November 30 - The Opus Project presents Opus 11


THE OPUS PROJECT

Opus 11

8pm, Saturday, November 30, 2013
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Pleasant Hill, CA

Op. 11, No. 1

Scott Joplin (1867-1917
    Treemonisha (1911)
          Overture (Beginning, Elided)

          The Opus Project Orchestra
        

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Three Pieces for Piano, Op. 11 (1909)
          I. Moderately, in 4

          Video - Eduard Steuermann, Piano
   

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)       
     Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11 (1911) (Bela Belazs)
          Door 5

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano
          Richard Mix, Bass
          The Opus Project Orchestra

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 11 (1913)
          I.  Moderately
          II.  Very agitatedly
          III.  Extremely peacefully

          Lewis Patzner, Cello
          Mark Alburger, Piano
      
    
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Toccata, Op. 11 (1912)

          Video - Sergei Prokofiev, Piano

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Viola Sonata, Op. 11, No. 4 (1918)
          I.  Fantasie (Introduction)

          Kat Walsh, Viola
          Mark Alburger, Piano

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)       
     Recordare, Op. 11 (1923) (Lamentations, V)
          Introduction

     Street Scene (1946) (Langston Hughes)
          What Good Would the Moon Be?

          Jill Wagoner, Soprano
          Mark Alburger, Piano
          The Opus Project Orchestra

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)   
     Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 (1925)
          I.  Prelude (Adagio) - Introduction
          II.  Scherzo - Introduction

          The Opus Project Strings

Op. 11, No. 2

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)       
     Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a (1936)

          The Opus Project Strings

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
    On This Island, Op. 11 (1937) (W.H. Auden)
          IV. Nocturne (Andante piacevole)

          Jill Wagoner, Voice
          Mark Alburger, Piano
   

 Aaron Blumenfeld (b. 1932)       
     Duo Sonatina (2013)
          I.  Disputation
          II.  Resentment
          III.  Reconciliation
          IV.  Joyful Dance

          The Gold Duo

Terry Riley (b. 1935)       
     In C (1964)

          The Opus Project Orchestra

Jan Pusina (b. 1940)
     String Quartet, Op. 11 (1972)
          I. Adagio

          The Opus Project Quartet

        

John Bilotta (b. 1948)       
     Electronic Composition No. 11 ("The Ikariad") (2000)

          Video, John Bilotta - Sound File

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Portraits of Three [Flute] Players, Op. 11 (1978)
          II.  Anne's Ten-Dollar Music

          Alan Kingsley, Flute
          The Opus Project Orchestra
      
     
Stardust (b. 1962)           
     Shelter (2013)
          I. Stomping Ground
          II. Resting Place

          The Shelter Quartet
               

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 12
8pm, Saturday, December 28, 2013
Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA.
A Multi-Media Event, with Heather Klein and The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Jane Grey, Op. 12, No. 1 (1907)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)            Piece for Orchestra, Op. 12, No. 2  (1912)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            The Day Is Over, Op. 12, No. 1 (1917)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            March, Op. 12, No. 1 (1913)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Murderer, Hope of Women, Op. 12 (1918)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 12, No. 1 (1926)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12 (1938)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Sonata Ricercare, Op. 12 (1935)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Mont Juic (with Lennox Berkeley), Op. 12 (1937)
Jan Pusina (b. 1940)        Tantara (2013)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)            Trumpets, Op. 12 (1975)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Procession, Op. 12, No. 4 (1978)


THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor

Flute       
Alan Kingsley

Oboe
Stardust*

Clarinet
Keith Leung

Bassoon
Nat Echols*
Michael Garvey

Trumpet
Keith Leung

Horn
Jan Pusina

Trombone
Emily Sanchez

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass
Richard Mix

Piano
Mark Alburger
Anne Calloway
Richard Mix

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Carole Cloud*
Joseph Gold

Violin II
Corey Johnson
Carol Earley*
Rozalia Valentine

Viola
Raphael Gold
Kristy Venstrom*
Kat Walsh*

Cello
Lewis Patzner*
Aaron Urton*

*The Opus Project and Shelter Quartets


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 13
8pm, Saturday, January 25, 2014
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Peace on Earth, Op. 13 (1907)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)            The Wooden Prince, Op. 13 (1914)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            Lonely Girl, Op. 13, No. 2 (1918)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)        Maddalena, Op. 13 (1913)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)        Melancholie, Op. 13 (1919)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987        Piano Sonatina No. 1, Op. 13, No. 1 (1930)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)    Aphorism for Piano, Op. 13, No. 1(1927)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Song, Op. 13, No. 1 (1940)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Piano Concerto, Op. 13, No. 1 (1938)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Three Places in America, Op. 13  (1978)


Bela Bartok (1881-1945)       
     Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11 (1911) (Bela Belazs)
          Door 5

JUDITH:

Ah!

BLUEBEARD:

Now, behold my spacious kingdom!
Gaze ye down the dwindling vistas
Is it not a noble country?

JUDITH:

Fair and spacious is your country.

BLUEBEARD:

Silken meadows, velvet forests,
Tranquil streams of winding silver
Lofty mountains, blue and hazy.

JUDITH:

Fair and spacious is your country.

