SAN FRANCISCO
COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger, Music Director
Music of Air, Earth, Fire, and Water
Dress Rehearsal, 7pm, Friday, October 3, 2014
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA
Mark Alburger and Martha Stoddard conducting
Program
Michael Kimbell
Front Line
I. Front Line Man
II. The Soldier's Tale
III. Sanctuary
Lisa Scola Prosek
Interludes from "The Lariat"
I. The Ventana Wind
II. Hualala and the Crickets
III. Variations on a Modoc War Song
Mark Alburger
Abducted by Aliens, Op. 222 (2014)
I. 1965 Gemini VII Bogey
II. 214 BC Livy / 74 BC Plutarch
III. 1561 Nuremberg Celestial Phenomenon
IV. 1897 Aurora, TX, UFO Incident
V.1944 Foo Fighters / 1947 Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting /
Roswell UFO Crash
VI. 1948 Thomas Mantell / Gorman Dogfight
VII. 1955 Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter
VIII. 1957 Gordon Cooper / Antonio Vilas-Boas /
1961 Betty and Barney Hill Abduction
IX. 1966 Portage County UFO Chase
X. 1973 Pascagoula Abduction /
1976 Tehran UFO Incident / 1986 Japan Air Lines
Stardust
Railway Sonata
Loren Jones
Raven and Panther
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SAN FRANCISCO COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PRESENTS
MUSIC OF AIR, EARTH, FIRE, AND WATER
8pm, Saturday, October 4
Old First Presbyterian Church
1751 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA
Mark Alburger - Abducted by Aliens
Michael Kimbell - Front Line
Loren Jones - Raven and Panther
Lisa Scola Prosek - Interludes from "The Lariat"
Stardust - Railway Sonata
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Up
early
again,
and
out for paper grading in Pleasant Hill, followed by the
Friday morning Music History devotees, rapidly making up for lost time through the Renaissance (Quiz) and --
after the break -- Baroque (Group Work), looking ahead as below:
C Melodic Minor Scale (Key Signature of Three Flats Bb - Eb - Ab)
Ascending - C D Eb F G A-Natural B-Natural C
Descending - C Bb Ab G F Eb D C
Four Movements of a Typical Symphony, and their Letter Designations
Sonata Allegro A (Exposition) B (Development) A' (Recapitulation)
ab a'b'
Theme and Variations A A' A'' --- (etc.)
Minuet and Trio A B A
a(repeat) b(repeat) c(repeat) d(repeat) a b
Rondo ABACA (ABACABA)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 -1827)
Stylistic Periods and Characterizations
Early - Classical
Middle - Typical
Late - Romantic
Listening
[8732] F.J. Haydn - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"): II
[8756] W.A. Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 5 ("Turkish"): III
[8770] Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 1: I
[8803] Hector Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique: V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath
[8807] Felix Mendelssohn - Oveture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Quartet
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Briefly
homeward,
then
back
down
the scenic
corridor to the dress, returning, on the 202nd day of summer, high 96 (95 in the City -- 145th locally at 80+, 77th 90-or-better), to compose page 6 for Portraits of ___(Some Multiple of 3) Women: XXI. Who Is She?
