Monday, February 27, 2017

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



Score:


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!

Friday, February 17, 2017

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)


Score:


Friday, February 3, 2017

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!