THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 30
8pm, Saturday, June 27, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1913)
Piano Quintet, Op. 30 (1911)
I. Introduzione. Adagio mesto - Theme
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)
Violin Sonata, Op. 30 (1904)
I. Allegro appassionato, ma non troppo - Introduction
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra), Op. 30 (1896)
I. Introduction
The Opus Project Orchestra
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)
Four Songs, Op. 30 (1923)
I. Sehnsucht nach vergessen (A Longing to Forget)
(Nikolaus Lenau, 1802-1850)
Mark Alburger, Voice / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
Serenade for Flute, String Trio, and Harp, Op. 30 (1925)
Theme
Alan Kingsley, Flute
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Piano Sontata No. 4, Op. 30 (1904)
Introduction
John Vietch, Piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No. 3 (1909)
I. Allegro ma non tanto
Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
The Cloud Messenger, Op. 30
(1912, Kalidasa, c. AD 375-425,
Meghaduta [Cloud Messenger], c. 400)
Video
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Psalm 54 (1902)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 (1927)
Audio
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)
25 Preludes for Piano, Op. 30 (1907)
II. Sostenuto
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Ragtime for 11 Instruments (1917)
Introduction
The Opus Project Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Mythes, Three Poems (1915)
II. Narcisse
Audio
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30 (1940)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Seven, They are Seven, Op. 30
(1918, Konstantin Balmont, 1867-1942,
Ancient Calls, after a c. 3000 BC Iraqi inscription)
The Opus Project Orchestra / Video
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
Two Love Poems, Op.30 (1915, Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941)
II. Peace, My Heart
Mark Alburger, Tenor / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Clarinet Quintet, Op. 30 (1923)
Travelling iPhone
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, Op. 30 (1948)
I. Molto moderato - Allegro
Video
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Rondo, Op. 30 (1939)
Mark Alburger, Piano
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Dance Variations, Op. 30 (1942)
I. Minuet
Video
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Prayers of Kierkegaard, Op. 30 (1954)
Introduction
The Opus Project Orchestra
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Four Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 30 (1966)
No. 1
Video
John Cage (1912-1992)
Jazz Study (1942)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)
Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 (1943)
Introduction
The Opus Project Orchestra
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Symphony No. 3, Op. 30 (1946)
Introduction
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Violin Concerto, Op. 30 (1963)
I. Cadenza e studi
Video
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Symphonic Study "Machines", Op. 30 (1951)
Introduction
The Opus Project Orchestra
Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)
Samuel Beckett: What is the Word, Op. 30 (1991)
Video
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Ancient Voices of Children (1970)
III. De donde vienes, amor, mi nino?
(From where do you come, my love, my child?)
"DANCE OF THE SACRED LIFE CYCLE"
Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor
The Opus Project Orchestra
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
Seven, for Piano, Op. 30 (1971)
VI. Adagio
Mark Alburger, Piano
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Northstar (1977)
I. Etoile Polaire
The Opus Project Orchestra
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
Ballade, Op. 30 (1978)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
Violin Concerto, Op. 30 (2002)
I. Recitative
Video
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
[Thomas] Merton [1915-1963] Songs, Op. 30 (1986)
I. The Philosophers
II. Dirge for the World Joyce Died In
Mark Alburger, Tenor / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Stardust (b. 1962)
Rhapsody in Pink (2015)
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
Little Boy Blue (1998)
The Opus Project Orchestra
John Veitch (b. 1989)
Piano Prelude No. 3 (2015)
Video
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger
Music Director and Conductor
Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley
Oboe / English Horn
Eva Langfeldt
Stardust
Clarinet
Chris Diggins
Bassoon
Tim Machajewsi
Trumpet
Ron Cohen
Horn
Bob Satterford
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page
Tenor
Mark Alburger
John Veitch
Piano
Mark Alburger
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Cynthia Seagren
Violin / Mandolin
Corey Johnson
Viola
Kat Walsh
Cello
Aaron Urton
Bass
Michael Stubblefield
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 31 - 8pm, Saturday, July 25, 2015, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) March Slav, Op. 31 (1876)
Charles Ives (1874-1954) Psalm 100 (1902)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (1928)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) Cantata No. 2, Op. 31 (1943)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Old Grandmother Tales, Op. 31 (1918)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) 2 Patmore Poems, Op.31 (1915)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Solo Violin Sonata, Op. 31 (1924)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Hypothetical Murder, Op. 31 (1931) (1937)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Summer Music, Op. 31 (1956)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Two Shakespeare Sonnets, Op. 31 (1939)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31 (1943)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010) Trio for Violin, Viola, and Cello, Op. 31
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Duo Sonata No. 2 ("Wasatch"), Op. 31 (1986)
Tickets -- $10 - $20 -- available at the door.
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Down
in the
morning for
fourth rehearsal of
Fresh Voices XV: Incarnate! (8pm, Friday-Saturday, July 9-10, 2015, Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA),
including Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women and
Steven Clark's
Amazons of Planet Zena,
John Bilotta's Rosetta's Stone, John McGrew's Raising a Messiah, Carol Collins's Baltimore Crazy Quilt, Matthew Owens's City of St. Francis, and songs of Frank Johnson.
Home late, after the impressive Opus,
to produce video for Portraits... X: Collette, on the117th day of summer, high down 12 to 90 (53 days 80+ / 24 days 90+) -- ten less than even this in Pleasant Hill: 80.
