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
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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
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to
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Cybercopy for more musical, plus program, reproduction,
and at last off to a very successful Opus 11.
