The Bible, Op. 168

Op. 168 THE BIBLE
(September 1, 2008)
66 Books for Voices and Orchestra
I. GENESIS
     THE CREATION, Op. 93
     QUARTET FOR THE BEGINNING OF TIME: ADAM AND EVE
          AND CAIN AND ABEL, Op. 97
     NOAH'S FLOOD ("Noah, Noah"): A MYSTERY PLAY, Op. 98
     BABEL, Op. 47
     ABRAHAM AND ...
          [LOT IN LIFE, Op. 36]
     . . . ISAAC, Op. 52
     ISRAEL IN TROUBLE, Op. 54
     AMAZING JOSEPH, Op. 57
II-V. EXODUS / LEVITICUS / NUMBERS / DEUTERONOMY
     MOSES AND AARON, Op. 63
     [THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, Op. 58]
VI. JOSHUA FOUGHT THE BATTLE, Op. 64
VII. SAMSON AND DELILAH (THE FRANK JUDGES), Op. 65
VIII. BABE RUTH, Op. 66
IX-XIV. - I-II SAMUEL / I-II KINGS / I-II CHRONICLES
     SAUL! SAUL!, Op. 67
     KING DAVID, Op. 69
     SOLOMON, Op. 70
     ELIJAH ROCK, Op. 71
XV. EZRA POUNDS, Op. 263
     XVI. NEHEMIAH
XVII. ESTHER XERXES, Op. 78
XVIII. JOB: A MASQUE, Op. 79
XIX. PSALMS
     BOOK I, Op. 172
          PSALMS 1-5
          [PSALM 6, Op. 1]
          PSALMS 7-41
     BOOK II, Op. 187 - PSALMS 42--57
     BOOK III, Op. 197 - PSALMS 58-91
     BOOK IV, Op. 202
          PSALMS 90-91
          [PSALM 92 (SONG FOR THE SABBATH DAY), Op. 9]
          PSALMS 93-106
      BOOK V, Op. 218
          PSALMS 107-119
          [SONGS OF DEGREES (PSALMS 120-134), Op. 163]
           PSALMS 135-150 
XX. PROVERBS, Op. 364
XXI. ECCLESIASTES, OR THE PREACHER, Op. 3
XXII. THE SONG OF SOLOMON, Op. 181
XXIII. ISAIAH, Op. 175
XXIV. JEREMIAH [XXV.] LAMENTATIONS, Op. 278
XXVI. EZEKIEL DRY BONES, Op. 356
XXVII. THE OPERA OF DANIEL, Op. 73
XVIII-XXI. HOSEA / JOEL / AMOS / OBADIAH
     FOUR PROPHETS, Op. 357
XXXII. JONAH, Op. 258    
XXXIII-XXXVIII. MICAH / NAHUM / HABAKKUK / ZEPHANIA / HAGGAI / ZECHARIAH
    SIX PROPHETS, Op. 358
XXXIX. MALACHI, Op. 182
XL. MATTHEW / (XLI. MARK)
     THE NATIVITY, Op. 72
     [JOHN AND . . . ]
     THE GOSPEL, Op. 85
          THE BEATITUDES, Op. 81
          THE LORD'S PRAYER, Op. 5
          [. . . SALOME, Op. 80]
          THE PASSION, Op. 55
XLII. LUKE
     THE NATIVITY ACCORDING TO...
          [AVE MARIA, Op. 372;
           MAGNIFICAT, Op. 86]
      ...ST. LUKE, Op, 106
       PARABLES, Op. 365
       EASTER DAWNING, Op. 363
XLIII. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN, Op. 327
XLIV. UNNATURAL ACTS, Op. 359
     ST. PAUL SUITE, Op. 145
XLV-LVIII. THE [PAULINE] LETTERS, Op. 360
     ROMANS
          [ROMANS 8 (Sermon I), Op. 379]
     I-II CORINTHIANS
          [1 CORINTHIANS 13, Op. 378]
     GALATIANS
     BOOK EPHESIANS, Op. 401
          [LIES, Op. 391]
     PHILIPPIANS
     COLOSSIANS COLLISIONS, Op. 395
     I-II THESSALONIANS
     SAN TIMOTEO CAN[YON]TATA, Op. 33
          BOOK I
               WESTMINISTER TROPES, Op. 42: XI. Music for 3 Deacons
          BOOK II
     TITUS
     PHILEMON
     HEBREWS
           HEBREWS 11-12 (Sermon II), Op. 380]
LIX. JUST JAMES, Op. 361
LX-LXI. PETER PETER, Op. 362
LXII-LXIV. JOHN JOHN JOHN, Op. 183
LXV. FOUR MICHAELS (ZODIAC CONCERTO after THE BOOK OF JUDE), Op. 245
LXVI. BOOK OF REVELATION, Op. 296


