THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 73-74
When In Romance...
8pm, Saturday, February 23, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
OPUS 73
Conrad Paumann (1415-1473)
Mit Ganczem Willen (1452)
"With My Whole Heart"
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor"), Op. 73 (1809)
II. Adagio un poco mosso
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Thekla, D. 73 (1813, Friedrich Schiller [1759-1805], 1802)
Moderato
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Fantasy Pieces, Op. 73 (1849)
I. Tender, with expression
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 (1877)
I. Allegro non troppo
Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)
Piano Moods, Op. 73 (1905)
VI. Student's Serenade
Arthur Foote (1853-1947)
Five Piano Silhouettes, Op. 73 (1913)
III. Valse triste
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Festival Te Deum (1937)
Andante risoluto
John Cage (1912-1992)
Suite for Toy Piano (1948)
I. Half = 60
II. Half = 64
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Symphony No. 1 ("Low") (1992)
I. Subterraneans
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
The Opera of Daniel, Op. 73 (1999)
III. The Fiery Furnace
Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
Aaron Urton, Cello
The Opus Project Orchestra
OPUS 74
Orkney Islands Composer (b. 1074)
Hymn to St. Magnus (1104)
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Symphony No. 6 ("Pathétique"), Op. 74 (1893)
II. Allegro con grazia
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Madama Butterfly, SC 74 (1903)
Act II: Un Bel Di (Andantino molto calmo)
Horatio Parker (1863-1919)
Seven Greek Pastoral Scenes, Op. 74 (1912)
II. I Will Twine the Violet (after the Greek mythological hero Meleager)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Secular and Instantaneous Hours (1914)
I. Obstacles Venimeux
II. Crepuscule Matial (de Midi)
Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915)
Five Piano Preludes, Op. 74 (1914)
II. Tres lent, contemplatif
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Berceuse sur le Nom de Gabriel Fauré (1922)
(G lA B sol rI E El F lA sol Re E)
Semplice
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Buddha's Little Instruction Book, Op. 74 (1999)
I. Love
Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
Romanza Magica (2019)
Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
The Opus Project Orchestra
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Flute
Sarah Kidd
Recorder
Kat Walsh
Oboe
Sheila Weston
Clarinet
Kyle Wright
Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Horn
Bob Satterford
Soprano
Megan Cullen
Alto
Kat Walsh
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Piano
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen
Vibraphone / Timpani
Hussein Al-Naswari
Violin
Kristen Kline
Viola
Kat Walsh
Cello / Bass
Gabby Dela Cruz
Aaron Urton
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
Spirit of OPUS 75-76
8pm, Saturday, April 27, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
With The Opus Project Orchestra
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 75 (1893)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune, L. 75 (1905)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Die Ägyptische Helena, Op 75 (1928)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Abishag's Dance for Orchestra, Op. 75 (1925)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Jeu de Cartes (1936)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 (1937)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Music to the Film The Young Guard, Op. 75 (1948)
Philip Glass (b. 1937) La Belle et la Bete (1994)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Symphony No. 3 ("Recycled"), Op. 75 (1999)
Erik Satie (1866-1925) Sports et Divertissements (1914)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Preludium (1937)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Songs of Our Times, Op. 76 (1937)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Music to the Film "Pirogov", Op. 76 (1947)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Thirtieth Ode of Solomon, Op. 76 (1948)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Animal Farm, Op. 76 (1999)
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Another miraculous series of performances with the Opus [73-74] Orchestra!
On the 52nd day of spring,
high up a notch to 59
(Fairfield and Pleasant Hill, 58).
Somehow edit Page 64 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act IV, and compose
Book of Revelation, Op. 296
Opera Oratorio after John of Patmos, AD 6-100
Chapter XIX - Smoke from the Flames (Pyrotechnic, Quarter = 100, 8/4)
Piccolo, English Horn, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba
John, Great Voice, Harp, Bells, Timpani, Pizzicato Strings
Sources
Primary
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) - Samson and Delilah, Op. 65 (1998)
Secondary
Thomas Weelkes (1876-1623) - Alleluia I Heard a Voice (1600)
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) - Die Walkure (1856)
Smoke from the flames that consume the great city rises up!
"Praise our God ye servants of the Lord!"
"Come and gather for wedding feast of the Lamb and his Church."
and
Broke Dance Intermezzi: C, Op. 299
IVc4. Boardwalk Ionesco Chair… (Cunningham)
Henry Purcell, John Cage, Mark Alburger
... 10 / 12 pages total...
