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Friday, May 1, 1998

Moses and Aaron, Op. 63


 Op. 63 MOSES AND AARON (May 1, 1998)
 Opera-Oratorio in Thrice 7 Letters
 EXODUS / LEVITICUS (13 Letters and a Postlude)
 I. Recitative - "And There Arose"
 II. Barcarolle - "Woman Conceived"
 III. Battle - "And He Spied"
 IV. Chorus and Aria - "Moses, Moses" (The Burning Bush)
 V. Duet - "What Is In Your Hand?"
 VI. Trio - "Let My People"
 VII. Nine-Plague Twelve-Tone Passacaglia-Quodlibet - 
     "River Is Blood"
 VIII. Intonation - "Then Moses Called" (The Passover)
 IX. Storm/Tempest - "At Midnight" (The Tenth Plague)
 X. Caccia/Tableau - "And the People Fled" 
     (The Parting of the Red Sea)
 XI. Duet and Chorus - "Sing to the Lord / Bitter Water" 
     (Songs of Moses and Miriam)
 XII. Quartet - "Thou Shalt" (The Ten Commandments)
 XIII. Bacchanale - "This Gold Image" (The Golden Calf)
 XVI. Postlude - "Be Gone"
 NUMBERS / DEUTERONOMY (7 Letters)
 XV. Anthem - "The Lord Bless"
 XVI. Scherzo - "Send Them As Spies"
 XVII. Ritournello - "Would That We Had Died"
 XVIII. Interlude - "How Long" (Wander in the Wilderness)
 XIX. Procession - "Let Us Pass" (Balaam's Ass)
 XX. Chorus - "There Shall a Star"
 XXI. Finale - "Sh'ma Yisrael"


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Moses_and_Aaron%2C_Op.63_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

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


 Recording:

 TWELVE-TRIBE MUSIC
(Complete Works, Volume 19)

 THE BIBLE