July 28 - The Opus Project presents Opus 67


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)...