September 26 - The Opus Project presents Opus 33

  
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 33
8pm, Saturday, September 26, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)  

     German Folksongs, WoO 33 (1894)
          XLII. In Still of Night



Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)      
     Five Poems, Op. 33 (1911, Yakov Polonsky, 1819–1898)
          II. The Light of the Rising Stars

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)      
     Three Piano Pieces, Op. 33 (1905)
          I. Early Spring

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Albert Roussel (1869-1937)      
     Orchestral Suite in F, Op. 33 (1926)
          II. Sarabande

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)  
     Four Piano Preludes, Op. 33 (1903)
          I. Quarter = 96

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)  
     Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33 (1911)
          I. Allegro non troppo

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)      
     Japanese Suite, Op. 33 (1915)
          Interlude - Song of the Fisherman

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)  
     Two Piano Pieces, Op. 33 (11931)
          I. Moderato

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)      
     The Sirens, Op. 33 (1908)
          Introduction

George Enescu (1881-1955)      
     Chamber Symphony, Op. 33 (1954)
          I. Molto moderato, un poco maestoso

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)  
     Twelve Piano Etudes, Op. 33 (1916)
          I. Presto

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)      
     Twelve Hafiz Songs, Op. 33
          VII. Ich roch der Liebe himmliches Arom

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)      
     The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33 (1919)
          March

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)      
     Piano Sonata No.1, Op.33 (1916)
          I. Decide [Resolute]
      
          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)      
     Six Songs from Old Texts, Op. 33 (1923)  
          II. Frauenklage


          Jill Wagoner / The Opus Project Orchestra

Hermann Reutter (1900-1985)  
     Saul, Op. 33 (1928)
          Prelude

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)  
     Elegy and Toccata, Op. 33 (1950)
          I. Elegy


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)  
     The Counterplan, Op. 33 (1932)
          I. Introduction  

          Video
  


Samuel Barber (1910-1981)      
     Nocturne, Op. 33 (1958)   

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

John Cage (1912-1992)      
     A Valentine Out of Season (1944)
          I.

          Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)  
     Peter Grimes, Op. 33 (1945)
          Act III: Interlude V - Moonlight

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)  
     Two [E.E'] Cummings Choruses, Op.33 (1948)
          II. Jimmie's Got a Goil

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)  
     String Concerto, Op. 33 (1965)
          Theme


          The Opus Project Orchestra


Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)      
     English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33 (1951)
          I. Allegro non troppo


          Video

Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)      
     Stele (1994)
          Conclusion

          The Opus Project Orchestra


George Crumb (b. 1929)      
     Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) (1971)
          PALEOZOIC (VAR. III)
                  
          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Young June Kim, Cello / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

John Lennon (1940-1980)      
     All You Need Is Love (1967)

          Jill Wagoner / The Opus Project Orchestra


Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)      
     Requiem: Songs for Sue, Op. 33 (2006)
          I. Emily Dickinson

          Video


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)      
     San Timoteo Can[yon]tata, Op. 33
          (1988, Paul - First and Second Letters to Timothy)
          Book II :
          I. Chorale - "As My Tears"
          II. Duet - "If We Have Died"
          III. Chorale - "Last Days"
          IV. Chorale - "Being Sacrificed"

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra


John Veitch (b. 1989)      
     Nocturne Improvisation (2015)

          John Veitch, Piano


                THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor
Michael Stubblefield                Associate Music Director and Conductor

Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley

Clarino
Ron Cohen

Bassoon
Michael Garvey
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Michael Cox

Horn
Sultan Molaib

Trombone
Spencer Akaba

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Alto
Feona Lee Jones
Kat Walsh

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass-Baritone
Ron Cohen
John Veitch

Guitar
Michael Stubblefield

Piano
Mark Alburger
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
John Veitch

Violin
Corey Johnson

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Young June Kim

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 34: In the Footsteps of Abraham
8pm, Saturday, October 24, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Taneyev (1856-1913)            Poem, Op. 34 (1911)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)        Piano Piece, Op. 34 (1904)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Bagatelle, Op. 34 (1916)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)            Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 34 (1923)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Concert for Small Orchestra, Op. 34 (1927)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)            14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalise (1912)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Lullay My Liking, Op. 34, No. 2 (1916)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Music to a Film Scene, Op. 34 (1930)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            String Quartet No. 11, Op. 34 (1924)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Hebrew Themes Overture, Op. 34 (1919)
Alois Hába (1893-1973)            Flute and Quartertone Piano Fantasy, Op. 33 (1927)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Jewish Poems, Op.34 (1916)      
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            String Trio No. 1, Op. 34 (1924)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        24 Piano Preludes, Op. 34 (1933)  
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Wondrous Love Variations, Op. 34 (1959)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Watchman, Tell Us of the Night, Op. 34 (1927)  
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)            Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (1946)  
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)            Bomarzo, Op. 34 (1967)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972)
Steve Reich (b. 1936)                Different Trains (1988) / The Cave (1993)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Song for Rebecca, Op. 34 (1988)

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Another amazing, excellent show... preceeded by video production, editing page 29 Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1888 Alma Maria Schindler, Op. 232, No. 10 --


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picking up Carol, heading over to Cybercopy once again, and beyond... High down 2 to 97, on the 218th day of summer (89 days 90+ / 140 80-or-beyond) -- 91 / 74 Pleasant Hill, Pinole...