October 29 - Free Style
SAN FRANCISCO
COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger, Music Director
A Free and Frank Exchange of Ideas
Rehearsal II
7pm, Sunday, October 29, 2017
Goat Hall, 400 Missouri Street, San Francisco, CA
Mark Alburger and John Kendall Bailey, conducting
Program
7:00 Kat Walsh
Driven (2017) (3')
0000 0000 11110
7:10 William Severson
Harry Bernstein
Stringtet (2017) (15')
0000 0000 11210 (5)
Stringing me along in the key of U (WS)
Stringing me along in the key of X (WS)
Mystery, Theme and Variations (HB)
7:30 Nancie Kester
Turkish Impressions (2016) (19')
2110 0000 Dulcimer 10011 (8)
8:00 Stardust
True of Voice Finale (2017) (13')
2211 2100 2Perc 11111 (16)
Intervention / Portal / Recovery / Radicalized / Guilty? / Protest
Ideology / Nationalism / Liberation / Impossible Until It's Done
8:25 Break
8:40 Mark Alburger
2017, Op. 261 (2017) (9')
2222 2100 Pf 2Perc 11211 (20)
I. Farewell Address / II. Press Conference
III. Confirmation Hearing / IV. Tweets
V. Phone Calls / VI. Meet the Press
VII. Deutsche Welle / VIII. Joint News Conference
IX. Final Press Conference / X. Confirmation Questions
XI. Inauguration Speech Protests
XII. Women's March on Washington
9:00 John Beeman
Ishi (2017, Carla Brooke) (15')
2222 2100 5V 2Perc 11211 (24)
Scene 4: The Demon Train
Scene 6: The Dinner
9:30 Erling Wold
The Sinking of the Szent István (2017) (15')
2222 2100 Pf 2Perc 11111 (19)
The Strait of Otranto / The Unloved War
Blessed are the young men who hunger and thirst for glory
Ich hatt' einen Kameraden
How beautifully the rockets illuminate the night
***
Much
progress
in
the second SFCCO rehearsal of AFAFEOI (8pm, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA),
on
the
209th day of summer,
high 79...
Pinole, 57
Berkeley, 58
San Francisco,
59...
preparing
for
publication
Fresh Voices I-XVII Chronology, in Thanks, Op. 272: XV. Portraits of __ (Some Multiple of 3) Women, Op. 231 (2014, Roland March): IX. Olivia (July 10-11, 2015, Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA)...
October 28 - The Opus Project presents Opus 58
THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 58
Haunted
8pm, Saturday, October 28, 2017
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Program
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (1806)
I. Allegro moderato
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Manfred Symphony, Op. 58 (1885)
I. Lento lugubre
Arthur Foote (1853-1937)
Lygeia, Op. 58 (1906)
Chorus of Sirens
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)
Russian Folksong for Orchestra, Op. 58 (1906)
I. Chant religieux - Geistliche Strophe (Moderato)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Elegy, Op. 58 (1909)
Adagio
Sergei Lyapunov (1859-1924)
Prelude and Fugue in Bb Minor, Op. 58 (1913)
Fugue
Anton Arensky (1861-1906)
The Wolves, Op. 58 (1902)
Andante maestoso
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)
Passion Week, Op. 58 (1912)
I. Behold, the Bridegroom Cometh at Midnight
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Elektra, Op. 58 (1909)
Moderately slow
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
Commotio, Op. 58 (1931)
Adagio
Tim Machajewski, Bassoon / Carol Reynolds, Piano
Kat Walsh, Alto / The Opus Project Orchestra
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Piano Piece, Op. 58 (1909)
I. Reverie - Lento
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
Oboe Sonata, Op. 58 (1916)
I. Allegro moderato (Pastoral - The Earth - Work in the Fields - Evening)
Stardust, Oboe / Mark Alburger, Piano
Albert Roussel (1869-1937)
String Trio, Op. 58 (1937)
I. Allegro moderato
The Opus Project String Trio
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)
Little Elf Shut-Eye Week, or The Dreams of Hialmar, Op. 58 (1912)
I. The Mouse's Wedding
The Opus Project Orchestra
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
Triptyque, Op. 58 (1931)
I. Matines - Allegro moderato
The Opus Project Orchestra
Paul Juon (1872-1940)
Two Easy Piano Waltzes, Op. 58 (1913)
I. Farfalla
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
Album Leaf, Op. 58 (1910)
Con delicatezza
Mark Alburger, Piano
Frederick Holloway (1873-954)
Suite Ancienne, Op. 58 (1913)
I. Prelude Chorale
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Burlesque, Op. 58 (1901)
I. Very Lively
The Opus Project Orchestra
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Four African Dances (1904)
I. Allegro
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Menuet sur le Nom de Haydn (1909)
Mouvement de Menuet
Corey Johnson, Violin / Mark Alburger, Piano
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939)
Three Songs, Op. 58 (1930)
II. Lyngby (Gyrithe Lemche, 1866-1945)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)
Inner Feelings, Op. 58 (1919)
VII. Your Remembrance
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)
Alpine Sketch, Op. 58 (1908)
I. Rather slowly
Mark Alburger, Piano
Nicolai Medtner (1880 -1951)
Two Pieces, Op. 58 (1945)
II. Knight Errant
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos (1940)
V. New Hungarian Folk Song - Ben Ritmato
The Opus Project Orchestra
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
Kurpian Songs, Op. 58 (1932)
I. The White Swans
Joaquin Turina (1882-1949)
Tarjetas postales (Postcards), Op. 58 (1930)
III. Madrid
Ernst Toch (1887-1965)
Ten Easy Etudes, Op. 58 (1931)
V. Very calm
Mark Alburger, Voice and Piano
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 58 (1951)
Andante
Aaron Urton, Cello / The Opus Project Orchestra
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)
Le Boeuf sur le Toit or The Nothing Doing Bar, Op. 58 (1920)
Theme of the Barman - Anime / Entrance of the Blacks
The Opus Project Orchestra
Ernst Krenek (1900-1991)
Little Symphony, Op. 58 (1928)
