New Year's Eve, 2017, Op. 274

Op. 274 NEW YEAR'S EVE, 2017 (December 31, 2017)
For Voices and Orchestra
[New York Times Articles (December 31)]


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Christmas, 2017, Op. 273

Op. 273 CHRISTMAS, 2017 (December 20, 2017)
For Voices (Live / Pre-recorded) and Orchestra

I. Tax Cut Critique (December 20)

II. PBS Rebroadcast (December 21)

III. Washington Week Rebroadcast (December 22)


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Fresh Voices I-XVII Chronology, in Thanks, Op. 272

Fresh Voices I-XVII Chronology, in Thanks, Op. 272 
     (November 5, 2017)

     I. Henry Miller in Brooklyn, Op. 77 (1999, Mel Clay)
          VI. Arthur Rimbaud
                (June 17-18, 2000, Goat Hall, San Francisco)

      II. Antigone, Op. 88 (2000, Jean Anouilh)
               XV. Aria - "You think you knew"

  

           The Little Prince, Op. 89 (2000, Antoine de St. Exupery)
               VIII. Day
               (July 20-22, August 3-5, 2001, Goat Hall, San Francisco)
    

       III. The Bald Soprano, Op. 94 (2001, Eugene Ionesco)
               XVIII. The Fire - Aria

           The Wind God, Op. 96 (2001, Harriet March Page)
               XV. Noah
               (July 19-21, 26-28, Goat Hall, San Francisco, 2002)

      IV. Animal Opera, Op. 95 (2001, George Orwell)
               IIb. The Seven Commandments
               (July 25-27, 2003, Goat Hall, San Francisco)

       V. Camino Real, Op. 110 (2003, Tennessee Williams)
                Block 10
               (August 20-22, 27-29, 2004, Thick House, San Francisco)
      VI. Ecclesiastes, Op. 3 (1975, The Preacher)
                III. For Everything
      San Rafael News, Op. 51 (1994, Found Texts)
                  III. Death Catch
            Cats, Dogs, and Divas, Op. 104 (2001, Harriet March Page)
                  VII. Make a Man a God
            The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Op. 116 (2004, Robert Browning)
                  Overture - Rats!
                  (May 18-20, 2006, Thick House, San Francisco)
       VII. Waiting for Godot, Op. 128 (2005, Samuel Beckett)
                  IV. Two Thieves
                  (June 15-16, 22, 24, 2007, Goat Hall, San Francisco)
       VIII. Mice Suites, Op. 68 (1998, John Steinbeck)
                  XIII. Dreamsong II
                  (September 6-7, 12, 14, 2008, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
        IX. Sex and Delilah, Op. 173 (2009, The Book of Judges)
                  III. Delilah
                 (May 22-23, 2009, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
         X. Job, Op. 79 (1999, The Book of Job)
                 Scene VIII - Dialogue III "Is There Someone?"
                  (June 17-19, 2010, Live Oak Theatre, Berkeley)
         XI. LA Stories, Op. 50 (1994, Found Texts)
                  San Fernando Hub: I. Fresno
                 (December 31, 2011, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
         XII. Psalm 92, Op. 9 (1977, Psalms)
                     V.-XI….unicorn…fresh oil
                     (April 14, 2012, Community Music Center, San Francisco, 2012)
          XIII. Decameron: 1st Day, Op. 200 (2012, Boccaccio)
                    X. Master Alberto
                   (July 5-6, 2013, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
           XIV. Abducted by Aliens, Op. 222 (2014, Wikipedia)
                    I. Gemini VII Bogey
                    (July 11-12, 2014, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
           XV. Portraits of __ (Some Multiple of 3) Women, Op. 231
                    (2014, Roland March)
                    IX. Olivia
                    (July 10-11, 2015, Community Music Center, San Francisco)
            XVI. Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel, Op. 232 (2014, Websites)
                     XL. 1918 - Martin Werfel / Hulda Reserl / Hermine Moos
                     (August 12-13, 26-27, 2016, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek)
            XVII. 2017, Op. 261 (YouTube)
                       I. Farewell Address (January 10, Chicago, IL)
                      (August 5, 12 / 19 / 27, 2017  Bay Area Stage, Valllejo /
                      St. Alban's Church, Albany;
                      Community Music Center, San Francisco)

Tropes on Benjamin Britten's Songs from the Chinese, Op. 271

Op. 271 TROPES ON BENJAMIN BRITTEN'S
SONGS FROM THE CHINESE (October 9, 2017)
For Voice and Keyboard / Harps / Guitars
I. The Big Chariot
II. Depression


