THE OPUS PROJECT

July 28 - Opus 67: Ludwig, Bela, Igor, and the Wolf

THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
Opus 67: Ludwig, Bela, Igor, and the Wolf
8pm, Saturday, July 28, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (1808)
          I. Allegro con brio

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     "Hamlet" Overture, Op. 67 (1888)
          Part I - Lento lugubre

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
     "Hussite" Overture, Op. 67
          Lento ma non troppo

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
     La Boheme, SC 67 (1896)
          Act II

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
     Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England (1912)
          II. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut

The Opus Project Orchestra

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
Mikrokosmos (1939)
Book III - LXVII. Thirds Against a Single Voice

John Veitch, Piano

     Viola Concerto, Op. posth. (1945, Tibor Serly)
          I. Moderato

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Perséphone (1933)
          I. Persephone Ravished

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936)

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
     Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 (1921)
          I. Sorocaba

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Echoes of Time and the River (1967)
          I. Frozen Time

Edwin London (1929-2013)
     Portraits of Three Ladies (1967)
          I. Pocahontas

Steve Reich (b. 1936)
   Piano Phase (1967)

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
   1000 Airplanes on the Roof (1988)
          I. 1000 Airplanes on the Roof

John Lennon (1940-1980)
     A Day in the Life (1967)

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
   Saul! Saul!, Op. 67 (1998)
          Part the Second
          IX. Symphony (Passacaglia) - Hide and Seek Ye (Saul in the Fields)

Geert Van Hoorick (b. 1968)
     Bassoon Concerto, Op.67
           I. Allegretto piacevole

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
     Etude T.H.A. (2018)

          Tim Machajewski, Bassoon
Harriet March Page, Narrator and Alto
Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
Mark Alburger, Piano
          Kat Walsh, Viola
          The Opus Project Orchestra

Hussein Al-Naswari
Opus 67 Improvisation (2018)

Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger
Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute
Bruce Salvisberg

Oboe / English Horn
Sheila Weston

Clarino
Michael Cox

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Ron Cohen
Lois Kale

Horn
Bob Satterford

Trombone
Scott Sterling
Scott's Friend

Tuba
Adam Machajewski

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Alto
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Harp
John Veitch

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen
John Veitch

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch

Violin
Kristen Kline

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton

***

THE OPUS PROJECT presents REVOLUTION!

OPUS 68 - 8pm, Saturday, August 25, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)       Symphony No. 6 in F Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 (1808)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)           Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (1876)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)            Rêverie, L. 68 (1890)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)               Le Tombeau de Couperin (1917)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Suite Italienne    (1933)
Neal Hefti (1922-2008)                The Odd Couple (1968)
George Crumb (b. 1929)                Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1968)
Terry Riley (b. 1935)                    Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band (1968)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)                    Two Pages (1968)
               The Thin Blue Line (1988)
John Lennon (1940-1980)                Happiness Is a Warm Gun (1968)
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970)                Castles Made of Sand (1968)
Paul McCartney (b. 1942)                Why Don't We Do It In the Road (1968)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)               Mice Suites, Op. 68 (1998)
Steven Clark (b. 1968)                Amok Time (2004)
Thom York (b. 1968)                    Morning Bell (2000)

***

Magnificent show!

June 30 - Get Your Kicks with Opus 66

THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
(Get Your Kicks with) Opus 66
8pm, Saturday, June 30, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)
     Five-Voice Madrigals, Book VI (1611)
        XVII. Moro Lasso (Alas, I Die)

Frederic Chopin (1819-1849)
     Fantasie Impromptu in C# Minor, Op. 66 (1834)
        Largo

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, Op. 66 (1889)
        I. Introduction

Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
     Arabesque No. 1, L. 66 (1891)
        Andante con moto

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
     Desiccated Embryos (1913)
        I. Sea Cucumber

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
     Piano Concerto No. 3 (1945)
        I. Allegretto

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Three Sacred Choruses
        II. Credo (1932)

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Danzon Cubano (1942)
        Moderately

