July 29 - The Opus Project presents Opus 55

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 55
Bard Is the Ward
8pm, Saturday, July 29, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)      
     Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major ("Eroica"), Op. 55 (1805)
          II. Marcia Funebre - Adagio assai

Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)      
     Symphony No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 55 (1859)
          I. Allegro marcato

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)          
     Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 (1892)
          IV. Solvejg's Song - Andante

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)          
     Chorale Variations for Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 55 (1903)
          Movement de Passacaille
                       
          Tim Macajewski, Saxophone / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Arthur Foote (1853-1937)          
    Three Songs, Op. 55 (1904)
         II. The River Flows Forever (Philip Bourke Marston, 1850–1887)

         Megan Cullen, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)          
     Polonaise for Orchestra, Op. 55 (1902)
          Moderato

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)          
     Symphony No. 1 in Ab Major, Op. 55 (1908)
          I. Andante.  Nobilmente e simplice.

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)       
     Turkish March, Op. 55 (1926)
          Allegro

          The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)      
     Grand Polonaise de Concert, Op. 55 (1913)
          Allegro moderato e maestoso

          Megan Cullen, Piano

Anton Arensky (1861-1906)          
     Two Quartets, Op. 55 (1901)
          I. All Around Has Grown Weary (Afanasy Fet, 1820–1892)

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)          
     Bard Song, Op. 55 (1907)
          Vivo molto

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)          
     Three Motets, Op. 55 (1929)
          I. Afflictus sum (Psalm 38: 9 - I am afflicted)

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
     Night Ride and Sunrise, Op. 55 (1908)
          Allegro

          The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra
         

Amy Beach (1867-1944)          
     Invocation, Op. 55 (1904)

          Kat Walsh, Violin / Megan Cullen, Piano

Albert Roussel (1869-1937)          
     Two Melodies, Op. 55 (1935, Georges Ville, 1824-1897)
          II. If Sometime You Cry

          Megan Cullen, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Piano



Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)       
     Mlada (Youth), Op. 55 (1920)
          VI. Desire

          Megan Cullen, Piano

Louis Vierne (1870-1937)          
     24 Fantasy Pieces, Suite No. 4, Op. 55 (1927)
          I. Aubade

Henry Hadley (1871-1937)          
     Salome, Op. 55 (1906)
          Lento e molto tranquillo

          The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra



Paul Juon (1872-1940)          
     Ten Piano Sketches, Op. 55 (1913)
          III. Melancolie

          Megan Cullen, Piano

Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)          
     Pages Intimes, Op. 55 (1918)
          I. Once Upon a Time

          The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)      
     Moorish Dance, Op. 55 (1904)
          Presto

          Megan Cullen, Piano

Ernst Schmidt (1878-1955)          
     Violin Concertino No. 3, Op. 55 (1924)
          I. Allegro giusto



Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)      
     Harnasie, Op. 55 (1931)
          Barn Dance


Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)          
     Five Gitana Dances, Op. 55 (1930)
          II. Dance of Seduction



Ernst Toch (1887-1965)          
     Ten Concert Etudes, Op. 55 (1931)
          I. (Praeludium) - Quasi grave

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)       
     Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 55 (1932)
          I. Allegro con brio

Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)           
     Against War: Theme and Variations, Op. 55 (1936)
          Theme / Variations I-III

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)          
     Heavyweight, or The Glory of the Nation, Op. 55 (1928)
          Tempo giusto (Allegro)

Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)      
     Piano Improvisation on a Theme of Manuel da Falla, Op 55 (1960)
         Andante


Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)      
     Canticle III: Still Falls the Rain, Op. 55 (1954)
          THEME / VERSE I

          Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano / Kat Walsh, Violin
          Aaron Urton, Cello / The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

George Crumb (b. 1929)          
     Eine Kleine Mitternachtmusik (2001)
          I. Nocturnal Theme

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)          
     The Passion According to St. Matthew, Op. 55 (1997)
          XXIII. OSTINATO-CANON "It Is Finished" (Trope)

          The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra


Bernhard Ruchti (1974) and Stardust (b. 1962)  
     Starbern (2017)
          I. Expose

          Stardust, Oboe / Megan Cullen, Piano




Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989)      
     Sonic Discharge (2017)
          Moderato

          The Opus Project Quartet


Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)      
     Medley from "Shakespeare in Love" [1998, Stephen Warbeck, b. 1953] (2017)

          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano


THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger             Music Director and Conductor


Oboe / English Horn
Stardust*

Bassoon / Saxophone
Tim Machajewski

Trombone
Aaron Wallace

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen*

Marimba / Timpani
Hussein Al-Naswari

Violin / Viola
Kat Walsh*

Cello
Aaron Urton*

Bass
Michael Stubblefield

* The Opus Project Quartet


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 56: Exotic Evenings and Lyrical Moments
8pm, Saturday, August 26, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With the Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1170-1827)            Triple Concerto, Op. 56 (1805)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)        Symphony No. 3 in A Minor ("Scottish"), Op. 56 (1842)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)        Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56 (1873)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)            Mirage for Voice and Piano, Op. 56 (1903)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Baba Yaga for Orchestra, Op. 56 (1904)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932)               Cello Sonata No. 5 in B Minor, Op. 56 (1910)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)            Angelus, Op. 56 (1909)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)              From the Songs of Ossian, Op. 56 (1925)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)            Piece for Cello and Piano, Op. 56 (1902)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)            Song, Op. 56 (1906)
Robert Kahn (1865-1952)            Cello Sonata, Op.56 (1911)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            String Quartet in D Minor ("Voces Intimae"), Op. 56 (1909)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)            Song, Op. 56 (1904)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)        Shéhérazde (Book I), Op. 56 (1916)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949)             Phantasy in A Minor for Orchestra, Op. 56 (1947)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957)            Roses, Op.56 (1912)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)            Flemish Rhapsody, Op. 56 (1936)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)         The Lantern, Op. 56 (1922)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            Crépuscules for Piano, Op. 56 (1911)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)            Exotic Evenings, Op. 56 (1928)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)            Lyrical Moment, Op. 56 (1913)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Piano Piece, Op. 56 (1908)
Frederick Holloway (1873-954)            Song without Words, Op.56 (1913)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)            Suite, Op. 56 (1917)
Max Reger (1873-1916)            Prelude, Op. 56, No. 1 (1901)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)            Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant (1908)
Richard Wetz (1875-1935)            Violin Concerto in B Minor, Op. 56 (1933)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)             Russian Folk Song, Op. 56 (1938)
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Epigramme, Op. 56 (1907)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)            Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)            String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 (1927)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)            Performer's Studies (Songbook), Op. 56 (1944)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)            Recital Etude, Op. 56 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)         Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 56 (1932)
Alois Hába (1893-1973)            Suite for Quartertone Trumpet and Trombone, Op. 56 (1944)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            John Henry for Orchestra (1940)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            Romeo and Juliet, Op. 56 (1956)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)            The Silly Little Mouse, Op. 56 (1939)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Hercules, Op. 56 (1959)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)            Trumpet Sonatina, Op. 56 (1970)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)        Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a (1955)
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)            Piano 4-Hands Concerto, Op. 56 (1952)
Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)            String Quartet No. 3, Op. 56 (1980)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            The Open Window, Op. 56 (1956)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)            Under Your Protection, Op. 56 (1984)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)            String Quartet No. 3 ("Mishima") (1985)
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)            Guitar Concerto, Op. 56 (1994)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)            For My Brother For My Sister, Op. 56 (1997)

...and your music, should you so desire!

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An amazing concert, preceeded by Rehearsal 5 of Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera Fresh Voices XVII Festival of New Works: Feet First Into the Fire! (8pm, Saturdays, August 5 / 12, Bay Area Stage, 551 Broadway, Vallejo; 7:30pm, Saturday, August 19, St. Alban's Church, Albany [CA];  4pm, Sunday, August 29, Community Music Center, Capp Street, San Francisco), including



2017, Op. 261 (2017)
    I. Farewell Address (January 10, Chicago, IL)
        (Barack Obama / Donald Trump)
    II. Press Conference (January 11, New York, NY)
        (Donald Trump / Vladimir Putin)
  

    III. Confirmation Hearing (January 12, Washington, DC)
        (Elizabeth Warren, Ben Carson)
    IV. Tweets (January 13, New York, NY)
        (Donald Trump / Vladimir Putin)


    V. Phone Calls (January 14, Washington, DC)
        Tamara Keith / Scott Simon / Michael Flynn / Sergey Kislyak)
    VI. Meet the Press (January 15, Washington, DC)
        (Chuck Todd / John Lewis)
    VII. Deutsche Welle (January 16, Berlin, Germany)
        Rainier Arnold / Angela Merkel /
        Henning Riecke / Rolf Mutzenich)
    VIII. Joint News Conference
        (January 17, Moscow, Russia)
        (Vladimir Putin / Igor Dodon)
    IX. Final Press Conference
        (January 18, Washington, DC)
        (Barack Obama / Press Corps /
        Donald Trump)
    X. Confirmation Questions
        (January 19, Washington, DC)
        (Steve Mnuchin / Sherrod Brown)
    XI. Inauguration Speech Protests
        (January 20, Washington, DC)
        (Donald Trump / Protesters)
    XII. Women's March on Washington
        (January 21, Washington, DC)
        (America Ferrera / Chorus of Marchers /
        Donald Trump)


plus Dikkie Schoggen's Aging Grace,


Alan Crossman's And Now... The Humans!, and music of John Bilotta, Doug Brandt, Robert Denham, Frank Johnson, and Helena Michelson.


Out briefly to print the Opus 55 program, etc.,


admiring Brett and his wife's


promotional piano.


Home late to compose page 14 The Decameron: Eighth Day, Op. 266: Novel VI - Bruno and Buffalmacco Steal a Pig from Calandrino.


120th day of summer,


high down 4 to 96


(76 days 80+, 51 days 90-or-beyond -- Fairfield, 86;


Pleasant Hill, 91)...