Thursday, July 1, 1999

Esther Xerxes, Op. 78 (1999)


Op. 78 ESTHER XERXES (July 1, 1999)
Opera in Three Acts for Voices and Orchestra


Ouverture  Atto Primo

 
I. CORO - "Bring Queen Vashti"
  II. ARIOSO
 

"Why don't you make a search to find some beautiful young virgins?" 

III. SINFONIA E SCENA

 
"When King Nebuchadnezzar" (Esther in the Harem) 

IV. DUETTO

 
"Bigthana and Teresh" (The Plot Against Xerxes) 

Atto Secondo 
V. ARIA - "There is a certain race" (The Plot Against the Jews) 
VI. SCHERZO - "On the thirteenth day of Adar" (Esther and Mordecai) 
VII. ARIA - "If anyone" (Esther in the Hall) 
VIII. SCENA - "What is it" (Esther, Xerxes, and Haman) 
Atto Terzo 
IX. TERZETTO - "Now, then, Queen Esther" (The Death of Haman) 
X. ARIA E CORO - "Proclamation issued" 


Performance:

May 25, 2019
The Opus Project presents 77-78: Being and Somethingness
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA


Recording:

STORIES WITH A VIEW
(Complete Works, Volume 26)

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Saturday, May 29, 1999

Henry Miller in Brooklyn, Op. 77


Op. 77 HENRY MILLER IN BROOKLYN (May 29, 1999)
(after Mel Clay)
A Music Theatre Piece in Two Acts
(Soprano, Alto, Tenor, 2 Winds, 2 Trumpets, Trombone, Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums)
I. Overture
II. Suicide Song
III. Morning Chorale I
IIIa. Morning Chorale II
IIIb. Egypt
IV. At the Blood Bank
V. Coney Island
VI. Arthur Rimbaud I
VII. Idea Song
VIII. Love Song
IX. At the Club
X. Paris
XI. Subway Madman
XIa. June's Song
XII. Ballad of Past Lovers
XIIa. What Shall I Wear
XIII. Pregnancy Ballad
XIIIa. Morning Chorale III
XIV. Ballad of the Difficult Life
XV. Suicide and Seduction Song
XVI. Party Tango
XVII. Useful Song
XVIII. Doctor Song
XVIIIa. I Want to be your Woman
XIX. I Wrote This Today
XX. Hello Jupiter
XXI. Finale


Score:


https://imslp.org/wiki/Henry_Miller_in_Brooklyn%2C_Op.77_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

July 10, 1999
Mark Alburger, Voice
American Composer's Forum, Yerba Buena Center, San Francisco, CA

December 5, 1999
Mark Alburger and Laurie Amat, Voices; NEW MUSIC Ensemble
American Composer's Forum, Noe Valley Ministry, San Francisco, CA

December 17, 1999
Mark Alburger, Voice
NEW MUSIC House, San Rafael, CA

June 17-18, 2000
Fresh Voices Festival
Goat Hall, San Francisco, CA

HENRY - Mark Alburger
JUNE - Jennifer Ashworth
JEANNE - Diana Landau

I. Suicide Song
(Alburger)

VI. Arthur Rimbaud I
(Landau)

XIa. June's Song
(Ashworth)

June 30, 2000
Mark Alburger, Voice
NEW MUSIC House, San Rafael, CA

August 26-27, 2000
Harriet March Page, Soprano
Two Fish Out of Water, Goat Hall Productions, San Francisco, CA

September 23, 2000
Mark Alburger, Voice
Hurlburt Salon, San Francisco, CA

December 22, 2000
Harriet March Page, Soprano
NEW MUSIC House, CA

April 30, 2001
Leticia C. Page, Soprano
Pacifica TV, Pacifica, CA

May 4-20, 2001
Goat Hall Productions
Potrero Hill Neighborhood House Theatre, San Francisco, CA

HENRY - Rick Richetta
JUNE - Leticia C. Page
JEANNE - Elaine Romanelli


February 23, 2002
Laurie Amat, Soprano
College Music Society, California State University - Stanislaus, Turlock, CA

May 2, 2002
Jennifer Ashworth, Soprano
Diablo Valley College Theatre, Pleasant Hill, CA

April 20, 2007
Suzanna Mizell, Soprano; Alexis Alrich, Piano
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

April 27, 2019
The Opus Project presents Spirit of Opus 75-76
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

