THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 6
8pm, Saturday, June 29, 2013
Berkeley Arts Festival
2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Op. 6, No. 1
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Eight Songs, Op. 6 (1905)
IV. Ghasel (Keller)
Letitia C. Page, Soprano
Mark Alburger, Piano
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
14 Bagatelles, Op. 6 (1908)
VI. Lento
Mark Alburger, Piano
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Two Melodies, Op. 6 (1908) (Sergei Gorodetsky)
II. A Song of the Dew
(Mystic Song of the Ancient Russian Flagellants)
Letitia C. Page, Soprano
Mark Alburger, Piano
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 (1909)
I. Langsam
The Opus Project Orchestra
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 (1915)
I. Praludium (Langsam)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Dreams, Op. 6 (1910)
Introduction
Video Animation
Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) - The Nightmare (1781)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Eight Waltzes ("Drei Wunderschone Madchen im Schwarzwald"), Op. 6 (1916)
I. Langsames Walzertempo
The Opus Project Orchestra
Op. 6, No. 2
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Sonata No. 1 in F Major, Op. 6 (1927)
II. Andantino semplice
Helena Michelson, Piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 6 (1922) (Wesley Asakawa, orch.)
I. Prelude (Introduction and Finale)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Cello Sonata, Op. 6 (1932)
III. Allegro appassionato (Introduction)
John Michel, Cello - Video
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Suite, Op. 6 (1935)
I. March
The Opus Project Orchestra
Elmer Bernstein (1922-2004)
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Classical Brass Quintet
John Cheetham (b. 1939)
Scherzo (1963)
Classical Brass Quintet
Jan Pusina (b. 1940)
Phonemes ("Say That Again"), Op. 6 (1973)
Jan Pusina, Tape
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Variations and Theme, Op. 6 (1976)
Mark Alburger - Video
Helena Michelson (b. 1966)
The Game (2010)
"Yet love, mere love, is beautiful indeed"
Helena Michelson, Piano
Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)
Cadenza in Bb Minor (2011) (5')
Alan Kingsley, Flute
Mark Alburger, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE
Mark Alburger
Music Director and Conductor
Flute
Alan Kingsley
Martha Stoddard
Clarinet
Wesley Asakawa
Bassoon
Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey
Trumpet
John Hagglof+
Don Moffitt+
Horn
Sally Johnson+
Priscilla Nunn
Jan Pusina
Trombone
Dean Leonard+
Zach Newbegin
Tuba
Dustin Short
Francis Upton IV
Soprano
Letitia C. Page
Piano
Mark Alburger
Patti Deuter
Helena Michelson
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Violin I
Lawrence Huang
Corey Johnson
Violin II
Maria Gusenkov
Viola
Carol Earley
Kat Walsh
Bass
Michael Stubblefield
+Classical Brass Quintet
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 7 - 8pm, Saturday, July 27, 2013,
Diablo Valley College Music Building Room 101 Choral Auditorium, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with Classical Brass Quintet, and The Opus Project Quartet and Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, No. 2 (1905)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, No. 4 (1909)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Etude, Op. 7, No. 1 (1908)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7 (1909)
Alban Berg (1885-1935) Wozzeck: Lullaby, Op. 7 (1925)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Scherzo in Eb-Major for Orchestra, Op. 7 (1924)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Music for a Scene from Shelley, Op. 7 (1933)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Friday Afternoons, Op. 7 (1935)
Bill Holcomb (1924-2010) Katrina Suite: Storm (2010)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Interrupted Interludes, Op. 7 (1976)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Eight Songs, Op. 6 (1905)
IV. Ghasel (Middle-Eastern stanza) (Gottfried Keller)
Ich halte dich in meinem Arm, du hältst die Rose zart,
Und eine junge Biene tief in sich die Rose hält.
So reihen wir uns perlenhaft an einer Lebensschnur,
So freun wir uns, wie Blatt an Blatt sich an der Rose schart.
Und glüht mein Kuß auf deinem Mund, so zuckt die Flammenspur,
Bis in der Biene Herz, das sich dem Kelch der Rose paart.
I think of you near me, as a tender rose.
And I a young bee deep within.
Our life a string of pearls in the enclosure,
Our affection, as petals encircled
And my kiss glows on your lips, as sparks fly up,
From the heart of the encircling rose.
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Melodie, Op. 6, No. 1 (1908) (Sergei Gorodetsky)(6')
II. A Song of the Dew
(Mystic Song of the Ancient Russian Flagellants)
O mother earth, o dear one,
O fruitful one, o brown one!
The dingy hut is empty.
O come, celestial Spirit,
And bring us holy water;
With faith we'll glean each droplet,
We have lingered, we have languished,
Whilst our locks we plaited
Sad and weary, lonely pining,
Whilst we gleaned the dewdrops.
And at each cool drop we murmured,
And we sang in chorus,
Gently thrusting slender branches
Towards one another:
Spinster shall remain the maiden;
Would she be a bride?
Bringest thou fine gifts, o maiden;
That wouldst be a bride?
Blush not, give the mark so dainty
that adorns thy nape.
Blush not, give a cross well polished,
give a cross of ash!
Hear ye not how in the yard
Proudly strutting, mounting guard,
A fine cockerel crows high!
Rustles spreading far and wide:
Soon, aye, soon, at eventide,
Each of you shall be a bride!
A seat of loam well trodden,
Dull panes in every window,
The dingy hut stands empty.
He comes, the Holy Spirit,
He casts o'er us his shadow.
O sisters, praise the Maker!
***
Fine show, but, tragically the iPhone camera malfunctions, and in such a way that we are lulled into thinking that pictures are being taken. Such is not the case during the commute and
Decameron -
First
Day
rehearsal
before
this,
where
seems
to
be
plenty of room to work... Late night, after the show, compose page 41 of Hamlet. on a second day in a row above 100 -- 107, the second-highest temp of our 99 days of summer thus far (23rd temp of 90-or-better, 4th 100-or-beyond)... although much cooler in Berkeley (85).
