February 24 - The Opus Project presents Opus 62

THE OPUS PROJECT
Opus 62
Romancing the Tone
8pm, Saturday, February 24, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA



Program

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)  
     Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 (1807)
          Allegro con brio

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)  
     Chanson russe, Op. 62 (1905)
          Allegretto non troppo

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)      
     Souvenirs: Poem for Orchestra, Op. 62 (1906)
          Tres lent

Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)      
     The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62 (1909)
          Andante

Edward Elgar (1857-1934)      
     Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 62 (1910)
          Andante

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)  
     Turkish Fragments - Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 62 (1930)
          I. Caravan - Moderato sostenuto, tempo marciale


Erik Satie (1866-1925)          
     Truly Flabby Prelude (for a Dog) (1912)
          I. Severe Reprimand

          Tim Macajewski, Bassoon / The Opus Project Ensemble

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)      
     Dionysiaques, Op. 62 (1914)
          Moderato sostenuto, tempo marciale

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Henry Hadley (1871-1937)
     The Culprit Fay Op. 62 (1909)
          Andante misterioso

Max Reger (1873-1916)          
     16 Songs, Op. 62 (1902)
          XI. Fromm (Gustav Falke, 1853-1916,
          Mit dem Leben [From my Life], 1899:
          The Moon Shines on my Bed)

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)      
     Mother Goose (1912)
          Tom Thumb

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)      
     Le Baiser de la Fée (1928)
          I. Sinfonia

Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)          
     Two Mazurkas, Op. 62 (1934)
          I. Allegretto graziozo


Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)      
     Pensées, Op. 62 (1934)
          I. Adagio pensieroso - Moderato


Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)      
     Sérénade en Trois Parties, Op. 62 (1920–1921)
          I. Vif

          Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
          The Opus Project Ensemble


Alois Hába (1893-1973)          
     Quartertone Piano Sonata, Op. 62 (1947)

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)          
     Valse-Improvisation sur le Nom de BACH, Op. 62 (1932)

          Video
                      

Aaron Copland (1900-1990)      
     Rodeo (1942)
          IV. Hoe-Down

Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)      
     Festival Overture for Orchestra, Op 62 (1947)

          The Opus Project Ensemble

Paul Creston (1906-1985)      
     Dance Overture, Op. 62 (1954)

          Mark Alburger, Piano

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)  
     Six Romances on Verse by English Poets, Op. 62a (1942)
          III. Macpherson before his Execution (Macpherson's Farewell, Robert Burns)

          Megan Cullen, Soprano
          The Opus Project Ensemble


Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)      
     Etchmiadzin: Prayer of St. Gregory, Op. 62 (1946)



Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)      
     Cantata Academica, Op. 62 (1959)

          Video

Gottfried von Einem (1918-1996)  
     Organ Concerto, Op. 62 (1981)

George Crumb (b. 1929)      
     Spanish Songbook I: The Ghosts of Alhambra (2009)
          V. Ay!

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)      
     Symphony No. 2 ("Tamalpais"), Op. 62 (1998)
          II. DOUBLE FUGUE


Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)
     Homage to Jules Verne (2018)
          PIANO
          John Williams (b. 1932) - Indiana Jones Temple (1984)
          Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)  - Jeux d’eau (1901)
          Randy Newman (b. 1943) - Buzz Lightyear Astroblasters (1995)
          Claude Debussy (1862-1918) - Estampes (1903): III. Jardin sous la plouie
          Michael Giacchino (b. 1967) - Space Mountain (1985)
          Claude Debussy - La Cathedrale Engloutie
           +
          ENSEMBLE
          Frederic Chopin (1810-1847) - Piano Ballade No. 2, Op. 38 (1839)
               C Major                    
               Db Major
               D Major
               Eb Major
               E Major
               F Major
          +
          VIDEO
          Prague, Czech Republic NYE 2018 Fireworks Display
          Adam Young (1986) - When Can I See You Again? (2012)
          Jean-Jacques Perrey (1929-2016) - Baroque Hoedown (1967)

          Megan Cullen, Voice and Piano
          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
          The Opus Project Ensemble


THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger    Music Director and Conductor

Bassoon
Tim Macajewski

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari

Cello
Aaron Urton


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 63
8pm, Saturday, March 17, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)        Neapolitan Song, Op. 63 (1907)
Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)            Bagatelle, Op. 63 (1900)
Anatoly Liadov (1855-1914)            Kikimora for Orchestra, Op. 63 (1910)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)                Symphony No. 2 in Eb, Op. 63 (1911)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)             Joseph's Legend, Op. 63 (1914)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)                Symphony No. 4, Op. 63 (1911)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)                Service, Op. 63
Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)            Landscapes and Seascapes, Op. 63 (1916)
Ede Poldini (1869-1957)                Lustgärtchen, Op.63
Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949)             Romances for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 63 (1934)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)            War Song, Op. 63 (1914)
Paul Juon (1872-1940)                Austrian Equestrian Song, Op. 63 (1914)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)            Poème, Op. 63
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)        Magnificat (1932)
Joseph Jongen (1873-1953)                In Memoriam, Op. 63 (1919)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957)            Kirghiz Song, Op. 63
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)            Impressions and Poems, Op. 63 (1908)
Cyril Scott (1879-1970)                Sphinx, Op. 63 (1908)
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)                Concerto for Orchestra (1943)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929)
Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957)            Vision, Op. 63
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 62 (1935)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)            Étude for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 63 (1920)
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962)                Kammerkantate No.9 ("Prison Cantata"), Op. 63 (1937)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Fanfare for the Common Man (1942)
Hermann Reutter (1900-1985)            Double Piano Concerto in Eb, Op. 63 (1947)
Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986)            Symphony No. 5 in Bb, Op. 63 (1947)
Dmitri Kabalevsky (1904-1987)            The Leninists, Op. 63 (1959)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)        Music to the Spectacle Native Country, Op. 63 (1942)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Greek Piano Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 63  (1944)
Jan Koetsier (1911-2006)                Hymnus Monaciensis, Op. 63 (1972)
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)            Missa Brevis, Op. 63 (1959)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Symphony No. 3, Op. 63 (1957)
George Crumb (b. 1929)                American Songbook VII: From the Heartland (2010)
Alexander Goehr (b. 1932)                Idées Fixes for Ensemble, Op. 63 (1997)
Henryk Górecki (1933-2010)            Good Night, Op. 63 (1990)
Robin Holloway (b. 1943)                Bassoon Concerto, Op. 63 (1985)
Krzysztof Meyer (b. 1943)                Cello Concerto No. 1 (Conc da Camera No. 4), Op. 63 (1984)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Moses and Aaron, Op. 63 (1998)

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Another amazing show,


on the 43rd day of spring,


high up 4 to 59,


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