MARK ALBURGER, 2014: February 22 - The Opus Project presents Opus 14

THE OPUS PROJECT

Opus 14

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

Opus 14, No. 1

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
     Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14 (1830)
        V. Dream of a Witches' Sabbath: Dies Irae

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     12 Romances, Op. 14, No. 11 (1896)
        XI. Floods of Spring (Allegro vivace) (Fyodor Tyutchev, 1803–1873)

        Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Cesar Cancino, Piano

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     Quintet for Winds in Ab Major (1903)
        I. Allegro moderato

The Opus Project Wind Quintet

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Two Songs, Op. 14, No. 1 (1908)
           I. Ich darf nicht dankend (Stefan Anton George, 1868-1933)

         Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Cesar Cancino, Piano

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Suite, Op. 14 (1916)
        IV. Sostenuto

        Cesar Cancino, Piano

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     Fantasia in C Major, Op. 14 (1905)
        I. Grave (Introducton)

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Six Songs after Poetry of Georg Trakl [1887-1914], Op. 14 (1922)
        I. The Sun

        The Opus Project Wind-String Quartet


Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 14 (1912)
        III. Andante

        Mark Alburger, Piano

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     Agamemnon, Op.14 (1914)
        I. Dialogue of Clytemnestra and the Chorus

        The Opus Project Orchestra

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Three Hymns by Walt Whitman [1819-1892], Op. 14 (1919)
           I. Ages and Ages (Der ich, in Zwischenraumen - Johannes Schlaf, 1862-1941)

           Michael Garvey, Bassoon / Cesar Cancino, Piano

Opus 14, No. 2

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     From Pioneer Life, Op. 14 (1931)
        I. Drummer (Marciele moderato)

        Cesar Cancino, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Symphony No. 2 ("To October"), Op. 14 (1927)
        II. Quarter Note = 152

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Violin Concerto, Op. 14 (1940)
        I. Allegro (Introduction)

        Moses Lei, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Tapor, Op. 14 (1948)
Theme

        The Opus Project Audience and Orchestra

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14 (1939)
        I. Funeral March (Introduction)

Albert Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Lamentations of Jeremiah, Op. 14 (1946)
        II. Ego vir videns paupertatem meam (I have seen affliction)

        The Opus Project Orchestra

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     Vox Balaenae (1971)
        Vocalise (...for the beginning of time) [Strauss - Zarathustra parody]

Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)
     Flute Sonata, Op. 14 (1961)
        III. Andante

        Kris Palmer, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Jan Pusina (b. 1940)
     Tantara (2013)

          Jason Park, Trumpet / The Opus Project Orchestra

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
     Autumnal, Op. 14 (1980
        I. Nocturne

        Corey Johnson, Violin / Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Seasons' Eves, Op. 14 (1978)
        I. Spring (Maundy Thursday)

        Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, English Horn
        The Opus Project Orchestra

Stardust (b. 1962)
     Perpetraum (2014)

          The Opus Project Woodwind Trio

Tilmann Dehnhard (b. 1968)

Wake Up! For Piccolo and Alarm Clock (2001)

        Alan Kingsley, Piccolo

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
     The Simple Freshman (2013)

        Kris Palmer, Flute / The Opus Project Strings

THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Alan Kingsley*
Kris Palmer*

Oboe
Stardust*

Clarinet
Laura Calverley*

Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Michael Garvey*
Lori Garvey
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Ron Cohen

Jason Park

Horn
Daniel Bao
Jan Pusina*

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Soprano
Jill Wagoner

Piano
Mark Alburger
Cesar Cancino

Violin I
Moses Lei

Violin II
Corey Johnson*

Viola
Moses Lei*
Rozalia Valentine

Cello
Alvin Lau

Bass
Michael Stubblefield

* The Opus Project Woodwind Trio,
Wind-String Quartet, and Wind Quintet

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 15
8pm, Saturday, March 29, 2014
Berkeley Arts Festival
2133 University Avenue, Berkeley, CA

A Multi-Media Event, with Jill Wagoner and The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Homecoming, Op. 15, No. 5 (1886)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)        Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15, No. 1 (1909)
George Enescu (1881-1955)        A Gift for Ann, Op. 15, No. 1 (1908)
Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)            Hary Janos: Battle and Defeat of Napoleon, Op. 15, No. 4 (1926)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            The Rite of Spring: Dance (1913)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            Symphony No. 1, Op. 15 (1907)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            Sacred Song, Op. 15, No. 1 (1922)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Ballade for Cello and Piano, 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)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        The Nose: Prologue, Op. 15 (1928)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)            A Stopwatch & an Ordnance Map, Op. 15 (1940)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Violin Concerto, Op. 15 (1939)
Robert Muczynski (1929-2010)        Toccata, Op. 15 (1971)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)        Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 1 (1975)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Book (Prehistoric Atlas), Op. 15 (1979)
Feona Lee Jones (b. 1985)            Patriotic Piece (2013)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     12 Romances, Op. 14, No. 11 (1896)
    XI. Floods of Spring (Allegro vivace) (Fyodor Tyutchev, 1803–1873)

Jeshchjo v poljakh belejet sneg,
A vody uzh vesnoj shumjat --
Begut i budjat sonnyj breg,
Begut, i bleshchut, i glasjat...

