THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 26
8pm, Sunday, March 1, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)
Ten Poems from [Lev Koblinsky, 1889–1947)] Ellis's "Immortelles", Op. 26 (1908)
I. Birth of the Harp (Andante semplice, Thomas Moore, 1779–1852)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)
Three Songs, Op. 26 (1902, Joseph von Eichendorff, 1788-1857)
II. The Tragic Hunter
Harriet March Page, Voice / Mark Alburger, Piano
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Finlandia, Op. 26 (1900)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Two Poems of [Pierre de] Ronsard [1524–1585], Op. 26, No. 1 (1924)
I. Rossignol, mon Mignon (Nightingale, My Beauty)
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, Oboe
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)
King Kandaules, Op. 26 (1936, Andre Gide [1869-1951] -
Le Roi Candaule, trans Franz Blei [1871-1942])
Act I - Introduction
Video
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]
Mark Alburger, Tenor / The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
15 Romances, Op. 26 (1906)
I. There Are Many Sounds (Aleksei Tolstoy, 1817–1875)
Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda [1200 BC], Op. 26 (1912)
First Group - I. Battle Hymn [of Indra]
The Opus Project Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Wind Quintet, Op. 26 (1924)
III. Etwas langsam [Somewhat slowly]
The Opus Project Wind Quintet
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Cello Sonata No. 2 in C Major, Op. 26, No. 2 (1935)
III. Andantino cantabile, senza lentezza
Aaron Urton, Cello / Mark Alburger, Piano
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Song of the Nightingale (1917)
Chinese March
The Opus Project Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Eight Love Songs of Hafiz [1325-1390], (1924)
I. The Tomb of Hafiz
Aaron Urton, Cello / Mark Alburger, Piano
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Das Augenlicht [The Light of the Eye], Op. 26
(1935, Hildegard Jone, 1891-1963)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Ernst Toch (1887-1964)
Quartet No. 9, Op. 26 (1919)
I. Mit Kraft und Ungestum [With strength and impetuousness]
Video
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26 (1921)
II. Tema - Andante
The Opus Project Orchestra
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
4 Poèmes de Paul Claudel [1868-1955], Op.26 (1917)
IV. Obsession
Michael Garvey, Bassoon / Mark Alburger, Piano
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Suite "1922", Op. 26 (1922)
I. March
Mark Alburger, Piano
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
The Comedians, Op. 26 (1940)
II. Comedians' Gallop
Video
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Alto Saxophone Concerto, Op. 26 (1941)
II. Meditative (Conclusion)
Tim Macajewski, Alto Saxophone, The Opus Project Orchestra
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Alone (Odna), Op.26 (1931, Grigori Kozintsev [1905-1973] and
Leonid Trauberg [1902-1990])
Awakening
Video
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Piano Sonata, Op. 26 (1948)
III. Adagio mesto
Mark Alburger, Piano
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)
Scottish Ballad, Op. 26 (1941)
Funeral March
Video
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 (1958)
I. Allegro rustico (Excerpt)
The Opus Project Quartet
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1968, Federico Garcia Lorca, 1898-1936)
I. Refrain I
Mark Alburger, Piano
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Fantasy Trio, for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, Op. 26 (1969)
I. Allegro energico
Video
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
Songs Without Voices, Op. 26 (1992)
IV. Adagio e rubato (Introduction)
Stardust, English Horn / Mark Alburger, Piano
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Sinfonietta, Op. 26 (1984)
I. Allegretto
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
DotSotR: Dancing on the Steps of the Round (2010)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Hussein Al-Nasrawi
"Disneyland Forever!": Fireworks Spectacular from Disneyland Resort, CA
(2015)
Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger* Music Director and Conductor
Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley*
Oboe / English Horn
Stardust*
Clarinet
Peter Brown*
Soprano / Alto Saxophone
Tim Machajewski
Bassoon / Contrabassoon
Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey*
Tim Machajewski
Trumpet
Ron Cohen
Horn
Bob Satterford*
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Mezzo-Soprano / Reciter
Harriet March Page
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Nasrawi
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren
Violin
Carole Cloud*
Viola
Carol Earley*
Cello
Aaron Urton*
* The Opus Project Quartet and Wind Quintet
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 27 - 8pm, Saturday, March 28, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with Alan Kingsley, Harriet March Page,
Jill Wagoner, John Veitch, and The Opus Project Orchestra
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) The Nursery (1872)
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915) At the Grave, Op. 27, No. 1 (1909)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907) Devotionale, Op. 27, No. 1 (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Symphony No. 2 ("Pastoral"), Op. 27, No. 1 (1909)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Morning, Op. 27, No. 4 (1894)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Violin Sonata in E Minor, Op. 27, No. 2 (1918)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Flute Players: Pan, Op. 27, No. 1 (1924)
Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942) Introduction, Op. 27, No. 1 (1937)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Prelude, Op. 27, No. 2 (1901)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Symphony No. 2, Op. 27, No. 1 (1907)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Inevitable, Op. 27, No. 1 (1925)
George Enescu (1881-1955) Orchestral Suite No. 3 ("Suite Villageoise"), Op. 27 (1938)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Symphony No. 3 ("Song of the Night"), Op. 27, No. 1 (1916) Anton Webern (1883-1945) Variation for Piano, Op. 27, No. 1 (1936)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Sun Has Filled the Room, Op. 27, No. 1 (1916)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Guérin Song, Op.27, No. 1 (1915)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Das Marienleben, Op. 27 (1923)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) Poem of St Teresa of Avilla, Op. 27, No. 1 (1947)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) The Bolt: Overture, Op. 27, No. 1 (1931)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Melodies Passageres, Op. 27 (1951)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975) Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27 (1942)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987) Vocalise, Op.27 (1945)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Cantata para América mágica, Op. 27 (1960)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27 (1950)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Night of the Four Moons: I. La Luna Esta Muerta (1969)
Steve Reich (b. 1936) The Desert Music: Introduction (1983)
Philip Glass (b. 1937) Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play V (1975)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952) Organum to Honor the Schoenberg Ensemble, Op. 27, No. 2 (1994)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Aerial Requiem: Offertorium, Op. 27, No. 8 (1985)
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Another amazing, wild concert -- preceeded by program and video production, and the march
northwest /
southwest /
south
for
printing (a near major financial mishap averted) and
performance preparation.
Somehow instrumental parts for Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women: VI. Tess are produced. High 68 (10 Days 70's, 38 Days 60's / 12 Days 50's);
