October 27 - The Opus Project presents Opus 70


THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 70: Ghost Dances
8pm, Saturday, October 27, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA


Muhammad (570-632)       
     Call to Prayer (622)
                        (As heard in Cairo, 1980)



Cenewulf (940-1010)       
     Veni Veni Emmanuel (O Come, O Come, Emmanuel, 970
                        trans. John Mason Neal, 1818-1866)



Free Organum Composer (b. c. 970)   
     Cunctipotens Genitor (All-Powerful Creator, c. 1000,
                        Tuotillo, 865-916)

French Composer (b. c. 1170)       
     Ductia (c. 1200)
                        After Florilegium Musicum
                       
Italian Composer (b. c. 1270)       
     Trotto (c. 1300)
                        6/8 - 3/8

Jacopo da Bologna (1320-1370)   
     Non al suo amante (No One Ever Pleased a Lover so Much, c. 1350,
                        Petrarch, 1304-1374)

Irish Composer (b. c. 1540)       
     Variations on the Romanesca (b. 1570)
                        After David Munrow

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)   
     Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major ("Ghost"), Op. 70, No. 1
                        II. Largo assai ed espressivo

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)   
     Elijah, Op. 70 (1846)
                        Part II
                             XXI. Aria - Hear Ye Israel!
                             XXIX. Chorus - He Watching over Israel (Allegro moderato)

Richard Wagner (1813-1883)       
     Die Walkure (1870)
                        Act III: Scene I ["Ride of the Valkyries"]

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904       
     Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70 (1885)
                        III. Scherzo - Vivace

Follower of Wovoka (1856-1932)   
     Ghost Dances (1890, trans. James Mooney, 1861-1921)
                        II. Wu'nti Ha'yano' Di'witi'a (All Our People Are Going Up - Caddo)
                        XLII. Ni Ni (Arapaho)

Daniel Alomia Robles (1871-1942)   
     El Condor Pasa (1913)
                        (as repopularized by Paul Simon, b. 1941, in
                        Bridge Over Troubled Water, 1970)

Reinhold Gliere (1875-1956)       
     The Red Poppy, Op. 70
                        Act I: XVIII. Dance of the Sailors from the Soviet Ship
                        ["Russian Sailor's Dance" -
                        Introduction / Nine Variations / Coda]

Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)   
     The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame), Op. 70 (1936)
                    Idee Fixe

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
     Symphony No. 9 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70 (1945)
                    I. Allegro

Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)   
     And God Created Great Whales (1970)
                    Senza misura (possibly 15 seconds) / Andante maestoso
                    Senza misura = 12 seconds / Andante

George Crumb (b. 1929)   
     Ancient Voices of Children (1970)
                    IVa. Todas las tardes en Granada, se muere un nino
                           (Each afternoon in Granada, a child dies each afternoon)
                    IVb. Ghost Dance

Lionel Bart (1930-1999)   
     Oliver! (1960)
                    XV. I'm Reviewing the Situation
                    (What Happens When I'm 70?, Must Come a Time, 70...)

Billy Roberts (b. 1936)   
     Hey, Joe (1962, arr. Jimi Hendrix, 1942-1970, Are You Experienced?, 1967)
                    Moderately Slow Rock

Philip Glass (b. 1937)   
     Music with Changing Parts (1970)
                    [Fast, Steady]

Peter Bergman (1939-2012)   
     Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers (1970)
                    This Side

Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1947)
     Jesus Christ Superstar (1970)
                    Act I: VIII. Hosanna

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)   
     Solomon, Op. 70 (1998)
                    Act I: III. You Know What to Do (The Death of David)



James MacMillan (b. 1957)   
     Veni, Veni, Emmanuel (1992)
                        Coda - Easter

                        Megan Cullen, Soprano / Audience
                        The Opus Project Orchestra


Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)
     Halloween Magica (2018) - An improvisation featuring
                    William Bolcom (b. 1938) - The Graceful Ghost Rag (1970)
                    Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948) - The Phantom of the Opera (1986)
                    Danny Elfman (b. 1953) - Mystic Manor (2013)
                    Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952) - Laterna Magica (2008)
                    Niccolo Castiglioni (1932- 1996) - Inverno-Inver (1973-78)
                    Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)
                        Ballade No. 1, Op. 23 (1835)
                        Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31 


Luke Shin (b. 1997)   
     Guitar Mash-Up (2018)

                    Luke Shin, Guitar and Voice


THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                          Music Director and Conductor

Flute / Piccolo
Alan Kingsley

Clarino
Richard Benitez
Michael Cox

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski



Trumpet
Richard Benitez
Michael Cox

Horn
Bob Satterford

Trombone
Aaron Wallace

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Bass
John Veitch

Guitar
Luke Shin
Aaron Urton

Piano
Mark Alburger
Megan Cullen
Hussein Al-Naswari

Percussion
John Veitch

Violin
Kristen Kline

Viola
Kat Walsh

Cello
Aaron Urton


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 71: Peace of the Action - 8pm, Saturday, November 17, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)             The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (1892)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)                Scaramouche, Op. 71 (1913)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)        Dona Nobis Pacem (1936)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)                L'Enfant et les Sortilèges (1925)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)            Ave Maria (1934)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)            Eugene Onegin, Op. 71 (1936)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)            Symphonie de Chambre No. 3 ("Sérénade"), Op. 71 (1921)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)            Appalachian Spring for Chamber Orchestra (1944)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)            Music to the film "Simple People", Op. 71 (1945)   
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)            Haroutiun ("Resurrection"), Op. 71 (1948)
Benjamin Britten (1912-1976)            Curlew River, Op. 71 (1964)
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)            Symphony No. 4, Op. 71 (1960)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Elijah Rock, Op. 71 (1998)

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An out-of-this-world succession of performances!


214th


day of


summer,


high third-in-a-row the ever-popular 82,


locally and in Fairfield / Pleasant Hill (Martinez, 79)... editing late page 38 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act III, and composing


Cliff Variations, Op. 287 (2018)
     Theme and 30 Passacaglic Life Changes
         Variation V [Richard Sherman (b. 1928) - Mary Poppins (1967): XIV. Chim Chim Cher-ee]