Tuesday, July 1, 1997

The Ten Commandments, Op. 58


 Op. 58 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (July 1, 1997)
 SATB, Keyboard (Cl, Bssn, Alt Tpt, Tb, Strings ad lib)


Score:



https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Ten_Commandments%2C_Op.58_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performance:
October 28, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 58: Haunted
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA



Recordings: 

EVERYTHING IS RELATIVITY 
(Complete Works, Volume 16) 

TWELVE-TRIBE MUSIC 
(Complete Works, Volume 19) 

THE BIBLE

Sunday, June 1, 1997

Amazing Joseph, Op. 57


 Op. 57 AMAZING JOSEPH (June 1, 1997)
For Voices and Instruments
I. I Had a Dream 
II. Meanwhile, Judah 
III. Now the Ishmaelites (Potiphar's Wife) 
IV. We Had Dreams 
V. Pharaoh Had a Dream 
VI. Why Don't You Do Something? 
VII. Take My Youngest Son
VIII. I Am Joseph
IX. Now I Can Die


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Amazing_Joseph%2C_Op.57_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

October 8, 2008
Mark Alburger, Voice and Midi
Scola Prosek Salon, San Francisco, CA

March 5-7, 2010
Sex and the Bible
Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera
Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA

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


Recording:

EVERYTHING IS RELATIVITY
(Complete Works, Volume 16)

Thursday, May 1, 1997

For My Brother For My Brother, Op. 56


 Op. 56 FOR MY BROTHER FOR MY BROTHER (May 1, 1997) 
For Reciter (or Instrument) and Keyboard (After S. Alburger) 
1. A Poem for My Brother 
2. Feeling Bad Particles 
3. Dressing Up I.-IV. 
     V. A Mother's Disappointment 
     VI. In Hollow Closets 
     VII. I Fell In 
     VIII. Baby's Head 
     IX. You've Noticed 
     X. Names of Fabric 
     XI. Heaven Help 
     XII. It Is Fitting 
4. Things That Leave Me Craving for More 
5. Sleepytime Burgers (Pass Me Eats) 


Score:


Performances:

November 4, 1992 
Mark Alburger, Oboe and Sequencer 
Albrecht Auditorium
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA 

January 7, 1997
Mark Alburger, Voice;
Molly Axtmann and Thomas Goss, Piano
National Association of Composers Salon
Oakland, CA

May 7-8, 1999
Mark Alburger, Voice
Michael Sheadel, Piano
 Susan Hess Dance Studio
Philadelphia, PA

January 2007
Mark Alburger, MIDI
Diablo Valley College Music Technology Center
Pleasant Hill, CA

April 20, 2007
Lisa McHenry, Voice; Alexis Alrich, Piano
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

February, 2008
NEW MUSIC HOUSE
Vacaville, CA

August 28, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 56: Exotic Evenings and Lyrical Moments
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA


Recording:

EVERYTHING IS RELATIVITY
(Complete Works, Volume 18)
FOR MY BROTHER FOR MY BROTHER
1. A Poem for My Brother
2. Feeling Bad Particles  
3. Dressing Up I.-IV. 
     V. A Mother's Disappointment 
     VI. In Hollow Closets 
     VII. I Fell In 
      VIII. Baby's Head 
      IX. You've Noticed 
      X. Names of Fabric 
      XI. Heaven Help 
      XII. It Is Fitting 
4. Things That Leave Me Craving for More 
5. Sleepytime Burgers (Pass Me Eats)

