THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 25
8pm, Saturday, January 31, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
25 Muslim Songs, Op.25, No. 1 (1901)
I. Moderato
Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger Piano
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Historical Scenes No. 1, Op. 25 (1911)
II. Scena
The Opus Project Orchestra
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Uspud (1892)
Acte Premier - Lent / Tres Lent / Tres Lent
John Veitch, Piano
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Madrigal of the Muses, Op. 25 (1923)
Introduction
The Opus Project Woodwind Trio
Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 25 (1936)
III. Adagietto
Hugo Alfen (1872-1960)
Festspel [Festival Overture], Op. 25 (1908)
Video
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Five Mystical Songs (1911)
IV. The Cal
John Veitch, Baritone / The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Francesca da Rimini, Op. 25 (1905)
Prolog
John Veitch, Baritone / The Opus Project Orchestra
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Savitri, Op. 25 (1909)
Death's Monologue
Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Piano Suite, Op. 25 (1923)
II. Etwas langsam
Mark Alburger, Piano
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 25 (1908)
I. Allegro pesante
The Opus Project Orchestra
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
Piano Scherzo, Op. 25 (1904)
Introduction
Mark Alburger, Piano
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Sonata No. 3 ("dans le caractère populaire roumain"), Op. 25 (1926)
I. Moderato malinconico
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Hagith, Op. 25 (1913)
Prelude
The Opus Project Orchestra
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Three Songs on Poems of Hildegard Jone [1892-1963], Op. 25 (1935)
I. Sehr langsam
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
Jerzy Gablenz (1888-1937)
Piano Concerto, Op. 25 (1926)
Introduction
Video
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Symphony No. 1 ("Classical"), Op. 25 (1917)
III. Gavotta: Non troppo allegro
The Opus Project Orchestra
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
Printemps, Book I, Op.25 (1919)
II. Souple [Supple]
Mark Alburger, Piano
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Solo Cello Sonata, Op. 25, No. 3 (1922)
I. Markedly animated
Aaron Urton, Cello
Paul Creston (1904-1985)
Prelude and Dance, Op. 25 (1941)
Prelude
Video
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Nuvoletta, Op. 25 (1947, James Joyce, Finnegan's Wake, 1939)
Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)
String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (1941)
I. Andante sostenuto - Allegro vivo
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
The Hollow Men, Op. 25 (1944, after T.S. Elliot, 1925)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Harp Concerto, Op. 25 (1965)
I. Allegro giusto
Video
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Echoes of Time and the River (Echoes II) (1967)
II. Remembrance of Time (Part II)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Cello Sonata, Op. 25 (1968)
Aaron Urton, Cello / Mark Alburger, Piano
Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Tehillim [Psalms] (1981)
IV. Alleluia (Conclusion)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Jan Pusina (b. 1940)
5/31/74, Op. 25 (1974)
Video
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Stolen Students, Op. 25 (1983)
I. Rondo
Stardust (b. 1962)
Reverberations (2015)
The Opus Project Orchestra
James Hetfield (b. 1963)
Master of Puppets
VII. Orion (1986)
John Veitch, Piano
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
Dick and Jane's First Samhein (2000)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Oszkar Balazs (b. c. 1976)
Eight Trios for Percussion (2006)
Trio No. 8
Pacific Sticks
John Veitch (b. 1989)
Epilogue in A Minor (2015)
John Veitch, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley*
Oboe / English Horn
Stardust*
Clarinet
Keith Leung
Soprano / Alto Saxophone
Tim Machajewski
Bassoon / Contrabassoon
Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey*
Tim Machajewski
Trumpet
Michael Cox
Horn
Jan Pusina
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page
Baritone
John Veitch
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch
Percussion
Ken Crawford+
Robert Hamaker+
Francisco Ortiz+
Violin I
Keith Leung
Violin II
Kathy Gusenkov
Viola
Carol Earley
Cello
Aaron Urton
Bass
Trevor Murphy
* The Opus Project Woodwind Trio
+ Pacific Sticks
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 26 - 8pm, Saturday, February 21, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with Alan Kingsley, John Yoon, and The Opus Project Orchestra
Max Bruch (1838-1920) Violin Concerto, Op. 26, No. 1 (1886)
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915) Poem, Op. 26, No. 1 (1908)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907) The Tragic Hunter, Op. 26, No. 2 (1902)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Ronsard Poem, Op. 26, No. 1 (1924)
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) King Kandaules, Op. 26 (1936)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 26 (1900)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1912)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Wind Quintet, Op. 26 (1924)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) Das Augenlicht, Op. 26 (1935)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26 (1921)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) 4 Poèmes de Claudel, Op.26 (1917)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Suite "1922", Op. 26 (1922)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Alone (Odna), Op.26 (1931)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Piano Sonata, Op. 26 (1948)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Behold, God Is My Help, Op. 26 (1935)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975) Scottish Ballad, Op. 26 (1941)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Sinfonietta, Op. 26 (1984)
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Finish the program and
produce all the videos for the show,
right down to the last minute,
before
embarking
on
the
fiery
journey
southwest and
south,
printing last-minute original parts, scores, etc. -- and proceeding to another surprising and wonderful concert!...
Drop the rehearsal-performance keys off to Doug thereafter, then
homeward, on the third day of summer (high a third-70's record of the year at 77, up four ticks from yesterday... and ditto for Pleasant Hill) to compose page 3 for Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women: IX. Olivia. and begin gathering links, playlist, recordings, scores for The Opus Project presents Opus 26 (8pm, March 1, Diablo Valley College, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA).