        Megan Cullen, Piano / The Opus Project Ensemble

John Cage (1912-1992)
     Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947)
        Quarter = 120

     4'33'' (1952)
        I. 30' [33'']

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)
     War Requiem, Op. 66 (1962)
        II. Dies Irae

        The Opus Project Ensemble

Bobby Troup (1918-1999)
     (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 (1946)
        Sound-College
        (Anon
        Bing Crosby
        Perry Como
        Nat King Cole
        Chuck Berry
        Patti Page
        Little Willie Littlefield
        Tim Hauser
        Mick Jagger
        Martin Michael Murphy
        Lux Interior
        Natalie Cole
        Lee Brilleaux
        Brian Selzer
        Dave Gahan
        John Mayer)

        Video

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972)
        XI. Dream Images (Love-Death Music)

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Hydrogen Jukebox (1988)
        Wichita Vortex Sutra
        (Allen Ginsberg [1926-1997], Wichita Vortex Sutra, 1966)

         Harriet March Page, Voice / Mark Alburger, Piano

Paul Simon (b. 1941)
     The Sound of Silence (1966)
        Moderately

Paul McCartney (b. 1942)
     Eleanor Rigby (1966)
        Moderately, with a beat

Mick Jagger (b. 1943)
     Paint It Black (1966)
        Freely - Moderate rock, very steady

James Morer (b. 1945)
     THX Logo Theme (1986)

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Babe Ruth (Rhapsodi Israeli), Op. 66 (1998)
           II. Moabitena (Let Me Go)

     (Get Your Zen on) Interstates 80-55-44-40-15-10, Op. 267 (2017)
           Outre Tempo

           The Opus Project Ensemble

THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger                     Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Bob Satterford

Tuba
Adam Machajewski

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Alto
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Harp
John Veitch

Piano
Mark Alburger
Megan Cullen

Percussion
John Veitch

Violin
Kat Walsh

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 67: Ludwig and Bela and Igor and the Wolf
8pm, Saturday, July 28, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)        Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (1808)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)            La Boheme, SC 67 (1896)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)                Viola Concerto (1945)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Perséphone (1933)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)            Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 (1921)
George Crumb (b. 1927)            Echoes of Time and the River (1967)
Edwin London (1967-2013)        Portraits of Three Ladies (1967): I. Pocahontas
Philip Glass (b. 1937)                    1000 Airplanes of the Roof (1988)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Saul! Saul!, Op. 67 (1998)
Geert Van Hoorick (b. 1968)            Bassoon Concerto, Op.67

May 26 - Opus 65: The Unkindest Cut of All

THE OPUS PROJECT

Opus 65
8pm, Saturday, May 26, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
     Menuet sur le Nom d’Haydn, Op. 65 (1909)
        Tempo di minuetto

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65 (1919)
          (The Woman Without a Shadow), Op. 65 (1919)
           Schweigt doch (Silence)

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
     The Persian Hours, Op. 65 (1919)
        VII. Evening Song

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Three Piano Etudes, Op. 65 (1912)
        II. Allegretto

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Fantasia on "Greensleeves" (1934)
Lento - Lento moderato - Allegretto - Lento moderato

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Violin Concerto in D Major (1931)
        I. Toccata

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Music for Children, Op. 65 (1935)
        X. March

Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)
     Kammerkantate No. 5 ("War Cantata"), Op. 65 (1937)
        I. The Land (Andante)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Symphony No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 65 (1943)
        III. Allegro non troppo

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Avak the Healer, Op. 65 (1946)
        I. Overture

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Samson and Delilah (The Frank Judges), Op. 65 (1998)
        SCENE I - Start
               I. Digits - Adonibezak

Variations on The Romanesca, Op. 251 (2016)
V. England (b. c. 1620) - Greensleeves to a Ground (1650)

Giorgio Spagnoli
     Seniors at Play (John Gehl)
          X. Amateurs Are Not Professionals
          XI. If All You Want Is Fun

                Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
                Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano
                Kristen Kline, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Darren Hussey
     Music for Oboe, Bassoon, Piano, and Timpani

