May 27 - The Opus Project presents Opus 53: Essential Existential

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 53



Essential Existential
8pm, Saturday, May 27, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA


Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)       
     Sonata No. 21 in C Major ("Waldstein"), Op. 53 (1818)
          I. Allegro con spirito

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)      
     Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 (1869, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832,
           ("Harz Mountain Trip in Winter," 1777)
           Adagio      

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)          
     The Stranger, Op. 53 (1901, after Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906, Brand, 1865)
           Act I: Introduction Symphonique


Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)          
     Piano Bagatelle, Op. 53 (1903)
          I. Moderato (G# Minor)

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)          
     Four Part-Songs, Op. 53 (1907)
          IV. Owls (An Epitaph)



Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)       
     Ole of Northland, Op. 53 (1915, after M. Jensen)
          Act I - Preliminaries


Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)      
     Hashish, Oriental Symphonic Poem, Op 53 (1913)
          Lento assai

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)          
     Six Piano Pieces, Op. 53 (1901)
          I. Prelude (Lento)

Henri Pierné (1863-1937)           
     Concert Prelude on a Theme of Purcell, Op. 53 (1933)
          Allegro non troppo  
   
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)      
     Four Piano Mazurkas, Op. 53 (1911)
          III. Lento melancolico


Richard Strauss (1864-1949)          
     Symphonia Domestica, Op. 53 (1903)
          Bewegt (Emotional)

Robert Kahn (1865-1952)          
     Sturmlied, Op. 53 (1910)
          Largo

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)          
     Piano Music for Young and Old, Op. 53 (1930)
          I. Allegretto



Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)          
     Pan and Echo (Dance Intermezzo No. 3), Op. 53 (1906)
          Andante


Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)      
     Tanzwalzer, Op. 53 (1920)
          Introduktion (Andante)


Albert Roussel (1869-1937)          
     Symphony No. 4, Op. 53 (1934)
          I. Lento

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)          
     Three Rhapsodies, Op. 53 (1904)
          I. French

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)          
     24 Fantasy Pieces in Four Suites, Suite II, Op. 53 (1927)
          I. Lamento


Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)      
     Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 (1907)
          Allegro. Impetuoso. Con stravaganza.

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)          
     Two Pieces, Op. 53 (1917)
          II. Menuet-Scherzo


Max Reger (1873-1916)          
     Seven Piano Silhouettes, Op. 53 (1900)
          I. Extremely Lively

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)       
     The Atonement, Op. 53 (1903)
          II. Gethsemane


Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)       
     Piano Prelude, Op. 53 (1938)
          II. Moderato

Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)      
     Moods and Reflections, Op. 53 (1905)
          V. Greeting

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)      
     Stabat Mater (1926)

Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)       
     Wandlungen (Transformations), Op. 53 (1927)
          (after Friedrich Holderlin, 1770-1843, Hyperion, 1799)

Ernst Toch (1887-1965)          
     The Water, Op. 53 (1930)

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Piano Concerto No. 4 ("Left Hand"), Op. 53 (1931)
          I. Allegro

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)          
     Four Songs on Old Poetry, Op. 53 (1927)
                        I. The Unknown Poet (Johann Christian Gunther, 1695-1723)


Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)          
     Symphony No. 4, Op. 53 (1934)
          I. Con moto

John Cage (1912-1992)          
     The Perilous Night (1944)
          VI. Quarter = 176

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)      
     Gloriana, Op. 53 (1953)
          On Rivalries


Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)      
     Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 53 (1981)
          II. Adagio sereno

          Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Giselher Klebe (1925-2009)          
     Piano Quintet ("Quasi una Fantasia"), Op. 53 (1967)
          I. Adagio Molto


George Crumb (b. 1929)          
     Mundus Canis (A Dog's World) (1998)
          V. Yoda

Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)          
     Lerchenmusik (Lark Music), Op. 53 (1986)
          I. Lento-Largo

Philip Glass (b. 1937)          
     Prelude to "Endgame" (1984)
          Quarter = 144

Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937)
     24 Piano Preludes, Op. 53 (1988)
                        Op. 53 (1988): III. G Major (Larghetto)

                        Mark Alburger, Voice and Piano
         

Harry Bernstein (b. 1948)          
     Duet for Flute and Oboe (2006)
           Playful



