MARK ALBURGER, 2019: September 2019

September 30 - Going For It

Begin the Baroque with the DVC San Ramon Music Historians,

then over to the main campus for scheduling re The Opus Project presents Opus 81-82 (8pm, Saturday, October 19, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA) and

eventually on to Firestone, vis a vis a battery light that has come on several times and then gone off, and that, so far, the repairmen have been unable to determine the why of the situation.

178th day of summer, high down 2 to 71 -- the coolest since May 26's 64, which was the last of spring...

Fairfield, 74

Martinez, 68

Pleasant Hill /

American Canyon, 70

Danville, 67

San Ramon, 65

Pinole, 68

Finish

Julius Caesar, Op. 329
Act III
Scene I. The Capitol.

[48 pages total]

partly over watching, on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the mostly-honorable woman who won the popular vote in 2016 +

her daughter...

September 29 - On Site

SAN FRANCISCO
COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger, Music Director

All That Fall
Rehearsal II
7pm, Sunday, September 29, 2019
St. Teresa of Avila Catholic Church, 1490 19th Street (@ Connecticut ), San Francisco, CA
Mark Alburger, conducting

7:00    Kat Walsh
              In Waves (2019) (7')
                0000 0000 11110 (4)

7:15    Igor Stravinsky
               Pulcinella Suite (1922) (23')
                2111 2100 Pf 11121 (15)
                       I. Sinfonia
                     II. Serenata
                       III. Scherzino – Allegretto – Andantino
                       IV. Tarantella
                       V. Toccata
                       VI. Gavotta (con due variazioni)
                       VII. Vivo
                       VIII. Minuetto – Finale

8:15    Break

8:30    Mark Alburger
              Broke Dance Intermezzi (2019) (20')
                1121 2100 Pf 2Perc 11121 (17)

                    B, Op. 298
                           IVb8. Bergamasque Mask (Dandy)
                            IVb9. Ice Bergerette (In the Brush)
                          IVb10. CrumBolero (Militaire)
                            IVb11. Bonne Bon… (Anatomic Memorial)
                          IVb12. Bechtel Bouree (Precipitous)
                            IVb13. Brando Bransle (Brawl)
                            IVb14 …de Bourgogne (Red)
                            IVb15 …de Champagne (Mummers)
                    G, Op. 303
                            IVg4. Syncretic Gavot Gavotta Gavotte (Alpha-Omega)
                            IVg5. Dexterous Ghost... (Double Duo)
                          IVg6. Great Grass…. ('80's)
                          IVg7. Danse Grotesque (Revels)
                            IVg8. Gumboot... (Miners' Minors)
                    X, Op. 320
                       IVx1. X... (Xenia)
                           IVx2. Xibelani (Xylophone)

9:30    Charlie Sharzer
              The First Week of Freshman Year (2008)
                2111 2100 3Perc 11121 (17)
                    The First Day
                    The First Night
                    The First Crush
                    The First Party
                    The First Day of School

***

Good to be back at St. Teresa's, and another great rehearsal, on the 177th day of summer, high down a tick to 73 (locally and in Fairfield... tying with May 27's 73, as the mildest since then)

American Canyon / Vallejo, 71
Pinole, 70
Berkeley, 63
Oakland / San Francisco, 64
Pacifica, 62
San Rafael / Petaluma, 66

Somewhere in this beginning

Julius Caesar, Op. 329
Act III
Scene I. The Capitol.

September 28 - The Opus Project presents Opus 79-80

THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 79-80
Fate Knocking at the Floor
8pm, Saturday, September 28, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

OPUS 79

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Symphony in C (1940)
        I. Allegro alla breve

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     From Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79 (1948)
        II. The Thoughtful Mother and Aunt ("Bye, Bye, Bye")

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
    Job: A Masque, Op. 79 (1999)
         Scene I - Introduction "What You Been Doing?"

OPUS 80

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Fantasia in C Minor ("Choral Fantasy"), Op. 80 (1808)
        Presto

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
     Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80 (1880)
        Finale

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924)
     Pelleas et Melisande, Op. 80 (1898)
        III. Sicilienne

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
    Sonata No. 2 ("Concord") (1915)
        III. The Alcotts

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Tango (1940)
         Tempo di tango

Francis Poulenc (1899 -1963)
     Suite Francaise d'apres Claude Gervaise [1525-1583], FP 80 (1935)
        I. Bransle de Bourgogne

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     The Red Pony (1948)
        Introduction

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     John and Salome, Op. 80 (1999)
        IV. Salome's Dance

        Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
        The Opus Chamber Project Orchestra

THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                         Music Director and Conductor

Clarinet
Peter Brown

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Horn
Bob Satterford

Soprano / Piano
Megan Cullen

Tenor / Percussion
Mark Alburger

Violin
Kat Walsh

Viola
Carol Earley

Bass
Josh Calderon

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 81-82
Imaginary Soundscapes
8pm, Saturday, October 19, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)                Tragic Overture, Op. 81 (1880)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)                Parade (1917)
Charles Ives (1874-1954)                 A Set for Theatre Orchestra (1915)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)                Boléro (1928)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Circus Polka (1942)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)            La Création du Monde, Op. 81 (1923)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Clarinet Concerto (1948)
John Cage (1912-1992)                 Imaginary Landscape No. 4 (1951)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                The Beatitudes, Op. 81 (1999)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)                Symphony No. 5, Op. 82 (1919)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)                 Sonatine bureaucratique (1917)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)             Piano Concerto in D for the Left Hand (1930)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Danses Concertantes (1942)
John Cage (1912-1992)                Music of Changes (1951)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Symphony No. 4 ("Sequence"), Op. 82 (1999)

***

Another superb show, and, before that, a fine 3rd rehearsal for the

Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera

Fresh Voices XIX presentation (8pm, Saturday, November 23, Community Music Center, SF, CA),

on the beautific

176th day of summer,

high down 2 to 75

(locally and in Pleasant Hill -- Fairfield, 78; Martinez, 71... again the lowest since May 27's 73)

-- finishing

Julius Caesar, Op. 329
    Act II
       Scene III. A street near the Capitol. / Scene IV. Before the house of Brutus.

