The Twelve Fingers, Op. 8

Op. 8 THE TWELVE FINGERS
(October 1, 1977; New Music, 1977) (771001) 

Suite for Piano in 12 Movements 

I. Introduction 

II. Song 

III. Scherzo 

IV. Song 

V. Siciliana-Boogie Woogie 

VI. Semi-Fugue 

VII. Serenade 

VIII. Sonata 

IX. Improvisation 

X. Theme and Variations 

XI. Eleven-Tone Music 

XII. March 

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Fingers%2C_Op.8_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performances:

December 11, 1977
Mark Alburger, Linda Child, and Joseph Church, Piano
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College,
Swarthmore, PA.

April 15, 1991
Paul Smith, Piano
Angelico Concert Hall, Dominican College,
San Rafael, CA 

August 1, 1998
Recorded on N/S Consonance album Diversions
Max Lifchitz, Piano
North/South Consonance Studio,
Albany, NY

May 7-8, 1999
Mark Alburger, Toy Piano
Susan Hess Dance Studio,
Philadelphia, PA

May 21, 1999 

Mark Alburger, Piano 

Las Pulgas School, 

San Mateo, CA

June 26, 1999 

Patti Deuter, Piano 

NEW MUSIC House, 

San Rafael, CA 

June 28, 2005 

Mark Alburger, Keyboard 

Music Technology Center, 

Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 

April 20, 2007 

Alexis Alrich, Piano 

Old First Presbyterian Church, 

San Francisco, CA 

July 27, 2013

The Opus Project presents Opus 8

The Opus Project Orchestra

Berkeley Arts Festival,
Berkeley, CA

July 7, 2018

Flower Piano

Mark Alburger, Piano

Golden Gate Park Botanical Garden, 

San Francisco, CA

Recordings:

DIVERSIONS
The Twelve Fingers: I.-XII.
Max Lifchitz  Piano(
North South Consonance) I

INSTRUMENTS OF DECONSTRUCTION 

(Complete Works, Volume 2) 

The Twelve Fingers: I.-XII.
Mark Alburger (New Music, 2005)

HALFWAY MARK
The Twelve Fingers: VIII.
Alexis Alrich (New Music, 2007)
 

Video: Posted on YouTube DrMarkAlburger I. Introduction II. Song III. Scherzo IV. Song V. Siciliana-Boogie Woogie VI. Semi-Fugue VII. Serenade VIII. Sonata IX. Improvisation X. Theme and Variations XI. Eleven-Tone Music XII. March

Interrupted Interludes, Op. 7

 Op. 7 INTERRUPTED INTERLUDES
(April 15, 1977, New Music 1977) (770401)
For Keyboard
 I. Spare Song
 II. Rod Song
 III. Spoil Song
 IV. Child Song


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Interrupted_Interludes%2C_Op.7_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performance:

June 22, 2005
     Mark Alburger,, Keyboard Music
     Technology Center
     Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

July 27, 2013

     The Opus Project presents Opus 7

     The Opus Project Orchestra

     Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

Recording:

INSTRUMENTS OF DECONSTRUCTION
(Complete Works, Volume 2)
(New Music, 2005)


Video: posted on YouTube DrMarkAlburger I. Spare Song II. Rod Song III. Spoil Song IV. Child Song

Variations and Theme, Op. 6

Op. 6 VARIATIONS AND THEME 

(April 1, 1976, New Music 1976) (760401) 

Sixteen Sixteens for Keyboard 

(on a children's taunt, after sonatas from John Cage's 

Sonatas from Sonatas and Interludes) 

I. 

II. 

III. 

IV. 

V. 

VI. 

VII. 

VIII. 

IX. 

X. 

XI. 

XII. 

XIII. 

XIV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Variations_and_Theme%2C_Op.6_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performances: 

May 4, 1979 

Steve Leavitt, Piano

Lang Concert Hall

Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 

May 27, 2005 

Mark Alburger, Keyboard

Music Technology Center

Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 

April 20, 2007
Alexis Alrich, Piano

Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

June 29, 2013

The Opus Project presents Opus 6

Mark Alburger, Video

Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

Recordings:

INSTRUMENTS OF DECONSTRUCTION 

(Complete Works, Volume 2) (New Music, 2005)
Variations and Theme: I.-XVI.
Mark Alburger, Keyboard

HALFWAY MARK (New Music, 2007) 
Variations and Theme: XV.-XVI.
Alexis Alrich, Piano


Video: Posted on YouTube DrMarkAlburger   I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQF1t5vs8sI&list=PL965D6554341408B9&index=15

XV.-XVI.

The Lord's Prayer, Op. 5

Op. 5 THE LORD'S PRAYER
(July 1, 1975; New Music, 1975) (750701)
For Soprano and Bass Soloists, SATB Choir, and Keyboard


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Lord's_Prayer%2C_Op.5_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

May 20, 2005
Choir of Mark
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

May 25, 2013

The Opus Project presents Opus 5

David Chavez, Tenor / The Opus Project Orchestra
Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

Recording:

EARLY OBOE / EARLY VOICE
(Complete Works, Volume 1) (New Music, 2005)


Video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UlhEJlkm54&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=30

Poems on Crane, Op. 4

Op. 4 POEMS ON CRANE (after Stephen Crane)
     (June 1, 1975; New Music, 1975) (750601) 

     For Mixed Chorus 

     I. I SAW A MAN 

     II. THE WAYFARER 

     III. HYMN 

     IV. THE BLADES OF GRASS 

     V. THE HEART (IN THE DESERT) 

     Score:  Posted on IMSLP

https://imslp.org/wiki/Poems_on_Crane%2C_Op.4_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

      Performances: 

           May 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 2005 

                Choir of Mark
                Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 

