Opus 53
Essential Existential
8pm, Saturday, May 27, 2017
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA
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...