Score:

Performances:

April 15, 1999
Amy Johnson, Flute / Sara Diehl, Oboe / Mark Francis, Guitar
Margale Recital Hall, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA.

December 22, 2000
Mark Alburger
NEW MUSIC House, CA

December 23, 2000
NACUSA Ensemble
Hawley Salon, Half Moon Bay, CA

February 12, 19, 2005
Mark Alburger, Oboe and High Hat Cymbals
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

April 15, 18, 22, 23, 25, 29, 30; May 2, 6, 20, 2005
Mark Alburger, Voice and Electronics
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

June 10, 2005
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

June 30, July 6, 2005
Mark Alburger, Voice and Electronics
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

May 21, 2006
Fresh Voices VI
Bianca Showalter, Soprano / Robert Benda, Tenor
Keisuke Nakagoshi, Piano / Goat Hall Productions
Thick House, San Francisco, CA

November 1, 3, 17, 2006
Mark Alburger, Voice and Electronics
Diablo Valley College Music Technology Center, Pleasant Hill, CA

April 20, 2007
Halfway Mark
Philip Freihofner, Oboe / Bianca Showalter, Soprano
Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

April 29, 2007
Bianca Showalter, Soprano
Goat Hall Productions
Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA

December 24, 2007
Page Salon, Linwood, WA

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

May 22-23, 2009
Fresh Voices IX
Sex and Delilah
Maria Mikheyenko, Soprano (Delilah) / Mark Alburger, Tenor (Samson)
Kristen Brown and Nanette McGuiness, Sopranos
Goat Hall Productions
Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

June 13, 2009
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

September 20, 2009
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

March 5-7, 12-14, 2010
Sex and the Bible: Part I
Goat Hall Productions
Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA

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 6, 2010
Student-Alumni Composition Concert
Mark Alburger, Oboe
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

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, Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

October 15-16, 2011
Lisa Scola Prosek, Soprano / Olivia Flanigan, Alto
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Church, San Francisco, CA; Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA

April 14, 2012
Fresh Voices XII: Not Shy and Retiring
Sarita Cannon, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor / Wayne Wong, Piano
Goat Hall Productions
Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA

November 10, 2012
Student Alumni Composition Concert
Mark Alburger, Voice and Electronics
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

January 26, 2013
The Opus Project presents Opus 1
Mark Alburger, Oboe
Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

March 30, 2013
The Opus Project presents Opus 3
Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano; The Opus Project Orchestra
Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

May 25, 2013
The Opus Project presents Opus 5
David Chavez, Tenor / The Opus Project Orchestra
Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

September 28, 2013
The Opus Project presents Opus 9
Megan Cullen, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor / The Opus Project Orchestra|
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

September 26, 2015
The Opus Project presents Opus 33: Love! Love! Love! (Valentines Out of Season)
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

December 20, 2015
The Opus Project presents Opus 36: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery
Jill Wagoner, Soprano/ Mark Alburger, Tenor / The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

June 25, 2016
The Opus Project presents Opus 42: A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Musicverse
Alan Kingsley, Flute / Stardust, Oboe / Michael Stubblefield, Guitar
Park Presidio United Methodist Church, San Francisco, CA

November 19, 2016
The Opus Project presents Opus 47: Airs Apparent
The Opus Project Orchestra
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA

April 15, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 52: Non-Toxic, Non-Taxing, II
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valey College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

June 24, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 54: Requiem Reveille Rhapsody Romanza
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

July 29, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 55: Bard Is the Ward
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, 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

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

December 1, 2017
Goat Hall 30th Anniversary Celebration
Harriet March Page, Mezzo-Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor / Frank Johnson, Piano
Community Music Center, 544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA

March 17, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 63: Greensleeves of Mirth
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

April 28, 2018
The Opus Project presents the Opus $64,000 Dollar Question
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