Oni glasjat vo vse koncy:
«Vesna idjot, vesna idjot!
My molodoj vesny goncy,
Ona nas vyslala vperjod.

Vesna idjot, vesna idjot,
I tikhikh, teplykh majskikh dnej
Rumjanyj, svetlyj khorovod
Tolpitsja veselo za nej!»

The fields are still covered with white snow.
But the streams are already rolling in a spring mood,
Running and awakening the sleepy shore,
Running and glittering and announcing loudly.

They are announcing loudly to every corner:
"Spring is coming, Spring is coming!
We are the messengers of young Spring,
She has sent us to come forward,

Spring is coming, Spring is coming!
And the quiet, warm May days
Follow her, merrily crowded
Into the rosy, bright dancing circle."

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
     Two Songs, Op. 14, No. 1 (1908)
        I. Ich darf nicht dankend
               (Stefan Anton George, 1868-1933,
               Das Jahr der Seele [The Year of the Soul, 1907] -
               Waller in Schnee [Victory in the Snow]: IV)

Ich darf nicht dankend an dir niedersinken ·
Du bist vom geist der flur aus der wir stiegen:
Will sich mein trost an deine wehmut schmiegen
So wird sie zucken um ihm abzuwinken.

Verharrst du bei dem quälenden beschlusse
Nie deines leides nähe zu gestehen
Und nur mit ihm und mir dich zu ergehen
Am eisigklaren tief-entschlafnen flusse?

I am not allowed thankfully to kneel down before you,
You are of the spirit of the field which nurtured us.
If my consolation were to snuggle up to your anguish,
You would shrug and refuse it.

Is it your plan to stick to your cruel decision,
Never to admit your pain.
And only to go forth with it and me
Along the ice-clear deep-frozen river?

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Six Songs after Poetry of Georg Trakl [1887-1914], Op. 14 (1921)
        I. The Sun

Täglich kommt die gelbe Sonne über den Hügel.
Schön ist der Wald, das dunkle Tier,
Der Mensch; Jäger oder Hirt.

Rötlich steigt im grünen Weiher der Fisch.
Unter dem runden Himmel
Fährt der Fischer leise im blauen Kahn.

Langsam reift die Traube, das Korn.
Wenn sich stille der Tag neigt,
Ist ein Gutes und Böses bereitet.

Wenn es Nacht wird,
Hebt der Wanderer leise die schweren Lider;
Sonne aus finsterer Schlucht bricht.

Daily the yellow sun comes over the hill
Beautiful is the forest, the dark animal,
man, hunter or shepherd.

Red rises the fish in the green pond
Under the round sky the fisherman
goes quietly in the blue bark,

Slowly ripens the grape, the grain.
When the day quietly draws to its end, both a
good and an evil is waiting.

When it becomes night,
the wanderer raises quietly his heavy eyelids,
Sun bursts from the dark ravine.

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Three Hymns by Walt Whitman [1819-1892], Op. 14 (1919)
        I. Ages and Ages (Der ich, in Zwischenraumen - Johannes Schlaf, 1862-1941)

Ages and ages, returning at intervals,
Undestroy'd, wandering immortal,
Lusty, phallic, with the potent original loins, perfectly sweet,
I, chanter of Adamic songs,
Through the new garden, the West, the great cities calling,
Deliriate, thus prelude what is generated, offering these,
    offering myself,
Bathing myself, bathing my songs in Sex,
Offspring of my loins.

Der ich, in Zwischenräumen, in Äonen und Äonen wiederkehre,
Ein unzerstörbarer, unsterblicher Wandrer,
Lustvoll, geschlechtlich, mit ursprünglichen, zeugenden Lenden,
    in süßer Fülle;
Der ich, Sänger adamitischer Gesänge,
Durch den neuen Garten des Westens,
    durch die großen Städte rufe;
Und trunken das verkünde, was im Werden ist,
    dies darbiete und mich selbst.
Und mich selbst bade und meine Lieder im Zeugenden,
Meine Lieder, die Sprößlinge meiner Lenden.

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