MARK ALBURGER, 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)

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