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)
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)
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)
December 16 - Opus 60: Birthday Suite
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 60
Birthday Suite
8pm, Saturday, December 16, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 (1806)
I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Suite Algérienne, Op. 60 (1880)
IV. French Military March - Alla giocoso
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
A Page from Homer: Prelude-Cantata, Op. 60 (1901)
Allegro tempestuoso
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 (1912, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 1874-1929)
Overture - Andante
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Two Songs for William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", Op. 60 (1909)
I. Come away, Death! - Lento
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
En Habit de Cheval (In Horse's Clothing, 1911)
I. Choral / II. Fugue Litanique
III. Autre Choral / Fugue de Papier
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Symphony No. 5 ("Prometheus - Poem of Fire"), Op. 60 (1910)
Lento - Misty
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor (1931)
I. Allegro
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Mother Goose (1910)
V. Le Jardin Feerique
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Symphony No. 4 ("Symphonie Concertante"), Op. 60 (1932)
I. Moderato
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Lieutenant Kije, Op. 60 (1934)
IV. Troika
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Lincoln Portrait (1942)
Introduction
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 7 ("Leningrad"), Op. 60 (1941)
I. Allegretto
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
12 Preludes and Fugues ("Topical"), Op. 60 (1998)
Ib. Another Cognitive Disorder (Fugue)
The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra
Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
San Francisco Symphony Fireworks Spectacular (2017)
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley
Oboe / English Horn
Stardust
Clarinet
Peter Brown
Soprano
Megan Cullen
Mezzo Soprano
Harriet March Page
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Baritone
Brian Phelan
Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen
Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Brian Phelan
Mia Primrose
Violin
Olga Raldugina
Viola
Adrienne Johnson
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 61
Sax and Violins
8pm, Saturday, January 27, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA
With the Opus Project Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61 (1806)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (1842)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Symphony No. 2 in C, Op. 61 (1846)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) At the Grave, Op. 61 (1904)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) Summer Day in the Mountains, Op. 61 (1905)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 61 (1910)
Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924) Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 61 (1915)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) The Goblet, Op. 61 (1902)
Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) Symphony No. 4 in F Major, Op. 61 (1916)
Alexander Glazunov (1864-1956) The Ruses of Love, Op. 61 (1900)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Festival Prelude, Op. 61 (1913)
Erik Satie (1866-1925) Flabby Prelude (for a Dog) (1912)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Job: A Masque for Dancing (1930)
Charles Ives (1874-1954) Symphony No. 3 ("The Camp Meeting") (1911)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Valses Nobles et Sentimentales (1911)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943) Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra (1940)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Etude for Orchestra (1928)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 (1933)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) Ballade, Op. 61 (1920)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Double Piano Concerto (1932)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Lincoln Portrait (1942)
Boris Blacher (1903-1975) Piano Concerto No. 3 ("Clementi Variations"), Op. 61
Pal Kadosa (1903-1983) Kaleidoscope, Op. 61, No. 3 and 4 (1967)
Paul Creston (1906-1985) Celebration Overture, Op. 61 (1954)
Jean Langlais (1907-1991) Organ / Harpsichord Concerto, Op. 61
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996) Steinbeis-Serenade, Op. 61 (1981)
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 61 (1957)
Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016) Cantus Arcticus, Op. 61
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010) Marimba Concerto, Op. 61 (1997)
Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943) Flute Concerto, Op. 61 (1983)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Symphony No. 1 in C Major, ("It wasn't classical…"), Op. 61 (1998)
November 18 - Opus 59: Mysterious Wonder
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 59
Mysterious Wonder
8pm, Saturday, November 18, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Program
Cesar Cui (1835-1918)
Seven Vocal Quartets, Op. 59 (1901)
II. Pale Blue
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
