Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Variations on the Romanesca, Op. 251

Op. 251 VARIATIONS ON THE ROMANESCA (March 1, 2016)
For (Period) Orchestra
I. Luis de Narvaez (1490-1547)
          Differences sobre Gardeme las Vacas (1538)
II. Braye Lute Book (b. c. 1530)
          Pavana (Variations on The Romanesca, 1560)
III. Dublin Virginal Book (b. c. 1540)
          Variations on The Romanesca (1570)
IV. England (b. c. 1620)
          Greensleeves to a Ground (1650)
V. Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643)
          Partite sopra l'Aria della Romanesca (1616)
VI. Johannes Pachelbel (1653-1708)
          Canon in D (1694)
VII. Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
          Dido and Aeneas: When I Am Laid in Earth (1689)
VIIII. J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
          Organ Passacaglia in C Minor (1713)
IX. F.J. Haydn (1732-1809)
          Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise") (1791)
X. W.A. Mozart (1756-1791)
          Variations on "Ah, Vous Dirai-Je Maman" (1781)
XI. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
          Symphony No. 7, Op. 92 (1812)
XII. Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
          Piano Quintet in A Major ("Trout"), Op. 114 (1819)
XIII. Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
          Symphonie Fantastique (1830)
XIV. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
          Totentanz (1853)
XV. Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
          Rigoletto (1851)
XVI. Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
          Symphony No. 4, Op. 98 (1885)
XVII. Edward Elgar (1857- 1934)
          Variations on an Original Theme ("Enigma"), Op. 36 (1899)
XVIII. Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
          Symphony No. 1 (1888)
XIX. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
          Symphony No. 8 (1955)
XX. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
          Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (1934)
XXI. Charles Ives (1874-1954)
          Variations on America (1891)
XXII. Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)
          Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 (1928)
XXIII. Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
           Bolero (1928)
XXIV. Joe "King" Oliver (1881-1938)
          Dippermouth Blues (1923)
XXV. Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
           Ebony Concerto (1945)
XXVI. Anton Webern (1883-1945)
          Passacaglia, Op. 1 (1908)
XXVII. Alban Berg (1885-1935)
          Wozzeck, Op. 7 (1922)
XXVIII. Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
          Dead Man Blues (1926)
XXIX. Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
          Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26 (1921)
XXX. Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)
          La Creation du Monde (1923)
XXXI. George Gershwin (1898-1937)
          Prelude II (1926)
XXXII. Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
          Appalachian Spring (1944)
XXXIII. Louis Armstong (1901-1971)
          West End Blues (1928)
XXXIV. Joe Garland (1903-1977)
          In the Mood (1939)
XXXV. Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
         Wondrous Love Variations on a 
                    Shape Note Hymn, Op. 34 (1959)
XXXVI. John Cage (1912-1992)
         Suite for Toy Piano (1948) with Variations V (1965)
XXXVII. Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997)
         Study No. 3 ("Boogie-Woogie Suite") (1949)
XXXVIII. Benjamnin Britten (1913-1976)
         Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (1946)
XXXIX. Witold Lutoslawski (1913-1994)
          Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941)
XL. William James "Willie" Dixon (1915-1992)
          Hoochie Coochie Man (1954)
XLI. John Birks "Dizzy" Gilespie (1917-1993)
          Shaw'Nuff (1945)
XLII. Thelonius Monk (1917-1982)
          Misterioso (1948)
XLIII. Leonard Bernstein (1818-1990)
          Chichester Psalms (1965)
XLIV. Luciano Berio (1925-2003) - Sinfonia: III (1969)
XLV. Pierre Boulez 1925-2016) - Le Marteau San Maitre: I (1954)
XLVI. George Crumb (b. 1929) - Black Angels (1970)
XLVII. Terry Riley (b. 1935) - In C (1964)
XLVIII. Steve Reich (b. 1936) - Octet (1979)
XLIX. Philip Glass (b. 1937) - Einstein on the Beach (1975)
L. John Lennon (1940-1980) - Happiness Is a Warm Gun (1968)
LI. Roger Waters (b. 1943) - Wish You Were Here: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (1975)
LII. Jimmy Page (b. 1944) - Stairway to Heaven (1971)
LIII. David Bowie (1947-2016) - Ziggy Stardust (1972)
LIV. Sting (b. 1951) - Every Breath You Take (1983)
LV. Mark Alburger (b. 1957) - Variations and Theme, Op. 6 (1976)



Performances:

October 15, 2017
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Park-Presidio Methodist Church, San Francisco

October 27, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 70: Ghost Dances
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA



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