THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 13
8pm, Saturday, January 25, 2014
Berkeley Arts Festival
2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Opus 13, No. 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13 (1895)
I. Grave - Allegro non troppo
The Opus Project Orchestra
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Indra, Op. 13 (1903)
Introduction
Video - Ulster Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Peace on Earth, Op. 13 (1907) (Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, 1825-1898)
Verse 1
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
The Wooden Prince, Op. 13 (1914)
Piu vivo - Allargando - Molto meno mosso
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
Psalmus Hungaricus, Op. 13 (1923)
Andante
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Four Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 13 (1917)
II. Lonely Girl (1914)
(Wang Seng Yu, b. c. AD 500, trans. Hans Bethge, 1876-1946)
Shauna Fallihee, Soprano
The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Maddalena, Op. 13 (1913)
Finale
Video - Rostov-on-Don State Musical Theatre, Ekaterina Krasnova
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Melancholie, Op. 13 (1919)
I. Primroses Bloom and Beckon (Christian Morgenstern, 1871-1914)
Video - Esther Burgstra
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Piano Sonatina No. 1, Op. 13 (1930)
II. Andantino
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Aphorisms for Piano, Op. 13 (1927)
I. Recitative
Mark Alburger, Piano
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Four Songs, Op. 13 (1940)
IV. Nocturne (Frederic Prokosch, 1906-1989, from The Carnival, 1938)
Shauna Fallihee, Soprano
The Opus Project Orchestra
Opus 13, No. 2
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Piano Concerto, Op. 13 (1938)
I. Toccata: Allegro molto e con brio - Introduction
Video - Sviatoslav Richter
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Duo for Flute and Oboe, Op. 13 (1945)
I. Sonata
Video - Arcadio Baracchi, Flute; Marco Salvadori, Oboe
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Black Angels: 13 Images from the Dark Land (1970)
II. Absence: 6. Pavanna Lacrymosa (13 under 13)
The Opus Project String Quartet
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
Ophelia Dances, Op. 13 (1975)
II. Coda
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Three Places in America, Op. 13 (1978)
I. Colorado Springs, CO
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
Mini Portraits of Phrasing (2012)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Gregory Trice (c.1973 - 1993)
Lambda Rag (1980)
Golden Age Duo
Rhina Reese (b. 1994)
A Walk to Heaven (2013)
The Opus Project Woodwind-Harp Trio
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 14 - 8pm, Saturday, February 22, 2014,
Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with Kris Palmer, Jill Wagoner, and The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Floods of Spring, Op. 14, No. 11(1896)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Quintet for Winds in Ab Major (1903)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) I May Not Thank, Op. 14, No. 1 (1908)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) Piano Suite, Op. 14 (1916)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) The Sun, Op. 14, No. 1 (1921)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 14 (1912)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Agamemnon, Op.14 (1914)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Four Whitman Hymns, Op. 14 (1919)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) From Pioneer Life, Op. 14 (1931)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Symphony No. 2, Op. 14 (1927)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (1940)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Tapor, Op. 14 (1948)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14 (1939)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Vox Balaenae:...Vocalise for the Beginning of Time... (1971)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010) Flute Sonata, Opus 14 (1961)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Seasons' Eves, Op. 14 (1978)
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger, Music Director and Conductor
Flute
Harry Bernstein
Alan Kingsley*
Rhina Reese
Clarinet
Matthew Hamilton
Michael Kimbell
Bassoon
Nat Echols
Michael Garvey*
Lori Garvey
Kat Walsh
Trumpet
Thomas Dasilva
Martin Legano
Horn
Jan Pusina
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Soprano
Shauna Fallihee
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Harp
Samantha Garvey*
Piano
Mark Alburger
Harry Bernstein*
William Severson*
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Violin I
John Yoon*
Moet Onodera*
Violin II
Geri Chang
Corey Johnson
Carolyn Lowenthal
Viola
Harry Bernstein
Kat Walsh*
Cello
Austin Oz Graham*
Heidi Jones
Alvin Lau
Bass
Michael Stubblefield
* The Golden Age Duo;
Opus Project Woodwind-Harp Trio and String Quartet
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 15 - 8pm, Saturday, March 29, 2014, Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA
A Multi-Media Event, with The Opus Project Orchestra
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Song, Op 15, No. 1 (1903)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15 (1909)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) Song, Op. 15, No. 1 (1916)
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967) Hary Janos: Battle and Defeat, Op. 15 (1926)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) The Rite of Spring: Dance (1913)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) Sacred Song, Op. 15, No. 1 (1922)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Ballade, Op. 15 (1912)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Sonata for Two Violins and Piano, Op.15 (1914)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) In One Night, Op. 15 (1919)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 (1941)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) From the Life of a Pioneer, Op. 14 (1931)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) The Nose: Prelude, Op. 15 (1928)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Stopwatch and Ordnance, Op. 15 (1940)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Suite for Band, Op. 15 (1948)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Violin Concerto, Op. 15 (1939)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010) Toccata, Op. 15
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Book (Prehistoric Atlas), Op. 15 (1979)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Friede auf der Erde (Peace on Earth), Op. 13 (1907)
(Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, 1825-1898)
Verse 1
Da die Hirten ihre Herde ließen und des Engels Worte
Trugen durch die niedre Pforte
Zu der Mutter und dem Kind,
Fuhr das himmlische Gesind
Fort im Sternenraum zu singen,
Fuhr der Himmel fort zu klingen:
»Friede, Friede auf der Erde!«
There the shepherds kept their herds, and the angel's words
Carried towards the lowly gate
To the mother and the child,
The heavenly servants drove
To sing in the starry heavens
The sky echoed in
"Peace, peace on earth!"
