THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
Opus 67: Ludwig, Bela, Igor, and the Wolf
8pm, Saturday, July 28, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 (1808)
I. Allegro con brio
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
"Hamlet" Overture, Op. 67 (1888)
Part I - Lento lugubre
Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
"Hussite" Overture, Op. 67
Lento ma non troppo
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
La Boheme, SC 67 (1896)
Act II
Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Orchestral Set No. 1: Three Places in New England (1912)
II. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut
The Opus Project Orchestra
Bela Bartok (1881-1943)
Mikrokosmos (1939)
Book III - LXVII. Thirds Against a Single Voice
John Veitch, Piano
Viola Concerto, Op. posth. (1945, Tibor Serly)
I. Moderato
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
Perséphone (1933)
I. Persephone Ravished
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 (1921)
I. Sorocaba
George Crumb (b. 1929)
Echoes of Time and the River (1967)
I. Frozen Time
Edwin London (1929-2013)
Portraits of Three Ladies (1967)
I. Pocahontas
Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Piano Phase (1967)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)
1000 Airplanes on the Roof (1988)
I. 1000 Airplanes on the Roof
John Lennon (1940-1980)
A Day in the Life (1967)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
Saul! Saul!, Op. 67 (1998)
Part the Second
IX. Symphony (Passacaglia) - Hide and Seek Ye (Saul in the Fields)
Geert Van Hoorick (b. 1968)
Bassoon Concerto, Op.67
I. Allegretto piacevole
Scott Sterling (b. 1970)
Etude T.H.A. (2018)
Tim Machajewski, Bassoon
Harriet March Page, Narrator and Alto
Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano
Mark Alburger, Piano
Kat Walsh, Viola
The Opus Project Orchestra
Hussein Al-Naswari
Opus 67 Improvisation (2018)
Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano
THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA
Mark Alburger
Music Director and Conductor
Flute / Piccolo / Alto Flute
Bruce Salvisberg
Oboe / English Horn
Sheila Weston
Clarino
Michael Cox
Bassoon
Tim Machajewski
Trumpet
Ron Cohen
Lois Kale
Horn
Bob Satterford
Trombone
Scott Sterling
Scott's Friend
Tuba
Adam Machajewski
Soprano
Megan Cullen
Alto
Harriet March Page
Tenor
Mark Alburger
Harp
John Veitch
Piano
Mark Alburger
Hussein Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen
John Veitch
Percussion
Hussein Al-Naswari
John Veitch
Violin
Kristen Kline
Viola
Kat Walsh
Cello
Aaron Urton
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THE OPUS PROJECT presents REVOLUTION!
OPUS 68 - 8pm, Saturday, August 25, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA
With The Opus Project Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Symphony No. 6 in F Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 (1808)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68 (1876)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Rêverie, L. 68 (1890)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Le Tombeau de Couperin (1917)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Suite Italienne (1933)
Neal Hefti (1922-2008) The Odd Couple (1968)
George Crumb (b. 1929) Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death (1968)
Terry Riley (b. 1935) Poppy Nogood and the Phantom Band (1968)
Philip Glass (b. 1937) Two Pages (1968)
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
John Lennon (1940-1980) Happiness Is a Warm Gun (1968)
Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) Castles Made of Sand (1968)
Paul McCartney (b. 1942) Why Don't We Do It In the Road (1968)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Mice Suites, Op. 68 (1998)
Steven Clark (b. 1968) Amok Time (2004)
Thom York (b. 1968) Morning Bell (2000)
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Magnificent show!
On the 123rd day of summer, high again that ever-popular 102
Fairfield, 94
Martinez, 80
Pleasant Hill, 95
Begin composition of Dan Cook Canyon: Six Tethered Tales 'Round Danville, CA, Op. 285 (2018): IV. San Francisco Spite Walls (Dan Cook's Niece / Intermezzo Interruptus) and continue editing new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II (page 47)...