[4 pages total]

also beginning

Ives Orchestrations, Op. 331 (September 28, 2019)

with

    I. Sonata No. 2 ("Concord") (1920): III. The Alcotts

September 27 - Drum Circle

Happy Native American Day! Initally unacknowledged by about 1/3 of the Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Late Start Music Historians and me, but we are soon brought up to speed, looking forward to a double-dose of Medieval Magic next week, as Owen Lee organizes percussive forces and we anticipate tomorrow's The Opus Project presents Opus 79-80 (8pm, Saturday, September 28) in this same venue (DVC Ensemble Room).

All's well, on the 175th day of summer, high crashing down 15 to 76 (Fairfield / Pleasant Hill, 73;
Martinez, 68 -- the coolest since May 27's 73), composing page 3 of

Julius Caesar, Op. 329
Act II
Scene III. A street near the Capitol. / Scene IV. Before the house of Brutus.

September 26 - Falling Into Place

SAN FRANCISCO
COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger, Music Director

All That Fall
Rehearsal I
7pm, Thursday, September 26, 2019

Stardust Residence, 304 Winfield Street, San Francisco, CA
Mark Alburger, conducting

7:00    Kat Walsh
             Waves (2019) (7')
                0000 0000 11110 (4)

7:15    Igor Stravinsky
              Pulcinella Suite (1922) (23')
                2111 2100 Pf 11121 (15)
                       I. Sinfonia
                     II. Serenata
                       III. Scherzino – Allegretto – Andantino
                       IV. Tarantella
                       V. Toccata
                       VI. Gavotta (con due variazioni)
                       VII. Vivo
                       VIII. Minuetto – Finale

8:15 Break

8:30    Mark Alburger
              Broke Dance Intermezzi (2019) (20')
                1121 2100 Pf 2Perc 11121 (17)
                    B, Op. 298
                           IVb8. Bergamasque Mask (Dandy)
                            IVb9. Ice Bergerette (In the Brush)
                          IVb10. CrumBolero (Militaire)
                          IVb11. Bonne Bon… (Anatomic Memorial)
                            IVb12. Bechtel Bouree (Precipitous)
                            IVb13. Brando Bransle (Brawl)
                            IVb14 …de Bourgogne (Red)
                            IVb15 …de Champagne (Mummers)
                    G, Op. 303
                            IVg4. Syncretic Gavot Gavotta Gavotte (Alpha-Omega)
                            IVg5. Dexterous Ghost... (Double Duo)
                            IVg6. Great Grass…. ('80's)
                            IVg7. Danse Grotesque (Revels)
                          IVg8. Gumboot... (Miners' Minors)
                    X, Op. 320
                            IVx1. X... (Xenia)
                            IVx2. Xibelani (Xylophone)

9:30    Charlie Sharzer
              The First Week of Freshman Year (2008)
                2111 2100 3Perc 11121 (17)
                    The First Day
                    The First Night
                    The First Crush
                    The First Party
                    The First Day of School

***

Great first rehearsal and all-around day -- the 174th of summer, high down 10 to 91...

Fairfield, 83
American Canyon, 78
Berkeley, 73
Oakland, 76
San Francisco, 77
Pacifica / San Rafael, 74
Petaluma, 75

-- composing page 2 of

Julius Caesar, Op. 329
Act II
Scene III. A street near the Capitol. / Scene IV. Before the house of Brutus.

September 25 - Lyre, Lyre...

[Jacopo Peri, one of the inventors of opera, hoping (in vain) to be featured in Quiz 6 (Baroque Music) -- Tuesday, October 1, Pleasant Hill / Wednesday, October 2, San Ramon / Friday, October 18, Late Start...

D, A, E Major / E Minor

Getting better and better,

with

the

DVCSR Historians for music of Henry VIII and other regal Renaissance recitations, on the 173rd day of summer, high again 101 --

Fairfield, 102
Martinez, 95
Pleasant Hill, 99
Danville / American Canyon, 96
San Ramon, 91
Pinole, 98

-- beginning

Julius Caesar, Op. 329
Act II
Scene III. A street near the Capitol. / Scene IV. Before the house of Brutus.

September 24 - Looking Up

Nancy Pelosi and company's impeachment hearings against The Great Criminal moving along nicely, and the

Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Music Historians receive their fair share of

Renaissance selections,

with an interlude of recruiting re The Opus Project presents Opus 79-80 (8pm, Saturday, September 28, Viking Drive, DVC Music Building), on this the 172nd day of summer, high zooming up 9 to 101 (locally and in Fairfield / Pleasant Hill, 18th at or above the century mark, tying as 5th highes with August 3 and 26) --

American Canyon, 96
Pinole, 91
Martinez, 100

Julius Caesar, Op. 329
Act II
Scene II. Caesar's house.

[7 pages total]

September 23 - Darkness Into Light

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) excerpts and beyond to early Renaissance wonders for the Diablo Valley College San Ramon Music Historians, on the 171st day of spring, high up 2 to 92 (locally and in Fairfield)...

Martinez, 87
Pleasant Hill, 91
Danville / American Canyon, 86
San Ramon, 83
Pinole, 82

... beginning