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Four Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 13 (1918)
II. Lonely Girl (Wang Seng Yu, b. c. AD 500, trans. Hans Bethge, 1876-1946)
An dunkelblauem Himmel steht der Mond.
Ich habe meine Lampe ausgelöscht,
schwer von Gedanken ist mein einsam Herz.
Ich weine, weine;
meine armen Tränen rinnen
so heiß und bitter von den Wangen,
weil du so fern bist meiner großen Sehnsucht,
weil du es nie begreifen wirst,
wie weh mir ist, wenn ich nicht bei dir bin.
In dark blue fields of heaven walks the moon.
A lamp stands by my side: I put it out.
Heavy and pensive is my lonely heart.
I weep, weep; my poor tears are running,
running all down my cheek so warm and bitter,
because you're so far from my great longing,
because you'll never understand
how great my pain when I'm not with you.
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Melancholie, Op. 13 (1919)
I. Primroses Bloom and Beckon (Christian Morgenstern, 1871-1914)
"Die Primeln blühn und grüßen
So lieblich mir zu Füßen,
Die Amsel singt so laut.
Die Sonne scheint so helle --
Nur ich weiß eine Stelle,
Dahin kein Himmel blaut."
Feins Kind, mußt nicht so sagen!
Es bringt der Himmelswagen
Auch deiner Brust den Tag.
Es wird auch Deine Seele
Der lieben Vogelkehle
Gleichtun mit lautem Schlag.
"Die Primeln blühn und grüßen
So lieblich mir zu Füßen,
Die Amsel singt so laut.
Die Sonne scheint so helle --
Mein freundlicher Geselle,
Mir ward viel Leid vertraut."
"Primroses bloom and beckon
So sweetly by my feet,
The blackbird sings so loud.
So brightly shines the sun --
But I alone do know a place
That never sees the blue of heaven."
Dear child, you must not say such things!
Heav'n's chariot shall bring
Into your heart as well the light of day.
And your soul, too,
The dear bird's voice
Shall match with warbling song.
"Primroses bloom and beckon
So sweetly by my feet,
The blackbird sings so loud.
So brightly shines the sun --
My amiable companion,
I was acquainted with much pain."
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Four Songs, Op. 13 (1940)
IV. Nocturne (Frederic Prokosch, 1906-1989, from The Carnival, 1938)
Close my darling both your eyes,
Let your arms lie still at last.
Calm the lake of falsehood lies
And the wind of lust has passed,
Waves across these hopeless sands
Fill my heart and end my day,
Underneath your moving hands
All my aching flows away.
Even the human pyramids
Blaze with such a longing now:
Close, my love, your trembling lids
Let the midnight heal your brow.
Northward flames Orizon's horn,
Westward th'Egyptian light.
None to watch us, none to warn
But the blind eternal night.
***
Before this,
final arrangements for a very fine show,
including further promotion,
program preparation,
set-up, and
soundcheck; after, composition of page four for Abducted by Aliens: I. 1965 Gemini VII Bogey. Eleventh day of summer -- high 73 -- tying with yesterday and January 21 for the warmest day of the year...
