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.
