Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Medieval Orchestrations, Op. 288


Op. 288 MEDIEVAL ORCHESTRATIONS (October 24, 2018)
     Italy (b. c. 1270)
          Trotto (1300,
               after Florilegium Musicum of Paris, 1973)
     Robertsbridge Fragment Composer (b. c. 1290)
          Organ Estampie (c. 1320,
               after Anton Webern's Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6: 1, 1909)
     Jacopo da Bologna (1320-1370)
          Non al suo amante (No One Ever Pleased a Lover so Much
               (
c. 1350, Petrarch, 1304-1374, after Arnold Schoenberg's
               A Survivor from Warsaw, 1948)


Score:


Performances:

     July 11-12, 2014
     Fresh Voices XIV: Taken
     Harriet March Page, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor
     Goat Hall Productions
     Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

     October 4, 2014
     Music of Air, Earth, Fire, and Water
     San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
     Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

     May 6, 2017
     San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
     St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA

     October 27, 2018
     The Opus Project presents Opus 70: Ghost Dances
     Megan Cullen, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Tenor /
     The Opus Project Orchestra
     Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Monday, October 22, 2018

Cliff Variations, Op. 287

Op. 287 CLIFF VARIATIONS (October 22, 2018)
Theme and 30 Passacaglic Life Changes
     [after Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) -
          Symphony No. 4, Op. 98 (1885): IV]
Theme
     [Mark Alburger (b. 1957) -
          Crystal Series, Op. 32  (1987):
               I. Crystal Bells]
Variation I
     [Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) -
          Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (1936)]
Variation II
     [Philip Glass (b. 1937) -
          The Illusionist (2006):
               XXI. Life in the Muntains]
Variation III
     [Terry Gilkyson (1916-1999) -
          The Jungle Book (1967):
               III. Bare Necessities]
Variation IV
     [Roger Miller (1936-1992) -
          Robin Hood (1973):
               II. Oo-De-Lally]
Variation V
     [Richard Sherman (b. 1928) -
          Mary Poppins (1967):
               XIV. Chim Chim Cher-ee]
Variation VI
     [Alan Menken (b. 1949) -
          Aladdin (1992):
                VIII. Prince Ali]
Variation VII
     [Alexander Courage (1919-2008) -
           Theme from "Star Trek" (1966)]
Variation VIII
     [Sammy Fain (1902-1989) -
          Peter Pan (1959):
                You Can Fly]
Variation IX
     [George Bruns (1914-1983 -
          101 Dalmatians:
               Cruella da Vil]
Variation X
     [John Williams (b. 1932) -
          Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981):
               I. Indiana Jones March]
Variation XI
     [George Bruns (1914-1983) -
          Yo Ho a Pirate's Life for Me (1967)]
Variation XII
     [Buddy Baker (1818-2002) -
          The Fox and the Hound (1981):
               Best of Friends]
Variation XIII
     [Alan Menken (b. 1949) -
          Beauty and the Beast (1991) -
               Belle (Little Town)]
Variation XIV [
     [James Newton Howard (b. 1951) -
          Malificent (2014) - 
               VI. Go Away]
Variation XV
     [Billie Joe Armstrong (b. 1972) -
          American Idiot (2004):
               IV. Boulevard of Broken Dreams]
Variation XVI
     [Valerie Simpson (b. 1946) -
          Ain't No Mountain High Enough (1966)]
Variation XVII
     [Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004) -
          Mulan (1998):
               II. Reflection]
Variation XVIII
     [Phil Collins (b. 1951) -
          Tarzan (1999):
               VI. Strangers Like Me]
Variation XIX
     [Martie Maguire (b. 1969) -
          Not Ready to Make Nice (2006)]
Variation XX
     [Elton John (b. 1947) -
          The Lion King (1994):
               IV. Hakuna Matata]
Variation XXI
     [John Williams (b. 1932) -
          Superman (1978):
               Theme]
Variation XXII
     [Macklemore (b. 1983 -
          Same Love (2012)]
Variation XXIII
     [Adele Adkins (b. 1988) -
          Rolling in the Deep (2012)]
Variation XXIV
     [Dee Snider (b. 1955) -
          Ride to Live, Live to Ride (1983)]
Variation XXV
     [Ken Casey (b. 1969) -
          I'm Shipping Up to Boston (2006)
Variation XXVI
     [Shawn Patterson (b. 1965) -
          Everything Is Awesome (2015)]
Variation XXVII
     [Max Martin (b. 1971 -
          Oops!…I Did It Again (2000)]
Variation XXVIII
     [Kevin Hendrickson -
          Jake and the Neverland Pirates (2011)]
Variation XXIX
     [Rachel Platten (b. 1981) -
          Fight Song (2015)]
Variation XXX [
     Chris Janson (b. 1986) -
          Fix a Drink (2017)]


Score: