North Lehigh Circle, Op. 325

Op. 325 NORTH LEHIGH CIRCLE (June 25, 2019)
     Homeland Song Cycle In Six Decades
          I. 1950's - 3
          II. 1960's - 2
          III. 1970's - 5
          IV. 1980's - North
          V. 1990's - Lehigh
          VI. 2000's - Circle


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Bach, Ballet, Balloons, Op. 324

Op. 324 BACH, BALLET, BALLOONS (June 22, 2019)
     I. Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (1740-1810) /
        Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier (1745-1799)
          Annonay, June 4, 1783
               [Unoccupied / First Unmanned Hot Air Balloon]
          Paris, Montreuil, Folie Titon, September 11, 1783
               [Unoccupied / First Unmanned Hot Air Balloon in Paris]
          Versailles, September 19, 1783
               Montauciel the Sheep / Duck / Rooster
               [Louis XVI (1754-1793) / Marie Antoinette (1755-1793) -
               Provide a criminal - Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier -
               It would be an honor]
          Paris, Faubourg Saint-Antoine, October 15, 1783
               Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier /
               Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier [Tethered]
          Paris, Bois de Boulogne, Chateau Muette -
          Butte aux Cailles, November 21, 1783
               Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier /
               Francois Laurent d'Arlandes (1742-1809) [Untethered]
               [Lands between windmills,
               Pilatre de Rozier takes off coat to stop fire]
               [Champagne tradition begun, Louis XVI and
               Benjamin Franklin in attendance]
     II. Jacques Charles (1746-1823) / Anne-Jean Robert (1758-1820) /
        Nicolas-Louis Robert (1760-1820)
          Paris, Champs de Mars [later Eiffel Tower site] -
               Paris, Gonesse, August 27, 1783
               [Unoccupied - Hydrogen]
               [Benjamin Franklin in attendance]
               [Balloon destroyed upon landing by terrified peasants]
          Paris, Tuilleries Palace [later Garden] - Nesles-la-Vallee -
               Tours du Lay, December 1, 1783
               [Franklin and Joseph Montgolfier in attendance,
                latter honored w/ ceremonial weather function]
           Jacques Charles / Nicolas-Louis Robert
                [Charles w/o Robert re-ascends rapidly to 9000 ft,
                sees a second sunset, never flies again]
     III. Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier (1754-1785)
            Boulogne-sur-Mer - Wimereux, June 15, 1785
               Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier / Pierre Romain
               [First attempt English Channel from France,
               Balloon deflates 1,5000 feet up, both killed]


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Poems on Tennyson, Op. 323

Op. 323 POEMS ON TENNYSON (June 20, 2019)
     I. In Memoriam (1849): Dark House...
          [Book of Dreams - George Crumb, Mark Alburger]
     II. Charge of the Light Brigade (1853)...
          [Balaclava Balalaika - Dmitri Shostakovich]


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Broke Dance Intermezzi: Z, Op. 322

Op. 322 BROKE DANCE INTERMEZZI: Z (June 14, 2019)
     IVz1. Nuclear Zapateado (Einstein on the Violin)
          [Spain, Pablo Sarasate, Isadoro Hernandez, Bela Bartok,
          Frank Zappa, Claudio Macchi, Salvador Torre]
     IVz2. Zydeco Zeibekiko (Kaleidescope)
          [Greece, Richard Wagner, Claude Debussy, Mark Alburger]
     IVz3. Zwieback Zeybek (Infinite)
          [Turkey]

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Broke Dance Intermezzi: Y, Op. 321

Op. 321 BROKE DANCE INTERMEZZI: Y (June 12, 2019)
     IVy1. Y…? (An Enigma)
          [Edward Elgar, Igor Stravinsky, Edgar Varese, Anton Webern,
          George Crumb, Edwin London, Jerry Herman]
     IVy2. Yove Male Mome (Jova, Little Girl)
          [Bulgaria, Reinhold Gliere, Bela Bartok]


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Broke Dance Intermezzi: X, Op. 320

Op. 320 BROKE DANCE INTERMEZZI: X (June 10, 2019)
     IVx1. X… (Xenia)
          [Alan Hovhaness, John Cage, Merce Cunningham]
     IVx2. Xibelani (Xylophone)
          [Chopi, Camille Saint-Saens]


     Performance:

     October 5, 2019
     All That Fall
     San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
     St. Teresa of Avila Church, San Francisco, CA


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Broke Dance Intermezzi: W, Op. 319

Op. 319 BROKE DANCE INTERMEZZI: W (June 6, 2019)
     IVw1. Kokoschka Gropius Werfel Waltz (Alma)
          [Bela Bartok, Mark Alburger]
     IVw2. Kalahari War... (Everywhere)
          [Meerkat Manor, Nigeria, South Dakota,
          Arnold Schoenberg, Peter Warlock,
          Harry Partch, Benjamin Britten, George Crumb,
          Jerry Goldsmith, John Williams, Steve Reich,
          Philip Glass, Peter Bergman, John Lennon,
          Bob Marley, James Horner, Mark Alburger,
          Hans Zimmer]
     IVw3. The Watu[t]si (Toot-Toot-Toot-Tut)
          Watutsi, Dan Russo, Mischa Spoliansky,
          Dave Appell, John Lennon]
     IVw4. Whirling Dervish... (Roman Aunt)
          Turkey, Istanbul, Rumi, Vladimir Rebikov,
          Leopold Godowsky, Hans Engleman]
     IVw5. Witches'... (A Desert Place)
          William Shakespeare, Hector Berlioz,
          Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Strauss,
          Dmitri Shostakovich
     IVw6. Women's Brush... (Healing Invasion)
         Yurok, Harriet March Page, Mark Alburger


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Broke Dance Intermezzi: V, Op. 318

Op. 318 BROKE DANCE INTERMEZZI: V (June 2, 2019)
     IVv1. Obscure Veils... (Sailing)
          [Claude Debussy, Mark Alburger]
     IVv2. Conscripting Verbunkos (Contrast Concerto)
          [Bela Bartok]
     IVv3. Natal Villancico (Riu, Riu, Chiu)
          [Matteo Flecha el Viejo, New York Pro Musica,
          The Monkees]
     IVv4. All the Vogue… (Egypt)
          [Giuseppe Verdi, Mark Alburger]
     IVv5. Re-Volting La Volta (Elizabeth)
          [Spain, David Munrow]
     IVv6. Hoodoo Voodoo... (You Do Run, Child)
          [Benin, Haiti, Cole Porter, George Antheil,
          Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix]


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Broke Dance Intermezzi: U, Op. 317

Op. 317 BROKE DANCE INTERMEZZI: U (June 1, 2019)
     IVu1. Un… (Dutoit)
          [Arnold Schoenberg, Mark-Antony Turnage]
     IVu2. Urban... (Some Stuff)
          [George Crumb, Mark Alburger]
     IVu3. Uzundara
          [Armenia, Azerbaijan, Igor Stravinsky,
          Aram Khachaturian]


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