          April 27, 2013

The Opus Project presents Opus 4: Diabolical Deja Vu

Kate Bautch, Sarita Cannon, and Harriet March Page,
                    Sopranos

The Opus Project Orchestra

Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA

  November 23, 2019

Fresh Voices XIX

Harriet March Page, Alto / Mark Alburger, Tenor /
                    Martha Cooper, Piano

Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera

Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

 

     Recording: 

           EARLY OBOE / EARLY VOICE 

          (Complete Works, Volume 1) (New Music, 2005)

     Videos: Posted on YouTube DrMarkAlburger

          POEMS ON CRANE (after Stephen Crane)
               I. I SAW A MAN  
              [And] I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
              [And] Round and round they sped.
              [And] I was disturbed [at this];
              [And] I accosted the man.
              "It is futile," I said.'"You can never" --
              "You lie," [he cried, And ran on.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxNb8WXSvTo&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=25

         II. THE WAYFARER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCP5QIXWC5o&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=26 

         III. HYMN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xue6XEYE4L8&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=27 

         IV. THE BLADES OF GRASS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW78t7IGNEU&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=28 

          V. THE HEART (IN THE DESERT)

  

Eccclesiastes, or The Preacher, Op. 3

Op. 3 ECCLESIASTES, OR THE PREACHER
(May 1, 1975; New Music, 1975) (750501)
For Soprano [and/or Tenor] and Orchestra [or Keyboard]
     I. Vanity
     II. Come Now I
     II. For Everything
     IV. Again I Saw
     V.-VI. There Is Evil
     VII. Day of Death
     VIII. Who's Like
     IX. But All This
     X. Dead Flies
     XI. Remember

    Scores:
       https://imslp.org/wiki/Ecclesiastes%2C_or_The_Preacher%2C_Op.3_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

    Selected Performances:

       April 15, 18, 22, 23, 25, 29, 30; May 2, 6, 2005
               Mark Alburger, Voice and MIDI
               Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

      June 10, 2005
               San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
               Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

       May 21, 2006
               Bianca Showalter, Soprano; Robert Benda, Tenor
               Keisuke Nakagoshi, Piano
               Fresh Voices VI Festival, Thick House, San Francisco, CA

        April 20, 2007
               Bianca Showalter, Soprano
               San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
               Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

         April 29, 2007
               Bianca Showalter, Soprano
               Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA

    

     Recording:
       
          EARLY OBOE / EARLY VOICE (Complete Works, Volume 1)
                (New Music, 2005)
                ECCLESIASTES, OR THE PREACHER

     Video:

          Posted on YouTube
               DrMarkAlburger


I. Vanity II. Come Now III. For Everything IV. Again I Saw V.-VI. There Is Evil VII. Day of Death VIII. Who's Like IX. But All This X. Dead Flies XI. Remember

Suite ("Sol[ar]"), Op. 2

Op. 2 SUITE ("SOL[AR]")
(April 1, 1975; New Music, 1975) (750401)
For Oboe, Piano, and Percussion
I. Sun (January) [MDP]
II. Mercury (February) [HMP]
III. Venus (March) [GCA]
IV Earth / Moon (April) [MGA]
V. Mars / Phobos / Deimos (May) [CEA]
VI. Asteroids (June) [TR]
VII. Jupiter / Ganymede / Callisto / Io / Europa (July) [SAA]
VIII. Saturn / Titan / Rhea / Iapetus / Dione / Tethys (August) [PG]
IX. Uranus / Titania / Oberon / Umbriel / Ariel (September)[JC]
X. Neptune / Triton / Nereid (October) [GHC]
XI. Pluto (November) [JCP]
XII. Comets (December) [EAA]

Scores:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_for_Oboe%2C_Piano%2C_and_Percussion%2C_Op.2_'Solar'_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

April 1, 1975
Mark Alburger, Oboe
Springfield High School, Springfield, PA

March 1, 5, 12, 14, 18,. 19, 23; April 4, 8, 9, 11, 16, 2005
Mark Alburger, Oboe, Piano, and Percussion
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

March 10, 2006
Philip Freihofner, Oboe
Gabriel Sakakeeny, Percussion
Alexis Alrich, Piano
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

October 29, 2011
Thomas Whitman, Cello
Mark Alburger, Percussion
Deborah How, Piano
Lang Concert Hall, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA

February 23, 2013
Mark Alburger, Oboe, Piano, and Percussion
The Opus Project, Berkeley Arts Festival, Berkeley, CA


Recording:

EARLY OBOE / EARLY VOICE
(Complete Works, Volume 1) (New Music, 2005)

SUITE ("SOL[AR]")


Videos:

Posted on YouTube
DrMarkAlburger Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-jrG4XbT7w&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=3



I. Sun (January) [MDP]



II. Mercury (February) [HMP]



III. Venus (March) [GCA]

IV Earth / Moon (April) [MGA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yhHpJMO89g&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=6

V. Mars / Phobos / Deimos (May) [CEA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y_90YVCR54&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=7

VI. Asteroids (June) [TR]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmRk4U11iTQ&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=8

VII. Jupiter / Ganymede / Callisto / Io / Europa (July) [SAA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g4czSgYVvY&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=9

VIII. Saturn / Titan / Rhea / Iapetus / Dione / Tethys (August) [PG]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ppc23BjoAA&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=10

IX. Uranus / Titania / Oberon / Umbriel / Ariel (September)[JC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jkawkjmj-Y&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=11

X. Neptune / Triton / Nereid (October) [GHC]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxJ7F3nJTrI&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=12

XI. Pluto (November) [JCP]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_3ImWxO4qA&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=13

XII. Comets (December) [EAA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuUUmO5Xmuo&list=PLD4DB0235CE62CE8D&index=14