THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 22
Rehearsal
7pm, Friday, October 24, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 1 (1888)
III. The Huntsman's Funeral
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
Flourish with Fireworks, Op. 22 (1988)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Piano Concerto (1926)
II. . . . Sub. molto allegro
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
For a Spring Festival, Op. 22 (1920)
Introduction
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
The Age of Gold, Op. 22 (1930)
III. Polka
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Symphony No. 1, Op. 22 (1949)
I. Allegro (Introduction)
Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)
Danse Macabre (1874)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Two Songs without Words, Op 22 (1906)
I. Country Song
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Cello Concerto, Op. 22 (1945)
I. Allegro moderato (Introduction)
John Cage (1912-1992)
Living Room Music (1940)
II. Story (Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, The World Is Round, 1938)
Carol Marie Reynolds (b. 1930)
Flying Bears Ranch (2014)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Four Orchestral Songs, Op. 22 (1916)
II. All Who Seek You (Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926)
Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013)
17 Variations for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 22 (1947)
I-VI
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Quartet for Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Violin, and Piano, Op. 22 (1930)
I. Sehr Massig (Very Moderate)
John McGrew (b. 1942)
Three Haiku (2002)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 (1922)
II. Schnell Achtell. Sehr energisch (Fast eighths. Very energetic)
George Enescu (1881-1955)
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 22 (1920)
I. Sehr massig (Molto moderato)
David Machajewski (b. 2000)
String Quartet No. 1 (2014)
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Madrigals, Book I (1965)
I. Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)
Piano Trio, Op. 22 (1908)
I. Allegro
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
Two Pieces, Op. 22 (1917)
I. Canzonetta - Theme
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
Mystic Flute, Op. 22 (1937)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Colorful Songs, Op. 22 (1910)
V. Bestimmung (Regulation - Ricarda Huch, 1864-1947)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
Poème de Gitanjali (Poem from "The Offerings"), Op.22 (1914)
(Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941; trans André Gide, 1869-1951)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 (1940)
III. Sonneto XXX
Marion Bauer (1882-1955)
Viola Sonata, Op. 22 (1932)
I. Allegretto (rubato)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Viola Sonata in D Minor, Op. 22 (1945)
II. Adagio
Ludwig Thuille (1861-1907)
Cello Sonata, Op. 22 (1902)
I. Allegro energetico, ma non troppo presto
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Duo Sonata No. 1 ("Hyphenated"), Op. 22 (1981)
III. Serenade-Rag
Friedrich Kummer (1797-1879)
Three Duets, Op. 22 (1835)
I. Allegro
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The
day
with
very
little
respite,
more Opus Project labors,
and
the
morning
Music Historians, the latter in early 20th-Century Music, continuing as below...
C (Lydian) Blues Scale
C Eb F (F#) G Bb C
Four Basic Types of C Chords (Type = Root 3rd 5th)
C Augmented = C E G#
C Major - C E G
C Minor - C Eb G
C Diminished - C Eb Gb
Typical 12-Bar Blues Chord Pattern
Chord Used I
Measure # 1 2 3 4
IV I
5 6 7 8
V IV I
9 10 11 12
Listening
[8891] Sergei Prokofiev - Peter and the Wolf
[8898] George Gershwin - Porgy and Bess: Summertime
[8900] Aaron Copland - Music for the Theatre: IV. Burlesque
[8901] Harry Partch - U.S. Highball : II
[8906] Dmitri Shostakovich - The Age of Gold: Polka
[8908] Olivier Messiaen - Turangalila Symphony: IV
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Parts and scores preparation follows,
followed by the amazing rehearsal -- all on the 223rd day of summer, high back up to 80 (158th such-or-more of season, though 6 cooler in Pleasant Hill... 74), completing page 4 for Portraits of ___(Some Multiple of 3) Women: VIII. Woman in the Window upon late return, plus finalizing program and sending out soundcheck schedule.
