THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 17
8pm, Saturday, May 31, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 1 (1719)
I. Prelude
III. Courante
V. Minuet I
VI. Minuet II
Sohrab Bazargannia, Marimba / Aaron Urton, Cello
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Four Romances, Op. 17 (1889)
II. In Spring
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Six Songs of Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack [1815-1894], Op. 17 (1888)
I. Since Your Eyes Looked into Mine
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Seven Songs, Op. 17, No. 1 (1902)
I. Then I Questioned No Further (Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804-1877)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Suite No.2 in C Major, Op.17 (1901)
III. Romance - Beginning
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger & Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
King Estmere, Op 17 (1903) (Old English Ballad)
Introduction
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Erwartung, Op. 17 (1909)
Interlude
The Opus Project Orchestra
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
Two Pieces, Op. 17 (1917)
I. Malinconia - Theme
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
Handelian Rhapsody, Op. 17 (1909)
Interlude
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17 (1917)
II. Allegro molto capriccioso - Introduction
The Opus Project String Quartet
George Enescu (1881-1955)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 17 (1914)
I. Assez vif et rythmé - Fanfare
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
The Nightingale (1914)
Entr'acte
The Opus Project Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Twelve Songs, Op. 17 (1907)
IX. Slumber Song (Alfred Mombert, 1872-1942)
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Three Folk Texts, Op. 17 (1925)
II. Dearest Virgin, We Are Yours
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / The Opus Project Trio
Opus 17, No. 2
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Sarcasms, Op. 17 (1914)
V. Precipitosissimo - Coda
Mark Alburger, Piano
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
Proteus, Op.17 (1919)
Act I: Ouverture - Beginning
The Opus Project Orchestra
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Piano Sonata, Op. 17 (1920)
III. Introduction [Reconstruction]
Mark Alburger, Piano
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
Jump Over the Shadow, Op. 17 (1923)
Excerpt
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)
The Royal Palace, Op. 17 (1927)
Introduction
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Two Choric Dances, Op. 17 (1938)
II. Conclusion
Video
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Two Pieces by Domenico Scarlatti, Op. 17 (1928)
I. Pastorale - Part I
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Second Essay for Orchestra, Op. 17 (1942)
Finale
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 17 (1937)
III. . . . Andante maestoso
The Opus Project Orchestra
John Cage (1912-1992)
Imaginary Landscape No. 1 (1939)
Video
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Paul Bunyan, Op. 17 (1941)
I. Prelude
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Ollantay, Op. 17 (1947)
I. View of Ollantaytambo - Introduction
The Opus Project Orchestra
Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Clapping Music (1972)
Mark Alburger and Sohrab Bazargannia, Hands
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Music in Fifths (1969)
Page 1
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
Coursing, Op. 17 (1979)
Calmo
The Opus Project Orchestra
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Two and a Half Pieces, Op. 17 (1979)
I. Mirror Music
II. Requiem Invention
III. Recapitulation
The Opus Project Wind Quartet
Stardust (b. 1962)
Piano Sonatina (2013)
II. Melancholy
Mark Alburger, Piano
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
Clay Army March (2004)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)
Disney Improvisation (2014)
Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Flute
Alan Kingsley*
Oboe
Eva Langfeldt
Stardust
Bassoon
Lori Garvey
Michael Garvey*
Tim Machajewski*
Trumpet
Michael Beveridge
Michael Cox*
Trombone
Scott Sterling*
Soprano
Jill Wagoner
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Nasrawi
Percussion
Sohrab Bazargannia
Ken Crawford
Violin I
Lawrence Huang*
Violin II
Kat Walsh
Corey Johnson*
Viola
Carol Earley
Kristy Venstrom*
Cello
Aaron Urton*
Bass
Trevor Murphy
*The Opus Project Trio and Quartets
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 18 - 8pm, Saturday, June 28, 2014, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with Alan Kingsley, Jill Wagoner, and The Opus Project Orchestra
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Vale of Tuoni, Op. 18, No. 6 (1914)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) The Mystic Trumpeter, Op 18 (1904)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) The Golden Touch: Introduction, Op. 18 (1910)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) Etude, Op. 18, No. 1 (1918 )
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Piece for Quartet (1914)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) Song, Op. 18, No. 1 (1925)
Ernst Toch (1887-1964) String Quartet No. 8, Op. 18, No. 1 (1909)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) The Ugly Duckling, Op. 18 (1914)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Spring, Op.18 (1914)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Song, Op. 18, No. 1 (1920)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Symphony No. 1, Op. 18, No. 1 (1932)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) New Babylon, Op. 18 (1929)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Monks and Raisins, Op. 18, No. 2 (1943)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Variations and Fugue, Op. 18 (1963)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Les Illuminations, Op. 18 (1939)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Toccata, Op. 18, No. 1 (1947)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Bagatelle, Op. 18, No. 1 (1947)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Variazioni (1959)
Philip Glass (b. 1937) Music in Similar Motion (1969)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952) Symphony No. 3, Op. 18 (1979)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Yellow River Concerto II, Op. 18 (1979)
Feona Lee Jones (b. 1985) Story of Water (2013)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
Four Romances, Op. 17 (1889)
II. In Spring
Staruju pesnju mne serdce pojot,
Staraja greza opjat' voskresajet,
Gde-to blazhenstva cvetok rascvetajet,
Laskovyj golos nemolchno zovjot.
