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)
***
Another magnificent concert,
on
an
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)...
