THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 4
8pm, Saturday, April 27, 2013
Berkeley Arts Festival
2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Op. 4, No. 1
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Transfigured Night, Op. 4 (1899) (Dehmel)
Introduction
The Opus Project Strings
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Orchestral Suite No. 2, Op. 4 (1907)
II. Allegro scherzando (diabolico): Dance
The Opus Project Orchestra
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Fireworks, Op. 4 (1908)
Introduction
The Opus Project Orchestra
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Five Songs on Poems by Stefan George, Op. 4 (1909)
II. Noch zwingt mich Treue
Kate Bautch, Soprano
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Five Orchestral Songs on Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 (1912)
I. Seele, wie bist du schöner, tiefer, nach Schneestürmen
Kate Bautch, Soprano
The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 4 (1908)
IV. Suggestion Diabolique
Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
La Brebis Egaree (The Lost Sheep), Op. 4 (1914) (Francis Jammes)
Act I, Scene I, Tres modere: Pierre
Mark Alburger, Tenor
Melissa Smith, Piano
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Lustige (Funny) Sinfonietta, Op. 4 (1916)
I. Die Galgenbrüder (The Gallows Brothers):
Fugato - Das Grosse Lalula (The Big Lalula)
(after Morgenstern)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Op. 4, No. 2 (52')
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Two Fables of Krylov, Op. 4 (1922)
I. The Dragonfly and the Ant
Sarita Cannon, Soprano
The Opus Project Orchestra
John Cage (1912-1992)
The Seasons, Part I (1947)
Prelude 1
Winter
Prelude 2
Spring
Patti Deuter, Piano
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
A Simple Symphony, Op. 4 (1933)
II. Playful Pizzicato
The Opus Project Strings
Jim Ryan (b. 1932)
Improvisation on "Danny Boy" (2013)
Jim Ryan, Tenor Sax
Arvo Part (b. 1935)
Fratres, for Cello and Piano (1989)
Crystal Pascucci, Cello
Shani Aviram, Piano
David Gilmour (b. 1946)
Richard Wright (b. 1943)
Breathe (Roger Waters) (1973)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Poems on Crane, Op. 4 (1975)
II. The Wayfarer
The Opus Project Orchestra
Rachel Condry (b. 1975)
Brass Quintet (2011)
The Opus Project Brass
Feona Lee Jones (b. 1985)
Morning Mist / You (2013)
Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
Overworld (2012)
The Opus Project End-of-Time Quartet*
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger
Music Director and Conductor
Flute
Alan Kingsley
Cory Wright
Clarinet
Rachel Condry
Cory Wright
Bassoon
Michael Garvey
Trumpet
Michael Beveridge
Cindy Collins
Horn
Sally Johnson
Trombone
Zack Newbegin
Tuba
Amy Chinn
Soprano
Kate Bautch
Sarita Cannon
Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Guitar
Michael Stubblefield
Piano
Shani Aviram
Patti Deuter
Feona Lee Jones
Melissa Smith*
Violin I
Laura Shifley
Violin II
Laurence Huang*
Viola
Christian Bamala
Christina Lesicko
Cello
Heidi Jones
Jen Adler Mathers*
Crystal Pascucci
Bass
Amy Chinn
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 5 - 8pm, Saturday, May 25, 2013,
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA
A Multi-Media Event,
with Kris Palmer, Michael Kimbell, Allan Crossman, Patti Deuter, Elizabeth Lee, and
The Opus Project Quartet and Orchestra
Charles Ives (1874-1954) From "114 Songs" (1922)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Peleas und Melisande, Op. 5 (1903)*
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962) Appassionata Fantasia Sentimentale, Op. 5 (1904)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) Portrait, Op. 5, No. 2 (1908)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Rite of Spring (1913)*
Anton Webern (1883-1945)* Piece for String Quartet, Op. 5, No. 1 (1909)
Alban Berg (1885-1935) Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (1913)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Sinfonietta, Op. 5, No. 4 (1909)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) String Quartet No. 1, Op. 5, No. 1 (1912)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Funny Song in Swiss-German Dialect, Op. 5, No. 1 (1917)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 5 (1920)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Overture to "The School for Scandal", Op. 5 (1931)
John Cage (1912-1992) The Seasons, Part II (1947)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)* Holiday Diary, Op. 5 (1934)
Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)* Venetian Games (1961)
John Bilotta (b. 1948) Prelude and Dance, Op. 5 (1977)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) The Lord's Prayer, Op. 5 (1975)
* 130th-, 110th, and 100th-anniversary celebrations
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Transfigured Night, Op. 4 (1899) (after Richard Dehmel)
Zwei Menschen gehn durch kahlen, kalten Hain;
der Mond läuft mit, sie schaun hinein.
