MARK ALBURGER, 2020: February 2020

February 29 - The Opus Project presents Opus 83-84

THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 83-84
Mythos in Tempore Belli
8pm, Saturday, February 29, 2019
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

OPUS 83

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)
     Keyboard Sonata, K. 83 (c. 1738)
        I. (Presto)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1857)
     Six Ecossaises,WoO. 83 (1806)
           I-VI
     Three Songs, Op. 83 (1810)
           I. Wonne der Wehmut

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
     Three Songs, Op. 83 (1850)
        III. Der Einsiedler

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
   Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 83 (1881)
          I. Allegro non troppo

Erik Satie (1866-1925)
     Socrate (1918)
          I. Portrait de Socrate (Le Banquet)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     Piano Concerto in G (1931)
          I. Allegramente

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     Four Norwegian Moods (1942)
          III. Wedding Dance

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)
     Hymn to Yerevan, Op. 83 (1969)
          Adagio maestoso

John Cage (1912-1992)
     Haiku (1951)
          Haiku I, For my dear friend, Who

John Lennon (1940-1980)
     Rubber Soul (1965)
          II. Norwegian Wood

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Quadruple Concerto ("Metal"), Op. 83 (1999)
          I. Allegro moderato
   Broke Dance Intermezzi: E (2019)
   III. Ecological Ecossaise (Beethoven Blues)

OPUS 84

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
     Egmont, Op. 84 (1810)
          Overture - Sostenuto ma non troppo

Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
     Cantabile in Bb Major, B. 84 (1834)
        (Andantino)

Antonin Dvorák (1841-1904)
     The Jakobín, Op. 84 (1887)
        "O lásku tvou je marno ždáti"

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
     Eight Short Pieces, Op. 84 (1902)
        V. Improvisation

Charles Ives (1874-1954)
     Symphony No. 4 (1916)
          I. Prelude - Maestoso

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
   Ode (1943)
          I. Eulogy

Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
     Le Train Bleu, Op. 84 (1924)
           I. Introduction

Francis Poulenc (1899-1959)
     Les soirées de Nazelles, FP 84 (1936)
        III. La désinvolture et la discrétion

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Flute Concerto ("Mythological"), Op. 84 (2000)
            I. Allegro aperto

           Deborah Yates, Flute
           Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
           The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra

Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1990)
Mythos in Tempore Belli Improvisation (2020)

Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger Music Director and Conductor

Flute
Deborah Yates

Oboe
Sheila Weston

Clarinet
Jisoo Kim

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet
Lois Kail

Horn
Bob Satterford

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Megan Cullen
Hussein Al-Nasrawi

Percussion
Hussein Al-Nasrawi

Violin I
Kristen Kline

Violin II
Kat Walsh

Viola
Carol Earley

Bass
Joshua Calderon

THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 85-86-87: Global Warning
8pm, Saturday, March 28, 2020
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Op. 85 (2000)

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)        Mass in C Major, Op. 86 (1807)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)            Prélude à l'Après-Midi d'un Faune, L 86 (1894)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Babel (1944)
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)            Vespers (1610): Magnificat
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)                Magnificat (1733)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)                    Magnificat (1958)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Magnificat (2000), Op. 86

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)            Symphony ("Mathis der Maler") (1934)
G.F. Handel (1685-1759)                Water Music (1717)
John Cage (1912-1992)                Water Music (1952)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Water Music (2014)
                                Violin Concerto ("Ticklish"), Op. 87 (2000)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)                 Prelude No. 1, Op. 87 (1951)

***

Another great show, on the just-squeeking-out 17th day of summer,

high down 6 to 70

(Fairfield /

Pleasant Hill, 65;

Martinez, 64), composing

No Exit, Op. 330
XIV. Don't Turn (page 3)

Oh! And Joe Biden wins the 2020 South Carolina Democratic Primary,

reviving his campaign, in no small part thanks to U.S. Representative Jim Clyburn...