I. Andante sostenuto
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
Invocation and Dance, Op. 58 (1953)
Slow
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)
Sonatina, Op. 58 (1970)
II. Andante mesto
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58 (1957)
V. Depression (Po Chu-i, 772-846) - Very slow and tired
Vincent Persichetti (1915-1987)
Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 58 (1952)
Animato
Mark Alburger, Tenor and Piano / Aaron Urton, Guitar
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Horn Concerto No. 2, Op. 58 (1956)
I. Con energico
Stardust, English Horn / The Opus Project Orchestra
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Otherworldly Resonances (2003)
I. Double Helix - Very slowly, with a Zen-like intensity of concentration
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)
For You, Anne-Lill, Op. 58 (1986)
Lento cantabile
Jacques Hetu (1938-2010)
Violin Sonata, Op. 58 (1996)
I. Adagio
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Kristen Kline, Violin
Mark Alburger, Piano
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
The Ten Commandments, Op. 58 (1997)
Moderato - Dotted Quarter / Half = 60
The Opus Project Orchestra
Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
Halloween 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
Tim Machajewski
Trumpet
Alejandro Lara-Agraz
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Markus Alvarez
Adrienne Johnson
Carol Reynolds
Alto
Kat Walsh
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Guitar
Aaron Urton
Percussion
Ken Crawford
Hussein Al-Naswari
Violin I
Corey Johnson
Kristen Kline
Violin II
Alex Raldugin
Olga Raldugina
Viola
Kat Walsh
Cello
Aaron Urton
THE OPUS PROJECT presents
OPUS 59: Mysterious Wonder - 8pm, Saturday, November 18, 2017, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
With the Opus Project Orchestra
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Pan Voyevoda Suite, Op. 59 (1904)
Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) Violin Sonata in C Major, Op. 59 (1904)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937) Song with Violin, Op. 59 (1906)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914) Russian Folk Songs, Op. 59 (1907)
Julius Rontgen (1855-1932) Azzopardi Etudes, Op. 59 (1913)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Song Cycle for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 59 (1910)
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935) Hymn to Work, Op. 59 (1927)
Edward MacDowell (1860 1908) Piano Sonata No. 4, ("Keltic") (1901)
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) Children's Song, Op. 59 (1902)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Vespers, Op. 59 (1912)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 (1911)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1928)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) In Memoriam, Funeral March for Orchestra, Op. 59 (1909)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) The Sea-Fairies, Op. 59 (1907)
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950) Piano Sonata, Op. 59 (1916)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957) Spring Waltz, Op.59 (1913)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Elpénor, Op. 59 (1937)
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) Nikotina, Op. 59 (1929)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Scherzo Vif, Op. 59 (1910)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Symphony No. 6, Op. 59 (1930)
Paul Juon (1872-1940) Mysterien, Op. 59 (1928)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1910)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Piano Concerto in C Major (1931)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Aquarelles, op. 59 (1917)
Max Reger (1873-1916) Piece, Op. 59 (1901)
Charles Ives (1874-1954) Scherzo: Over the Pavements (1910)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Saint Francois d'Assise (1910)
Ludolf Nielsen (1876-1939) Song, Op. 59 (1930)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1938)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970) Violin Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 59 (1908)
Walter Braunfels (1882-1954) The Death of Cleopatra, Op. 59 (1944)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Oedipus Rex (1927)
Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59 (1933)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957) Suite, Op. 59 (1945)
Ernst Toch (1887-1965) Beginner's Etude, Op. 59 (1931)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Piano Piece, Op. 59 (1934)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Cocteau Poeme, Op. 59 (1920)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) Kammerkantate No. 2 ("White Bread Cantata"), Op. 59 (1937)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) An Outdoor Overture (1941)
Paul Creston (1906-1985) La Lettre, Op. 59 (1954)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Is There Survival? ("King Vahaken"), Op. 59 (1949)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006) Horn Sonatina, Op. 59 (1970)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Noye's Fludde, Op. 59 (1957)
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996) String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 (1957)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006) Scottish Dance, Op. 59 (1957)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010) Aria for Tuba, Piano, Tam-Tam, and Bass Drum (1987)
Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943) Hommage à Johannes Brahms, Op. 59 (1982)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Mice Suite No. 3, Op. 59 (1998)
...and your music, should you so desire!