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The Decameron - Ninth Day, Op. 270

Op. 270  THE DECAMERON (October 4, 2017)
100 Novels for Voices and Instruments,
after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
NINTH DAY / Introduction
Novel I - Madonna Francesca, having two lovers,
artfully rids herself of both
Novel II - An abbess rises in haste in the dark
Novel III - Master Simone,
     at the instance of Bruno and Buffalmacco and Nello,
     makes Calandrino believe that he is with child
Novel IV - Cecco Fortarrigo, loses his all at play at Buonconvento,
     besides the money of his master Cecco Angiulieri
Novel V - Calandrino being enamoured of a damsel,
     Bruno gives him a scroll, averring that,
     if he but touch her therewith, she will go with him
Novel VI -  Two young men lodge at an inn,
     of whom the one lies with the host's daughter,
     his wife by inadvertence lying with the other.
Novel VII - Talano di Molese dreams
Novel VIII - Biondello gulls Ciacco in the matter of a breakfast
Novel IX -  Two young men ask counsel of Solomon
Novel X - Dom Gianni at the instance of his gossip Pietro
     uses an enchantment to transform Pietro's wife into a mare


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That Which Survives, Op. 269

Op. 269 THAT WHICH SURVIVES (August 22, 2017)
     Three Archeological Finds for Orchestra
          I.  First Delphic Hymn
          II. Epitaph of Seikilos
          III. Hymn to the Sun


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Variations on Variations of Brahms on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 268

Op. 268 VARIATIONS ON VARIATIONS OF
BRAHMS ON A THEME OF HAYDN
(August 1, 2017)
     Boogie St. Antoni / Eight Variations / Finale

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Get Your Zen on Interstate 80-55-44-40-15-10, Op. 267

Op. 267 GET YOUR ZEN ON INTERSTATE 80-55-44-40-15-10
     (July 11, 2017)
     3 Itineraries from Chicago to Los Angeles -
     2 Sound-File Collisions and an Orchestral Variant


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Performance:

June 30, 2018
   (Get Your Kicks with) OPUS 66

     The Opus Project Ensemble
     Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

The Decameron - Eighth Day, Op. 266

Op. 266 THE DECAMERON (May 1, 2017)
100 Novels for Voices and Instruments,
after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
EIGHTH DAY / Introduction
Novel I - Gulfardo Borrows Moneys of Guasparruolo
Novel II - The Priest of Varlungo Lies with Monna Belcolore
Novel III - Calandrino, Bruno, and Buffalmacco Go
     In Quest of the Heliotrope Beside the Mugnone
Novel IV - The Rector of Fiesole Loves a Widow Lady
Novel V - Three Young Men Pull Down the Breeches of a Judge
Novel VI - Bruno and Buffalmacco Steal a Pig from Calandrino
Novel VII - A Scholar Loves a Widow Lady
Novel VIII - One Friend Lies with Another's Wife
Novel IX - Bruno and Buffalmacco Prevail upon Master Simone
Novel X - A Sicilian Woman Cunningly Conveys from a Merchant


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Cage Orchestrations, Op. 265

Op. 265 CAGE ORCHESTRATIONS  (March 20, 2017)
     After Random Number Generators,
     Score Layouts,
     Darius Milhaud's La Creation du Monde (1923),
     Igor Stravinsky's The Flood (1962),
     a Diagonal,
     a Joshua Pierce recording, and
    Bela Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 1 (1926)
I. Bacchanale (1938)
II. First Construction in Metal (1939)
III. Jazz Study (1942)
III. Totem Ancestor (1942)
IV. And the Earth Shall Bear Again (1942)
V. In the Name of the Holocaust (1942)
VI. Primitive (1942)
VII. Our Spring Will Come (1943)
VIII. A Room (1943)
IX. Tossed As It Is Untroubled (1943)
X. Prelude for Meditation (1944)
XI. Root of an Unfocus (1944)
XII. The Perilous Night (1944): VI
XIII. Dream (1948)
XIV. Sonatas and Interludes (1948):  I / V / XIV / XV / XVI
XV. Suite for Toy Piano (1948): I-II
XVI. Music of Changes (1951)
XVII. Haiku (1951): Haiku I, for my dear friend, Who


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Performances:

May 6, 2017
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA

May 27, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 53: Essential Existential
The Opus Project Orchestra
Center for Contemporary Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA

September 29, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 69: Moondance
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

December 15, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 72: Darkness into Light
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

February 23, 2019
The Opus Project presents Opus 73-74: When in Romance...
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