Mark Alburger (b. 1957)          
     Mice Suite No. 2, Op. 53 (1996)
           Deathsong II

John T. Smith (b. 1970)          
     Guitar Man's Blues (1988)
          Quarter = 132



Stardust (b. 1962)              
     Concerto for Cor Anglais No. 1 (2017)
          I. Janky
          II. Rumination


Kat Walsh (b. 1982)          
     Video Game Music II (2017)
        

Hussein Al Naswari (b. 1991)          
     Anaheim Sonata (2017)


          Harry Bernstein, Flute / Stardust, Oboe and English Horn
          Megan Cullen, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Bass
          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano / The Opus Project Orchestra


THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                    Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Harry Bernstein
Alan Kingsley

Oboe / English Horn
Stardust

Clarinet
Michael Kimbell

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Trumpet
Andrew Clissold

Trombone
Scott Sterling

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Harry Bernstein
Andrew Clissold
Scott Sterling

Bass

Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Percussion
Ken Crawford

Violin I
Kristin Kline

Violin II
Harry Bernstein
Corey Johnson

Viola
Greg Zinkl

Cello
Ariella Hyman


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 54: Requiem Reveille Rhapsody Romanza  - 8pm, Saturday, June 17, 2017, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)            Requiem, Op. 54 (1878)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            March of the 76th Infantry Regiment, Op. 54 (1903)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)               Suite, Op. 54 (1904)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Hymn in G Major, Op. 54 (1902)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)                Chorus, Op. 54 (1912)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            The Reveille, Op. 54 (1907)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)              Mtsïri, Op. 54 (1924)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)            Ad Astra (To the Stars), Op. 54 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Salome, Op. 54 (1905)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952)            Quintet, Op. 54 (1910)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)            Cupid and the Poet, Op. 54 (1930)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Swanwhite, Op. 54 (1909)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924)        Romanza e Scherzoso, Op. 54 (1921)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Piano Piece, Op. 54 (1903)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Kracow Greeting, Op. 54 (1944)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Aenéas, Op. 54 (1935)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)         Piano Sonatina, Op. 54 (1920)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Lied et Scherzo, Op. 54 (1910)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Fantasy Piece from Third Suite, Op. 54
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Cello Sonata, Op. 54 (1913)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Symphony No. 4 ("The Poem of Ecstasy"), Op. 54 (1907)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Calm, on the Deserted Quays, Op. 54 (1918)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 54, No. 1 (1901)
Maurice Ravel (1874-1937)            Rapsodie espagnole (1907)
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)            Adventure Ballet, Op. 54 (1929)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)         Native Land of Joy, Op. 54 (1937)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)        To my Wife, Op. 54 (1906)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)            Summerland, Op. 54 (1907)
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954)        Passion Cantata, Op. 54 (1943)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)        Joyce Song, Op. 54 (1926)
Josef Matthais Hauer (1883-1959)             Violin Concerto, Op. 54 (1928)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Little Theatre Suite, Op. 54 (1930)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         Piano Sonatina No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 54, No. 1 (1932)
Alois Hába (1893-1973)            Suite No. 1 for Quartertone Guitar, Op. 54 (1943)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)             Brecht Sonette, Op. 54 (1937)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Quiet City (1940)
Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)            Symphony No. 4, Op. 53 (1934)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 54 (1939)
John Cage (1912-1992)            A Valentine Out of Season, Op. 54
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 (1954)
Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983)            Piano Sonata No. 3, Op. 54 (1982)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Piano Trio, Op. 54 (1956)
George Crumb (b. 1929)            American Songbook III: Unto the Hills (2001)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)            The mouse metamorphosed into a maid (1993)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)            Marian Song, Op. 54 (1985)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)                Song from Liquid Days (1985)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            Israel in Trouble, Op. 54 (199

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Great concert,


again,


on a day


(57th of summer,






high up 9 to 80...


Cordelia, 72
Pleasant Hill, 77
Martinez, 69
Pinole, 64
San Francisco, 62)


heading down to Cybercopy (for parts production and program),



Diablo Valley College (for organizational purposes),


and


then


off


towards SF for the energetic and stimulating show.  Return late to compose pages 16-17 of The Decameron: Eighth Day, Op. 266: Novel II - The Priest of Varlungo Lies with Monna Belcolore...