THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 19
8pm, Saturday, July 26, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
Symphony No. 9 (1909)
II. Im Tempo eines gemächlichen Ländlers. Etwas täppisch und sehr derb
(In the tempo of a leisurely waltz. Somewhat clumsy and very crude)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Six Songs from "Lotosblatter" ("Lotus Leaf") (Adolf Friedrich von Schack, 1815-1894)
II. Breit' über mein Haupt dein schwarzes Haar
(Spread your dark hair over my head)
Mark Alburger, Voice and Piano
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Impromptu, Op. 19 (1902) (Viktor Rydberg, 1828-1895)
Andante
Hugo Alfven (1872-1970)
Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19 (1903)
Allegro moderato
The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Cello Sonata, Op. 19 (1901)
Lento
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Invocation, Op 19, No. 2 (1905)
Senza Misura
Aaron Urton, Cello / Geri Chang, Piano
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
The Circus Band (1898)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 (1911)
I. Leicht, zart (Light, delicate)
II. Langsam (Slow)
III. Sehr langsame (Very slow)
IV. Rasch, aber leicht (Fast, but light)
V. Etwas rasch (Somewhat fast)
VI. Sehr langsam (Very slow)
Mark Alburger, Piano
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
Valse Charme, Op. 19, No. 2 (1917)
Lento Doloroso
Bruce Salvisberg, Flute / Geri Chang, Piano
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Pavane for a Dead Princess, M. 19 (1910)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19 (1924)
I. Allegro (Beginning)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (1910)
I. Allegro moderato (Beginning)
Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959)
Nomos, Op. 19 (1919)
Introduction
Video
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Two Songs, Op. 19 (1926)
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832,
Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres- und Tageszeiten
[The Chinese-German Year- and Day-Book], 1827)
I. Weiß wie Lilien (White as Lillies)
Lebhaft, licht, und frei (Lively, light and free)
Verse 1
The Opus Project Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19 (1916)
I. Andantino
John Yoon, Violin / The Opus Project Orchestra
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Piano Dance Piece, Op. 19 (1920)
IV. Pantomime - No. 2 Langsamer
Mark Alburger, Piano
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 19 (1934)
I. Allegro quasi presto (Introduction)
Video
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Alto Saxophone Sonata, Op. 19 (1939)
II. With Tranquility
Tim Machajewski, Alto Saxophone / Geri Chang, Piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
The Bedbug, Op. 19 (1929)
I. March
The Opus Project Orchestra
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Symphony No. 2, Op. 19 (1944)
I. Allegro ma non troppo (Beginning)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Canadian Carnival Overture, Op. 19 (1939)
Introduction
Video
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
Rondo on Argentine Children's Folk-Tunes, Op. 19 (1947)
Theme
Mark Alburger, Piano
John McCabe (b. 1939)
Three Folk Songs, Op. 19 (1963)
II. Hush-a-ba, Birdie, croon, croon (Scottish)
Chris Diggins, Clarinet / Mark Alburger, Voice / Geri Chang, Piano
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
Frammenti da Chiara (Fragments of "Clare"), Op.19a (1975)
Introduction
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Academic Endeavors, Op. 19 (1979)
(Walter Piston, 1894-1976, Harmony, 1959 /
Richard Loucks, 1920-1993, Pomona College, 1978)
I. Work Out the Following Bass
II. Harmonize the Following Melody
III. Work Out the Following Bass
IV. Harmonize the Following Melody
V. Marginalia
VI. Work Out the Following Bass
VII. Work Out the Following Bass
VIII. Work Out the Following Bass
IX. Harmonize the Following Melody
Stardust (b. 1962)
Requite (2014)
I. Anguish
The Opus Project Orchestra
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger - Music Director and Conductor
Flute
Alan Kingsley
Bruce Salvisberg
Oboe
Eva Langfeldt
Stardust
Clarinet
Peter Brown
Chris Diggins
Alto Saxophone / Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Trumpet
Cindy Collins
Michael Cox
Horn
Bob Satterford
Steve Senavsky
Valerie Senavsky
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Guitar
Michael Stubblefield
Piano
Mark Alburger
Husein Al-Nasrawi
Geri Chang
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Violin I
John Yoon
Violin II
Geri Chang
Viola
Kristy Venstrom
Cello
Aaron Urton
Bass
John McGrew
Michael Stubblefield
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 20
8pm, Saturday, August 30, 2014
Diablo Valley College Music Building
Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
A Multi-Media Event,
with Jill Wagoner and The Opus Project String Trio and Orchestra
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Song from "The Princess", Op 20a, No. 1 (1905)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Foliage of the Heart, Op. 20 (1911)
Bela Bartok (1881-1945) Improvisation on a Hungarian Song, Op. 20 (1920)
Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959) Atonal Music, Op. 20 (1922)
Anton Webern (1883-1945) String Trio, Op. 20 (1927)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Scythian Suite, Op. 20 (1915)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Latil Poem, Op. 20, No. 1 (1914)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Das Nusch-Nuschi, Op. 20 (1920)
Aaron Copland (1900-1920) Music for the Theatre: IV. Burlesque (1925)
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989) Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 20 (1945)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Prelude, Op. 20, No. 1 (1934)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) Symphony No. 3, Op. 20 (1929)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981) Excursions for Piano, Op. 20 (1944)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Nocturne, Op. 20 (1937)
John Cage (1912-1992) Bacchanale (1940)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 (1940)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20 (1948)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Clarinet Concerto No 1, Op 20 (1949)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Night Music I: Notturno II (1963)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952) Where the Wild Things Are, Op. 20 (1983)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Embedded Inventions, Op. 20 (1979)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Six Songs from "Lotosblatter" ("Lotus Leaf")
(Adolf Friedrich von Schack,1815-1894)
II. Breit' über mein Haupt dein schwarzes Haar
(Spread your dark hair over my head)
Breit' über mein Haupt dein schwarzes Haar,
Neig' zu mir dein Angesicht,
Da strömt in die Seele so hell und klar
Mir deiner Augen Licht.