May 26, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 65: The Unkindest Cut of All
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

June 30, 2018
The Opus Project presents (Get Your Kicks with) Opus 66
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

September 11, 2021
The Opus Project presents Opus 91
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October 23, 2021
The Opus Project presents Op. 92: Moving On
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December 4, 2021
The Opus Project presents Op. 93: Transgression Transition Transmissions
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Recording:
THE BIBLE
(Complete Works, Volume 78)

Genre Implosions No. 3 ("Time Cyclone"), Op. 167

Op. 167 GENRE IMPLOSIONS NO. 3 ("Time Cyclone")
(July 4, 2008)
For Sound Files
I. Renaissance
     (1532) Gabrieli Ricercar
II. Baroque
     (1567) Monteverdi / J.S. Bach / Hovhaness Magnificat
     (1685) G.F. Handel / Cage Water Music
III. Classical
     (1732) Haydn / Beethoven / Waters / Alburger Clock
     (1770) Beethoven Wellington
IV. Romantic
     (1833) Brahms Anthem
     (1838) Bizet Farandole
     (1841) Dvorak Symphony 8
     (1841) Dvorak Nature
V. 20th-Century
     (1874) Ives Decoration
     (1874) Ives Columbia
     (1874) Ives / Copland / Crumb River
     (1882) Stravinsky Babel
     (1882) Stravinsky Symphony in 3
     (1882) Stravinsky Greeting Prelude
     (1887) Villa-Lobos / Honegger / Glass Train
     (1912) Cage Sonata 1
     (1912) Cage Sonata 5
     (1928) Bock Prologue
     (1929) Crumb Makrokosmos 1 12
     (1929) Crumb River


Score::

Performances

January 30, 2021
The Opus Project presents Opus 86 Online: Totally...!
Zoom Everywhere!

June 12, 2021
The Opus Project presents Opus 89
Zoom Everywhere!

September 11, 2021
The Opus Project presents Opus 91: Falling and Rising
Zoom Everywhere!

October 23, 2021
The Opus Project presents Opus 92: Moving On
Zoom Everywhere!

December 4, 2021
The Opus Project presents Opus 93: Transgression Transition Transmissions
Zoom Everywhere!


Recording / Video:

GENRE IMPLOSIONS NO. 3
(Complete Works, Volume 77)
I. Renaissance
     (1532) Gabrieli Ricercar
II. Baroque
     (1567) Monteverdi / J.S. Bach / Hovhaness Magnificat
     (1685) G.F. Handel / Cage Water Music
III. Classical
     (1732) Haydn / Beethoven / Waters / Alburger Clock
     (1770) Beethoven Wellington
IV. Romantic
     (1833) Brahms Anthem
     (1838) Bizet Farandole
     (1841) Dvorak Symphony 8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_i_67tuiU0&t=1s

     (1841) Dvorak Nature
V. 20th-Century
     (1874) Ives Decoration
     (1874) Ives Columbia
     (1874) Ives / Copland / Crumb River
     (1882) Stravinsky Babel
     (1882) Stravinsky Symphony in 3
     (1882) Stravinsky Greeting Prelude
     (1887) Villa-Lobos / Honegger / Glass Train
     (1912) Cage Sonata 1
     (1912) Cage Sonata 5
     (1928) Bock Prologue
     (1929) Crumb Makrokosmos 1 12
     (1929) Crumb River

    

Civic Disobedience, Op. 166

Op. 166 CIVIC DISOBEDIENCE
(June 7, 2008)
For Voices and Instruments
I. Jihad
II. Invictus
III. Thoreau
IV. Homage-Remembrance (in Solfege, after Terry Riley)


Score:

Recording:

CIVIC DISOBEDIENCE
(Complete Works, Volume 76)

Genre Implosions No. 2 ("Ages East"), Op. 165

Op. 165 GENRE IMPLOSIONS NO. 2 ("Ages East")
(June 6, 2008)
For Sound Files
I. Call to Prayer
II. Organum
III. Trope
IV. Sequence
V. Carmina Burana
VI. Do-Re-Mi
VII. Troubadour
VIII. Trouvere
IX. Chanson
X. Lai
XI. Pastourelle
X. Dance


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GENRE IMPLOSIONS NO. 2
(Complete Works, Volume 75)

