January 28 - The Opus Project presents Opus 49


THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 49
8pm, Saturday, January 28, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA


Program

Karl Goldmark (1830-1915)
     In Italien Overture, Op. 49 (1904)
         Allegro con fuoco

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
     1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49 (1880)
         Finale

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
     Flower Songs, Op. 49 (1902)
         III. The Foxglove

         Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
     The Apostles, Op. 49 (1903)
         Prologue (Lento)

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937)
     Basque Fantasy, Op. 49 (1927)
         Assez vif

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
     Eight Songs, Op. 49 (1901)
         I. Bliss in the Woods (Richard Dehmel, 1863-1920)

         Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
     Pan and Syrinx: Nature Scene for Orchestra, Op. 49 (1918)
         Andantino (quasi allegretto)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49 (1906)
         Largo - Moderato - Largamente

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
     Three Chorales, Op. 49, No. 2 (1912)
         II. La Charite (Adagio con moto. Tres doux et lie)

         The Opus Project Orchestra

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
     Three Pieces, Op. 49 (1933)
         I. Allegro con brio

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
     Etude for "The Haunted Palace" of Edgar [Allan] Poe [1809-1849],
Op. 49 (1904)
Lent

Mark Alburger, Piano

Paul Juon (1872-1940)
     Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 49 (1912)
          I. Allegro Moderato - Cadenza

          Kristen Kline, Violin

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
     Three Piano Pieces, Op. 49 (1905)
          II. Prelude (Bruscamente irato)

          Mark Alburger, Piano


Max Reger (1873-1916)
     Two Sonatas, Op. 49 (1900)
         Sonata No. 1 in Ab Major: I. Allegro affanate

         Alan Kingsley, Flute

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
     Double Violin Concerto, Op. 49 (1929)
         I. Scherzo (Allegro)

Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)
     Etude Concertante for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 49 (1936)
         Allegro molto

Michael Cox, Trumpet / Kristen Kline and Corey Johnson, Violins
The Opus Project Orchestra

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
     Wind Trio, Op. 49 (1902)
          III. Double Fugue

          The Opus Project Wind Trio

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
     20 Children's Rhymes for Voice and Piano, Op. 49 (1923)
           III. The House

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
     Kleinstadtbilder, 14 Moderately Easy Piano Pieces, Op. 49 (1929)
           III. Oh, I did... (Slowly)

           Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
     Four Portraits and a Denouement from "The Gambler", Op. 49 (1931)
            I. Alexis (Allegro passionato)

Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
     [Chamber] Symphony No. 2 ("Pastorale"), Op. 49 (1918)
            I. Joyeux

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
     Konzertmusik, Op. 49 (1930)
            Quiet andante, in quarter notes

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
     Concert Champêtre For Harpsichord or Piano and Orchestra (1928)
            I. [Adagio -]Allegro molto

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
     An Outdoor Overture (1938)
            Maestoso

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
     Der Diktator, Op. 49 (1926)
            Scene I: Largamente / Allegro

Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
     Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 49 (1949)
            I. Allegro

Kat Walsh, Bassoon / The Opus Project Orchestra

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     String Quartet No. 1, Op. 49 (1938)
            I. Moderato

            The Opus Project Quartet

John Cage (1912-1992)
      Root of an Unfocus, for Prepared Piano (1944)

Mark Alburger, Prepared Piano


Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
     Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (1951)
         IV. BACCHUS at whose feasts is heard the noise of gaggling
         women's tattling tongues and shouting out of boys

Stardust, Oboe

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)
     Sonata, Op. 49 (1979)
         I. PRIMA PARTE - Allegro deciso

George Crumb (b. 1929)
     An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) (1986)
         (to be heard from afar, over a lake, on a moonlit evening in August)
         Lento, con alcuna licenza

Alan Kingsley, Flute / Mark Alburger, Piano Strings

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
     Three Lullabies, Opus 49 (1984)
         I. Go to Sleep

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Business As Usual, Op. 49 (1993)
         Ib. Six Friday Nights

Stardust (b. 1962)
    Post-Truth (2017)

Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
     Joyful Cycle (2016)

The Opus Project Orchestra


Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     San Francisco Fireworks Spectacular (2017)

         Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano


THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley*

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust*

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Trumpet
Michael Cox*

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Tuba
Aaron Wallace

Mezzo-Soprano
Harriet March Page

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Corey Johnson

Viola
Nansamba Ssesalo

*The Opus Project Wind Trio


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 50: Even Wild

8pm, Saturday, February 25, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francisco, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) Pavane, Op. 50 (1887)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)     Pater Noster, Op. 50, No. 2 (1902)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932) Piano Trio No. 4 in C Minor (1904)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 (1904)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) On the Volga, Op. 50 (1910)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Egyptian Nights, Op. 50 (1900)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Sister Beatrice, Op. 50 (1910)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) The Lack of Fire, Op. 50 (1901)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952) Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 50 (1907)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (1922)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) A Maiden Sings in the Field, Op. 50, No. 3 (1906)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Harlequin, Op. 50 (1916)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Ballade for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 50 (1919)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) The Hour of Return, Op. 50, No. 1 (1934)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) The Tragedy of Salome, Op. 50 (1907)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Poeme for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 50 (1926)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)         Piano Quartet No. 2, Op. 50 (1912)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Riders to the Sea (1925)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) String Quartet No. 2, Op 50 (1916)
Max Reger (1873-1916)         Romance for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 50, No. 2 (1900)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50 (1930)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Psalm 130 ("De Profundis"), Op. 50b (1949)
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939) Queen Margrethe, Op. 50 (1919)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)        Afterday, Op. 50 No. 1 (1906)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Mavra (1922)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Piano Mazurka, Op. 50 (1925)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)         Cello Sonata, Op. 50 (1929)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) String Quartet No. 1, Op. 50 (1930)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Konzertmusik, Op. 50 (1930)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Piece Breve sur le Nom d'Albert Roussel (1929)
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) The Secret Kingdom, Op. 50 (1927)
Boris Blacher (1903-1975) The Moor of Venice, Op. 50 (1955)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987) Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Major ("Youth"), Op. 50 (1952)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Elibris (God of Dawn), Op. 50 (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Billy Budd, Op. 50 (1951)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Guitar Serenade, Op. 50 (1955)
Giselher Klebe (1925-2009) Concerto for Five, Op. 50 (1965)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Zeitgeist (Tableau Vivant) (1988)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932) …in real time, Op. 50 (1988)
Philip Glass (b. 1937) Mishima (1984)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010) String Quartet No. 2, Op. 50 (1991)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) L.A. Stories, Op. 50 (1994)

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Some fabulous performances,


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