February 18 - Looking Ahead

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 14 - 8pm, Saturday, February 22, 2014, Berkeley Arts Festival, 2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with Alan Kingsley, Kris Palmer, Stardust, Michael Garvey, Jason Park, Jill Wagoner, Cesar Cancino, Corey Johnson, Moses Lei, and The Opus Project String Trio, Wind Quintet, Strings, and Orchestra

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)            Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14: V. Dies Irae (1830)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)    Floods of Spring, Op. 14, No. 11 (1896)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)            Quintet for Winds in Ab Major, Op. 14 (1903)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Song, Op. 14, No. 1 (1908)       
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)            Piano Suite, Op. 14, No. 4  (1916)   
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)        Piano Fantasia, Op. 14, No. 1 (1905)   
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            The Sun, Op. 14, No. 1 (1921)   
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)        Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 14, No. 2 (1912)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)        Agamemnon, Op.14: Introduction (1914)       
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)        Whitman Hymn, Op. 14, No. 1 (1919)   
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)        From Pioneer Life, Op. 14, No. 1 (1931)   
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)    Symphony No. 2 ("To October"), Op. 14 (1927)   
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            Violin Concerto, Op. 14, No. 1 (1940)           
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)        Tapor, Op. 14 (1948)           
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14, No. 1 (1939)
Albert Ginastera (1916-1983)        Lamentations of Jeremiah, Op. 14, No. 2 (1946)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            Vox Balaenae:...Vocalise for the Beginning... (1971)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)        Flute Sonata, Op. 14, No. 3 (1961)
Jan Pusina (b. 1940)                Tantara (2013)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)            Autumnal, Op. 14, No. 1 (1980)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Seasons' Eves, Op. 14, No. 1  (1978)
Tilmann Dehnhard ( b. 1968)        Wake Up!  For Piccolo and Alarm Clock (2007)
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)            The Simple Freshman (1999)

Tickets -- $10 - $20 -- available at the door

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D Major (Key Signature - F#, C#)
D E F# G A B C# D

A Major (Key Signature - F#, C#, G#)
A B C# D E F# G# A

E Major (Key Signature - F#, C#, G#, D#)
E F# G# A B C# D# E

E Minor (Key Signature - F#)
E F# G A B C D E


Three Typical Baroque Genres (and Movements Within)

Suite
Overture
Dance I
Dance II
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Opera
Overture
Recitative
Aria (Duet, Trio, Quartet, Etc.)
Chorus
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Concerto
Fast
Slow
Fast


J.S. Bach (1685-1750) - Three Creative Periods - Types of Music Written)
Weimar - Organ
Cothen - Instrumental
Leipzig - Vocal


Listening
[8567] Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers: I. Deus in Adjutorium (God in the House)
[8585] Heinrich Schutz - Saul, Saul
[8659] Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneus: Dido's Lament (When I Am Laid in Earth)
[8678] Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria: I. Gloria
[8685] J.S. Bach - Organ Fugue in G Minor ("Little")
[8685] G.F. Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah

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