Skazka volshebnaja vnov' predo mnoj,
Skazke volshebnoj ja verju nevol'no,
Serdcu tak sladko, serdcu tak bol'no,
Na dushu vejet bessmertnoj vesnoj.
My heart sings to me the old song,
The old dream again arises,
Somewhere, a lucky little flower blooms,
A kind voice tenderly calls.
The magical story is again given to me,
Fairytale magic I believe innocently,
Heart so sweet, heart so painful,
In my soul like eternal Spring.
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Six Songs of Adolf Friedrich Graf von Schack [1815-1894], Op. 17 (1888)
I. Since Your Eyes Looked into Mine
Seitdem dein Aug' in meines schaute,
Und Liebe, wie vom Himmel her,
Aus ihm auf mich herniedertaute,
Was böte mir die Erde mehr?
Ihr Bestes hat sie mir gegeben,
Und von des Herzens stillem Glück
Ward übervoll mein ganzes Leben
Durch jenen einen Augenblick.
Since your eyes looked into mine,
And love, as if falling from Heaven,
Fell from them onto me like dew,
What more could the earth offer me?
It has given me its best,
And from the heart's quiet happiness
My whole life was overflowing
Only through on happy moment.
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Seven Songs, Op. 17, No. 1 (1902)
I. Then I Questioned No Further (Johan Ludvig Runeberg, 1804-1877)
Se'n har jag ej frågat mera,
Hvarför är så flyktig våren,
Hvarför dröjer sommarn icke?
Så jag tänkte fordom ofta,
Frågte, utan svar, af mången.
Se'n den älskade mig svikit,
Se'n till köld hans värme blifvit,
All hans sommar blifvit vinter,
Se'n har jag ej frågat mera,
Känt blott djupt uti mitt sinne,
Att det sköna är förgängligt,
Att det ljufva icke dröjer.
Then I questioned no further
Why springtime is so fleeting,
Why summer lasts no longer?
Such I often used to wonder,
I have asked many, but received no answer.
Since my love has failed me,
Since his warmth has turned cold,
All his summer to winter,
Then I questioned no more,
Only sensed, deep in thought,
That beauty is perishable,
That the lovely will not last
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
King Estmere, Op 17 (1903) (Old English Ballad)
Introduction
Harken to me gentlemen
Come and you shall hear
A tale of the boldest bretheren
That ever borne ywere
The one of them was Adler young
The t'other king Estmere,
They were as bold men in their deeds
As any far and near.
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Three Folk Texts, Op. 17 (1925)
II. Dearest Virgin, We Are Yours
Liebste Jungfrau, wir sind dein,
Zeig dich, Mutter stets zu sein,
Schreib uns alle deinem Herzen
Unauslöschlich ein.
Groß ist unsrer Feinde Zahl
Hier in diesem Tränental;
Rette, Mutter, deine Kinder
Vor dem Sündenfall.
Dearest Virgin, we are yours;
Show yourself to be our Mother always,
Carve our names upon your heart
Unalterably.
Great is the number of our enemies
Here in this vale of tears;
Save your children, Mother,
From the ruin of sin.
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