Two and a Half Pieces, Op. 17

Op. 17 TWO AND A HALF PIECES
(March 15, 1979) (790301)
For Four Players (Flute, 2 Trombones, and Tuba [or Piano])
I. Mirror Music 
II. Requiem Invention 
III. Recapitulation  


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Two_and_a_Half_Pieces%2C_Op.17_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

May 4, 1979
Carol Shapley, Flute; Rich Giachetti, Trombone;
Bob Moreford, Trombone; Mark Alburger, Piano
Lang Concert Hall
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

August 26, June 12, 2005
Tritone Orchestra
Music Technology Center,
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, CA

Recording:

CONTRARY COMOTION
(Complete Works, Volume 3)
(New Music, 2005/2010)


Video:

I. Mirror Music 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxpQYfahmEQ

II. Requiem Invention 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNfB5WMx2HY

III. Recapitulation  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF3QPcbwNcQ

Some Stuff, Op. 16

Op. 16 SOME STUFF
(March 1, 1979, New Music, 1993) (HM 666)
Seven Delusions for Mixed Quintet
(Flute, Trombone [Tenor Sax], Bass [Cello, Bassoon], Piano, and Percussion)
I. Prelude
II. Urban Scherzo
III. The Angry Flutist
IV. Several Aborigines Dance and Dream in the Sun
V. The Lonely Trombonist [Saxophonist]
VI. Pastoral Adagio
VII. Postlude


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Some_Stuff%2C_Op.16_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

May 4, 1979
Ben Leeman, Flute; Rich Giachetti, Trombone; Ann Rosenthal, Cello;
Frank Sheed, Piano; Bruce Weinstein, Percussion
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

April 15, 1991
Trio Con Brio (Bonnie Lockett, Flute; Robert Fields, Tenor Saxophone; Maggie Poole, Bassoon); Mark Alburger, Piano and Percussion
Angelico Concert Hall, Dominican College, San Rafael, CA

November, 1996
Composers Performance Ensemble
National Association of Composers, Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA

August 26, 2005
Mark Alburger, MIDI
Music Technology Center, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

April 20, 2007
Bruce Salvisberg, Flute; Mike Garvey, Bassoon; Alexis Alrich, Piano
Victor Flaviani and Anne Szabla, Percussion; John Beeman, Bass
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

April 26, 2014

The Opus Project presents Opus 16: How Suite It Is

The Opus Project Mixed Quintet

Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Recording:

CONTRARY COMOTION (Complete Works, Volume 3) .(New Music, 2005)


Video:

I. Prelude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzpQqiLNdl8

II. Urban Scherzo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsaeO9Ot40A&t=3s

III. The Angry Flutist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BSKmk2Fk2I

IV. Several Aborigines Dance and Dream in the Sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgB_abO73Xs

V. The Lonely Trombonist [Saxophonist]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RKSz-hVXSw

VI. Pastoral Adagio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoIdkeawsWQ

VII. Postlude

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JtneTlbwsk