December 15 - The Opus Project presents Opus 71 and 72


THE OPUS PROJECT
presents
OPUS 71-72
8pm, Saturday, December 15, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Opus 71: After the Fall




Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)    
     The Nutcracker, Op. 71 (1892)
          II. Danses characterisques: a. Marche


Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
     L'Enfant et les Sortileges (The Child and the Dreams, 1925)
           Round of the Bats



Aaron Copland (1900-1990)       
     Appalachian Spring (1944)
          II. Allegro

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Elijah Rock, Op. 71 (1998) 
          1. QUARTETTO - Turn
           (The Man of God from Judah and the Old Prophot of Bethel)



OPUS 72: Darkness into Light

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)         
     Fidelio, Op. 72 (1805)
          IX. Recitative and Aria
          "Abscheulicher!....Komm Hoffnung...Ich folg'"

Carl Orff (1895-1982)
    Carmina Burana (1937)
          I. O Fortuna

John Cage (1912-1992)                 
     Sonata and Interludes (1948)
          Sonata V

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
      The Nativity According to St. Matthew, Op. 72 (1998)
          I. Now the Birth of Jesus Christ Was on this Wise

          Megan Cullen, Soprano / The Opus Project Orchestra

Kat Walsh (b. 1982)
     String Quartet (2018)

          The Opus Project String Quartet



Hussein Al-Naswari (b. 1991)



     Camp Fire

                        Improvisation (2018) 



          Hussein Al-Naswari, Piano


Rose Auston (b. 2000)
     The Witches' Song (William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 - Macbeth, 1606)



THE OPUS PROJECT ORCHESTRA

Mark Alburger                     
Music Director and Conductor

Clarinet
Kyle Wright

Bassoon
Tim Machajewski

Trumpet I / Post Horn
Michael Cox



Trumpet II
Gabriel Lara

Horn
Eric Carrasco

Tromboon / Tuba 
Adam Machajewski

Soprano
Rose Auston
Megan Cullen

Alto
Harriet March Page

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Hussei Al-Naswari
Megan Cullen

Percussion
Michael Kenner

Violin I
Corey Johnson

Violin II / Viola
Kat Walsh

Viola da Gamba / Cello
Aaron Urton

Cello / Bass
Avery Newmiller


THE OPUS PROJECT presents

OPUS 73-74: When in Romance...
8pm, Saturday, February 15, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

With The Opus Project Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)          Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor"), Op. 73 (1809)
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)            Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 (1877)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)        Festival Te Deum (1937)
John Cage (1912-1992)                Suite for Toy Piano (1948)
Philip Glass (b. 1937)                    Symphony No. 1 ("Low") (1992)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                The Opera of Daniel, Op. 73 (1999)

Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)             Symphony No. 6  ("Pathétique"), Op. 74 (1893)
Erik Satie (1866-1925)                Secular and Instantaneous Hours (1914)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)                Berceuse sur le Nom de Gabriel Fauré (1922)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957)                Buddha's Little Instruction Book, Op. 74 (1999)

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What a fantastic show, ending our 6th year!


35th


day



of


fall,


high down 4 to 57


(Martinez, 58;


Pleasant Hill, 60), eventually editing page 85 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act III, and finishing both

The Decameron, Op. 289 (2018)
     100 Novels for Voices and Instruments, after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
          Tenth Day - Novel III - Mitridanes, holding Nathan in despite, journeys with intent to kill him

and

Broke Dance Suite, Op. 290 (2018)
     I. Bourgeois Ouverture (Comedie-Ballet)

(repectively 12 / 5 pages total)...

But before these last endeavors, drive all the way home with Harriet, only to not have a clear recollection of securing the music building,  So, drive all the way back and, lo and behold, building is indeed secure after all, but at least retrieve a San Francisco Chronicle carried about earlier in the day, yet unread.  Almost back at residence a second time, and discover an errant key that should be in music lab and realize that another round trip will be needed!  Well, that at least will wait until tomorrow...