March 27 - Bolt Out of the Blue


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 27
Rehearsal
7pm, Friday, March 27 [!], 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)   
     ...quasi una fantasia..., Op. 27, No. 1 (1988)
          I. Introduction

Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)     
     Four Songs, Op. 27 (1902)
          I. Devotionale

Morgan McDonald, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano / Ken Crawford, Percussion

Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)     
     12 Choruses, Op. 27 (1909)
          I. At the Grave

Alexander Gretchaninov (1864-1956) 
     Symphony No. 2 in A Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 27 (1908)
          I. Pastorale: Moderato assai e poco rubato (Introduction)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)     
     Four Songs, Op. 27 (1894)
          IV. Morgen!

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) 
     Symphony No. 2, Op. 27 (1907)
          I. Largo - Allegro moderato

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) 
     Four Choral Pieces, Op. 27 (1925)
          I. Inevitable (Quite Vigorous in Tempo and Tone)

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)     
     Das Marienleben (The Life of Mary), Op. 27 (1923)
          I. Geburt Maria (The Birth of Mary)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) 
     The Bolt, Op. 27 (1931)
          II. The Beaurocrat (Polka)

Benjamin Britten (1913-1975) 
     Hymn to St. Cecilia, Op. 27 (1942)
          Introduction

Steve Reich (b. 1936)     
     The Desert Music (1983)
          Excerpt

Philip Glass (b. 1937)     
     Einstein on the Beach (1975)   
          Act I, Scene II: TRIAL

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)     
     Two Organa, Op. 27 (1994)
          I. Notre Dame de Jouets

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)     
     Aerial Requiem, Op. 27 (1985)   
          X. Agnus Dei

Thomas Ades (b. 1917)     
     Three Mazurkas, Op. 21 (2009)
          III. Grave, maestoso

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

George Crumb (b. 1929)      
     Night of the Four Moons (1969)
          IV. Run away, moon, moon, moon...
          "Musica Mundana" / "Musica Humana"

          The Opus Project Night-Moon Quintet


 Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
     Kingdom X (2010)
          I. Guardians of Light

          The Opus Project End-of-Time Quartet

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)          
     Flute Players, Op. 27 (1924)
           I. Pan

 Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)     
     Violin Sonata in E Minor (1918)
          II. Adagio, quasi fantasia

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) 
     The Nursery (1872)
          I. With Nana

Alexander Zemlinsky (1871-1942)      
     12 Songs, Op. 27 (1937)
           IV. Now Is the Time

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)     
     From an Unpublished Notebook of Eugene Guerin's Journal, Op. 27 (1915)
          I. This Walk with You...

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)     
     Melodies Passageres, Op. 27 (1951)
           III. Tomb in a Park
           Alan Kingsley, Flute /Kat Walsh, Violin / John Vietch, Tenor
           Jill Wagner, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

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