Mark Alburger, Works

Sunday, May 11, 2003

The Playboy of the Western World, Op. 111

Op. 111 THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD

(May 11, 2003) (after John Millington Synge)

Act I

Act II

Act III

Westeurasian frolic inspired by the (pseudo-) Easteurasian fantasy of Giacomo Puccini's Turandot, with Monty Pythonesque Oedipal allusions to The Chieftains, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, and swing jazz.

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Playboy_of_the_Western_World%2C_Op.111_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performances:

August 23-26, 2007
San Francisco Cabaret Opera / Goat Hall Productions
Oakland Metro Operahouse, Oakland, CA
PEGEEN MIKE - Eliza O'Malley
SEAN KEOGH - William Loney
JIMMY FARREL - Kristen Jones
PHILLY CULLEN - Harriet March Page
MICHAEL JAMES - Karl Coryat
CHRISTY MAHON - Robert Benda
WIDOW QUIN - Beth Henry
SARA TANSEY - Kat Cornelius
HONOR BLAKE - Cynthia Weyuker
NELLY MCLAUGHLIN - Alexis Lane Jensen
SUSAN BRADY - Lisa McHenry
OLD MAHON - Mark Alburger

Promotional shot (Suzanna Mizell, Lisa McHenry, Robert Benda, Karl Coryat, Kat Cornelius, William Loney)

Poster, on a double bill with Steven Clark's Dionysus. Rehearsal Shots, Piedmont Piano, Oakland, CA

Act II A m17 "Nobody in there this morn" (McHenry)

Act II A m105 "Sarah Tansey, Susan Brady" (Benda, Henry)

Act II A m178 "I am thinking Lord God sent him" (Benda, Henry)

Act II A m182 "You are heroes, surely" (McHenry, Henry, Benda)

Act II A "There now, drink a health to wonders" (Henry, Benda)

Act II B m178 "And you'd be using bribery?" (Henry, Benda)

Act II B m194 "It's true all girls are fond of courage, and do hate the likes of you" (Henry, Loney)

Act II B m211 "What would you give me?" (Henry, Loney)

Act II B "Oh, Widow Quin, I will give anything"

Act II B m236 "If you could see yourself"

Act II C m64 "Best be wary of a mortified scalp" (Henry, Alburger)

Act II C m70 "In the splendor of the sun" (Henry, Alburger)

Act II C m76 "My own wickedness, is that it?" (Alburger, Henry)

Act II C m96 "He never pulled his weight?" (Henry, Alburger)

Act II C m100 "Up and hiding" (Henry, Alburger) Dress Rehearsal Stills:

Act I C m14 "Is it yourself is fearing the polis?" (Jones, Page, Benda, Coryat)

Act I E m220 "She did not" (O'Malley, Benda, Henry)

Act II A m93 "Mister, you are welcome" (McHenry, Cornelius, Benda, Weyuker, Lane-Jensen)

Act II A m18 "Husband to the Widow Quin" (Henry, Cornelius, Benda)

Act II B m154 "See this, Mister?" (Henry, Benda, Loney)

Act II C m54 "I want to destroy'm for breaking" (Alburger, Henry)

Act II B m58 "Ugly Streeler" (Henry, Alburger)

Act II C m96 "Making faces" (Henry, Alburger)

Act II C m100 "He up and hiding" (Henry, Alburger)

Act II C m111 "Which way is he fled?" (Henry, Alburger)

Act II C m115 "Can overtake him? (Henry, Alburger)

Act II C m120 "Let you give good vengeance" (Benda, Henry)

Act II D m48 "You'll be like me" (Henry, Benda)

Act II D m72 "How would a lovely girl like you know about lonesome?" (Henry, Benda)

Act III A m29(1x) "His father's rotten in the ground by now" (Jones, Page)

Act III A m29 (2x) "Some with full teeth and some haven't but one" (Jones, Page)

Act III A m38(1x) "Lay your eyes on this skull" (Jones, Page, Alburger)

Act III A m47(1x) "It was my own son that hit me." (Jones, Page, Alburger)

Act III A m38(2x) "I saw coasting schooner passing" (Page, Alburger)