        The Opus Project Mixed Quartet

Hussein al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     Fantasies and Dreams (2018)

           The Opus Project Orchestra and Audience

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger
Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe
Philip Freihofner

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Alejandro Lara-Agraz

Horn
Bob Satterford

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari

Violin
Kristen Kline

Viola / Recorder
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

(Get Your Kicks with) OPUS 66
8pm, Saturday, June 30, 2018, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra

Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)        Moro Lasso (Alas, I Die, 1610)
Frederic Chopin (1819-1849)            Fantasie Impromptu in C# Minor, Op. 66 (1834): Largo
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)             The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66 (1889): Introduction
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)            Arabesque No. 1, L. 66 (1891)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)            Desiccated Embryos (1913): I. Sea Cucumbers
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)        Piano Concerto No. 3 (1945): I. Allegretto
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Credo (1932)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Danzon Cubano (1942)
John Cage (1912-1992)            Music for Marcel Duchamp (1947)
                   4'33'' (1952: I. 30'' [33'']
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)            War Requiem, Op. 66 (1961): II. Dies Irae
Bobby Troup (1918-1999)            (Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 (1946)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972): XI. Dream Images
Philip Glass (b. 1937)            Wichita Vortex Sutra (1988)
Paul Simon (b. 1941)            The Sound(s) of Silence (1966)
Paul McCartney (b. 1942)            Eleanor Rigby (1966)
Mick Jagger (b. 1943)            Paint It Black (1966)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)        Babe Ruth (Rhapsodi Israeli), Op. 66 (1998): II. Let Me Go
                                             (Get Your Zen on) Interstates 80-55-44-40-15-10 (2017)

April 28 - The Opus $64,000 Question

THE OPUS PROJECT
The Opus $64,000 Question
8pm, Saturday, April 28, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)
     Notre Dame Mass (1364)
        I. Kyrie

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
     Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 64 (1844)
        I. Allegro molto appassionato

        Kristen Kline, Violin
        The Opus Project Orchestra

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
     Three Waltzes, Op. 64 (1847)
        II. Tempo guisto in C# Minor

        Carol Reynolds, Piano

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 (1888)
           I. Andante - Allegro con anima

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64 (1915)
           Night

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
   The Bard, Op. 64 (1914)
           Lento assai

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
     Automatic Descriptions (1913)
        I. In a Vessel (at the will of the waves) - Assez lent

Henry Hadley (1871-1937)
     Symphony No. 4 ("North, South, East, West"), Op. 64 (1910)
        I. North

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
     The Zaporozhy Cossaks, Op. 64
        I. Introduction

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Three Poems of Stephen Mallarme (1913)
        I. Sigh

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Sonata for Solo Violin (1944)
        II. Fuga

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Symphony of Psalms (1930)
        I. Quarter = 92

        Megan Cullen, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)
     Festival Hymn for Orchestra, Op. 64

        Video

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (1936)
        Montagues and Capulets

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)
     Kammerkantate No. 8 ("Pleasure's Death"),
        Op. 64 (1937)

        Megan Cullen, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
     Mass for Five Voices, Op. 64 (1964)
        I. Kyrie

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Achtamar, Piano Solo, Op. 64 (1948)

        Video

Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)
     A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64 (1960)
        Overture

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)
     Organ Sonata, Op. 64 (1982)
        I. Lento

        Megan Cullen, Piano

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     Commonwealth Christmas Overture, Op. 64 (1957)

        Video

Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)
     Sur Terre, en l'Air, Op. 64 (1997)

                        Kat Walsh, Viola / Megan Cullen, Piano

Terry Riley (b. 1935)
     In C (1964)

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
     Powaqqatsi (1988)

Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
     Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 64 (1994)
          I. Andante

John Lennon (1940-1980)
     I Want to Hold Your Hand (1963 / 1964)

Paul McCartney (b. 1942)
     When I'm 64 (1967)

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Joshua Fought the Battle, Op. 64 (1998)
        IV. The Battle of Jericho