Der Mond läuft über hohe Eichen;
kein Wölkchen trübt das Himmelslicht,
in das die schwarzen Zacken reichen.
Die Stimme eines Weibes spricht:
„Ich trag ein Kind, und nit von Dir . . .
Two people are walking through a bare, cold wood;
the moon keeps pace with them and draws their gaze.
The moon moves along above tall oak trees,
there is no wisp of cloud to obscure the radiance
to which the black, jagged tips reach up.
A woman’s voice speaks:
"I am carrying a child, and not by you . . .
Anton Webern (1883-1945) Five Songs on Poems by Stefan George, Op. 4 (1909): II
Noch zwingt mich treue über dir zu wachen
Und deines duldens schönheit dass ich weile,
Mein heilig streben ist mich traurig machen
Damit ich wahrer deine trauer teile.
Nie wird ein warmer anruf mich empfangen,
Bis in die späten stunden unsres bundes
Muss ich erkennen mit ergebnem bangen
Das herbe schicksal winterlichen fundes.
In faithfulness I watch still over you
and linger over the beauty of your patience,
my sacred striving is to make myself sad
to share more truly yours.
Never will a warm appeal take hold of me,
until in the late hours of our union
I must realise with devoted anxiety
the bitter fate of the traces of winter.
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Five Orchestral Songs on Postcard Texts by Peter Altenberg, Op. 4 (1912): I
Seele, wie bist du schöner, tiefer, nach Schneestürmen.
Auch du hast sie, gleich der Natur.
Und über beiden liegt noch ein trüber Hauch,
eh' das Gewölk sich verzog!
Soul, you're more beautiful, deeper, after snowstorms.
Like Nature, you have storms, too.
And over both still lie a melancholy air
like clouds that disperse but slowly.
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
La Brebis Egaree (The Lost Sheep), Op. 4 (1914) (Francis Jammes):
Act I, Scene I, Tres modere: Pierre
Cette table est gaie a cause des fleurs qui y sont peintes.
Paul est mon ami.
Ces fleurs qui y sont peintes font vivre la tasse.
On dirait des campanules des mauves et des roses.
Francoise est la femme de Paul.
This table is delightful because of the painted flowers.
Paul is my friend.
These painted flowers make the cup live.
One would say bellflowers of mauves and pinks.
Francoise is Paul's wife.
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Lustige (Funny) Sinfonietta, Op. 4: I. Die Galgenbrüder (The Gallows Brothers):
Fugato - Das Grosse Lalula (The Big Lalula) (after Christian Morgenstern)
Kroklokwafzi? Semememi!
Seiokrontro - prafriplo:
Bifzi, bafzi; hulalemi:
quasti basti bo...
Lalu lalu lalu lalu la!
Hontraruru miromente
zasku zes rü rü?
Entepente, Leiolente
klekwapufzi lü?
Lalu lalu lalu lalu la!
Simarar kos malzipempu
silzuzankunkrei (;)!
Marjomar dos: Quempu Lempu
Siri Suri Sei []
Lalu lalu lalu lalu la!
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Poems on [Stephen] Crane, Op. 4 (1975): II. The Wayfarer
The wayfarer,
Perceiving the pathway to truth,
Was struck with astonishment:
It was thickly grown with weeds.
And he said,
"I see that no one has passed this way
For a long time."
Later he saw that each weed was a
Singular knife.
"Well," he mumbled at last,
"Doubtless there are other paths"
***
Compose a second-and-final page Six Enneads, produce and print out the Opus 4 program
before
heading
down
the
freeways,
in
sight of
Diablo,
beyond Concord Ridge,
near
the
Pittsburg
Foothills
to rehearse Opus 4 music with violinist Lawrence Hwang,
then migrate over plains
and
range,
ascending,
and
descending
into the valley of CyberCopy,
swing by DVC
(where the Blue Devils are still at it)
to practice the Milhaud
and
get
organized,
and
proceed,
via
Orinda Canyon,
to
Berkeley,
rendezvous'ing
with
Harriet, hitting a Chinese spot, meeting up with Jerry Kuderna and one of his students,
greeting Patti Deuter,
and
proceeding
through
a
semi-feverish
hour+
of
soundcheck.
Afterwards, linger with many, then hie for home with Harriet.