Ich will nicht droben der Sonne Pracht,
Noch der Sterne leuchtenden Kranz,
Ich will nur deiner Locken Nacht
Und deiner Blicke Glanz.
Spread your black hair over my head,
and incline to me your face,
so that into my soul, so brightly and clearly,
will stream your eye's light.
I do not want the splendor of the sun above,
nor the glittering crown of stars;
I want only the night of your locks
and the radiance of your gaze.
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Impromptu, Op. 19 (1902) (Viktor Rydberg, 1828-1895)
Andante
Thou, who guid'st the stars in their glittering choir,
who leadest the joyous hymn of the night,
lovely Olympian youth,
come, o come,
with hosts of wild maidens,
daughters of Naxos, come!
Come with flocks of nymphs surrounded,
whose nightly chorus sings with the praise of Iacchus!
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
The Circus Band (1898)
All summer long,
we boys dreamed 'bout big circus joys!
Down Main Street, comes the band,
Oh! "Ain't it a grand and glorious noise!"
Horses are prancing, Knights advancing,
Helmets gleaming, Pennants streaming,
Cleopatra's on her throne!
That golden hair is all her own!
Where is the lady all in pink?
Last year, she winked at me, I think.
Can she have died? Can that rot!
She is dancing but she sees me not.
Anton Webern (1883-1945)
Two Songs, Op. 19 (1926)
(Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749 - 1832,
Chinesisch-deutsche Jahres- und Tageszeiten
[The Chinese-German Year- and Day-Book], 1827)
I. Weiß wie Lilien (White as Lillies)
Lebhaft, licht, und frei (Lively, light and free)
Verse 1
Weiß wie Lilien, reine Kerzen,
Sternen gleich, bescheidner Beugung,
Leuchtet aus dem Mittelherzen,
Rot gesäumt, die Glut der Neigung.
White as lilies, pure candles,
like stars, bowing unobtrusively,
from the centers of their hearts,
red-seamed, radiates the glow of affinity.
John McCabe (b. 1939)
Three Folk Songs, Op. 19 (1963)
II. Hush-a-ba, Birdie, croon, croon (Scottish)
Hush-a-ba, Birdie, croon, croon,
The sheep are gane to the silverwood
An' the cows are gane to the broom, broom.
An' its braw, braw milking the kye, kye,
The birds are singing, the bells are ringing,
The wild deer come galloping by, by.
The gaits are gane to the mountains high
An' they'll no be hame till noon, noon.
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Academic Endeavors, Op. 19 (1979)
(Walter Piston, 1894-1976, Harmony, 1959 /
Richard Loucks, 1920-1993, Pomona College, 1978)
I. Work Out the Following Bass - Check
II. Harmonize the Following Melody - When you copy into the notebook, please note that I approved this II64. It is unusual, but it makes sense here -- because the bass is interesting, I think (MELODY HAS BEEN EXPANDED)
III. Work Out the Following Bass - (BASS HAS BEEN RHYTHMICALLY ALTERED) Classic-Romantic cadences use the 3rd in preference to the 5th
IV. Harmonize the Following Melody - Mark, your work gives evidence of a good ear. Please make sure that you have solved at least one of every kind of exercise that Piston provides in each chapter. He almost always gives figured basses, unfigured basses, and melodies to harmonize, plus some other type of goodie. Also add original exercises to illustrate points found in our analysis (no fugues yet) RL 2/1978
V. Marginalia
VI. Work Out the Following Bass - Check
VII. Work Out the Following Bass - Awkward melody. Play it alone
VIII. Work Out the Following Bass - Check
IX. Harmonize the Following Melody - Below cello range
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The day starts with the arrival of
Tony -- fresh back from Ecuador -- and Megan. Final promotion, music and program print-out,
then
down
the
roads,
through Solano
and
Contra Costa,
finally connecting with Doug, for the light-booth key (ultimately not fully utilized during this show, due to the heat),
then final preparations on site. Thereafter, compose page 15 of Sex and the Species, on the 135th day of summer -- a further, intense 102... 85th, 41st, and 8th, respectively at or beyond 80 / 90 / 100, the latter detailed as:
105 June 8-9
104 June 30, July 13
102 July 14, 26
100 June 10, July 25