         The Opus Project Orchestra

March 17 - Opus 63: Greensleeves of Mirth

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 63
Greensleeves of Mirth
8pm, Saturday, March 17, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
     Neapolitan Song
           [After Luigi Danza(1846-1922)'s
           Funiculi, Funicula (1880)], Op. 63 (1907)

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     Kikimora for Orchestra, Op. 63 (1910)
        Adagio

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Symphony No. 2 in Eb, Op. 63 (1911)
        I. Allegro vivace e nobilmente

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Joseph's Legend, Op. 63 (1914)
        Allegro moderato

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Symphony No. 4, Op. 63 (1911)
        I. Tempo molto moderato, quasi adagio

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
     Landscapes and Seascapes, Op. 63 (1916)
        I. On the Cliff

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
    War Song, Op. 63 (1914, Leon Tonnlier)
         Calme [!]

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Magnificat (1932)

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
     Chamber Orchestra Set No. 1 (1912)
        I. Calcium Light Night

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
     Variations on an African Air, Op. 63 (1905)
        Molto moderato (maestoso)

Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
     Concerto for Orchestra (1943)
        IV. Intermezzo Interrotto (Allegro)

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929)
        I. Presto

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Violin Concerto No. 2 (1935)
        I. Allegro moderato

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
     Five Etudes for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 63 (1920)
           First Etude

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
           Very deliberately

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
     Symphony No. 5 in Bb, Op. 63 (1947)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     The Gamblers, Op. 63 (1942)
           I. Intrumental Introduction

Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)
     Missa Brevis, Op. 63 (1959)
        I. Kyrie

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
     Symphony No. 3, Op. 63 (1957)
        I. Allegro - Vivace

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     American Songbook VII: From the Heartland (2010)
        I. Softly and Tenderly
        II. Ghost Dance

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
     Good Night, Op. 63 (1990)

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Moses and Aaron, Op. 63 (1998)
        I. Recitativo - "Now There Arose"
        [with All the BBC Sound Files, Op. 192 (2011)
        XXVII. Babies]

February 24 - Opus 62: Romancing the Tone

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 62
Romancing the Tone
8pm, Saturday, February 24, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (1807)
          Allegro con brio

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
     Chanson russe, Op. 62 (1905)
          Allegretto non troppo

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
     Souvenirs: Poem for Orchestra, Op. 62 (1906)
          Tres lent

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
     The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 (1909)
          Andante

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 62 (1910)
          Andante

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
     Turkish Fragments - Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 62 (1930)
          I. Caravan - Moderato sostenuto, tempo marciale

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
     Truly Flabby Prelude (for a Dog) (1912)
          I. Severe Reprimand

          Tim Macajewski, Bassoon / The Opus Project Ensemble

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Dionysiaques, Op. 62 (1914)
          Moderato sostenuto, tempo marciale

Mark Alburger, Piano

Henry Hadley (1871-1937)
     The Culprit Fay Op. 62 (1909)
          Andante misterioso

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     16 Songs, Op. 62 (1902)
        XI. Fromm (Gustav Falke, 1853-1916,
        Mit dem Leben [From my Life], 1899:
        The Moon Shines on my Bed)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Mother Goose (1912)
          Tom Thumb

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Le Baiser de la Fée (1928)
          I. Sinfonia

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Two Mazurkas, Op. 62 (1934)
        I. Allegretto graziozo

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Pensées, Op. 62 (1934)
          I. Adagio pensieroso - Moderato

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
     Sérénade en Trois Parties, Op. 62 (1920–1921)
          I. Vif

          Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
          The Opus Project Ensemble

Alois Hába (1893-1973)
     Quartertone Piano Sonata, Op. 62 (1947)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
     Valse-Improvisation sur le Nom de BACH, Op. 62 (1932)

          Video


Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Rodeo (1942)
          IV. Hoe-Down

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)
     Festival Overture for Orchestra, Op 62 (1947)

The Opus Project Ensemble

Paul Creston (1906-1985)
     Dance Overture, Op. 62 (1954)

Mark Alburger, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Six Romances on Verse by English Poets, Op. 62a (1942)
          III. Macpherson before his Execution (Macpherson's Farewell, Robert Burns)

          Megan Cullen, Soprano
          The Opus Project Ensemble

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Etchmiadzin: Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62 (1946)

Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)
     Cantata Academica, Op. 62 (1959)

          Video

Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)
     Organ Concerto, Op. 62 (1981)

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Spanish Songbook I: The Ghosts of Alhambra (2009)
V. Ay!

