II, Op. 56 (1930, a mon fille Conchita)
        I. Entrée de Conchita

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
     Ten Recital Etudes, Op. 56 (1931)
        IV. Andante

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56 (1932)
        I. Andante cantabile

        Kristen Kline and Kat Walsh, Violins

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
     Five Pieces, Op. 56 (1960)
          I. Lento

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Romeo and Juliet, Op. 56 (1956)
        I. Introduction - Enmity and Love

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     The Silly Little Baby Mouse, Op. 56 (1939)
        Introduction

   Megan Cullen, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Hercules, Op. 56 (1959)
        Introduction

Kat Walsh, Violin

Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)
     Trumpet Sonatina, Op. 56 (1970)
        Introduction

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
     Piano Four-Hands Concerto, Op. 56 (1952)
        I. Lento

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     The Open Window, Op. 56 (1956)
        Introduction

Michael Cox, Trumpet / Megan Cullen, Piano
The Opus Project Orchestra

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
     Under Your Protection, Op. 56 (1984)

   Mark Alburger, Piano

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Quartet No. 3 ("Mishima") (1985)
        VI. Mishima / Closing

The Opus Project Orchestra

Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
     Concerto, Op. 56 (1994)
        I. Adagio - Allegro

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     For My Brother For My Brother, Op. 56 (1997, S.A. Alburger)
        I. A Poem for My Brother

Kat Walsh (b. 1982)
     Dirge Without Music (2017, Edna St. Vincent Millay)

        Megan Cullen and Kat Walsh, Piano
        The Opus Project Orchestra

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
"Arabian Nights" Improvisation (2017)

Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger             Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe
Sheila Weston

Clarinet
Peter Brown

Tenor Saxophone
Jerrod Chamberlain

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Bass-Baritone
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen
Kat Walsh

Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Kat Walsh

Viola
Elisa Fischer
Greg Zinkl

Cello
Aaron Urton

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 57 Varieties
8pm, Saturday, October 7, 2017, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1170-1827)        Piano Sonata No. 23 ("Appassionata"), Op. 57 (1806)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)            The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57 (1901)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            Symphony No. 2 in Bb Major, Op. 57 (1903)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Piano Piece, Op. 57 (1905)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)                Christmas Carol, Op. 57 (1914)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Go, Song of Mine, Op. 57 (1909)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)            Desire, Op. 57 (1925)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            Quartet for Voices and Cello (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Quartet, Op. 57 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            War March, Op. 57 (1907)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Clarinet Concerto, Op. 57 (1928)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Josephson Song, Op. 57 (1912)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Chorus, Op. 57 (1904)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)        String Quartet No. 2, Op. 57 (1916)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Cello Concertino, Op. 57 (1936)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)         Grandfather’s Legacy, Op. 57 (1925)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Piece for Harp or Piano (1911)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Angelus, Op. 57 (1931)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)        Piano Piece, Op. 57 (1908)
Frederick Holloway (1873-954)        Suite Arabesque, Op. 57 (1921)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Les Fêtes Rouges, Op. 57 (1917)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Symphonic Fantasy, Op. 57 (1901)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)            Daphnis et Choe (1912)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)        Renaissance, Op. 57 (1907)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)            Sketch, Op. 57 (1907)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)            Mikrokosmos (1939)
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)        Scenes from the Life of Holy Joan, Op. 57 (1943)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)        Veni Creator, Op. 57 (1930)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Intermediate Etude, Op. 57 (1930)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Suite Symphonique No. 2, Op. 57 (1919)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 57 (1940)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)            Tuba Sonatina, Op. 57 (1970)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        The Prince of Pagodas, Op. 57 (1956)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            A Grand, Grand Festival Overture, Op. 57 (1957)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)            The Bells Are Tolling, Op. 57 (1986)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)            Trombone Concerto, Op. 57 (1995)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Amazing Joseph, Op. 57 (1997)

...and your music, should you so desire!

July 29 - Opus 55: Bard Is the Ward

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 55
Bard Is the Ward
8pm, Saturday, July 29, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major ("Eroica"), Op. 55 (1805)
        II. Marcia Funebre - Adagio assai

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
     Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 55 (1859)
        I. Allegro marcato

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
     Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 (1892)
        IV. Solvejg's Song - Andante

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
     Chorale Variations for Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 55 (1903)
        Movement de Passacaille

        Tim Macajewski, Saxophone / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
    Three Songs, Op. 55 (1904)
         II. The River Flows Forever (Philip Bourke Marston, 1850–1887)

         Megan Cullen, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     Polonaise for Orchestra, Op. 55 (1902)
        Moderato

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Symphony No. 1 in Ab Major, Op. 55 (1908)
        I. Andante. Nobilmente e simplice.

