The Wind God, Op. 96

Op. 96 THE WIND GOD (2001)
(after Harriet March Page) (August 8, 2001)
I. I got my wish
II. I've a crick
III. Ocean is my friend
IV. Big ship
V. Sitting goose
VI. It's so true
VII. But you see (Builder's blue tango...)
VIII. I loved him
IX. All my money
X. We're six days out
XI. My son sleeps
XII. My little finger (Blues)
XIII. We almost mutaneed (March)
XIV. In a lull
XV. Noah
XVI. All there is
XVII. A dozen dolphins
XVIII. We hit land


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Wind_God%2C_Op.96_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

October 14, 2001
Harriet March Page, Soprano
Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA

March 2, 2002
Harriet March Page, Soprano
National Association of Composers, Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

June 2, 2002
Harriet March Page, Soprano
Missing Persons Concert, Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA

June 21, 2002
Harriet March Page, Soprano
NOW Music Festival, Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA

July 19-21, 2002
Harriet March Page, Soprano
Fresh Voices III Festival, Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA


Recording:

THE WIND GOD
(New Music, 2008)
I. I got my wish
II. I've a crick
III. Ocean is my friend
IV. Big ship
V. Sitting goose
VI. It's so true
VII. But you see (Builder's blue tango...)
VIII. I loved him
IX. All my money
X. We're six days out
XI. My son sleeps
XII. My little finger (Blues)
XIII. We almost mutaneed (March)
XIV. In a lull
XV. Noah
XVI. All there is
XVII. A dozen dolphins
XVIII. We hit land

Animal Opera: An Orwellian Comedy, Op. 95

Op. 95 ANIMAL OPERA: AN ORWELLIAN COMEDY 

(May 15, 2001) 

Ia. Comrades 

Ib. Beasts of England 

IIa. Will There Be Any Sugar 

IIb. Drive Away Man 

IIc. The Seven Commandments 

IIIa. I Will Work 

IIIb. Four Legs Good 

IIIc. The Mystery of Milk 

IVa. Jones (The Battle of the Cowshed) 

IVb. Beasts of England Va. Mollie (I Will Flee) 

Vb. Two Legs Bad 

Vc. The Mystery of Snowball 

VIa. Will There Be Any Food 

VIb. Welcome In Man 

VIc. The Fourth Commandment 

VIIa. Comrades 

VIIb. Beasts of England 

VIIIa. The Sixth Commandment 

VIIIb. Comrade Napoleon 

VIIIc. Men (The Battle of the Windmill) 

VIIId. Beasts of England 

VIIIe. The Fifth Commandment 

IXa. Will There Be Any Hope 

IXb. The Mystery of Boxer 

Xa. Boxer (I Will Stay) 

Xb. Comrade Pigs 

Xc. Two Legs Better 

Xd. The (Seventh) Commandment 

Xe. (Comrade) Gentlemen


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Animal_Opera%2C_Op.95_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

July 24-26, 2003
Fresh Voices IV Festival

Old Major (Pig) / Sheep / Bird - Lisa Marie May

Snowball (Pig) - Eve Chosak

Napoleon (Pig) - Alan Roberts

Mollie (Horse) / Bird - Masai Nagai

Clover (Horse) - Janet Lohr

Moses (Crow) - Jane Goldsmith

Squealer (Pig) / Bird - Elizabeth Finkler

Boxer (Horse) / Man - Robert Seidel

Benjamin (Donkey) / Man - Cameron Weston

Muriel (Goat) / Bird - Avril Saldhana

Sheep - Janet Garvin

Jones / Puppy / Pilkington - Kereli Jones

Director / Music Director- Mark Alburger

Flute - Bruce Salvisberg

Clarinet - Peter Brown

Bassoons - Michael Garvey, Lori Garvey

Trumpet - Eduard Prosek

Harp - Samantha Garvey

Piano - Keisuke Nakagoshi

Violin - Kristina Anderson

Cello -  Beth Snellings

Bass - John Beeman

Goat Hall Productions, San Francisco's Cabaret Opera

Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA

July 9, 2022
The Opus Project presents Opus 95
Center for New Music
San Francisco, CA


Recording:

ANIMAL OPERA
(Complete Works, Volume 37)

