January 31 - Hail, High-Water


Cacophonous crystaline concatenations


(just .02 precip, however, for a total 12.24 since July 1),


on the 31st day of spring, high down 3 to 57,


finishing the editing of Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1918 - Martin Carl Johannes Werfel / Hulda Reserl / Hermine Moos, Op. 232, No. 40 (7 pages total),


putting up Spectral Preludes,



Op. 38,


at The International Music Score Library Project,


with a late-night run to


UC Davis for research re The Opus Project presents Opus 38: Love Dream (8pm, February 27, 2016, Diablo Valley College Music, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA),


particularly



11th-hourish


as



to


George


Crumb's


Star-Child


(1977)...

January 30 - The Opus Project presents Opus 37


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 37
8pm, Saturday, January 30, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)   
     Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (1803)
          I. Allegro con brio



Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)       
     Two Piano Pieces, Op. 37 (1906)
          II. Burla



Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)   
     Two Piano Pieces, Op. 37 (1905)
          II. Prelude

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     Five Songs, Op. 37 (1902)
          I. The First Kiss (Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804-1877)

          Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

Erik Satie (1866-1925)       
     Nocturne No. 2 (1919, orch. 2016, John Veitch, b. 1989)

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Enrique Granados (1867-1916)   
     Two Dances, Op. 37 (1915)
          I. Danza Lenta

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)       
     Lethe, Op. 37 (1926)

          Video

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)       
     Psalm 80, Op. 37 (1928)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Paul Juon (1872-1940)       
     Rhapsody for Piano Quartet, Op. 37 (1906)
          I. Moderato

          The Opus Project Piano Quartet



Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)   
     Four Preludes, Op. 37 (1903)   
          III. Andante (B Major)

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)   
     All-Night Vigil ("Vespers"), Op. 37 (1915)
          I. O Come, Let Us Worship

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)       
     The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37 (1917)
          I. Prelude

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)   
     String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (1936)

          The Opus Project String Quartet



Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)   
     Pizzica-Pizzica, Op. 37 (1931)

                        Video


Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)   
     Partita in Eight Movements (D Major) for Harmonium, Op. 37 (1905)
          I. Entrada

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)       
     Two Piano Pieces, Op. 37 (1904)
          I. At Dawn

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)   
     Grosse Messe, Op. 37 (1926)
          I. Kyrie

          Video
                       
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)       
     Histoire du Soldat (1918)
          I. March

          Harriet March Page, Voice / The Opus Project Histoire Ensemble

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)   
     Demeter, Cantata for Voice, Choir and Orchestra, Op. 37 (1917)

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)       
     String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 37
          III. Scherzo: Allegro



Ernst Toch (1887-1965)       
     Divertimento for String Duet, Op. 37 (1925)
          I. Spirited

          Video

Fartein Valen (1887-1952)        
     Violin Concerto, Op. 37 (1940)
          Allegro moderato

          Lawrence Hwang, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     The Flaming Angel, Op. 37 (1923)

          Lawrence Hwang, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra



Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Piano Music, Op. 37, Part II: Set of Short Pieces (1927)
          XII. Slow and Tender

          Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Paul Creston (1906-1985)       
     Psalm 23, Op. 37 (1945)

          Video

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)   
     The Human Comedy, Op. 37
          (1934, Honore de Balzac, 1799-1850, La Comédie humaine, 1842)
          II. Overture

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)       
     Die Natali, Op. 37 (1960)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)       
     Vijag, Op. 37 (1946)

          Feona Lee Jones and Mark Alburger, Pianos


Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)   
     The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37 (1946, Ronald Duncan, 1914-1982,
          after Le Viol de Lucrèce, 1931, by André Obey, 1892-1974)
          Prologue


Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)   
     Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 37 (1949)
          I. With Motion


Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)   
     Milena, Op. 37 (1971, Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, letters [1920-1923]
          to Milena Jesenska, 1896-1944)
          Praeludium

          Video


Malcolm Arnold (b. 1921)       
     Divertimento for Flute, Oboe, and Clarinet, Op. 37 (1952)
          I. Allegro energico

