October 24 - The Opus Project presents Opus 34


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 34
8pm, Saturday, October 24, 2015
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)   
     Seven Poems, Op. 34 (1912) (Yakov Polonsky,1819–1898)
           III. The Mask


Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)   
     Three Piano Pieces, Op. 34 (1904)
          III. Waltz (G Minor)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)   
     Ten Piano Bagatelles, Op. 34 (1916)
          I. Waltz

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)    
     Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 34 (1923)
          II. Slow, very solemn

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)   
     Concert for Small Orchestra, Op. 34 (1927)

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Poeme Tragique, Op. 34 (1903)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     14 Romances, Op. 34 (1912)
          XIV. Vocalise

          Jill Wagoner / The Opus Project Orchestra


Gustav Holst (1874-1934)   
     Lullay My Liking, Op. 34, No. 2 (1916) (Sloane Manuscript, c. 1400)

          The Opus Project Vocal Quartet and Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Accompaniment to a Film-Scene, Op. 34 (1930)

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Three Masques, Op. 34 (1916)
          I. Sheherazade

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Ernst Toch (1887-1965)   
     String Quartet No. 11, Op. 34 (1924)

                    Video

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)   
     Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 (1919)
          Un poco allegro
                   
          The Opus Project Orchestra


Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)   
     Jewish Poems, Op.34 (1916)
          I. Chant de Nourrice



Alois Hába (1893-1973)   
     Fantasy for Flute and Piano, Op. 34 (1927)
          Allegro agitato

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Jill Wagoner, Voice / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)   
     String Trio No. 1, Op. 34 (1924)
          TOCCATA. Fast Halves

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     24 Piano Preludes, Op. 34 (1933)
          X. C-Sharp Minor

           Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)   
     Wondrous Love Variations, Op. 34 (1959)
          Theme

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)
     Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
          (Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Henry Purcell),
Op. 34 (1946)
          Theme

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Bomarzo, Op. 34 (1967, Manuel Mujica Lainez)
          "Dies Irae" Orchestral Interlude

          Video

George Crumb (b. 1929)   
     Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972)
          I. Primeval Sounds (Genesis I) (Cancer)

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Steve Reich (b. 1936)   
     Different Trains (1988)
          I. America Before the War

          The Opus Project Orchestra


     The Cave (1993)
          Act II: East Jerusalem - II. Surah 3 - Koran - Arabic Chant

               Video       

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)   
     Songs for Rebecca, Op. 34 (1988)
          I. Spiral
          III. Aves

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra


Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)    
     Symphony No. 1 (2014)
          I. Moderato

          The Opus Project Orchestra



                THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

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

Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley

Clarinet
Kenneth Rhee

Bassoon
Michael Garvey

Trumpet
Michael Cox
Lucie Valentine

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Alto
Kat Walsh

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass
John Veitch

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Ken Crawford
John Veitch

Violin
Carol Earley

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 35
Numbers Game

8pm, Saturday, November 21, 2015,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Six Pieces for Male Chorus, Op. 35 (1930)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Five Songs without Words, Op. 35 (1920)   
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Two Gardner Poems, Op. 35 (1917)   
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            The Serenades, Op. 35 (1924)       
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 (1933)   
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            A Hand Of Bridge, Op. 35 (1959)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            The Lord's Prayer, Op. 35 (1962)       
Benjamin Britten (1913-1975)        Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 (1945)   
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Missa California, Op. 35 (1988)

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Another miraculous concert,


preceeded by video and program production, and last-minute communications.  Return to compose page 19 Four Michaels (Zodiac Concerto, after The Book of Jude), Op. 245High down one to 81 on the 246th day of summer (163 days 80+), the same in Pleasant Hill...