Alphabetic Homage[inization]s, Op. 164

Op. 164 ALPHABETIC HOMAGE[INIZATION]S
(June 5, 2008)
For Sound Files
I. Albeniz Aubade
II. Bernstein Ballet
III. Crumb Carillon
IV. Debussy Dance
V. Elgar Enigma
VI. Falla Fandango
VII. Gershwin Guitar
VIII. Haydn Habanera
IX. Ibert Images
X. Josquin Jota
XI. Kabalevsky Kaleidoscope
XII. Leonin Largo
XIII. Mozart Minuet
XIV. Nielsen Network
XV. Orenstein Opera
XVI. Puccini Presto
XVII.  Queenslander Quirk
XVIII. Rachmaninoff Rock
XIXI. Stravinsky Songs
XX. Turina Tarantella
XXI. Ussachevsky U-Turn
XXII. Varese Variations
XXIII. Walton Waltz
XXIV. Xenakis Xylophone
XXV. Yardumian Yell
XXVI. Zemlinsky Zarzuela


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Recording:

ALPHABETIC HOMAGE[INIZATION]S
(Complete Works, Volume 74)

Songs of Degrees, Op. 163

Op. 163 SONGS OF DEGREES
(June 1, 2008)
For Voices and Instruments
Psalm 120 (A Song of Ascents)
     "Ad Dominum cum Tribulare"
     [after Hans Leo Hassler]                                                     [G119]
Psalm 121 (A Song of Ascents)
     "I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes" / "Laetatus sum"
      [after Arthur Honegger - Le Roi David]                             [G120]
Psalm 122 (A Song of Ascents - Of David)
     "I Was Glad / Pray for the Peace"              [G121]
      "Laetatus sum" [after Claudio Monteverdi]
Psalm 123 (A Song of Ascents)
     [after Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]     [G122]
Psalm 124 (A Song of Ascents - Of David)     [G123]
     [after Louis Bourgeois - Old 124th and
      Igor Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles: Exaudi]
Psalm 125 (A Song of Ascents)
     [after Igor Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles: Interlude]     [G124]
Psalm 126 (A Song of Ascents)
     [after Igor Stravinsky - Requiem Canticles: Prelude]     [G125]
Psalm 127 (A Song of Ascents - Of Solomon)
     "Nisi Dominus"
     [after Claudio Monteverdi]                             [G126]
Psalm 128 (A Song of Ascents)
     "Beati Omnes"
     [after Heinrich Schutz - Psalm 128]                             [G127]
Psalm 129 (A Song of Ascents)
     "Many a Time"
     [after Benjamin Britten - War Requiem: Agnus Dei)     [G128]
Psalm 130 (A Song of Ascents)
     "Out of the Depths" / "De Profundis" / "Aus Tiefer Not"     [G129]
     [after Josquin de Pres, J.S. Bach, Arnold Schoenberg,
     Alan Hovhaness, Leonard Bernstein, and Frederic Rzewski]
Psalm 131 (A Song of Ascents - Of David)
     [after Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms: III]     [G130]
Psalm 132 (A Song of Ascents)
     [after Thomas Weelkes - O Lord, Arise]     [G131]
Psalm 133 (A Song of Ascents)
     [after J.S. Bach - Cantata No. 140 and
     Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms: III Chorale]     [G132]
Psalm 134 (A Song of Ascents)
     [after Carl Orff - Carmina Burana: Tanz]                     [G133]

N.B. Numbering above follows the Hebrew / Protestant order.
The Greek (G) / Latin / Catholic designations are one number less
     in this region of the Psalms 


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SONGS OF DEGREES
(Complete Works, Volume 73)

24 Preludes and Fugues ("Standards"), Op. 162

Op. 162 24 PRELUDES AND FUGUES ("Standards")
(April 4, 2008)
For Keyboard (or Ensemble)

