Op. 79 JOB: A MASQUE
(August 1, 1999)
for Voices and Orchestra
[or Pierrot Ensemble]
SCENE I - INTRODUCTION - "What you been doing?"
(Duet - God and Satan)
SCENE II - DIRGE - "We were plowing"
(Quartet - 4 Messengers / Solo - Job)
SCENE III - DOUBLE - "Where have you been?"
(Duet - God and Satan)
SCENE IV - CANON - "Curse God and die"
(Duet - Job and Job's Wife)
SCENE V - MOTET - "Place a curse"
(Aria - Job)
SCENE VI - DIALOGUE I - "Man is born to suffer"
(Sextet I)
SCENE VII - DIALOGUE II - "Empty words"
(Sextet II)
SCENE VIII - DIALOGUE III - "Is there someone"
(Sextet III)
SCENE IX - MONOLOGUE - "I am still young"
(Aria - Elihu)
SCENE X - WHIRLWIND - "Who are you"
(Arioso - Quintet - Arioso)
SCENE XI - EPILOGUE - "Lord blessed the last part"
Performances:
June 17, 19, 2010
Fresh Voices X
God / Bildad the Shuhite - Nanette McGuinness
Satan / Zophar the Naamathite / Messenger IV - Crystal Philippi
Job - Marilyn Pratt
Job's Wife / Messenger III - Kate Bautch
Eliphaz the Temanite / Messenger II - Sarita Cannon
Elihu / Messenger I - Heather Klein
Director - Mark Alburger
Music Director - Martha Stoddard
Goat Hall Productions
Live Oak Theatre, Berkeley, CA
November 13, 2010
God / Bildad the Shuhite - Harriet March Page
Satan / Zophar the Naamathite / Messenger IV - Maria Mikheyenko
Job - Marilyn Pratt
Job's Wife / Messenger III - Kate Bautch
Eliphaz the Temanite / Messenger II - Suzanna Mizell
Elihu / Messenger I - Heather Klein
Director - Mark Alburger
Music Director - Martha Stoddard
Goat Hall Productions Pierrot Ensemble
Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA
Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA
December 1, 2017
Goat Hall 30th Anniversary Celebration
Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor
Frank Johnson, Piano
Frank Johnson, Piano
Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA
September 28, 2019
The Opus Project presents 79-80: Fate Knocking at the Floor
The Opus Project Chamber Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA
Program Note:
Mark Alburger's JOB: A MASQUE is born to suffer in comparison with its troping sources, including Ralph Vaughan Williams's Job: A Masque for Dancing (which serves as overall framework) with sparks flying upwards into Alban Berg's Three Pieces for Orchestra and Wozzeck, George Crumb's Makrokosmos (Volume III: Music for a Summer Evening), Alburger's Animal Farm, and Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, plus related trials from Philip Glass and 60's rock.
Images / Music / Video:
Op. 79 JOB: A MASQUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPHQGytjPRE&list=PL376F718839ABC13E&index=33
SCENE I - INTRODUCTION - "What you been doing?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPHQGytjPRE
Images / Music / Video:
Op. 79 JOB: A MASQUE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPHQGytjPRE&list=PL376F718839ABC13E&index=33
SCENE I - INTRODUCTION - "What you been doing?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPHQGytjPRE
SCENE II - DIRGE - "We were plowing"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqbpsaZT3FI
SCENE III - DOUBLE - "Where have you been?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHyNZMtxt58
SCENE IV - CANON - "Curse God and die"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q1hRmBoPCM
SCENE V - MOTET - "Place a curse"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0xapIg5Zxg
SCENE VI - DIALOGUE I - "Man is born to suffer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiGPyzM5Xm0
SCENE VII - DIALOGUE II - "Empty words"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f1gMSypHvo&t=93s
VIII. DIALOGUE III - "Is There Someone"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j71SNCNE-n0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsTToBw5M3c
SCENE IX - MONOLOGUE - "I am still young"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPVNYVFMP7A&t=2s
SCENE X - WHIRLWIND - "Who are you"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=693ETZirCIM
SCENE XI - EPILOGUE - "Lord blessed the last part"