October 19, 2019
The Opus Project presents Opus 81-82: Imaginary Soundscapes
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valey College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Beethoven Orchestrations, Op. 264

Op. 264 BEETHOVEN ORCHESTRATIONS
(February 27, 2017)
     After Alban Berg's Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6 (1914): II,
     Bela Bartok's Dance Suite (1923): I,
     Arnold Schoenberg's Five Pieces for Orchestra (1909): I / IV, and
     Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 ("Eroica"):
          I. Rondo in C Major, Op. 51 (1797)
          II. Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major ("Waldstein"), Op. 53 (1818):
                     I. Allegro con brio
    III. Piano Sonata No. 23 F Minor ("Appassionata"), Op. 57
                    (1806):
                     I. Allegro assai
          IV. Piano Trio No. 5 in D Major ("Ghost"), Op. 70, No. 1 (1808):
                     II. Largo assai ed espressivo (D Minor)
          V. Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90 (1814):
                     I. Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und
                      Ausdruck

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Performances:

March 18, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 51: Questionable Practices
The Opus Project Orchestra
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA

May 27, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 53: Essential Existential
The Opus Project Orchestra
Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA

October 7, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 57: Varieties
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

October 27, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 70: Ghost Dance
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

July 24, 2021
The Opus Project presents Opus 90: Sound at the Beginning of the Funnel
Online Zoom Concert Everywhere!

Ezra Pounds, Op. 263

Op. 263 EZRA POUNDS (February 17, 2017)
     Ballet-Cantata for Voices and Instruments
          I. Exile / Return (Ezra / Nehemiah)
          II. Temple / Wall (Ezra / Nehemiah)
          III.  Consecration / Dedication (Ezra / Nehemiah)


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The Decameron: Seventh Day, Op. 262

Op. 262 THE DECAMERON (February 3, 2017)
100 Novels for Voices and Instruments,
     after the work (1353) of Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375)
     SEVENTH DAY / Introduction
Novel 1 - Gianni Lotteringhi hears the knocking of his
     wife's lover
Novel II - Peronella bestows her lover in a barrel
Novel III -  Fra Rinaldo lies with his gossip
Novel IV - Tofano locks his wife out of the house
Novel V - A jealous husband disguises himself as a priest
Novel VI - Madonna Isabella has with her Leonetto
Novel VII - Madonna Beatrice sends her husband Egano into a
     garden disguised as herself
Novel VIII -  Arriguccio discovers that Monna Sismonda has
     warning of her lover's approach
Novel IX - Lydia and Pyrrhus make Nicostratus believe that
     what he saw was not real
Novel X - Tingoccio returns from the other world


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Decameron_-_Seventh_Day%2C_Op.262_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

May 6, 2017
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA

October 23, 2021
The Opus Project presents Opus 92
Zoom Concert Everywhere!

2017, Op. 261 (2017)

Op. 261 2017 (January 10, 2017)
     An Opera in Multiple Unnecessary Acts
          I. Farewell Address (January 10)
          II. Press Conference (January 11)
          III. Confirmation Hearing (January 12)
          IV. Tweets (January 13)
          V. Phone Calls (January 14)
          VI. Meet the Press (January 15)
          VII. Deutsche Welle (January 16)
          VIII. Joint News Conference (January 17)
          IX. Final Press Conference (January 18)
          X. Confirmation Questions (January 19)
          XI. Inauguraton Speech Protests (January 20)
          XII. Women's March on Washington (January 21)


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Performances:

               August 5, 12 / 19 / 27, 2017
                    Fresh Voices XVII: Feet First Into the Fire!
                         Barack Obama / Ben Carson  - Patrick Brancato
                         Donald Trump / Sergey Kislyak / John Lewis /
                              Sherrod Brown - Mark Alburger
                         Elizabeth Warren / America Ferrara - Valerie Salcedo
                         Vladimir Putin / Michael Flynn - Ryann Swale
                         Piano - Frank Johnson
                      Director / Music Director - Mark Alburger
                         Bay Area Stage, Vallejo, CA / St. Alban's Church, Albany,
                             CA /
                         Community Music Center, Capp Street, San Francisco,
                              CA

               November 4, 2017
                     A Free and Frank Exchange of Ideas
        Donald Trump / Ben Carson / Michael Flynn,
                             Sergei Kislyak, John Lewis - Mark Alburger
                        Barack Obama, Elizabeth Warren / Tamara Keith,
                             Scott Simon, Chuck Todd - Valerie Salcedo
                        San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
                              St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 1111 O'Farrell,
                              San Francisco, CA