October 29 - The Opus Project presents Opus 46


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 46
8pm, Saturday, October 29, 2016
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA


Program

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1901)
     Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 (1878)
         I. Furiant in C Major

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
     Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (1888)
         IV. In the Hall of the Mountain King

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     Concert Allegro, Op. 46 (1901)
         Allegro molto

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)
     Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 46 (1907)
         I. Adagio

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)
     Cello Sonata, Op. 46 (1923)
         Lent et avec une grande souplesse de rythme

         Mark Alburger, Cellliano

Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
     The Seasons, Op. 46 (1908)
          III. Autumn

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Five Songs on Texts of Friedrich Ruckert [1788-1866], Op. 46 (1900)
    I. A Shelter Against Wind and Rain

Robert Kahn (1865-1952)
     Seven Songs after Paul Heyse[1830-1914]'s "Fountain of Youth",
         Op. 46 (1906)
         I. Now Stand the Roses (Allegretto grazioso)

       Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Pelleas and Melisande, Op. 46 (1905)
         I. At the Castle Gate (Grave e largamente)

Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
     Harlequin Rondo, Op. 46 (1915)
          Allegro molto

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
     Three Piece in the Form of a Pear (1903)
         I. Maniere de Commencement (Allez moderement / Un peu plus vif)

Amy Beach (1867-1944)
     Sylvania, Op. 46 (1900)
         I. Allegro moderato (Chorus of Brownies)

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)
     Allegro de Concierto (Concert Allegro), Op. 46 (1904)
         Molto allegro

Ede Poldini (1869-1957)
     Fleurettes, Op.46
         I. Larghetto

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Prelude and Fugue, Op. 46 (1934)
         Fugue (Sur la Nom de Bach)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Four Piano Pieces, Op. 46 (1932)
         IV. Cortege de Adorateurs de Feu

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
     Triumphal March for the Centenary of Napoleon I (1921)
         Maestoso e sostenuto

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Two Rogue Etudes, Op. 46 (1911)
         I. Bold and Fresh

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Scherzo, Op. 46 (1905)
         Presto

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Prelude in C# Minor (1892)

         Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Fantasy and Fugue on B-A-C-H, Op. 46(1900)
         Fugue (Sostenuto)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     Chrissemas Day in the Morning, Op. 46 (1926)
         Un poco vivace

         Mark Alburger, Piano

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46 (1947)
         Quarter = 80

         Mark Alburger, Voice / The Opus Project Orchestra

Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)
     Five Songs, Op. 46 (1919)
          I. Sharp as a Wayward Rose

         Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Erno Dohnanyi (1877-1960)
     Stabat Mater, Op. 46 (1953)
          Adagio, piuttosto, andante, mesto

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)
     50 Easy Piano Pieces, Op. 46 (1934)
         I. Rigaudon

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
     Harmonium Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 46 (1911)
          I. Enharmonic Fantasy and Double Fugue (Tempo rubato)

Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
     Three Chinese Songs, Op. 46 (1906)
          I. Waiting

         Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Hungarian Peasant Songs for Orchestra (1933)
          I. Ballade

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     The Five Fingers (1921)
          I. Andantino / IV. Larghetto / VI. Lento

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     King Roger, Op. 46 (1924)
          Act I - Largo assai

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)
     Violin Sonata in E Major, Op. 46 (1931)
          I. Tranquillo

Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962)
     Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 46 (1956)
          I. Andante

          Kristen Kline, Violin / Mark Alburger, Piano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     String Quartet No. 4, Op.46 (1918)
          I. Vif

         The Opus Project String Quartet

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Kammermusik No. 7, Op. 46, No. 2 (1929)
          I. Nicht zu schnell

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Major, Op. 46 (1946)
          I. Allegro con moto

         Jessica Reyes, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Four Romances on Poems by [Alexander] Pushkin [1799-1837], Op. 46 (1937)
          I. Renaissance

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Piano Ballade, Op. 46 (1977)

          Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     A Wedding Anthem ("Amo Ergo Sum"), Op. 46 (1949, Ronald Duncan)
          Allegro molto vivace

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Claude Ballif (1924-2004)
     Les Battements du Cœur de Jésus, Op. 46 (1971)
          Largo

         Mark Alburger, Trombiano


Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
     Wind Quintet (1985)
          I. Allegro risoluto

          The Opus Project Wind Quintet

     Piano Trio No. 3, Op. 46 (1987)
          I. Theme and Variations - Theme

         Kristen Kline, Violin / Kat Walsh, Bassoon

Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)
     …a musical offering ("J.S.B. 1985")…, Op. 46 (1985)
          I. Prelude

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
     My Vistula, Grey Vistula, Op. 46
          (1981, Folksong from Wide Water, 1957, ed. Jadwiga Gorzechowska)

Steve Reich (b. 1936)
     Daniel Variations (2006)
          I. I Saw a Dream

Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)
     Piano Concerto, Op. 46 (1989)
          Quarter = 66

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Iliad Songs, Op. 46 (1992)
          I. Agamemnon


Stardust (b. 1962)
     Nubian Journey (2016)

          The Opus Project Orchestra


THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor


Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Horn
Box Satterford

Trombiano / Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Jessica Reyes

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Corey Johnson

Viola
Kat Walsh

Celliano
Mark Alburger


The Opus Project presents

OPUS 47: Airs Apparent
8pm, Saturday, November 19, 2016, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921) Samson and Delilah, Op. 47: Bacchanale (1877)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)     Vita nostra plena bellis, Motette, Op. 47 (1901)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Introduction and Allegro, Op. 47 (1905)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Nal and Damayanti, Op. 47 (1903)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) Music-Hall Impressions, Op. 47 (1927)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Snowflakes, Op. 47 (1910)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Song, Op. 47 (1900)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Ballad of the Bear, Op. 47 (1923)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Violin Concerto, Op. 47 (1904)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Indian Daybook II (Elegie No. 4), No. 47 (1915)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) Summer Dreams, Op. 47 (1901)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Piano Piece, Op. 47 (1941)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Chinese Poem, Op. 47 (1932)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Dance of the Temple Girl, Op. 47 (1908)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960) Swedish Rhapsody No. 3, Op. 47 (1931)
Paul Juon (1872-1940) Piano Sonatina, Op. 47 (1911)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Quasi Waltz in F Major, Op. 47 (1905)
Alexander Gedike (1873-1957) Easy Piano Etude, Op. 47 (1935)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Organ Piece, Op. 47 (1916)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Egdon Heath, Op. 47 (1927)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Phantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47 (1949)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Symphony No. 4, Op. 47 (1930)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Sonata for Wind Trio and Piano, Op. 47 (1918)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Trio, Op. 47 (1928)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Symphony No. 5, Op. 47 (1937)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Third Essay for Orchestra, Op. 47 (1978)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Varak, Op. 47 (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Five Flower Songs, Op. 47 (1950)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Babel, Op. 47 (1992)

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Another magnificent concert,


on


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increasingly


glorious


day


down


the


freeways


to


Cybercopy for program reproduction,


then


eventually


SF,


coffee and score-study at


Chai Bar,


returning late to compose

The Decameron: Sixth Day, Op. 257: 
     Novel IV - Chichibio converts Currado Gianfigliazzi's wrath into laughter

Jonah, Op. 258
     II. Belly Dance (6 pages total)

and start the playlist for The Opus Project presents Opus 47 (8pm, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA), all this on the 224th day of summer, high 72 (74 Pleasant Hill, 69 San Francisco)...