July 7, 2018
Flower Piano
Mark Alburger, Tenor / Martha, Piano
Golden Gate Park Botanical Garden, San Francisco, CA


Recording:

HENRY MILLER IN BROOKLYN (New Music, 2008)
I. Overture
II. Suicide Song
III. Morning Chorale I
IIIa. Morning Chorale II
IIIb. Egypt
IV. At the Blood Bank
V. Coney Island
VI. Arthur Rimbaud I
VII. Idea Song
VIII. Love Song
IX. At the Club
X. Paris
XI. Subway Madman
XIa. June's Song
XII. Ballad of Past Lovers
XIIa. What Shall I Wear
XIII. Pregnancy Ballad
XIIIa. Morning Chorale III
XIV. Ballad of the Difficult Life
XV. Suicide and Seduction Song
XVI. Party Tango
XVII. Useful Song
XVIII. Doctor Song
XVIIIa. I Want to be your Woman
XIX. I Wrote This Today
XX. Hello Jupiter
XXI. Finale


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Wednesday, March 10, 1999

Animal Farm, Op.76


Op. 76 ANIMAL FARM 
(March 10, 1999; New Music, 1999) 
Grand Zoological Fantasy-Variations for Chamber Orchestra 
(1111 1111, 1 perc, pf, strings) 
A. Cold-Blooded 
     I. Wasps 
     II. Flies 
     III. Spiders 
     IV. Crabs 
     V. Sharks 
     VI. Frogs 
     VII. Turtles 
     VIII. Snakes 
B. Birds 
     IX. Penguins 
     X. Seagulls
     XI. Ducks
     XII. Swans 
     XIII. Eagles
     XIV. Chickens 
     XV. Nightingales 
     XVI. Cuckoos 
C. Mammals I 
     XVII. Platypusses 
     XVIII. Kangaroos 
     XIX. Mice 
     XX. Chipmunks 
     XXI. Whales 
     XXII. Bears 
     XXIII. Cats 
     XXIV. Lions 
D. Mammals II 
     XXV. Dogs 
     XXVI. Wolves 
     XXVII. Skunks 
     XXVIII. Elephants 
     XXIX. Horses 
     XXX. Donkeys 
     XXXI. Pigs 
     XXXII. Sheep 


Score:




The 32 Grand Zoological Fantasy-Variations of Animal Farm take for its subject the structure of Leslie Bricusse's Talk to the Animals, with each variant as four eight-bar phrases, plus a four-measure coda (36 total). The four variational subsets are in a biological progression derived from the work of Carolus Linnaeus as A. Cold-Blooded, B. Birds, C. Mammals I, and D. Mammals II. Variations have been premiered in Philadelphia, PA; Surrey, ME; and Tacoma, WA -- and the entire work, with videos, is online at the DrMarkAlburger channel on YouTube. The music is ideally paired with a coda of The Four Temperaments -- a quartet of human pieces on the same subject. Musical gene-splicing may be heard in Cold-Blooded from Ralph Vaughan Williams's The Wasps and Tuba Concerto, F.J. Haydn's Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise"), Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 4, Gilles Binchois's L'homme arme (treated as crab and mensuration canons a la Guillaume Dufay and Josquin des Pres), Camille Saint-Saens's Carnival of the Animals, John Williams's Jaws, Alburger's Mice and Men, Peter Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Oliver Wallace's Alice in Wonderland, and Igor Stravinsky's The Flood. 


Performances: 

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

December 15, 2001 
The Surrey Ensemble, Thom Wubbenhorst 
The Surrey School, Surrey, ME

December 18, 2001 
The Annie Wright School Tacoma, WA 

December 1, 2005 
Tritone Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Technology Center
Pleasant Hill, CA

April 26, 2007
Tritone Orchestra
 Diablo Valley College Music Technology Center
Pleasant Hill, CA

April 18, 2008
Tritone Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Technology Center
Pleasant Hill, CA

September 25, 2010
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Church, San Francisco, CA

April 27, 2019
The Opus Project presents Spirit of Opus 75-76
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA


Recordings / Videos

ANIMAL FARM (New Music, 2008)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2PtpXz5pAs&list=PL376F718839ABC13E