The Bald Soprano, Op. 94

Op. 94 THE BALD SOPRANO
(April 6, 2001)
OVERTURE
I. DUO INTRODUCTION (There, it's nine o'clock)
II. DUO CAVATINA (How does it happen)
III CONTINUATION AND SAMBA OF DUO INTRODUCTION
(Here's something strange / Which Bobby Watson)
IV. TRIO, DUO, AND SOLO CAVATINAS (I'm the maid / Excuse me, ma'am / 'Lizbeth and Don)
V. QUINTET AND DOUBLE-QUINTET CANONIC CANZONES (Good evening, dear friends / Hm)
VI. RECITATIVE (Since you travel around so much)
VIa. QUARTET AND QUINTET (Goodness, someone is ringing)
VII. SEXTET CAVATINA (How do you do)
VIII. SEXTET (Mr. Fire Chief)
IX. RECITATIVE (Since you travel around so much - II)
IXa. SEXTET (Dog and Cow)
X. ACCOMPANIED ARIA (A Young Calf)
XI. ACCOMPANIED ARIA (The Snake and the Fox)
XII. ARIA AND RESPONSE (The Bouquet)
XIII. ACCOMPANIED ARIA (The Headcold)
XIV. RECITATIVE (Since you travel around so much - III)
XV. TRIO CAVATINA (Madam... Sir...)
XVI. SEXTET (What is it that she is saying)
XVII. TEMPEST (I'm so glad, dear, to see you at last)
XVIII. ARIA (The Fire)
XIX. SCENIC QUINTET (That sent chills up our spines)
XX. QUARTET FINALE (I can buy a pocketknife)
XXI. DUO RECAPITULATION (There, it's nine o'clock - II)


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Bald_Soprano%2C_Op.94_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

December 15, 2001
Leticia C. Page, Soprano
NOW Music Festival, San Francisco, CA

July 19-21, 2002
Goat Hall Productions
Jennifer Ashworth, Mrs. Smith; Erin B., Mr. Smith
Elizabeth Finkler, Mrs. Martin; Harriet March Page, Mr. Martin
Leticia C. Page, Mary; Percy Hernandez, Fire Chief
Fresh Voices III Festival, San Francisco, CA

October 4, 2002
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
400 Missouri, San Francisco, CA

November 15, December 5, 2006
Tritone Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Technology Center, Pleasant HIll, CA

February 12, 2021

The Opus Project presents Opus 94

Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

Recording:

THE BALD SOPRANO,
(New Music)

OVERTURE

I. DUO INTRODUCTION (There, it's nine o'clock)

II. DUO CAVATINA (How does it happen)

III CONTINUATION AND SAMBA OF DUO INTRODUCTION
(Here's something strange / Which Bobby Watson)

IV. TRIO, DUO, AND SOLO CAVATINAS (I'm the maid / Excuse me, ma'am / 'Lizbeth and Don)

V. QUINTET AND DOUBLE-QUINTET CANONIC CANZONES (Good evening, dear friends / Hm)

VI. RECITATIVE (Since you travel around so much)

VIa. QUARTET AND QUINTET (Goodness, someone is ringing)

VII. SEXTET CAVATINA (How do you do)

VIII. SEXTET (Mr. Fire Chief)

IX. RECITATIVE (Since you travel around so much - II)

IXa. SEXTET (Dog and Cow)

X. ACCOMPANIED ARIA (A Young Calf)

XI. ACCOMPANIED ARIA (The Snake and the Fox)

XII. ARIA AND RESPONSE (The Bouquet)

XIII. ACCOMPANIED ARIA (The Headcold)

XIV. RECITATIVE (Since you travel around so much - III)

XV. TRIO CAVATINA (Madam... Sir...)

XVI. SEXTET (What is it that she is saying)

XVII. TEMPEST (I'm so glad, dear, to see you at last)

XVIII. ARIA (The Fire)

XIX. SCENIC QUINTET (That sent chills up our spines)

XX. QUARTET FINALE (I can buy a pocketknife)

XXI. DUO RECAPITULATION (There, it's nine o'clock - II)

The Creation, Op. 93

Op. 93 THE CREATION (December 3, 2000) 

(Opera-)Oratorio for Voices and Orchestra 

I. In the beginning 

II. Let there be a firmament 

III. Let the waters be gathered 

IV. Let there be lights 

V. Let the waters bring forth 

VI. Let the earth bring forth 

VII. Let us make man 


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Creation%2C_Op.93_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performances:

December 22, 2000 

Mark Alburger 

NEW MUSIC House

San Rafael, CA 

December 23, 2000
NACUSA Ensemble
Hawley Salon
Half Moon Bay, CA 

March 5-7, 12-14, 2010

Sex and the Bible

Goat Hall Productions

Community Music Center
544 Capp Street, San Francisco, CA

December 4, 2021

The Opus Project presents Opus 93

Zoom Concert Everywhere!