I. C Major ("Fly Me to the Moon")

II. C Minor ("Take Five")

III. Db Major ("Body and Soul")

IV. C# Minor ("Pathetique")

V. D Major ("Hallelujah")

VI. D Minor ("Invention")

VII. Eb Major ("Gone with the Wind")

VIII. Eb Minor ("Round Midnight")

IX. E Major ("Spring")

X. E Minor ("Autumn Leaves")

XI. F Major ("Mairzy Dotes")

XII. F Minor ("Vaughan Williams")

XIII. F# Major ("Farewell")

XIV. F# Minor ("Turkish")

XV.  G Major ("Sweet Georgia Brown")

XVI. G Minor ("L'Homme Armé")

XVII. Ab Major ("Tea for Two")

XVIII. G# Minor ("The Old Castle")

XIX.  A Major ("Symphony No. 7")

XX. A Minor ("Summertime")

XXI. Bb Major ("I Got Rhythm")

XXII. Bb Minor ("March Slav")

XXIII. B Major ("La Donna 'e Mobile")

XXIV. B Minor ("Chopin")

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24 PRELUDES AND FUGUES
(New Music, 2008)

I. C Major ("Fly Me to the Moon")

II. C Minor ("Take Five")

III. Db Major ("Body and Soul")

IV. C# Minor ("Pathetique")

V. D Major ("Hallelujah")

VI. D Minor ("Invention")

VII. Eb Major ("Gone with the Wind")

VIII. Eb Minor ("Round Midnight")

IX. E Major ("Spring")

X. E Minor ("Autumn Leaves")

XI. F Major ("Mairzy Dotes")

XII. F Minor ("Vaughan Williams")

XIII. F# Major ("Farewell")

XIV. F# Minor ("Turkish")

XV.  G Major ("Sweet Georgia Brown")

XVI. G Minor ("L'Homme Armé")

XVII. Ab Major ("Tea for Two")

XVIII. G# Minor ("The Old Castle")

XIX.  A Major ("Symphony No. 7")

XX. A Minor ("Summertime")

XXI. Bb Major ("I Got Rhythm")

XXII. Bb Minor ("March Slav")

XXIII. B Major ("La Donna 'e Mobile")

XXIV. B Minor ("Chopin")

Genre Implosions, Op. 161

Op. 161 GENRE IMPLOSIONS (March 28, 2008)
Superimpositions for sound files
NO. 1 ("Mass Confusion")
I. Introit
II. Kyrie
III. Gloria
IV. Gradual
V. Alleluia
VI. Credo
VII. Offertorium
VIII. Sanctus
IX. Agnus Dei


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GENRE IMPLOSIONS
(New Music, 2008)

No. 1 ("Mass Confusion")

I. Introit

II. Kyrie

III. Gloria

IV. Gradual


V. Alleluia

Progressive superimpositions of two Gregorian chants, plus music of Notker Balbulus ("The Stammerer"), the School of Chartres, Hildegard von Bingen, Perotin, the Ars Antiqua motet tradition, and the School of Worcester.

VI. Credo

VII. Offertorium

VIII. Sanctus

IX. Agnus Dei

Vocal Sonatina No. 5 ("Angier"), Op. 160

Op. 160 VOCAL SONATINA NO. 5 ("Angier")
(March 27, 2008)
For Voice and Keyboard
I.  Moderato con spirito ("When You Pet a Cat")
II.  Con espressione ("Too Many People")
III.  Rondo con spiritoso ("There's a Little Bit")


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WHITE HORSE SAIL
(Complete Works, Volume 70)

Vocal Sonatina No. 4 ("Khayyam"), Op. 159

Op. 159 VOCAL SONATINA NO. 4 ("Khayyam")
(March 25, 2008)
for voice and keyboard
I.  Pressé ("A Book of Verses")
II.  Air Arabique ("Some for the Glories")
III. Rondo immoderato ("Look to the Blowing Rose")


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WHITE HORSE SAIL
(Complete Works, Volume 70)

Vocal Sonatina No. 3 ("Conforte"), Op. 158

Op. 158 VOCAL SONATINA NO. 3 ("Conforte") 
(March 23, 2008)
I.  Spiritoso ("We'd Know")
II. Un poco adagio ("It's Sad to Think About")
III. Moderato ("There Is Just So Much Past")


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WHITE HORSE SAIL
(Complete Works, Volume 70)

Vocal Sonatina No. 2 ("Vatsyayana"), Op. 157

Op. 157 VOCAL SONATINA NO. 2 ("Vatsyayana")
(after the Kama Sutra)
(March 21, 2008)
I. Adagio ("Introductory")
II. Allegretto ("About a Wife")
III. Allegro vivace ("On the Means of Attracting Others to Oneself")


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WHITE HORSE SALE
(New Music, 2008)

