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)
***
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...