Recordings:

BEGIN THE BUISINE
(Complete Works, Volume 35)

THE BIBLE  

THE BIBLE SEX AND THE BIBLE: THE OPERA (PART I)

Trombone Concerto ("Flute Players") (2000)

Op. 92 TROMBONE CONCERTO ("Flute Players")
(November 25, 2000)
 I. Allegro
 II. Allegro
 III. Adagio 

 IV. Allegro


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Trombone_Concerto_'Flute_Players'%2C_Op.92_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performance:

October 23, 2021

The Opus Project presents Opus 92: The Road Goes Ever On

Zoom Concert Everywhere!

Recording:

 BEGIN THE BUISINE
(Complete Works, Volume 35)

Uncle Vanya, Op. 91

Op. 91 UNCLE VANYA
(November 20, 2000)
(Libretto after Anton Chekhov)
ACT I
I. Have some tea
II. Yes... Yes...
III. Beautiful... Beautiful...
IV. Some peasants have come
V. Chick... Chick...
VI. Vanya
ACT II
I. Who is that?
II. There's a storm coming up
III. Play
IV. The storm is over
ACT III
I. Professor
II. Autumn roses
III. Good day
IV. Have pity
V. I don't feel so well
VI. Repeat what you said
VII. My life is over now
VIII. Ladies and gentlemen
ACT IV
I. Better be quick
II. Leave me alone
III. Sonya
IV. I am leaving
V. Let's forget everything
VI. They've gone


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Uncle_Vanya%2C_Op.91_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performance:

September 11, 2021

The Opus Project presents Opus 91: Falling and Rising

Megan Cullen, Soprano

Mark Alburger, Tenor

Recording:

UNCLE VANYA
(Complete Works, Volume 34)

Diocletian: A Pagan Opera, Op. 90

Op. 90 DIOCLETIAN: A PAGAN OPERA 

(September 20, 2000) 

I. First Paragraph Music 

II. Second Paragraph Music 

III. Overtures 

IV. Hornpipe (Four-To-) Tango 

V. E-I-E-I-O Thunder 

VI. Happy Funeral Music 

VII. Let the Soldiers Tell 

VIII. Since the Toils of Building 

IX. Dance of the Furies 

X. Tell Tune 

XI. Two-For-One Chaconne 

XII. Chair Dance 

XIII. What Shall I Do? 

XIV. Tarantella 

XV. Butterfly Dance 

XVI. Trumpet Tune 

XVII. Speak, Flame 

XVIII. Trumpet Tune 

XIX. Country Dance 

Op. 90a DIOCLETIAN (short version) 

I. First Paragraph Music 

II. E-I-E-I-O Thunder 

III. Happy Funeral Music  

IV. What Shall I Do? 

V. Speak, Flame (Va. Great Diocletian)  

VI. Country Dance


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Diocletian%2C_Op.90_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

January 23-25, 30-31, 2004
College of Marin Contemporary Opera
College of Marin, Kentfield, CA

March 17-19, 24-26, 2009

Dioclesian / Diocletian

Kimberly Anderman, Annemarie Ballinger, Kat Cornelius, Alison Collins, Robin Costa

Alexandra Jerinic, Erin Lahm, Maria Mikheyenko, Indre Viskontas

Goat Hall Productions 

NOH Space, San Francisco, CA

July 24, 2012

The Opus Project presents Opus 90: Sound at the Beginning of the Funnel

Zoom Concert Everywhere!

Recording / Video:

DIOCLETIAN 
(Complete Works, Volume 33)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8WQCoX8J1A&list=PL3FACBB320E94DCA7&index=24

I. First Paragraph Music II. E-I-E-I-O Thunder 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8WQCoX8J1A

II. E-I-E-I-O Thunder 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whYxl-7aRUk

III. Happy Funeral Music 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znS9rt6sexA

 

IV. What Shall I Do? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kE8N0TPHkQ

V. Speak, Flame (Va. Great Diocletian)  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEsxMGvuz74

VI. Country Dance

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