"Pan Voyevoda [The Gentleman Provincial Governor]" Suite, Op. 59 (1904)
I. Introduction
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
Russian Folk Songs, Op. 59 (1907)
I. When Spring Comes - Moderato
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Song Cycle for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 59 (1910, Gilbert Parker, 1862-1932)
VI. Twilight
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
Hymn to Work, Op. 59 (1927)
Introduction
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
Vespers, Op. 59 (1912)
I. Psalm 140 "Praise the Lord"
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 (1911)
Act I - Introduction
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
In Memoriam, Funeral March for Orchestra, Op. 59 (1909)
Grave e maestoso - Finale
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
The Sea-Fairies, Op. 59 (1907, Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892)
Adagio
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Elpénor, Op. 59 (1937)
Prelude - Lent
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Scherzo Vif, Op. 59 (1910)
Assez anime
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Symphony No. 6, Op. 59 (1930)
I. Introduction - Poco agitato e a piacere
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Piano Concerto (1930)
I. Toccata - Allegro Moderato
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Scherzo: Over the Pavements (1910)
Allegro
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59 (1905)
X. Deep River
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
Divertimento (1939)
I. Allegro non troppo
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Oedipus Rex (1927)
Act II - Gloria
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59 (1933)
I. O Sonorous 12-String Zither - Andante. Molto tranquillo.
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Concerto, Op. 59 (1962)
I. Moderato
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
King Vahaken: Ballet - Is There Survival?, Op. 59 (1949)
I. Overture - Andante
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Noye's Fludde, Op. 59 (1957)
Majestic
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Four Scottish Dances, Op. 59 (1957)
II. Vivace
Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)
Hommage à Johannes Brahms, Op. 59 (1982)
Un poco sostenuto
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Mice Suite No. 3, Op. 59 (1998)
III. Dreamsong II
Feona Lee Jones (b. 1986)
Piano Piece
Two Sopranos, Piano, and String Quartet
Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
Zumba Fireworks Spectacular
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley
Oboe / English Horn
Stardust
Bassoon / Alto Saxophone
Tim Machajewski
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Baritone
Brian Phelan
Percussion
Harlan Otter
Hussein Al-Naswari
Violin / Viola
Kat Walsh
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 60
Symphonies of the Air
8pm, Saturday, December 16, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA
With the Opus Project Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven (1170-1827) Symphony No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 60 (1806)
Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 60, No. 1 (1845)
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) Suite Algérienne, Op. 60 (1880)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) A Page from Homer, Op. 56 (1901)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) Little Gregorian Chant, Op. 60 (1904)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937) Composition, Op. 60 (1907)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914) Song from Obichod, Op. 60 (1909)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) Japanese Poem, Op. 60 (1928)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Song, Op. 60 (1912)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932) Gently into Nothing, Op. 60 (1909)
Edward MacDowell (1860 1908) Song, Op. 60 (1902)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Romance, Op. 60 (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Praise the Name of the Lord, Op. 60 (1912)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60 (1912)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Song for Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night", Op. 60 (1909)
Erik Satie (1866-1925) En Habit de Cheval (1911)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) Variations on Balkan Themes, Op. 60 (1906)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Piano Sonata ("French"), Op. 60 (1919)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957) En voyage, Op. 60 (1913)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) From One's Life, Op. 60 (1932)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Motet, Op. 60 (1917)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Greek Poem, Op. 60 (1930)
Paul Juon (1872-1940) Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 60 (1915)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Symphony No. 5 ("Poem of Fire"), Op. 60 (1910)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Symphony No. 4 in F Minor (1931)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Suite en Forme de Sonate, Op. 60 (1918)
Max Reger (1873-1916) Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 60 (1901)
Charles Ives (1874-1954) The Gong on the Hook and Ladder (1911)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Pentecost Motet, Op. 60 (1909)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (1932)
Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959) Opera Salambo, Op. 60 (1929)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965) Music for Orchestra and Baritone, Op. 60 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Lieutenant Kije, Op. 60 (1934)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) Kammerkantate No.3: Römische Kantate, Op. 60 (1937)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Lincoln Portrait (1942)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) Life of Orestes, Op. 60 (1929)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Piano Rondo, Op. 60 (1958)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Symphony No. 7, Op. 60 (1941)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Nocturne, Op. 60 (1958)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) Little Piano Book, Op. 60 (1953)
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996) Unaccompanied Viola Sonata, Op. 60 (1981)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010) Totus Tuus, Op. 60 (1987)
Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 60 (1991)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Prelude and Fugue ("Topical"), Op. 60, No. 1 (1998)
October 28 - Opus 58: Haunted
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 58
Haunted
8pm, Saturday, October 28, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (1806)
I. Allegro moderato
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (1885)
I. Lento lugubre
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
Lygeia, Op. 58 (1906)
Chorus of Sirens
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
Russian Folksong for Orchestra, Op. 58 (1906)
I. Chant religieux - Geistliche Strophe (Moderato)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Elegy, Op. 58 (1909)
Adagio
Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)
Prelude and Fugue in Bb Minor, Op. 58 (1913)
Fugue
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
The Wolves, Op. 58 (1902)
Andante maestoso
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
Passion Week, Op. 58 (1912)
I. Behold, the Bridegroom Cometh at Midnight
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Elektra, Op. 58 (1909)
Moderately slow
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Commotio, Op. 58 (1931)
Adagio
Tim Machajewski, Bassoon / Carol Reynolds, Piano
Kat Walsh, Alto / The Opus Project Orchestra
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Piano Piece, Op. 58 (1909)
I. Reverie - Lento
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
Oboe Sonata, Op. 58 (1916)
I. Allegro moderato (Pastoral - The Earth - Work in the Fields - Evening)
Stardust, Oboe / Mark Alburger, Piano
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
String Trio, Op. 58 (1937)
I. Allegro moderato
The Opus Project String Trio
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Little Elf Shut-Eye Week, or The Dreams of Hialmar, Op. 58 (1912)
I. The Mouse's Wedding
The Opus Project Orchestra
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Triptyque, Op. 58 (1931)
I. Matines - Allegro moderato
The Opus Project Orchestra
Paul Juon (1872-1940)
Two Easy Piano Waltzes, Op. 58 (1913)
I. Farfalla
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Album Leaf, Op. 58 (1910)
Con delicatezza
Mark Alburger, Piano
Frederick Holloway (1873-954)
Suite Ancienne, Op. 58 (1913)
I. Prelude Chorale
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Burlesque, Op. 58 (1901)
I. Very Lively
The Opus Project Orchestra
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Four African Dances (1904)
I. Allegro
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Menuet sur le Nom de Haydn (1909)
Mouvement de Menuet
Corey Johnson, Violin / Mark Alburger, Piano
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)
Three Songs, Op. 58 (1930)
II. Lyngby (Gyrithe Lemche, 1866-1945)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Inner Feelings, Op. 58 (1919)
VII. Your Remembrance
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
Alpine Sketch, Op. 58 (1908)
I. Rather slowly
Mark Alburger, Piano
Nicolai Medtner (1880 -1951)
Two Pieces, Op. 58 (1945)
II. Knight Errant
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos (1940)
V. New Hungarian Folk Song - Ben Ritmato
The Opus Project Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Kurpian Songs, Op. 58 (1932)
I. The White Swans
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)
Tarjetas postales (Postcards), Op. 58 (1930)
III. Madrid
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
Ten Easy Etudes, Op. 58 (1931)
V. Very calm
Mark Alburger, Voice and Piano
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58 (1951)
Andante
Aaron Urton, Cello / The Opus Project Orchestra
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
Le Boeuf sur le Toit or The Nothing Doing Bar, Op. 58 (1920)
Theme of the Barman - Anime / Entrance of the Blacks
The Opus Project Orchestra
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
Little Symphony, Op. 58 (1928)
I. Andante sostenuto
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Invocation and Dance, Op. 58 (1953)
Slow
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)
Sonatina, Op. 58 (1970)
II. Andante mesto
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58 (1957)
V. Depression (Po Chu-i, 772-846) - Very slow and tired
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 58 (1952)
Animato
Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano / Aaron Urton, Guitar