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, Oboe / Peter Brown, Clarinet

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Dream Sequence (Images II) (1976)
          Cidadia Coda

Steve Reich (b. 1936)           
     City Life (1995)
          I. Check It Out

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     At a Photo Shop, Op. 37 (1989)       

          Mark Alburger, Tenor / Feona Lee Jones, Piano



THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

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

Piccolo / Flute
Alan Kingsley

Oboe
Stardust

Clarinet
Peter Brown

Bassoon
Michael Garvey

Trumpet
Sultan Molaib

Horn
Bob Satterford

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass-Baritone
John Veitch

Piano
Mark Alburger
Feona Lee Jones
John Veitch

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Lawrence Hwang

Violin II
Kat Walsh

Viola
Donna Ashley

Cello
Young June Kim
Aaron Urton

Bass
Michael Stubblefield


THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 38: Love Dream
8pm, Saturday, February 27, 2016,
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 (1900)
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)             Symphonischer Festmarsch, Op. 38 (1907)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Piano Trio No.1, Op.38 (1906)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            In the Night, Op. 38, No. 3 (1904)
Enrique Granados (1867-1916)        Marche Militaire, Op. 38 (1915)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)            The Dark Kingdom, Op. 38 (1930)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Jazz in the Night, Op. 38 (1928)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)            Elégie (At Emil Sjögren's Funeral), Op. 38 (1918)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Chamber Symphony No. 2, Op. 38 (1939)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)                Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 38 (1923)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            Church of Leaves, Op. 38 (1916)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 38 (1925)   
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)            Love and Hate, Op. 38 (1934)   
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Piano Concerto, Op. 38 (1962)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Mazert Nman Rehan, Op. 38 (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Occasional Overture, Op. 38 (1946)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Spectral Preludes, Op. 38 (1989)

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Another impressive show, with a nice 1111 1111 3pf Perc 11121 balance -- the day (high yet again 60, 30th of spring - continuing a rondoesque temp succession, the last 10 days since January 21 of 60-55-60-60-62-60-64-60-61-60... ABAACADAEA) beginning with finishing videos for show and preparing the program,


then heading southwest,


somewhere in the mix keeping track of editing first three pages re Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1918 - Martin Carl Johannes Werfel / Hulda Reserl / Hermine Moos, Op. 232, No. 40.

January 29 - In Favor


Withdraw funds from the automated teller, which reports a negative balance, instead of a substatially positive one -- wondering what's up, call, learn that last DVC deposit has not been credited, go to the scene of the negligence, and after some due process, situation reasonably rectified... will still have to correct unjust overdraft penalties, and good luck re financial institution compensating for terribly important time lost...


Off to Cybercopy, preparing for The Opus Project presents Opus 37: Fired Up! (8pm, Saturday, January 30, Diablo Valley College Music, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA),


head back to Harriet for a supply run, and edit Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1917 - Franz Werfel, Op. 232, No. 39 (7 pages total), somewhere over this 29th day of spring, high 61, .22 more precip (12.22 since July 1)...

January 28 - Work, Work, Work -- The Sights


Quiz 1 --


Treble Clef (the examples drawn from African and Asian traditional musics) --


for the Diablo Valley College Music Theoreticians, and everyone who takes it (29 total) does marvelously.


Before

this,


the


dark


foggy /


light


sunny morning commute,


including


another 



wander


cross-campus


for


coffee;


after, paperwork up at the Arts Division,


rendevous'ing


circuitously


with


Harriet at the


Cordelia Mexican Grill,


then


homeward to eventually discover


with her the


Thomas Ravenscroft Three Ravens / 


Twa Corbies. 

 ***


Corvus [Latin "Raven"] corax [Greek "Crow"]
Tres Corvus / Trois Corbeaux [Latin / French]
Twa Corbies [Scottish - the tres / trois / three turning into twa / two!]


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Also edit Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1916 - Manon Gropius, Op. 232, No. 38 (9 pages total), on the 28th day of spring, the high manifesting an even larger rondo now since January 21 of 60-55-60-60-62-60-63-60 (ABAACADA)...