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
     Turkish March, Op. 55 (1926)
        Allegro

        The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)
     Grand Polonaise de Concert, Op. 55 (1913)
        Allegro moderato e maestoso

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     Two Quartets, Op. 55 (1901)
        I. All Around Has Grown Weary (Afanasy Fet, 1820–1892)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Bard Song, Op. 55 (1907)
        Vivo molto

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     Three Motets, Op. 55 (1929)
        I. Afflictus sum (Psalm 38: 9 - I am afflicted)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 (1908)
        Allegro

        The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Amy Beach (1867-1944)
     Invocation, Op. 55 (1904)

        Kat Walsh, Violin / Megan Cullen, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Two Melodies, Op. 55 (1935, Georges Ville, 1824-1897)
        II. If Sometime You Cry

        Megan Cullen, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)
     Mlada (Youth), Op. 55 (1920)
        VI. Desire

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
     24 Fantasy Pieces, Suite No. 4, Op. 55 (1927)
        I. Aubade

Henry Hadley (1871-1937)
     Salome, Op. 55 (1906)
        Lento e molto tranquillo

        The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Ten Piano Sketches, Op. 55 (1913)
        III. Melancolie

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)
     Pages Intimes, Op. 55 (1918)
        I. Once Upon a Time

        The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
     Moorish Dance, Op. 55 (1904)
        Presto

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Ernst Schmidt (1878-1955)
     Violin Concertino No. 3, Op. 55 (1924)
        I. Allegro giusto

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Harnasie, Op. 55 (1931)
        Barn Dance

Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)
     Five Gitana Dances, Op. 55 (1930)
        II. Dance of Seduction

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
     Ten Concert Etudes, Op. 55 (1931)
        I. (Praeludium) - Quasi grave

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 55 (1932)
        I. Allegro con brio

Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)
     Against War: Theme and Variations, Op. 55 (1936)
        Theme / Variations I-III

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
     Heavyweight, or The Glory of the Nation, Op. 55 (1928)
        Tempo giusto (Allegro)

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
     Piano Improvisation on a Theme of Manuel da Falla, Op 55 (1960)
         Andante

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, Op. 55 (1954)
        THEME / VERSE I

        Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano / Kat Walsh, Violin
        Aaron Urton, Cello / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (2001)
        I. Nocturnal Theme

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     The Passion According to St. Matthew, Op. 55 (1997)
        XXIII. OSTINATO-CANON "It Is Finished" (Trope)

        The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Bernhard Ruchti (1974) and Stardust (b. 1962)
     Starbern (2017)
        I. Expose

        Stardust, Oboe / Megan Cullen, Piano

Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
     Sonic Discharge (2017)
        Moderato

        The Opus Project Quartet

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     Medley from "Shakespeare in Love" [1998, Stephen Warbeck, b. 1953] (2017)

        Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger             Music Director and Conductor