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Horn Concerto No. 2, Op. 58 (1956)
I. Con energico
Stardust, English Horn / The Opus Project Orchestra
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Otherworldly Resonances (2003)
I. Double Helix - Very slowly, with a Zen-like intensity of concentration
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
For You, Anne-Lill, Op. 58 (1986)
Lento cantabile
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
Violin Sonata, Op. 58 (1996)
I. Adagio
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Kristen Kline, Violin
Mark Alburger, Piano
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
The Ten Commandments, Op. 58 (1997)
Moderato - Dotted Quarter / Half = 60
The Opus Project Orchestra
Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
Halloween Spectacular (2017)
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley
Oboe / English Horn
Stardust
Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Trumpet
Alejandro Lara-Agraz
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Markus Alvarez
Adrienne Johnson
Carol Reynolds
Alto
Kat Walsh
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Guitar
Aaron Urton
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Hussein Al-Naswari
Violin I
Corey Johnson
Kristen Kline
Violin II
Alex Raldugin
Olga Raldugina
Viola
Kat Walsh
Cello
Aaron Urton
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 59: Mysterious Wonder - 8pm, Saturday, November 18, 2017, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
With the Opus Project Orchestra
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Pan Voyevoda Suite, Op. 59 (1904)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 59 (1904)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937) Song with Violin, Op. 59 (1906)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914) Russian Folk Songs, Op. 59 (1907)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932) Azzopardi Etudes, Op. 59 (1913)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Song Cycle for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 59 (1910)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) Hymn to Work, Op. 59 (1927)
Edward MacDowell (1860 1908) Piano Sonata No. 4, ("Keltic") (1901)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Children's Song, Op. 59 (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Vespers, Op. 59 (1912)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 (1911)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1928)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) In Memoriam, Funeral March for Orchestra, Op. 59 (1909)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) The Sea-Fairies, Op. 59 (1907)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Piano Sonata, Op. 59 (1916)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957) Spring Waltz, Op.59 (1913)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Elpénor, Op. 59 (1937)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) Nikotina, Op. 59 (1929)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Scherzo Vif, Op. 59 (1910)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Symphony No. 6, Op. 59 (1930)
Paul Juon (1872-1940) Mysterien, Op. 59 (1928)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1910)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Piano Concerto in C Major (1931)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Aquarelles, op. 59 (1917)
Max Reger (1873-1916) Piece, Op. 59 (1901)
Charles Ives (1874-1954) Scherzo: Over the Pavements (1910)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Saint Francois d'Assise (1910)
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939) Song, Op. 59 (1930)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1938)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970) Violin Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 59 (1908)
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954) The Death of Cleopatra, Op. 59 (1944)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Oedipus Rex (1927)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59 (1933)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) Suite, Op. 59 (1945)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965) Beginner's Etude, Op. 59 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1934)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Cocteau Poeme, Op. 59 (1920)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) Kammerkantate No. 2 ("White Bread Cantata"), Op. 59 (1937)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) An Outdoor Overture (1941)
Paul Creston (1906-1985) La Lettre, Op. 59 (1954)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Is There Survival? ("King Vahaken"), Op. 59 (1949)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006) Horn Sonatina, Op. 59 (1970)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Noye's Fludde, Op. 59 (1957)
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 (1957)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Scottish Dance, Op. 59 (1957)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010) Aria for Tuba, Piano, Tam-Tam, and Bass Drum (1987)
Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943) Hommage à Johannes Brahms, Op. 59 (1982)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Mice Suite No. 3, Op. 59 (1998)
...and your music, should you so desire!
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