May 25 - Opus 5


THE OPUS PROJECT

Opus 5

8pm, Saturday, May 25, 2013
Berkeley Arts Festival
2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA



Op. 5, No. 1

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)*
Suite No. 1, Op. 5
     III. Tears (Largo di molto - G minor)
     IV. Easter (Allegro maestoso - G minor)


          Feona Lee Jones and Jerry Kuderna, Piano Four-Hands



Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5 (1903)*
     Hervor (Outside)

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)       
L'Appassionata (Fantasia Sentimentale), Op. 5 (1904)


       Kris Palmer, Flute / Feona Lee Jones, Piano

  
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)           
Two Portraits, Op. 5 (1908)
     II. Presto (Valse) - One Imperfect (One Grotesque)


          The Opus Project Orchestra


 Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)           
The Rite of Spring (1913)*
     I. Introduction / II. Dances of the Adolescents

          The Opus Project Orchestra



Anton Webern (1883-1945)*           
Five Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909)
     II-IV
                       
          The Opus Project Quartet



Alban Berg (1885-1935)           
Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (1913)*
     I. Heavy - Slow / II. Very Slow / III. Very Fast / IV. Slow

          Michael Kimbell, Clarinet / Elizabeth Lee, Piano






Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)           
Sinfonietta, Op. 5 (1909) (3')
     IV. Scherzo: Allegro risoluto

          Philharmonia Orchestra / Video

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)           
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 5 (1912)
     I. Rhythmic

          The Opus Project Quartet



Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)           
Funny Songs in Swiss-German Dialect, Op. 5 (1916)
     I. Schlossli Bschnyde


          David Chavez, Tenor / Feona Lee Jones, Piano


Op. 5, No. 2

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)      
Piano Prelude, Op. 5, No. 1 (1927)

     Feona Lee Jones, Piano



Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)       
Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5 (1920)
     I. March - Allegretto / II. Waltz - Andantino / III. Polka - Allegretto

          Elizabeth Lee, Piano
 
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)           
Overture to "The School for Scandal", Op. 5 (1931)
     Introduction

          The Opus Project Orchestra

John Cage (1912-1992)           
The Seasons, Part II (1947)
     Prelude 3 / Summer / Prelude 4 / Fall

     Patti Deuter, Piano



Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)*       
Holiday Diary, Op. 5 (1934)
     I. Early Morning Bathe

          Shura Cherkassky, Piano / Video   

Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)*       
Venetian Games (1960)
                        I. Allegro

                        The Opus Project Orchestra



Jan Pusina (b. 1940)           
Tape Composition No. 2, Op. 5 (1975)
                   
          Jan Pusina / Video



Allan Crossman (b. 1942)           
Suite-Fantasy, Op. 5 (1964)
     Allegretto in C



          Alan Crossman, Piano



Harry Bernstein (b. 1948)           
Mother Goose Suite (2003)*
     If All the World Was Apple Pie

          The Opus Project String Trio



John Bilotta (b. 1948)           
Prelude and Dance, Op. 5 (1977)

          Allan Crossman, Piano
                       
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)           
The Lord's Prayer, Op. 5 (1975)

          The Opus Project Orchestra


Anthony Ragus (b. 1993)            
Rabbits Frolicking Through the Meadow (2013)


           Anthony Ragus, Trumpet / Jerry Kuderna, Piano

 *140th, 130th, 120th, 110th, 100th, 70th- and 10th-Anniversaries


THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger
Music Director and Conductor

Flute       
Harry Bernstein
Amar Khalsa
Alan Kingsley
Kris Palmer
Bruce Salvisberg

Oboe
Suzanne Christensen
Eva Langfeldt

Clarinet
Amar Khalsa
Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Scott A. Blakley
Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey

Trumpet
Cindy Collins
Anthony Ragus

Horn
Priscilla Nunn
Jan Pusina
Valerie Senavsky

Trombone
Zach Newbegin
                  

Tenor
David Chavez

Piano
Allan Crossman
Patti Deuter

 
Feona Jones



Jerry Kuderna
Elizabeth Lee



Percussion
Victor Flaviani

Violin I
Elicia Fox
Lawrence Huang
Carolyn Lowenthal*


Violin II
Angelica Camacho
Maria Gusenkov
Ralph Morrison*

Viola
Harry Bernstein
Carol Earley
Sahib-Amar Khalsa
Marion Taylor*

Cello
Heidi Jones



Elizabeth Morrison*

Bass
Travis Kindred


Michael Stubblefield

*The Opus Project Trio and Quartet


Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
Funny Songs in Swiss-German Dialect (1917)
     I. Schlössli bschnyde

Gärtner, chum cho d'Schlößli bschnyde!    
s'mags nid jedes Stündeli lyde,
s'git gar fyni drunder!

Und wär eis so weich wie Syde:
Chunt de Rächtcho d'Schlößli bschnyde,
denn passiert es Wunder.

Gartner, come the shoots cut!
S' may be's not every perennial suffering.
S'there is even fine eating!

Was the one as soft as silk:
the rights would be to cut the shoots,
then it happens!


Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
The Lords Prayer, Op. 5 (1975) (Matthew 6:9-13, KJV)

Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done in earth,
as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil:
For thine is the kingdom,
and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 6 - 8pm, Saturday, June 29, 2013
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with Feona Lee Jones and The Opus Project Orchestra

Charles Ives (1874-1954)            The Fourth of July (1913)*
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)            Song, Op. 6, No. 3 (1905)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)            Bagatelles, Op. 6 Nos. 1-6 (1908)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Melodie, Op. 6, No. 1 (1908)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)*            Two Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6, Nos. 1-2 (1909)
Alban Berg (1885-1935)            Piece for Orchestra, Op. 6, No. 1 (1914)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Dreams, Op. 6 (1910)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)             Waltz, Op. 6, No. 1 (1916)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 6, No. 1 (1922)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Cello Sonata, Op. 6, No. 3 (1931)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)*        Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6, No. 1 (1935)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)        Variations and Theme, Op. 6 (1976)

*130th and 100th-Anniversary Celebrations


 ***



An eventful day,


beginning with Opus 5 program printing and partial publication of scores for The Decameron - First Day (both machines breaking down at the local Staples, plus the non-availability of machine-stapling [!] and edge-trim),


flying


down


and


across


to


Concord Pass


and


a


rehearsal


in Pittsburg with


Lawrence Huang and Maria Gusenkov of the evening's music. 


For the next



act,


proceed with


alacrity to


DVC for first  


Decameron rehearsal with


Harriet March Page and Cass Panuska -- examining the ten video libretti and initial assignation of parts. 


After this, 


off to CyberCopy to finally produce scores,


then over and under hill to


Berkeley Arts Festival for the set-up,


soundcheck, and


show.  Homeward after to compose page 8 of Hamlet on this 66th day of summer, high again 78.