Vocal Sonatina No. 2 ("Vatsyayana")

I. Introductory

Lord of Beings
men and women
Dharma
Artha
Kama

Kama
Sutra

Vatsyayana
composed his work
small volume
as an abstract
of the whole


II. About a Wife

Virtuous women
Who have affection
Revere the Household Gods

Should avoid company
Beggars and mendicants
Unchaste and
Roguish and
Soothsayers
And witches

Wives whether they be
Noble born or remarried
Aquire the Dharma Artha Kama
And generally keep their husbands happy


III. On the Means of Attracting Others to One's Self

(Instrumental Version)

(Vocal Version)

When a person fails to obtain the
object of their desires
They should have recourse to
other ways of attraction

Good looks good qualities youth and liberality
are the chief natural means
But in their absence a
man or a woman must have

An ointment made of the tabernamontana
coronaria, costus speciosus, arabicus
If a fine powder is made of the plants and ap-
plied to the wick of a lamp and burned it has the ef-
fect of making people look

very lovely
Oil of the hogweed the echites putescuns the
sarina plant and the yellow amranth
if applied to the body
has the same effect

By eating powder of nef'mbrium speciosum you
will be come lovely in eyes of others
The above things with the
tabernamontana coronaria

If the bone of a peacock or hyena
be covered with gold
tied on right hand it makes
us lovely in others eyes In the same way
bead of jujube makes result described above

Vocal Sonatina No. 1 ("Spitzer"), Op. 156

Op. 156 VOCAL SONATINA NO. 1 ("Spitzer")
(after Ashley Alexandra Dupre, David Peterson, et al)
(March 13, 2008)
I. Allegro moderato ("Difficult")
II. Andante ("I Am not a Monster")
III. Allegro ("Only the Lobbyists")


Score:

Recording:

WHITE HORSE SALE
(New Music)

Vocal Sonatina No. 1 ("Spitzer")

(Instrumental version)

I. Allegro moderato ("Difficult")

(Instrumental Version)

(Vocal Version)

Difficult. He's
Difficult. He likes do
Do a lot of things that like you might not think are safe and so he's
Difficult.

I have a way of dealing with that I'll be like
Listen dude.
You know you want the sex.
You know what I mean.

You know I mean it's like whatever. I'm
Here for a purpose. I know what my purpose is.
I am not a moron.
You know what I mean.

II. Andante ("I Am Not a Monster")

I am not a monster. Don't
Want to be.
It's a very difficult time for me.
It is very complicated.

He walked out on me.

III. Allegro ("Only the Lobbyists")

[The new governor, when asked if he had ever been with a prostitute said:]

Only the lobbyists come here to see me.

I feel like the student getting ready to take the final exam.
Only they hadn't attended any classes.

Flying Mixes, Op. 155

Op. 155 FLYING MIXES (February 24, 2008)
for Sound Files
(after Harriet March Page and Native American Texts)
I. Yonder in the North (Northern Plains Rabbit Dance)
II. All the Dark Birds (Navajo Ribbon Dance)
III. Flying Out the Mouth (Yurok Women's Brush Dance)
IV. The Woman From the Sky (Creek Gar Dance
V. Windsong I-III (Seneca Alligator Dance)


Score:

Recording:

WHITE HORSE SAIL

Flying Mixes, Op. 155

Kat Cornelius
Sarah Hutchison
Harriet March Page
Mark Alburger

I. Yonder in the North (Northern Plains Rabbit Dance)

II. All the Dark Birds (Navajo Ribbon Dance)

(Harriet March Page)

III. Flying Out the Mouth (Yurok Women's Brush Dance)

(Harriet March Page)

IV. The Woman From the Sky (Creek Gar Dance)

(Kat Cornelius, Mark Alburger)

V. Wind Song I-III (Seneca Alligator Dance)

(Sarah Hutchison)

White Horse Suite, Op. 154

Op. 154 WHITE HORSE SUITE (February 15, 2008)
For Soprano, Tenor, and Instrument(s)
I. June (after Mel Clay)
II. Esmeralda (after Tennessee Williams)
III. Brunnhilde (after Harriet March Page)


Score:

Performance:


February 16, 2008
Suzanna Mizell, Soprano; Mark Alburger, Tenor
St. Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco, CA

Recording:

WHITE HORSE SAIL
(Complete Works, Volume 70)