Mark Alburger, Works

Wednesday, July 1, 1998

Samson and Delilah, Op. 65 (1998)

Op. 65 SAMSON AND DELILAH (THE FRANK JUDGES)

(July 1, 1998) Opera-Oratorio for Voices and Instruments

Scene 1 - Start

I. Digits (Adonibezek)

II. Distress (The Death of Joshua)

III. Disemblance (Ehud and Eglon)

IV. Deborah

V. Disorientation (Gideon)

VI. Downfall (Abimelech)

VII. Daughter (Jeptha)

Scene 2 - Samson

VIII. Death (The Lion)

IX. Defeat (The Ass's Jaw)

X. Delilah

XI. Dagon
Scene 3 - Stop

XII. Dan

XIII. Disunity

Score

https://imslp.org/wiki/Samson_and_Delilah%2C_Op.65_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Recording / Video:

TWELVE-TRIBE MUSIC
Complete Works, Volume 19)

Scene 1 - Start

I. Digits (Adonibezek)

II. Distress (The Death of Joshua)

III. Disemblance (Ehud and Eglon)

IV. Deborah

V. Disorientation (Gideon)

VI. Downfall (Abimelech)

VII. Daughter (Jeptha)

Scene 2 - Samson

VIII. Death (The Lion)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvRjMt7eHyA

IX. Defeat (The Ass's Jaw)

X. Delilah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeRA7W0GfGI

XI. Dagon
Scene 3 - Stop

XII. Dan

XIII. Disunity

THE BIBLE

Monday, June 1, 1998

Joshua Fought the Battle, Op. 64

Op. 64 JOSHUA FOUGHT THE BATTLE (June 1, 1998)
Spiritual Service
I. Go Down Moses
II. Shall We Gather
III. Deep River
IV. The Battle of Jericho

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Joshua_Fought_the_Battle%2C_Op.64_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performances:

April 28, 2018

The Opus Project presents the Opus $64,000 Dollar Question

The Opus Project Orchestra

Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Recordings:

TWELVE-TRIBE MUSIC
(Complete Works, Volume 19)

THE BIBLE

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

Wednesday, April 1, 1998

Symphony No. 2 ("Tamalpais"), Op. 62

Op. 62 SYMPHONY NO. 2 ("Tamalpais")

(April 1, 1998; New Music 1998)
For Orchestra (2222 2231 2perc, pf, strings)

I. Andante con moto

II. DOUBLE FUGUE Moderato maestoso - Allegro vivo
III. Andante espressive - Con moto - Tempo I

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.2_'Tamalpais'%2C_Op.62_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performances:

February 24, 2018

The Opus Project presents Opus 62: Romancing the Tone

The Opus Project Orchestra

Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Recording:

SYMPHONIES OF THE AIR
(Complete Works, Volume 18)

Sunday, March 1, 1998

Symphony No. 1 ("It Wasn't Classical..."), Op. 61

Op. 61 SYMPHONY NO. 1 in C Major, Op. 21

("It wasn't classical, it was symphonic /

It wasn't a symphony, because it did not have a sonata allegro")

(March 1, 1998; New Music 1998)

For Orchestra (2222 2231 2perc, pf, strings)

For Chamber Ensemble (1111 1000 pf string quartet)

For Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano (1998; New Music 1998)

For Woodwind Quintet and Piano (1998; New Music 1998)

I. Adagio molto: allegro con brio

II. Andante cantabile con moto

III. Menuetto e Trio

IV. Adagio: allegro molto e vivace

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.1_'It_Wasn't_Classical'%2C_Op.61_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performances:

October 3, 1998

Steve Bergman, Clarinet;

Loretta Taylor, Violin;

Chris Jennings, Cello;

Herb Bielawa, Piano

American Composers Forum Salon,

Berkeley Store Gallery, Berkeley, CA.

March 13, 1999
Michael Kimbell, Clarinet;

Brook Aird, Violin;

Dahna Rudin, Cello;

Carolyn Hawley, Piano

National Association of Composers, Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA

March 22, 1999

Nancy Knop, Flute;
Michael Kimbell, Clarinet;
Lut Engelen, Tenor Sax;
Carolyn Hawley,
Piano National Association of Composers,
Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

October 30, 1999
NEW MUSIC Ensemble
National Association of Composers, Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA

June 10, 2000
NACUSA Ensemble
National Association of Composers,
Arts Center, Palo Alto, CA

January 7, 2001
North/South Consonance Chamber Orchestra,
Max Lifchitz
Christ and St. Stephen's Church,
New York, NY

March 22, 2002
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA

April 20, 2007
San Francisco Cabaret Opera;
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

January 27, 2018

The Opus Project presents Opus 61: Pianists, Sax, and Violins

The Opus Project Orchestra

Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

Recordings:

AMERICAN TAPESTRY
(North/South Consonance)

SYMPHONIES OF THE AIR
(Complete Works, Volume 20)

Sunday, February 1, 1998

12 Preludes and Fugues ("Topical"), Op. 60

Op. 60 12 PRELUDES AND FUGUES ("Topical")
I. Another Cognitive Disorder
II. Basic Policy on the Triads
III. The Collective Brain
IV. Death Is the Rain
V. Empedocles Was Wrong
VI. The Examined Life
VII. Gonna Get
VIII. People Can Fall Down
IX. Rather Have an Earthquake
X. Rock His World
XI. Turn On, Boot Up
XII. We Want Foreigners

Score: