November 19 - The Opus Project presents Opus 47


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 47



8pm, Saturday, November 19, 2016
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Program



Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)     
     Samson and Delilah, Op. 47 (1877, Ferdinand Lemaire, 1832-1879)
          Act III: Scene 2 - Bacchanale

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)         
     Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 (1905)
          Introduction

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)         
     Nal and Damayanti, Op. 47 (1903, Modest Tchaikovsky, 1850–1916,
          after Vasily Zhukovsky, 1783–1852)
          Introduction

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)          
     Music-Hall Impressions, Op. 47 (1927)
          I. Girls (French Blues)

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)     
     Cantata ("Snowflakes") on Poems by Russian Poets, Op. 47 (1910)
          I. Snowflakes (Valery Bryusov, 1873-1924)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)         
     Five Songs, Op. 47 (1900)
          II. Des Dichters Abendgang (Of the Poet's Evening Walk -
          Johann Ludwig Uhland, 1787-1862 - Songs, 1808)

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)         
     Ballad of the Bear, Op. 47 (1923, Aage Berntsen, 1885-1952;
           after Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, 1793-1866)
           Tempo giusto

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)         
     Violin Concerto, Op. 47 (1904)
          I. Allegro moderato

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)     
     Indian Daybook II: Song of the Spirit Round-Dance (Elegie No. 4), No. 47 (1915)

Amy Beach (1867-1944)         
     Summer Dreams, Op. 47 (1901)
          I. The Brownies

Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)          
     Five Piano Pieces, Op. 47 (1941)
          I. Last Effort

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Two Chinese Poems, Op. 47 (1932)
          I. The Abandoned Favorite (Henri-Pierre Roché, 1879-1959,
          after Herbert Allen Giles, 1845-1935, after Li-I [Yi Li], 748–827)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
          Kat Walsh, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra
        

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)         
     Dance of the Deva Devotee, Op. 47 (1908)
          Moderato

          Stardust, English Horn

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)         
     Organ Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 (1924)
           I. Grave

           The Opus Project Orchestra


Hugo Alfven (1872-1960)         
     Swedish Rhapsody No. 3 ("Dalecarlian"), Op. 47 (1931)

          Video

Paul Juon (1872-1940)         
     Piano Sonatina, Op. 47 (1911)
          I. Moderato amabile

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)     
     Quasi Waltz in F Major, Op. 47 (1905)
          Dotted Half = 66

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Frederick William Holloway (1873-1954) 
     Organ Symphony in C Minor, Op.47 (1910)
          I. Introduction - Maestoso

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)         
     Two Organ Pieces, Op. 47 (1916)
          I. Elegiac Prelude

Max Reger (1873-1916)             
     Six Organ Trios, Op. 47 (1900)
          I. Canon

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)         
     Egdon Heath, Op. 47 (1927)
          Adagio

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)     
     Phantasy, Op. 47 (1949)
          Grave

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano



Richard Wetz (1875-1935)         
     Symphony No. 2 in A Major, Op. 47 (1921)
          I. Agitato moderato

          Video

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)         
     Two Songs, Op. 47 (1919, Jacob Paulli, 1844-1912)
          I. At Sunset

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)     
     Consolations: Religious Tone Poems (Partly with Added Texts), Op. 47 (1918)
          I. Wollest meine Seele stillen (Be Still My Soul, Ab Major, Gustav Schüler, 1868-1938)

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)         
     Lotus Land, Op. 47, No. 1 (1905)
          Andante languido

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)         
     Notturno [Nocturne], Op. 47
     (1932, Nikolaus Lenau, 1802–1850, and Gottfried Keller, 1819–1890)
          I. Quietly

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)         
     Piano Sonata, Op. 47 (1928)
          I. Quasi Toccata

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)     
     Three Characteristic African Dances (1915)
          I. Rags (Dance of the Native Boys), Op. 47

Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962)         
     Maritsa, after Yugoslavian Folk Poetry, Op. 47 (1958)
          I. Maritsa

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         
     Symphony No. 4, Op. 47 (1930)
          I. . . . Allegro eroico

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)         
     Trio for Heckelphone, Viola, and Piano, Op. 47 (1928)
          Part II - Potpourri - I. Fast Halves

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)         
     Waltz and Celebration from "Billy the Kid" (1938)
          II. Celebration

Hermann Reutter (1900-1985)     
     Doktor Johannes Faust, Op. 47 (1936)
          Act I, Scene 1, First appearance of the Faust ghosts
          Slow, but excited

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, Oboe
          Mark Alburger, Piano / Kat Walsh, Viola
          The Opus 47 Quartet and Orchestra

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)     
     Sextet for Clarinet, Horn, and String Quartet, Op. 47 (1954)
          I. Allegro moderato




Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)     
     Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Major (1946)
          I. Allegro con moto

          Jessica Reyes, Piano


Paul Creston (1906-1985)         
     The Lambs to the Lamb, Op. 47 (1950)

          Video

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)     
     Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 (1937)
          IV. Finale

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Samuel Barber (1910-1981)         
     Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47 (1978)

          Video

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)     
     Five Flower Songs, Op. 47 (1950)
          I. To Daffodils (Robert Herrick. 1591-1674)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)     
     Piano Sonatina No. 3, Op. 47 (1950)
          I. Warmly

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)     
     Guitar Sonata, Op. 47 (1976)
          I. Esordio (Solenne)

          Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano


Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)     
     Solo Violin Sonata, Op. 47 (1976)
          IV. Boris Blacher


Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)     
     Polish Melodies, Op. 47, No. 2 (1949)
          I. Adagio

          Video

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)         
     Organ Concerto, Op. 47 (1954)
          I. Vivace

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Gyorgy Kurtag (b. 1926)         
     Brief Messages, for Nonet, Op. 47 (2011)

          Video

George Crumb (b. 1929)         
     A Haunted Landscape (1984)
          Lento desolato

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)     
     Moments, for Flute and Piano, Op. 47 (1992)
          I. Allegro

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano


Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937)         
     Contemplation (Meditation), Op. 47 (1987)

          Video

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)         
     Babel, Op. 47 (1992)
          II. Behold, they are one

          The Opus Project Orchestra




Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     The Andromeda Galaxy (2016)

          Hussein Al-Naswari
                            

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                        Music Director and Conductor


Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Jessica Reyes
John Veitch

Organ
John Veitch

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
Ken Crawford

Violin / Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron's Student
Aaron Urton

Bass
Chase Fitzgibbons


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 48: Appeasement on Earth - 8pm, Saturday, December 17, 2016, Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA
With Alice Chen and The Opus Project Orchestra

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)            Piece after the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Op. 48 (1900)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Pleading, Op. 48 (1908)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)             Chamber Sonata, Op. 48 (1927)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Les Fleurs du Mal, Op. 48 (1909)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Song, Op. 48 (1900)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Violin Prelude, Op. 48 (1923)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            The Liberated Queen, Op. 48 (1906)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)            Clarinet Concertino, Op. 48 (1918)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Song, Op. 48 (1901)   
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Fountain of Youth, Op. 48 (1941)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            A Glorious Day, Op. 48 (1932)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Selamlik, Op. 48 (1906)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Four Piano Miniatures, Op. 48 (1911)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Prelude, Op. 48 (1905)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Epilogue, Op. 48 (1929)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)            Symphony No. 4: I (1916)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Three Songs, Op. 48 (1933)
Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)            Piece for Piano Four-Hands, Op. 48 (1912)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)             March, Op. 48 (1936)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Sinfonietta in A Major, Op. 48 (1929)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)            L'Homme et son Desire, Op. 48 (1918)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Konzertmusik, Op. 48 (1930)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Billy the Kid (1938)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Violin Concerto, Op. 48 (1948)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Volochayev Days, Op. 48 (1937)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Canzonetta, Op. 48 (1978)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Lousadzak (Dawn), Op. 48 (1944)
John Cage (1912-1992)             Prelude for Meditation (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)            Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48 (1937)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            San Fernando Hub, Op. 48 (1993)


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Great show beginning to end, despite the rain (.61, first since November 1, third highest since the rainfall season began July 1, after October 16's .62  and 28's .65, for a total of 3.97) and relative chill (15th day of fall, high 57...  lowest since March 13... 60, Pinole; 64, Pleasant Hill)-- composing page 4 24 Tone Preludes: I. Dance of the Devilettes and planning for Opus 48 in the late hours...