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust*

Bassoon / Saxophone
Tim Machajewski

Trombone
Aaron Wallace

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen*

Marimba / Timpani
Hussein Al-Naswari

Violin / Viola
Kat Walsh*

Cello
Aaron Urton*

Bass
Michael Stubblefield

* The Opus Project Quartet

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 56: Exotic Evenings and Lyrical Moments
8pm, Saturday, August 26, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1170-1827)            Triple Concerto, Op. 56 (1805)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)        Symphony No. 3 in A Minor ("Scottish"), Op. 56 (1842)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)        Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 (1873)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            Mirage for Voice and Piano, Op. 56 (1903)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Baba Yaga for Orchestra, Op. 56 (1904)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)               Cello Sonata No. 5 in B Minor, Op. 56 (1910)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Angelus, Op. 56 (1909)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)             From the Songs of Ossian, Op. 56 (1925)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            Piece for Cello and Piano, Op. 56 (1902)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Song, Op. 56 (1906)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952)            Cello Sonata, Op.56 (1911)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            String Quartet in D Minor ("Voces Intimae"), Op. 56 (1909)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Song, Op. 56 (1904)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)        Shéhérazde (Book I), Op. 56 (1916)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Phantasy in A Minor for Orchestra, Op. 56 (1947)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957)            Roses, Op.56 (1912)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Flemish Rhapsody, Op. 56 (1936)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)         The Lantern, Op. 56 (1922)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Crépuscules for Piano, Op. 56 (1911)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Exotic Evenings, Op. 56 (1928)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Lyrical Moment, Op. 56 (1913)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Piece, Op. 56 (1908)
Frederick Holloway (1873-954)            Song without Words, Op.56 (1913)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Suite, Op. 56 (1917)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Prelude, Op. 56, No. 1 (1901)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)            Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (1908)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 56 (1933)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)             Russian Folk Song, Op. 56 (1938)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Epigramme, Op. 56 (1907)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)            Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 (1927)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)            Performer's Studies (Songbook), Op. 56 (1944)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Recital Etude, Op. 56 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56 (1932)
Alois Hába (1893-1973)            Suite for Quartertone Trumpet and Trombone, Op. 56 (1944)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            John Henry for Orchestra (1940)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Romeo and Juliet, Op. 56 (1956)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)            The Silly Little Mouse, Op. 56 (1939)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Hercules, Op. 56 (1959)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)            Trumpet Sonatina, Op. 56 (1970)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a (1955)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)            Piano 4-Hands Concerto, Op. 56 (1952)
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)            String Quartet No. 3, Op. 56 (1980)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            The Open Window, Op. 56 (1956)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)            Under Your Protection, Op. 56 (1984)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)            String Quartet No. 3 ("Mishima") (1985)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)            Guitar Concerto, Op. 56 (1994)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            For My Brother For My Sister, Op. 56 (1997)

...and your music, should you so desire!

June 17 - Opus 54: Requiem Reveille Rhapsody Romanza

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 54
Requiem Reveille Rhapsody Romanza
8pm, Saturday, June 17, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
     Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54 (1845)
        I. Allegro affettuoso - Andante espressivo

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
     Schicksalslied (Song of Fate), Op. 54 (1871, Friedrich Holderlin, 1770-1843)
        Slow, with an expression of longing

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
     Requiem, Op. 54 (1878)
        II. Dies Irae

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     16 Children's Songs, Op. 54 (1883)
        V. Legend (The Crown of Roses, Aleksey Pleshcheyev, 1825–1893)

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
     Orchestral March of the 76th Infantry Regiment, Op. 54 (1903)
        Introduction

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
     Suite in D, Op. 54 (1904)
        I. Maestoso

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
     Mtsïri, Op. 54 (1924, Mikhail Lermontov, 1814-1841)
        Moderato assai

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)
     Prelude Pastorale, Op. 54 (1913)
        Moderato assai

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
     Ad Astra (To the Stars), Op. 54 (1911)
        I. Prelude (Heinrich Heine, 1797-1856)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Salome, Op. 54 (1905, after Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, and Hedwig Lachmann, 1865-1918)
        Scene IV: Finale

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Swanwhite, Op. 54 (1909, August Strindberg, 1849-1912, Swanwhite, 1909)
        I. The Peacock

        Megan Cullen, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano
        Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
     Concertino, Op. 54 (1921)
        II. Perpetuum Mobile

Amy Beach (1867-1944)
     Two Piano Pieces, Op. 54 (1903)
        I. Scottish Legend

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Aenéas, Op. 54 (1935)
        Prelude - Allegro con moto

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)
     Six Piano Sonatinas, Op. 54 (1920)
        Piano Sonatina No. 1 ("Spring"): I. Allegro molto moderato

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
     24 Fantasy Pieces, Suite No. 3, Op. 54
          I. Dedicace - Andante espressivo

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Cello Sonata, Op. 54 (1913)
        I. Allegro moderato

        Aaron Urton, Cello / Megan Cullen, Piano

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Symphony No. 4 ("The Poem of Ecstasy"), Op. 54 (1907)
        Andante. Languido

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)
     Calm, on the Deserted Quays, Op. 54 (1918, Albert Victor Samain, 1858-1900)
        Calme (tres modere)

        Megan Cullen, Soprano / The Opus Project Piano Quintet

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
     Five Choral Ballads, Op. 54 (1904)
        I. Beside the Ungathered Rice He Lay (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Rapsodie espagnole (1907)
        I. Prelude a la nuit - Tres modere

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
     To my Wife, Op. 54 (1906)
        I. Now and Always - Ardent and animated (Richard Dehmel, 1863-1920)

        Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Ernst Schmidt (1878-1924)
     Violin Concertino No. 2, Op. 54 (1924)
           Moderato

           Kat Walsh, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
     Summerland, Op. 54 (1907)
        II. A Song from the East

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937)
        I. Assai lento

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Seven Joyce Songs, Op. 54 (1926)
        I. Gentle Lady

Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)
     Concerto, Op. 54 (1928)
        Allegro

        Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Piano Sonatina No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 54, No. 1 (1932)
        II. Adagietto

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)
   Two Sonnets, Op. 54 (1935, Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956)
        I. God and the Dancing Girl

        Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Quiet City (1940)
        Slow

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54 (1939)
        I. Largo

        Stardust, English Horn / Keith Leung, Trumpet
        The Opus Project Orchestra

John Cage (1912-1992)
     A Valentine Out of Season (1944)
        I. Half = 80

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 (1954)
        Prologue

        Mark Alburger, Tenor and [Prepared] Piano

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 54 (1982)
        Impetuosamente

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     Piano Trio, Op. 54 (1956)
        I. Allegro con fuoco

        The Opus Project Piano Trio

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     American Songbook III: Unto the Hills (2001)
        I. Poor Wayfaring Stranger

Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)
     The mouse metamorphosed into a maid (1993, La Fontaine)
        I. ritenuto - a tempo

        Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
     Marian Song, Op. 54 (1985)
        III. Hail Mary - Lento, Dolcissimo - Cantabilissimo

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Song from Liquid Days (1985)
        I. Lightning

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
      Israel in Trouble, Op. 54 (1997)
        VI. Shouldn't Work for Nothing

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Stardust (b. 1962)
     Dan's Trio No. 1 (2017)

        The Opus Project Viola Trio

Kat Walsh (b. 1982)
     String Quartet ("Driven") (2017)

        The Opus Project String Quartet

Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
     Twin Cans (2017)
        Group 1 / Group 2

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     A Day at Disneyland in the Style of Claude Debussy (2017)

         Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                         Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Keith Leung

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Trumpet
Keith Leung

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Percussion
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Kat Walsh

Violin II
Keith Leung

Viola
Greg Zinkl

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 55: Bard Is the Ward
8pm, Saturday, July 29, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)            Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat ("Eroica"), Op. 55 (1805)
Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)            Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 55 (1916)
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)            Symphony No. 2 in A Minor (1859)
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)            Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 (1892)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            Chorale Variations for Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 55 (1903)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Polonaise for Orchestra, Op. 55 (1902)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)            Song, Op. 55 (1904)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)            Chorus, Op. 55 (1912)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Symphony No. 1 in Ab Major, Op. 55 (1908)
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)            Rigaudon, Op. 55 (1923)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)             Turkish March, Op. 55(1926)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            Quartet, Op. 55 (1901)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            The Dream of the Fir, Op. 55 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Bard Songs, Op. 55 (1907)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Motet, Op. 55 (1929)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 (1908)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)        Gypsy Song, Op. 55 (1923)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Invocation, Op. 55 (1904)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Clarinet Sextet, Op. 55 (1945)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Mélodie, Op. 55 (1935)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)         Mlada (Youth), Op. 55 (1920)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Deux Chansons, Op. 55 (1911)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Fantasy Piece from Fourth Suite, Op. 56 (1927)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Piano Sketch, Op. 55 (1913)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Pages Intimes, Op. 55 (1918)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Song, Op. 55 (1901)
Maurice Ravel (1874-1937)            Gaspard de la Nuit (1908)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Passacaglia, Op. 55 (1930)
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)            Song, Op. 55 (1933)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)        Chorus, Op. 55 (1907)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)            Old English Lyric, Op. 55 (1907)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)            Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet, and Piano (1938)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Harnasie, Op. 55 (1931)
Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)             Piano Concerto, Op. 55 (1928)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Concert Etude, Op. 55 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 55 (1932)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Les Soirees de Petrograde, Op. 55 (1920)
Alois Hába (1893-1973)            Suite for Unaccompanied Clarinet, Op. 55 (1943)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)             Against War: Theme and Variations, Op. 55 (1936)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)            Heavyweight, or The Glory of the Nation, Op. 55 (1928)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)        Piano Improvisation on a Theme of da Falla, Op 55 (1927)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)            Impromptu, Op. 55 (1970)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Still Falls the Rain (Canticle III), Op. 55 (1954)
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)            Ludi Leopoldini (Leopoldini Games), Op. 55 (1980)
Giselher Klebe (1925-2009)            The Fairy Tale of the Fair Lily, Op. 55 (1968)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (2001)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)            Colossos or Panic for Orchestra, Op. 55 (1992)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            The Passion According to St. Matthew, Op. 55 (1997)
Hussein Al Naswari (b. 1991)            It's a Small World a la Mozart, Strauss, Chopin, and Sherman