***
Wonderful
concert,
on
the
208th
day
of
summer, high down 3 again to 83 (Pinole, 61 / Pleasant Hill, 85) -- editing
Fresh Voices I-XVII Chronology, in Thanks, Op. 272: XIV. Abducted by Aliens, Op. 222 (2014, Wikipedia): I. Gemini VII Bogey (July 11-12, 2014, Community Music Center, San Francisco) very late...
October 27 - Looming
Errands about town,
preparing for The Opus Project presents Opus 58 (8pm, Saturday, October 28, Diablo Valley College Music, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA), and editing
Fresh Voices I-XVII Chronology, in Thanks, Op. 272: XIII. Decameron: 1st Day, Op. 200 (2012, Boccaccio) - Community Music Center, San Francisco, 2013 -- on the 207th day of summer, high down 3 to 86...
October 26 - Full House
SAN FRANCISCO
COMPOSERS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger, Music Director
A Free and Frank Exchange of Ideas
Rehearsal I
7pm, Thursday, October 26, 2017
Goat Hall, 400 Missouri Street, San Francisco, CA
Mark Alburger and John Kendall Bailey, conducting
Program
7:00 Kat Walsh
Driven (3')
0000 0000 11110
7:10 Harry Bernstein / William Severson
Stringtet (2017) (15') 0000 0000 11210 (5)
Stringing me along in the key of U (WS)
Mystery, Theme and Variations (HB)
Stringing me along in the key of X (WS)
7:30 Nancie Kester
Turkish Impressions (2016) (19')
2110 0000 Dulcimer 10011 (8)
8:05 Stardust
True of Voice Finale (2017) (13')
2211 2100 2Perc 11111 (16)
Intervention / Portal / Recovery / Radicalized / Guilty? / Protest
Ideology / Nationalism / Liberation / Impossible Until It's Done
8:30 Break
8:45 Mark Alburger
2017, Op. 261 (2017) (9')
2222 2100 Pf 2Perc 11111 (19)
I. Farewell Address / II. Press Conference
III. Confirmation Hearing / IV. Tweets
V. Phone Calls / VI. Meet the Press
VII. Deutsche Welle / VIII. Joint News Conference
IX. Final Press Conference / X. Confirmation Questions
XI. Inauguration Speech Protests
XII. Women's March on Washington
9:00 John Beeman
Ishi (2017, Carla Brooke) (15')
2222 2100 5V 2Perc 11111 (23)
Scene 4: The Demon Train
Scene 6
9:30 Erling Wold
The Sinking of the Szent István (2017) (15')
2222 2100 Pf 2Perc 11111 (19)
The Strait of Otranto / The Unloved War
Blessed are the young men who hunger and thirst for glory
Ich hatt' einen Kameraden
How beautifully the rockets illuminate the night
***
All of the above in preparation for SFCCO's A Free and Frank Exchange of Ideas (8pm, Saturday, November 4, 2017, St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA),
on
a
day
beginning
with
Duke Ellington's Concerto for Cootie (Dictation / Board-Harmony, still catching up from 2 week's ago's fire-cancelled class) and
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar (+ Keyboard-Solfege), in addition to
Quiz 11 (works, besides the former, including those of Bela Bartok, Jester Hairston, Richard Rodgers, Olivier Messiaen, and John Cage).
Print up bound parts for 2017,
and
rousingly
head
towards rehearsal,
on
the
206th
of
summer, high down 1 to 89...
Pleasant Hill, 92
Pinole, 91
Berkeley, 82
San Francisco, 85
... editing Fresh Voices I-XVII Chronology, in Thanks, Op. 272: XII. Psalm 92, Op. 9 (1977, Psalms) - Community Music Center, San Francisco, 2012 late.
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