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Symphony No. 2 ("Tamalpais"), Op. 62 (1998)
          II. DOUBLE FUGUE

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     Homage to Jules Verne (2018)
          PIANO
          John Williams (b. 1932) - Indiana Jones Temple (1984)
        Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) - Jeux d’eau (1901)
          Randy Newman (b. 1943) - Buzz Lightyear Astroblasters (1995)
          Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Estampes (1903): III. Jardin sous la plouie
          Michael Giacchino (b. 1967) - Space Mountain (1985)
          Claude Debussy - La Cathedrale Engloutie
           +
          ENSEMBLE
          Frederic Chopin (1810-1847) - Piano Ballade No. 2, Op. 38 (1839)
               C Major
               Db Major
             D Major
             Eb Major
               E Major
               F Major
          +
          VIDEO
        Prague, Czech Republic NYE 2018 Fireworks Display
        Adam Young (1986) - When Can I See You Again? (2012)
        Jean-Jacques Perrey (1929-2016) - Baroque Hoedown (1967)

          Megan Cullen, Voice and Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
          The Opus Project Ensemble

THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger    Music Director and Conductor

Bassoon
Tim Macajewski

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari

Cello
Aaron Urton

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 63
8pm, Saturday, March 17, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)        Neapolitan Song, Op. 63 (1907)
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)            Bagatelle, Op. 63 (1900)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Kikimora for Orchestra, Op. 63 (1910)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)                Symphony No. 2 in Eb, Op. 63 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)             Joseph's Legend, Op. 63 (1914)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)                Symphony No. 4, Op. 63 (1911)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)                Service, Op. 63
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)            Landscapes and Seascapes, Op. 63 (1916)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957)                Lustgärtchen, Op.63
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)             Romances for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 63 (1934)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            War Song, Op. 63 (1914)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)                Austrian Equestrian Song, Op. 63 (1914)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Poème, Op. 63
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)        Magnificat (1932)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)                In Memoriam, Op. 63 (1919)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)            Kirghiz Song, Op. 63
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Impressions and Poems, Op. 63 (1908)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)                Sphinx, Op. 63 (1908)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)                Concerto for Orchestra (1943)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)            Vision, Op. 63
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 62 (1935)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)            Étude for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 63 (1920)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)                Kammerkantate No.9 ("Prison Cantata"), Op. 63 (1937)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
Hermann Reutter (1900-1985)            Double Piano Concerto in Eb, Op. 63 (1947)
Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)            Symphony No. 5 in Bb, Op. 63 (1947)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            The Leninists, Op. 63 (1959)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Music to the Spectacle Native Country, Op. 63 (1942)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Greek Piano Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 63 (1944)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)                Hymnus Monaciensis, Op. 63 (1972)
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)            Missa Brevis, Op. 63 (1959)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Symphony No. 3, Op. 63 (1957)
George Crumb (b. 1929)                American Songbook VII: From the Heartland (2010)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)                Idées Fixes for Ensemble, Op. 63 (1997)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)            Good Night, Op. 63 (1990)
Robin Holloway (b. 1943)                Bassoon Concerto, Op. 63 (1985)
Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)                Cello Concerto No. 1 (Conc da Camera No. 4), Op. 63 (1984)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Moses and Aaron, Op. 63 (1998)

January 27 - Opus 61: Pianists, Sax, and Violins

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 61
Pianists, Sax, and Violins
8pm, Saturday, January 27, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61(1806)
          I. Allegro, ma non troppo

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
     A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1842)
          VII. Wedding March

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
     Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 (1846)
          I. Sostenuto assai

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
     At the Grave, Op. 61 (1904)
          Prelude

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
     Summer Day in the Mountains, Op. 61 (1905)
       I. Aurore

