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
Zoom Everywhere!
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)
