February 27 - Winds of Change


Rehearsal at Diablo Valley College for The Opus Project presents Opus 26, including

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)     
     Wind Quintet, Op. 26 (1924)
          III. Etwas langsam [Somewhat slowly]

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)         
     Finlandia, Op. 26 (1900)

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)     
     Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 26 (1900)
          I. Lento

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)     
     Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1912)
          The Truth Sent from Above [Herfordshire Carol, 1909]

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)         
     Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda [1200 BC], Op. 26 (1912)
          First Group - I. Battle Hymn [of Indra]

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)         
     Song of the Nightingale (1917)
          Chinese March

Anton Webern (1883-1945)         
     Das Augenlicht [The Light of the Eye], Op. 26
          (1935, Hildegard Jone, 1891-1963)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         
     Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26 (1921)
         II. Tema - Andante

Paul Creston (1906-1985)              
     Alto Saxophone Concerto, Op. 26 (1941)
          II. Meditative (Conclusion)

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)         
     Sinfonietta, Op. 26 (1984)   
          I. Allegretto

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)         
     DotSotR: Dancing on the Steps of the Round (2010)


Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)     
     Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 (1958)
          I. Allegro rustico (Excerpt)

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)         
     Two Poems of [Pierre de] Ronsard [1524–1585], Op. 26, No. 1 (1924)
          I. Rossignol, mon Mignon (Nightingale, My Beauty)

George Enescu (1881-1955)         
     Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 26, No. 2 (1935)
           III. Andantino cantabile, senza lentezza


Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)         
     Songs Without Voices, Op. 26 (1992)
           IV. Adagio e rubato (Introduction)

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Out afterwards with


Carole Cloud and Paul Mooney,


returning late.


Before,


head


down to Cybercopy for parts-and-scores preparation, also produce the former for Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women: IV. Marlena somewhere in there -- high falling 7 degrees to 68 (10 Days 70's, 36 Days 60's / 12 Days 50's)... 2 degrees cooler still (66) in Pleasant Hill.