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61 (1910)
          I. Allegro

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)
     Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op.61 (1915)
          Allegro appassionato

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
     The Goblet, Op. 61 (1902)
          Poco meno mosso

Felix Weingartner (1863-1942)
     Symphony No. 4 in F Major, Op. 61 (1916)
          I. Allegro un poco moderato

Alexander Glazunov (1864-1956)
     The Ruses of Love, Op. 61 (1900)
          Introduction - Allegro moderato

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Festival Prelude, Op. 61 (1913)
          Solennemente

          The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
     Flabby Preludes (for a Dog) (1912)
          I. Interior Voice - Seriously, but without tears

          Megan Cullen, Piano

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     Job: A Masque for Dancing (1930)
         Scene VI - Dance of Job's Comforters

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
     Symphony No. 3 ("The Camp Meeting") (1911)
          II. Children's Day ...Piu allegro

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (1911)
          I. Moderato - tres franc

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Four Etudes for Orchestra (1928)
          II. Excentrique

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 (1933)
          I. Moderato molto tranquillo

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
     Double Piano Concerto (1932)
          I. Allegro ma non troppo

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     Lincoln Portrait (1942)
          Subito Allegro

Boris Blacher (1903-1975)
     Piano Concerto No. 3 ("Clementi Variations"), Op. 61
          Theme

   The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Pal Kadosa (1903-1983)
     Kaleidoscope, Op. 61 (1967)
          III. Allegro / IV. Poco Lento

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Jean Langlais (1907-1991)
     Organ / Harpsichord Concerto, Op. 61
          I. Poco allegro

Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)
     Steinbeis-Serenade ("Don Giovanni Variations"), Op. 61 (1981)
                       Theme

Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)
     Conncerto for Birds and Orchestra ("Cantus Arcticus"), Op. 61
          I. Bog

Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)
     Flute Concerto, Op. 61 (1983)
          Introduction

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Symphony No. 1 in C Major, ("It wasn't classical…"), Op. 61 (1998)
          I. Allegro non troppo

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
Minimalist Disney (2018)

The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                     Music Director and Conductor
Hussein Al-Naswari            Associate Conductor

Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute
Alan Kingsley

Bassoon / Alto Sax
Tim Macajewski

Trumpet
Ryan Berman

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari

Violin I
Carole Cloud
Corey Johnson

Violin II
Kristen Kline

Viola
Carol Earley
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 62

Romancing the Tone

8pm, Saturday, February 24, 2018,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)        Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (1807)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)        Chanson russe, Op. 62 (1905)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)                Souvenirs: Poem for Orchestra, Op. 62 (1906)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 (1909)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 62 (1910)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)    Turkish Fragments - Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 62 (1930)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)                Piece from Kuolema, Op. 62 (1911)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)                Truly Flabby Prelude (for a Dog) (1912)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)             Autumn Symphony, Op. 62 (1934)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Dionysiaques for Brass, Op. 62 (1914)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Requiem ("Low Mass of the Dead"), Op. 62 (1934)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)                Poème Héroïque, Op. 62 (1919)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)                Mother Goose Ballet (1912)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Le Baiser de la Fée (1928)
Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959)            Opera Die Schwarze Spinne, Op. 62 (1932)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Pensées, Op. 62 (1934)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)            Sérénade en trois parties, Op. 62 (1920–1921)
Alois Hába (1893-1973)                Quartertone Piano Sonata, Op. 62 (1947)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)            Kammerkantate No. 4: Kantate im Exil, Op. 62 (1937)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Rodeo (1942)
Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)            Festival Overture for Orchestra, Op 62
Paul Creston (1906-1985)                Dance Overture, Op. 62 (1954)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Romance on an English Poet, Op. 62 (1942)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Etchmiadzin: Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62 (1946)
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)            Cantata Academica, Op. 62 (1959)
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)        Organ Concerto, Op. 62 (1981)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Spanish Songbook I: The Ghosts of Alhambra (2009)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Symphony No. 2 ("Tamalpais"), Op. 62 (1998)