II. Flies 


III. Spiders 


IV. Crabs 


V. Sharks 


VI. Frogs 


VII. Turtles 



B. Birds 
IX. Penguins 


X. Seagulls




XIV. Chickens 


XV. Nightingales 


XVI. Cuckoos 
C. Mammals I 
XVII. Platypusses 


XVIII. Kangaroos 
XIX. Mice 


XX. Chipmunks 


XXI. Whales 


XXII. Bears 


XXIII. Cats 


XXIV. Lions 


D. Mammals II 
XXV. Dogs 


XXVI. Wolves 


XXVII. Skunks 


XXVIII. Elephants 


XXIX. Horses 


XXX. Donkeys 


XXXI. Pigs 


XXXII. Sheep 


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Thursday, February 4, 1999

Symphony No. 3 ("Recycled"), Op. 75


Op. 75 SYMPHONY NO. 3 ("Recycled") 
(February 4, 1999; New Music, 1999) 
For Orchestra (2222 2231 2perc, pf, strings) 
I. Moderato 
II. Andante 
III. Allegro agitato - Allegretto - Allegro agitato
IV. Andante mosso 


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.3_'Recycled'%2C_Op.75_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performance:

April 27, 2019
The Opus Project presents Spirit of Opus 75-76
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA


Recording:

EAST-WEST DISSONANCE 
(Complete Works, Volume 23, New Music, 2009)
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Wednesday, January 6, 1999

Buddha's Little Instruction Book, Op. 74 (1999)


Op. 74 BUDDHA'S LITTLE INSTRUCTION BOOK
(January 6, 1999; New Music 1999)
Ground for 2 Voices and Keyboard
I. Love
II. Life
III. Hatred
IV. Kindness
V. Yourself
VI. Victory


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Buddha's_Little_Instruction_Book%2C_Op.74_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performance:

February 28, 2019
The Opus Project presents Opus 73-74: When in Romance...
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA


Recording:

EAST-WEST DISSONANCE
(Complete Works, Volume 23, New Music, 2009)
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Friday, January 1, 1999

The Opera of Daniel, Op. 73 (1999)


Op. 73 THE OPERA OF DANIEL (January 1, 1999)
For Voices and Orchestra
I. By the Waters of Babylon
II. Nebuchadnezzar's First Dream
III. The Fiery Furnace
IV. Nebuchadnezzar's Second Dream
V. Belshazzar's Feast
VI. The Procession of Darius
VII. The Lion's Den
VIII. Song of the Young
IX. Judgement and Prophecy
X. Lion Te Deum


Score:


https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Opera_of_Daniel%2C_Op.73_(Alburger%2C_Mark)

 
Performance:

February 28, 2019
The Opus Project presents Opus 73-74: When in Romance...
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA


Recordings:

EAST-WEST DISSONANCE
(Complete Works, Volume 23, New Music, 2009)

THE BIBLE
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Tuesday, December 15, 1998

The Nativity According to St. Matthew, Op. 72


Op. 72 THE NATIVITY ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
(December 15, 1998) 
For Voices and Instruments 
I. Now the Birth of Jesus Christ Was on This Wise 
II. Now at Jesus's Birth 
III. In Bethlehem 
IV. Where is the King? 
V. Find Me the King 
VI. The Star 
VII. And Being Warned by God in a Dream 
VIII. Then Herod 
XIX. An Angel of the Lord 


Score:


Performances: 

December 24, 2007 
Mark Alburger, Garbage Band
Page Salon, Linwood, WA

December 15, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 72: Darkness into Light
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA



October 22, 2022
Circling!
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Lakeside Presbyterian Church
San Francisco, CA

December 11, 2022
DCC Christmas Concert
Davis Community Church Chamber Orchestra and Chancel Choir
Davis Community Presbyterian Church
Davis, CA


Recordings:


THE NATIVITY ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW
(Complete Works, Volume 22, New Music, 2009) 
I. Now the Birth of Jesus Christ Was on This Wise  
II. Now at Jesus's Birth  
III. In Bethlehem  
IV. Where is the King?  
V. Find Me the King  
VI. The Star  
VII. And Being Warned by God in a Dream  
VIII. Then Herod  
IX. An Angel of the Lord  

THE BIBLE (Recording-in-Progress)



Video:

San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Lakeside Presbyterian Church
San Francisco, CA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiWwmKj0cs4




Publication:


THE NATIVITY ACCORDING TO ST. MATTHEW (New Music, 2000-2009)

I. Now the Birth of Jesus Christ Was on This Wise


II. Now at Jesus's Birth


III. In Bethlehem


IV. Where Is the King?



V. Find Me the King


VI. The Star

VII. And Being Warned by God in a Dream


 VIII. Then Herod


 XIX. An Angel of the Lord



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