BLUEBEARD:

All is thine forever, Judith
Here both dawn and twilight flourish
Here, sun, moon, and star have dwelling
They shall be thy deathless playmates


Kurt Weill (1900-1950)       
     Recordare, Op. 11 (1923) (Lamentations, V)
          Introduction

 Recordare, Domine
quid acciderit nobis
intuere, et respice
opprobrium nostrum.

Remember me, O Lord,
what has fallen upon us,
consider, then, and behold
our doleful punishment.

     Street Scene (1946) (Langston Hughes)
          What Good Would the Moon Be?

I've looked in the windows at diamonds,
They're beautiful but they're cold.
I've seen Broadway stars in fur coats
That cost a fortune so I'm told.
I guess I'd look nice in diamonds,
and sables might add to my charms,
But if someone I don't care would buy them
I'd rather have two loving arms!
What good would the moon be
Unless the right one shared its beams?
What good would dreams-come-true be
If love wasn't in those dreams?
And a primrose path --
What would be the fun
Of walking down a path like that
without the right one?
What good would the night be
Unless the right lips whisper low:
Kiss me, oh, darling, kiss me,
While ev'ning stars still glow?
No, it won't be a primrose path for me,
No, it won't be diamonds or gold,
But maybe there will be
Someone who'll love me,
Someone who'll love just me
To have and to hold!


Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)   
     On This Island, Op. 11 (1937) (W.H. Auden)
          IV. Nocturne

 Now through night's caressing grip
Earth and all her oceans slip,
Capes of China slide away
From her fingers into day
And th'Americas incline
Coasts towards her shallow line.

Now the ragged vagrants creep
Into crooked holes to sleep:
Just and unjust, worst and blest
Change their places as they rest
Awkward lovers lie in fields
Where disdainful beauty yields

While the splendid and the proud
Naked stand before the crowd
And the losing gambler gains
And the beggar entertains:
May sleep's healing power extend
Through these hours to our friend.

Unpursued by hostile force,
Traction engine, bull or horse
Or revolting succubus:
Calmly till the morning break
Let him lie then gently wake

 ***


Compose page 58 of Double Piano Concerto ("Fellow Travellers"): III, before a morning with Harriet,


Megan, Flora, and


Felicia --


the latter partially in gentle pursuit of rabbits in the greenspace. 


Following this,


a roundabout through town,


then


beeline


down


the


scenically


buzzing


limited-


access


boulevards


to


Contra


Costa,


towards


Cybercopy for more musical, plus program, reproduction,


and at last off to a very successful Opus 11.

November 29 - Assembling the Forces


Rehearsal at Diablo Valley College for The Opus Project presents Opus 11, including

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
Duke Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11 (1911) (Bela Belazs)
     Door 5                                                  

Kurt Weill (1900-1950) (The Book of Jeremiah)
Recordare, Op. 11 (1923
     Introduction
                     
Terry Riley (b. 1935)
In C (1964)   

Scott Joplin (1867-1917)       
Treemonisha (1911) (1')
     Overture (Beginning, Elided)

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Portraits of Three [Flute] Players, Op. 11 (1978)
     II.  Anne's Ten-Dollar Music

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)  
Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 (1925)
     I.  Prelude (Adagio) - Introduction
     II.  Scherzo - Introduction

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)      
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a (1936)
                  
Jan Pusina (b. 1940)    
String Quartet, Op. 11
     I. Adagio
                      
Stardust (b. 1962)          
Shelter (2013)
     I. Stomping Ground
     II. Resting Place



Anton Webern (1883-1945)      
Three Little Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 11 (1913)
     I.  Moderately
     II.  Very agitately
     III.  Extremely peacefully

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)      
Viola Sonata, Op. 11, No. 4 (1918)
     I.  Fantasie

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)  
On This Island, Op. 11 (1937) (W.H. Auden)
     IV. Nocturne (Andante piacevole)

Kurt Weill (1900-1950)      
Street Scene (1946)
     What Good Would the Moon Be?


***


In the early morning,


finish the transit north,


then,


after a few hours respite and composition of page 57 for Double Piano Concerto ("Fellow Travellers"): III,


head


down


the


beautyway


for the rehearsal -- yay!

November 28 - Thanks


Out with John to


White


Rabbit,


after emailing rehearsal schedule and doing more promotional work for The Opus Project presents Opus 11 (8pm, November 30, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA),


running


the


beauty


gauntlet


from


his place to theirs,


listening to Double Piano Concerto ("Fellow Travellers"): II and


work-in-progress re III,


then


further


out,


eventually


west


on


10


(Yucaipa


Canyon and


Grade),


northwest


210,


Mt. San Gorgonio


above the Santa Ana River,


curving in the vicinity of Highland and


San Bernardino,


to the


open country


of


215,


narrowing


in


again


at


15,


exploring


the


Cajon


Canyon,


flanked by the San Gabriels


and


San


Bernardinos,


ultimately returning for the Thanksgiving feast, communing with Harriet along the way -- thereafter, beginning the long drive back north, on yet-again-what-we-must-speculate as truly being the last day of the year for summerlike temperatures (228 of season): high 71 (but lamentably only 62 locally Southern Californially!)