December 12 - The Opus Project presents Opus 85


THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 85 ONLINE
Global Warning
7pm, Saturday, December 12, 2020
as a Zoom Meeting
(email invitation sent c. 1-2 hours prior)

Program

St. Gall Composer (b. c. 820)
     Musica Enchiriadis (c. 850)
         
Nos Qui Vivimus
          Sit Gloria
          Rex Caeli

Orkney Islands Composer (b. c. 1085)   
     Hymn to St. Magnus (c. 1115)

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LvL84oXJlo

              Mark Alburger, Electronics

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)   
     The Well-Tempered Clavier (1722)
          Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 850

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVK461JXv7A

              Dominic Pang, Harpsichord

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)       
     Songs Without Words, Book VII, Op. 85 (1845)
          I. Andante espressivo

          https://youtu.be/rlAlYBEh1dM

               Megan Cullen, Piano

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)       
     Six Songs, Op. 85 (1882)
          VI. In Waldeseinsamkeit (In the Loneliness of the Forest)

          https://youtu.be/rgzbXSxuEeI

                Megan Cullen, Soprano
                Jean-Paul Bjorlin, Piano

Camille Saint-Säens (1835-1921)   
     Les Cloches du Soir, Op. 85 (1889)

          https://youtu.be/LAiON7JqlbA

Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)       
     Klosterlied (Cloister Song), Op. 85 (1857)

          https://youtu.be/L6Yj3Y3_ZiU

Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)       
     Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 (1889)
          VI. Vzpomínání (Reverie) - Andante (B Major)

          https://youtu.be/nSR0Bm5wRb0

               Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano

          XII. U mohyly (At a Hero's Grave) - Grave, Tempo di marcia (F Minor)

               Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
     Three Songs, Op. 18 (1878)
          III. Automne

          https://youtu.be/LjEHqvUlCvc

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3LGr5bSz04&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0UFShqILMZ2u-atYRza6NPfvryGPJRFobw_n2Rq3aP12BYffTBMIyAiQI

              Lorraine Helvick, Mezzo-Soprano
       
     Three Songs, Op. 85 (1902)
          I. Dans le forêt du Septiembre

          https://youtu.be/h0W0UScnnnU
 
               Megan Cullen, Soprano
               Appcompanist

Julius Röntgen (1855-1932)       
     Schüler-Konzert (School Concerto) No. 1, Op. 85 (1927)
         II. Andantino

          https://youtu.be/HzAzX1bFo0M

              Kat Walsh, Violin
              Megan Cullen, Piano

Christian Sinding (1856-1941)       
     Seven Poems, Op. 85 (1909)
          V. Kälte (Coldness)

          https://youtu.be/XSOL2ec7H8w

              Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
                        
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)       
     Eight Songs from "Letzte Blatter" ("Last Songs") (1885)
          III. Die Nacht (The Night)
          IV. Die Georgine (The Dahlia)
          VIII. Allerseelen  (All Souls' Day)

               Jean-Paul Bjorlin, Tenor and Piano

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)       
     Five Piano Pieces, Op. 85 (1917)
          II. Oeillet

          https://youtu.be/miyw7HYq01c

Ignaz Friedman (1882-1948)       
     Six Mazurkas, Op. 85 (1925)
          I. Allegro simplice

          https://youtu.be/SiBo-W_kqW4

               Megan Cullen, Piano

George Crumb (b. 1929)       
     Makrokosmos, Volume I (1972)
          XI. Dream Images

               Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

Larry Bell (b. 1952)
     Five Poems for Trumpet and Piano, Op. 85
          based on the song cycle Dream within a Dream, Op. 79 (2006)
          IV. There came a wind like a bugle

          https://www.poemofquotes.com/emilydickinson/therecameawind.php

               Michael Cox, Trumpet

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Op. 85 (2000)
          II. The People That Walked in Darkness

               Mark Alburger, Voice and Electronics

Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1992)       
     Improvisation on "The Prayer" (2020)

          http://viewsync.net/watch?v=-ovRQu28YYs&t=0&v=O0Yu-xS_RFU&t=0&mode=solo

               Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano