September 26 - Intense


Thank goodness for an academic day off, with focus on rehearsal for The Opus Project presents Opus 21, including


Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Sancta Susanna, Op. 21 (1921) 
          Conclusion


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Six Japanese Romances, Op. 21 (1932) 
          II. Before Suicide

Oliver Knussen (b. 1952)
     Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Op. 21 (1985)
         II. Trauermusik

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     A Somerset Rhapsody, Op 21 (1907)

 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
     Overture to "A Midsummer Night's Dream", Op. 21 (1826)

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
     The Wasps (1909)
          III:  March Past of the Kitchen Utensils

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21 (1800)
          I.  Adagio molto / Allegro con brio

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)   
     Scherzo Round No. 122,694 (2014) 

John Cage (1912-1992)
     Imaginary Landscape No. 2 (1940)
          Introduction

Steve Reich (b. 1936)
     Music for 18 Musicians (1976)
          I-IV

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Missa "The a Deux", Op. 21 (1980)
         I. Kyrie

Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989) 
     Northrend Tides (2013) 
         Vocal / Instrumental Ensemble

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Diversions for Left-Hand Piano and Orchestra, Op. 21 (1940)
          Variation V - Chant

Anton Webern (1883-1945)
     Symphony, Op. 21 (1928) 
          I. Ruhig schreitend [Calmly walking / Allegro moderato]

Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
     Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21 (1944)
      III. [Allegro con brio] a tempo / Andante un poco mosso / Tempo I
      1100 0100 Strings (3+)

Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
     Pastorale, Op. 21 (1943)
 
Sergei Taneyev (1856-1915)
     String Trio, Op. 21 (1907)
         I.  Allegro giocoso e semplice

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
Pierrot Lunaire (Moonstruck Pierrot), Op. 21 (1912)
      VII. Der Kranke Monde (The Sick Moon)


Pierre Boulez (b. 1926)
     Le Marteau sans Maitre (The Masterless Hammer) (1955)
         III. L'artisanat furieux (Furious Craftsmanship)

Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)
     Two Pieces, Op. 21 (1917)
          I. Solitudine

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
     Twelve Romances, Op. 21 (1902)
    
Alma Mahler (1879-1964)
     Four Songs (1915)
          I. Light in the Night

Bela Bartok (1881-1945)
     Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 21 (1921)
          II. Adagio

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Another amazing rehearsal! --


proceeding


to


it


under


eccentric,


occasionally


rain-dappled


skies,


picking


up


key


from


Doug,


and


Harry


from


Pleasant Hill Bay Area Rapid Transit;


and


returning, on this 195th day of summer, high down 3 more degrees to 75 (the last instance of this last June 16), composing page 3 for Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1903 Gustave Charpentier.