Act III A m55 "Do you know what? That man's raving." (Henry, Page, Alburger)

Act III A m94(1x) "I'm poorly only." (Jones, Page, Alburger, Henry)

Act III A m94(2x) "He's poorly only." (Jones, Page, Alburger, Henry)

Act III B m19 "I'm thinking we'll have right sport" (Henry, Page)

Act III C m62 "Stop that, will you!" (Jones, O'Malley, Benda, Cornelius, Alburger, McHenry, Coryat)

Act III C m82 "It's himself pretending to be dead" (Jones, O'Malley, Benda, Page, Alburger, Cornelius, McHenry, Coryat)

Act 3 C m119 "You're after making me a mighty man this day." (Jones, Page, Benda, Alburger, Cornelius, McHenry)

Act III D m14 "They're turning against you, my lad" (Henry, Benda)

Act III D m18 "Come by the back door" (Henry, Benda)

Act III D m52 "Twist a hangman's knot" (Coryat, Page, Loney, Jones"

Act III D m55 "He's the wickedest and the worst with me" (Loney, Coryat, O'Malley, Page, Jones)

Act III D m57 "You take the rope, Pegeen." (O'Malley, Loney, Coryat, Page, Jones)

Act III D 141 "Are you coming to be killed third time?" (Coryat, Lane-Jenson, Benda, Weyuker, Alburger, Loney)

Act III D m148 "They're taking me to the peelers." (McHenry, Coryat, Benda, Lane-Jenson, Weyuker, Alburger, Loney)

Act III D m150 "They're going to have me hanged." (McHenry, Coryat, Benda, Lane-Jenson, Weyuker, Alburger, Loney)

Act III D m164 "Well, little I care about such things." (Jones, O'Malley, Page, Benda, Loney, Coryat, Alburger)

Act III D m169 "I the captain with his heathen slave." (Lane-Jenson, Benda, Alburger)

Act III D m176 "Master of all fights!" (Lane-Jensen, Weyuker, Benda, Alburger)

Act III D m195 "I've lost The Playboy of the Western World!" (Cornelius, McHenry, Loney, Coryat, O'Malley)

Video Captures from Performances:

Act I A m56 "Isn't it long the nights are" (Loney, O'Malley)

Act I B m40 "If you're afeard let Shawn stop along" (Coryat, Loney, Page, O'Malley)

Tuesday, February 18, 2003

Camino Real, Op. 110

Op. 110 CAMINO REAL

(February 18, 2003)

(After Tennessee Williams)

Prologue

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

Block 4

Block 5

Block 6

Block 7

Block 8

Block 9

Block 10

Block 11

Block 12

Block 13

Block 14

Block 15

Block 16

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Camino_Real%2C_Op.110_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performances:

October 19, 2003

San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra

Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

February 29, 2004

Diablo Valley College Orchestra
Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

August 20-22, 27-29, 2004

Goat Hall Productions
Fresh Voices V
Thick House, San Francisco, CA

DON QUIXOTE / SURVIVOR / BARON DE CHARLIS / LORD BYRON

- Dale Murphy
SANCHO PANZA / KILROY - Mark Alburger
GUTMAN - Brian Rosen

GUARD / INSTRUCTOR - Karl Coryat

PRUDENCE / ABDULLAH - Sandra Castleberry

JACQUES CASANOVA - Ken Berry

OLYMPE / STREETCLEANER - Jane Goldsmith

LA MADRECITA / LADY MULLIGAN - Harriet March Page

THE GYPSY - Natalie Wilson (Stage) / Susan Clark (Recording)

ESMERALDA - Suzanna Mizell

THE DREAMER / LORD MULLIGAN - William Loney

A. RATT / LOAN SHARK / NURSIE - Marc Rubin (S) /
Mark Alburger (R) / Steven Clark (R) / Karl Coryat (R)

ROSITA / STREETCLEANER - Julie Tesar

MARGUERITTE - Eileen Meredith

April 20, 2007

San Francisco Cabaret Opera

San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra

Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

Block 9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2dJSGkCrxA

Block 10
Block 11
Block 12
Block 13
Block 14
Block 15
Block 16

Sunday, January 5, 2003

Six Characters in Search of an Author, Op. 109

Op. 109 SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
(January 5, 2003, after Luigi Pirandello)
For Voices and Orchestra
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/6_Characters_in_Search_of_an_Author%2C_Op.109_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Recording:

SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR
(Complete Works, Volume 46)

Sunday, December 1, 2002

Blake House, Op. 108

Op. 108 BLAKE HOUSE
(December 1, 2002) (after William Blake)
For Voice (or Chorus) and Keyboard (or Orchestra)
I. To the Muses
II. Reeds of Innocence
III. Hear the Voice
IV. Cradle Song
V. The Tiger
VI. Love's Secret
VII. A Poison Tree
VIII. The Sick Rose
IX. The Garden of Love
X. The Echoing Green

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Blake_House%2C_Op.108_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Recording:

BLAKE HOUSE
(Complete Works, Volume 45)

Sunday, February 17, 2002

Out on the Porch, Op. 107

Op. 107 OUT ON THE PORCH
(after Harriet March Page) (February 17, 2002)
I. When I Was Twelve
II. I'm Already in Trouble
III. When I Was Thirteen
IV. Somebody Loves Me
V. Color Conscious
VI. Sister
VII. Creole Banjo Player I
VIII. My Story
IX. Alcoholics
X. Creole Banjo Player II
XI. Mother
XII. Object of Desire
XIII. Left-Handed Pisces
XIV. You Appeared
XV. Chopin
XVI. Family Myth
XVII. Dying
XVIII. The Letter
XIX. End the Beguine
XX. Greatgrandma

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Out_on_the_Porch%2C_Op.107_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Performances:

March 13, 2004
Harriet March Page, Soprano
NACUSA Concert, Art Center, Palo Alto, CA

April 3, 2004
Rory Snyder, Soprano Saxophone
Faculty Scholarship Concert, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA

Recording:

OUT ON THE PORCH
(New Music, 2008)
I. When I Was Twelve
II. I'm Already in Trouble
III. When I Was Thirteen
IV. Somebody Loves Me
V. Color Conscious
VI. Sister
VII. Creole Banjo Player I
VIII. My Story
IX. Alcoholics
X. Creole Banjo Player II
XI. Mother
XII. Object of Desire
XIII. Left-Handed Pisces
XIV. You Appeared
XV. Chopin
XVI. Family Myth
XVII. Dying
XVIII. The Letter
XIX. End the Beguine
XX. Greatgrandma

Friday, February 1, 2002

The Nativity According to St. Luke, Op. 106

Op. 106 THE NATIVITY ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE
(February 1, 2002)
I. The Annunciation of John the Baptist
II. The Annunciation of Jesus (Ave Maria)
III. The Visitation
IV. The Song of Mary (Magnificat)
i. Magnificat anima mea (Chorus)
ii. Et exultavit (Women's Chorus)
iii. Quia respexit (Soprano Aria)
iv. Omnes generationes (Chorus)
v. Quia fecit mihi magna (Soprano, Alto, Tenor Trio)
vi. Et misericordia (Alto Tenor Duet)
vii. Fecit potentiam
viii. Deposuit potentes de sede
ix. Esurientes implevit bonis
x. Suscepit Israel
xi. Sicut locutus est
xii. Gloria Patri
V. The Birth of John the Baptist
VI. The Prophecy
VII. The Birth of Jesus
VIII. The Shepherds
IX. The Presentation
X. The Boy in the Temple

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Nativity_According_to_St._Luke%2C_Op.106_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Recording:

MEDITERRANEAN SEE
(Complete Works, Volume 43)

Tuesday, January 1, 2002

Gloria, Op. 105

Op. 105 GLORIA
(January 1, 2002)
I. Gloria
II. Et in Terra Pax
III. Laudamus Te
IV. Gratias Agimus Tibi
V. Propter Magnum Gloriam
VI. Domine Deus
VII. Domine Fili Unigente
VIII. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
X. Qui Tollis
X. Qui Sedes ad Dexteram
XI. Quoniam tu Solus Sanctus
XII. Cum Sancto Spiritus

Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Gloria%2C_Op.105_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

Recording:

MEDITERRANEAN SEE
(Complete Works, Volume 43)