THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 51
8pm, Saturday, March 18, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Two Rondos, Op. 51 (1797)
I. C Major
The Opus Project Ensemble
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
Piano Variations on a Polish Popular Theme, Op. 51 (1901)
Theme
Mark Alburger, Piano
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908)
Ten Woodland Sketches, Op. 51 (1896)
I. To a Wild Rose
Carol Reynolds, Piano
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Two Orchestral Songs, Op. 51 (1903)
I. The Valley
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
29 Small Preludes, Op. 51 (1929)
I. Quarter = ca. 69
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)
Sarabande and Cortege (Elegie Nos. 5-6): Two Studies on "Dr. Faust", Op. 51 (1919)
Sarabande - Molto sostenuto e gravemente
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
24 Fantasy Pieces, Suite No. 1, Op. 51 (1926)
II. Andantino
The Opus Project Ensemble
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Four Piano Pieces, Op. 51 (1906)
II. Prelude - Lugubre
Mark Alburger, Piano
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Sancta Civitas (1925)
Lento
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
A Choral Fantasia, Op. 51 (1930, Robert Bridges, 1844-1930)
Adagio
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
The Unanswered Question (1908)
Largo molto sempre
The Opus Project Ensemble
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Aphorisms: A Cycle of 17 Sketches for Piano, Op. 51 (1905)
I. Deciso e risoluto, con brio
Mark Alburger, Piano
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Octet (1923)
I. Sinfonia
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Piano Concerto ("Aubade") (1929)
I. Toccata - Lento e pesante
The Opus Project Ensemble
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Sonatina, Op. 51 (1956)
II. Lento
Mark Alburger, Piano
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)
Easy Variations on Folk Themes, Op. 51 (1952)
I. Five Variations on a Russian Folk Song
Carol Reynolds, Piano
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Canticle II: Abraham and Isaac, Op. 51 (1952)
Slow Recitative
Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Tam O'Shanter Overture, Op. 51 (1955)
Poco lento
The Opus Project Ensemble
Claude Ballif (1924-2004)
Percussion Symphony ("Timbres e Postes"), Op. 51 (1972)
Quarter = 60
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Easter Dawning (1992)
Joyously resounding!
Mark Alburger, Vocal Percussion and Keyboard
Steve Reich (b. 1936)
WTC 9/11 (2010)
Quarter = 128
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
The Olympian - Lighting of the Torch (1984)
Majestically
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
San Rafael News, Op. 51 (1995)
V. Life Span - Moderato
The Opus Project Ensemble and Audience
Kat Walsh (b. 1982)
Video Game (2017)
The Opus Project Mixed Quartet
THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE
Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor
Flute / Piccolo
Martha Stoddard
Oboe / English Horn
Stardust
Bassoon
Kat Walsh
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Piano
Mark Alburger
Carol Reynolds
Violin I
Kristen Kline
Violin II
Kat Walsh
Viola
Gregory Zinkl
OPUS 52: Non-Toxic, Non-Taxing, II (Alburger's 60th and More!)
8pm, Saturday, April 15, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
With the Opus Project Orchestra
Karl Goldmark (1830-1915) Georginen, Op. 52 (1913)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) Popular Song of Vivarais, Op. 52 (1900)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937) Prelude for Piano, Op. 52 (1903)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914) Ballet Piece, Op. 52 (1901)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932) The Prague Carnival, Op. 52 (1907)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) A Christmas Greeting, Op. 52(1907)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) Duet, Op. 52 (1910)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Near the Sea, Op. 52 (1901)
Henri Pierné (1863-1937) Passacaille, Op. 52 (1932)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Dead Leaves, Op. 52 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Taillefer, Op. 52 (1903)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Preludio e Presto, Op. 52 (1928)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Symphony No. 3, Op. 52 (1907)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Divertimento, Op. 52 (1920)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) A Hymn of Freedom, Op. 52 (1903)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Flute Sonata, Op. 52 (1913)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Cello Concerto in A Minor, Op. 52 (1943)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957) Arlequinades, Op.52 (1912)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Sinfonietta, Op. 52 (1934)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) Spring, Op. 52 (1918)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Tristesse au Jardin, Op. 52 (1908)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Ballade, Op. 52 (1926)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Piano Piece, Op. 52 (1907)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Twilight over Lake Ogwen, Op. 52 (1916)
Max Reger (1873-1916) Fantasy, Op. 52 (1900)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Hammersmith, Op. 52 (1931)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) L'Heure Espagnole (1907)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Piece, Op. 52 (1938)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933) Song, Op. 52 (1905)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970) A Song of London, Op. 52 No.1 (1906)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943) Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta (1936)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments (1924)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) La Berceuse d'Aitacho Enia, Op. 52 (1926)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965) Geographical Fugue (1930)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Piece, Op. 52 (1931)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Of Mice and Men (1939)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Winter Words, Op. 52 (1953)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) Variations and Toccata on "Aurora lucis rutilat," Op. 52 (1980)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Quest (1994)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932) String Quartet No. 4, Op. 52 (1990)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Abraham and Isaac, Op. 52 (1996)
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An emergency rally, and another amazing show,
on a day
(11th of summer,
high 70,
locally
and in
Pleasant Hill /
66
Pinole /
64
San Francisco) beginning with animated parts-program-score production at Cybercopy and continuing marvels beyond... to a late-night conclusion starting a new edition of San Rafael News, Op. 51: X. Sylvia Dreyer...