Tuesday, April 1, 1997

The Passion According to St. Matthew, Op. 55


Op. 55 THE PASSION ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
(April 1, 1997)
For Voices and Instruments
I. RECITATIVE "Then One of the Twelve"
II. GROUND "Where Will You Go?"
III. RECITATIVE-CANON "Truly, I say"
IV. CHORALE "Now As They Were Eating"
V. LAMENTI ESTAMPIE "Said Jesus at Gethsemene"
VI. CHANT OSTINATI "My Soul Is Sorrowful"
VII. ALL-INTERVAL ORGANUM "Father If It Be Possible"
VIII. MIRROR "Are You Still Sleeping"
IX. INVENTION "Judas Came Up and Said"
X. MIRROR "Then the Disciples"
XI. MARCH "Then Those Who Had Seized Jesus" (Hec Lives)
XII. SINFONIA "This Fellow Said"
XIII. MARCH "When Morn Came" (Hec Dies)
XIV. RITORNELLO "When Judas, His Betrayer"
XV. RECITATIVE-OSTINATO "Are You the King"
XVI. HOCKETROPE "Where Is the King?" (Trope I)
XVII. CHORUS "Who Do You Want to Release"
XVIII. MOTET RAG "Hail, King of the Jews" (Alle, psallite - Alleluya)
XIX. DIMINUTION "As They Went Out"
XX. CHORALE PRELUDE AND QUADRUPLE FUGATO
 "And They Came to a Place Named Golgotha"
INTERLUDE I (The Nailing to the Cross)
ANTIPHON I (The Abuse of the Crowd)
RECAPITULATION (The Charge Against Him)
ANTIPHON II (The Lament of the Disciples)
XXI. SPECIES COUNTERPOINT (After Zarlino) "He Saved Others" (At the Cross)
XXII. CANONIC PALINDROME "Eli, Eli, Lama sabachta'ni"
XXIII. OSTINATO-CANON "It Is Finished" (Trope II)
XXIV. CANTUS FIRMUS "And Behold"

A Crucifixion of Igor Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles, Bob Merrill's How Much Is That Doggie in the Window, recitative cadences, Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, blues bass lines, minimalist foreshortenings, Stanford chorale and counterpoint entrance exam fragments, medieval works found in Volume 1 of The Historical Anthology of Music (HAM - Lamento di Tristano; the Robertsbridge Codex Organ Estampie No. 1; the Gregorian Chants Hec Dies, Psalm 146 with Antiphon, Alleluia: Angelus Domini, the Scholia Enchiriadis's Nos Qui Vivimus)....


Score:


https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Passion_According_to_St._Matthew%2C_Op.55_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Recording:



THE PASSION ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
Tritone Orchestra and Garbage Band
(Complete Works, Volume 17)

I. RECITATIVE "Then One of the Twelve"
II. GROUND "Where Will You Go?"
III. RECITATIVE-CANON "Truly, I say"
IV. CHORALE "Now As They Were Eating"
V. LAMENTI ESTAMPIE "Said Jesus at Gethsemene"
VI. CHANT OSTINATI "My Soul Is Sorrowful"
VII. ALL-INTERVAL ORGANUM "Father If It Be Possible"
(three-fold cycle played thrice in variants)
VIII. MIRROR "Are You Still Sleeping"
IX. INVENTION "Judas Came Up and Said"
X. MIRROR "Then the Disciples"
XI. MARCH "Then Those Who Had Seized Jesus" (Hec Lives)
XII. SINFONIA "This Fellow Said"
XIII. MARCH "When Morn Came" (Hec Dies)
XIV. RITORNELLO "When Judas, His Betrayer"
XV. RECITATIVE-OSTINATO "Are You the King"
XVI. HOCKETROPE "Where Is the King?" (Trope I)
XVII. CHORUS "Who Do You Want to Release"
XVIII. MOTET RAG "Hail, King of the Jews" (Alle, psallite - Alleluya)
XIX. DIMINUTION "As They Went Out"
XX. CHORALE PRELUDE AND QUADRUPLE FUGATO
 "And They Came to a Place Named Golgotha"
INTERLUDE I (The Nailing to the Cross)
ANTIPHON I (The Abuse of the Crowd)
RECAPITULATION (The Charge Against Him)
ANTIPHON II (The Lament of the Disciples)
XXI. SPECIES COUNTERPOINT (After Zarlino) "He Saved Others" (At the Cross)
XXII. CANONIC PALINDROME "Eli, Eli, Lama sabachta'ni"
XXIII. OSTINATO-CANON "It Is Finished" (Trope II)
XXIV. CANTUS FIRMUS "And Behold"

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Israel in Trouble, Op. 54


Op. 54 ISRAEL IN TROUBLE (January 1, 1997) 
Oratorio for Voices and Instruments

  I. If It Is Thus

  II. Cunning Hunter

  III. Eyes Dim

  IV. Fly Away 

V. Well, Well, Well, Well, Well

  VI. Shouldn't Work for Nothing 

VII. How To Depart 

VIII. On His Way 

IX. One Day Dinah 

X. If It Is Thus 


Score:


https://imslp.org/wiki/Israel_in_Trouble%2C_Op.54_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

 
Recording: 

DEATHSONGS 
(Complete Works, Volume 14)