February 28 - All Decked Out and Everywhere to Go

[Jacopo Peri, one of the inventors of opera, hoping (in vain) to be featured in Diablo Valley College Music Appreciation Quiz 6 (Baroque Music) -- Wednesday, March 4, San Ramon; Thursday-Friday, March 5-6, Pleasant Hill]

D, A, E Major / E Minor

Three Genres in Baroque Music, and Their Typical Movements

Opera
Overture
Recitative
Aria (Duet, Trio, Quartet, etc.)
Chorus
(etc.)

Suite
Overture
Dance I
Dance II
(etc.)

Concerto
Fast
Slow
Fast

Birth-Death Years for J.S. Bach, and
Three Stylistic Periods (Cities of Activity) - Types of Music Written in Each

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Weimar - Organ
Cothen - Instrumental
Leipzig - Vocal

Listening

Claudio Monteverdi - Vespers: I. Deus in Adjutorium (I. God Come to My Aid)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GYjNj75MFI
(John Eliot Gardiner early-music version -- with Vocal Score!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespro_della_Beata_Vergine

http://imslp.org/wiki/Vespro_della_Beata_Vergine,_SV_206_(Monteverdi,_Claudio)
(Full Score)

Heinrich Schutz - Saul, Saul

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/heinrich-schutz-1585-1672-saul.html
(N.B. Best heard/viewed on Firefox)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schütz

https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/43mym9/heinrich_schutz_saul_saul_was_verfolgst_du_mich/

http://imslp.org/wiki/Saul%2C_Saul%2C_was_verfolgst_du_mich%3F%2C_SWV_415_(Sch%C3%BCtz%2C_Heinrich)

Henry Purcell - Dido and Aeneas: When I Am Laid in Earth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGQq3HcOB0Y
(OK version, preceeded by recit. Thy Hand, Belinda [about a minute] with Vocal / Bass Line Score)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeB4cpRq16M
(Dramatic version)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Purcell

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas

http://imslp.org/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas,_Z.626_(Purcell,_Henry)

Antonio Vivaldi - Gloria: I. Gloria

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgaOVV4JQHA

All-women's group, reflecting Vivaldi's employment situation!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_(Vivaldi)

http://imslp.org/wiki/Gloria_in_D_major,_RV_589_(Vivaldi,_Antonio)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Organ Fugue in G Minor ("Little")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Kq60w-AXk
(with Score!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue_in_G_minor,_BWV_578

George Frideric Handel - Messiah: Hallelujah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4LDVrnAQeo
(Keyboard-Vocal Score)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iXmIjpGsGc&p=FA3F0EFACB26D72D&playnext=1&index=2
(Live Early-Music performance)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_Part_II

http://imslp.org/wiki/Messiah,_HWV_56_(Handel,_George_Frideric)
(Full Score - 44. Hallelujah, at bottom of listings)

***

After class with the DVC Friday Music Historians (seen above in the concluding Quiz 5 -- Renaissance),

back out walking on the Coast Range Pony Express Trail,

specifically Pampered Pets Parking to Cherry Glen Hill Bend, on the 16th day of summer, high back down 3 to 76 (locally and in Martinez -- Fairfield 77; Pleasant Hill, 75)... composing page 2

No Exit, Op. 330
XIV. Don't Turn

February 27 - Hope

In desparation,

back to the local ATT, once again pricing current iPhones, but receiving no guarantees that new will interface w/ old computer or that apps will transfer over + steep transition, so recapitulate the trip across parking lot to

Repair All. Lo and behold, the Fix-It Hero is there from original visit, who was so hard to track down in recent weeks. He is well-nigh certain that simply a new photo gadget can be ordered (takes a week) and installed on the old iPhone (ironically the selfie mode still works occasionally, as can be seen in initla picture and immediately above, which I have been occasionally able to re-trigger, and he does here as well). It's a little bit of pre-pay your money (but only a modest sum) and takes your chances, but here goes...

Before this the Diablo Valley College Pleasant Hill Tuesday-Thursday

Music Historians with Quiz 5 (Renaissance); after --

Voila! -- Harriet's birthday, with Megan and Ash...

15th day of summer, high up 3 to 79, locally and in Fairfield (highest of year thus far), 77 in Martinez / Pleasant Hill -- beginning composition re