May 31 - The Opus Project presents Opus 17


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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