Monday, April 30, 2007

Trout Fishing in America, Op. 146


Op. 146 TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA
(April 30, 2007)
Music Drama for Voices and Instruments,
after Richard Brautigan
I. The Cover for Trout Fishing in America
II. Knock on Wood (Part I)
III. Knock on Wood (Part II)
IV. Red Lip
V. The Kool-Aid Wino
VI. Another Method of Making Walnut Catsup
VII. Prologue to Grider Creek
VIII. Grider Creek
IX. The Ballet for Trout Fishing in America
X. A Walden Pond for Winos
XI. Tom Martin Creek
XII. Trout Fishing on the Bevel
XIII. Sea, Sea Rider
XIV. The Last Year the Trout Came Up Hayman Creek
XV. Trout Death by Port Wine
XVI. The Autopsy of Trout Fishing in America
XVII. The Message
XVIII. Trout Fishing in America Terrorists
XIX. Trout Fishing in America with the FBI
XX. Worsewick
XXI. The Shipping of Trout Fishing in America to Nelson Algren
XXII. The Mayor of the 20th Century
XXIII. Oh Paradise
XXIV. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
XXV. The Salt Creek Coyotes
XXVI. The Hunchback Trout
XXVII. The Teddy Roosevelt Chingader'
XXVIII. Footnote Chapter to "The Shipping of Trout Fishing in America to Nelson Algren"
XXIX. The Pudding Master of Stanley Basin
XXX. Room 208, Hotel Trout Fishing in America
XXXI. The Surgeon
XXXII. A Note on the Camping Craze that is Currently Sweeping America
XXXIII. A Return to the Cover of this Book
XXXIV. The Lake Josephus Days
XXXV. Trout Fishing on the Street of Eternity
XXXVI. The Towel
XXXVII. Sandbox Minus John Dillinger Equals What?
XXXVIII. The Last Time I Saw Trout Fishing in America
XXXIX. In the California Bush
XL. The Last Mention of Trout Fishing in America Shorty
XLI. Witness for Trout Fishing in America Peace
XLII. Footnote Chapter to "Red Lip"
XLIII. The Cleveland Wrecking Yard
XLIV. A Half-Sunday Homage to a Whole Leonardo da Vinci
XLV. Trout Fishing in America Nib
XLVI. Prelude to the Mayonnaise Chapter
XLVII. The Mayonnaise Chapter


Score:


Recording:

TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA
(Complete Works, Volume 64)

Thursday, January 4, 2007

St. Paul Suite, Op. 145


Op. 145 ST. PAUL SUITE
(January 4, 2007)
For voices and instruments
I. Stephen Narrative
II. That Very Day
III. Saul! Saul!
IV. Blind
V. In Prison
VI. In Ephesis
VII. In Jerusalem
VIII. In the Storm
IX. In Rome


Score:



Recording:

ST. PAUL SATURDAY NIGHT 
(Complete Works, Volume 63)

Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Grating Prelude, Op. 144


Op. 144 GRATING PRELUDE
(January 3, 2007)
For Orchestra


Score:


Performance:

August 15, 2007
Halfway Mark
Old First Presbyterian Church
San Francisco, CA


Recording:

ST. PAUL SATURDAY NIGHT 
(Complete Works, Volume 63)

Monday, January 1, 2007

Textbook for Orchestra, Op. 143


Op. 143 TEXTBOOK FOR ORCHESTRA (January 1, 2007)
I. Rhythm (Big Beat)
II. Pitch (Melody)
III. Dynamics
IV. Timbres
V. Textures (Monophony / Heterophony / Polyphony / Homophony)
VI. Simultaneities (Harmony)
VII. Form


Score:


Performances

December 9, 2006
Mark Alburger, MIDI
Diablo Valley College Music Technology Center, Pleasant HIll, CA

March 26, 2016
The Opus Project presents Opus 39: Strange But True!
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA


Recording:

ST. PAUL SATURDAY NIGHT 
(Complete Works, Volume 63)

Friday, December 15, 2006

The Ring of Harriet, Op. 142

Op. 142 THE RING OF HARRIET (December 15, 2006)
For Voice(s) and Instrument(s)
THE WIND GOD, Op. 96
FLYING OUT THE MOUTH, Op. 103
CATS, DOGS, AND DIVAS, Op. 104
OUT ON THE PORCH, Op. 107


Score:


Performances:

January 18-19, 2007
Women on the Way Festival
Suzanna Mizell, Sarah Hutchinson, Sandy Castleberry,
Maggie Tenenbaum, Cynthia Weyuker, Janet Lohr, Voices
Harriet March Page, Director / Mark Alburger, Piano and Music Director
Goat Hall Productions
Dance Mission, San Francisco, CA

April 20, 2007
Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

February 16, 2008
Harriet March Page, Sarah Hutchison, Kat Cornelius
St. Gregory's Episcopal Church, San Francisco, CA

August 5, 12 / 19 / 29, 2017
Fresh Voices XVII Festival of New Works: Feet First Into the Fire!
Teressa Foss, Soprano; Patrick Brancato, Baritone
Frank Johnson, Piano, Harriet March Page, Director
Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opera
Bay Area Stage, Vallejo, CA / St. Alban's Church, Albany, CA /
Community Music Center, Capp Street, San Francisco, CA


Recording:

THE RING OF HARRIET (Complete Works, Volume 61-62)
The Wind God
Flying Out the Mouth
Cats, Dogs, and Divas
Out on the Porch

Friday, December 1, 2006

Kipling Songs, Op. 141


Op. 141 KIPLING SONGS
(December 1, 2006)
 I. Prelude
 II. A General Summary
 III. The Betrothed


Score:

Recording:

COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES
(Complete Works, Volume 60)

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

One Page of a Swarthmore College Literary Magazine, Op. 140


Op. 140 ONE PAGE OF A SWARTHMORE COLLEGE LITERARY MAGAZINE
(November 22, 2006)
For Voice and Orchestra
I. Don't Eat the Cake
II. Cocoon
III. Extension Chords
IV. Rising from the Bowl (Shaving Cream)
V. Salmon


Score:


Performances:

May 4-5, 2006
Mark Alburger, Voice and MIDI
Diablo Valley College Music Technology Center, Pleasant HIll, CA

April 20, 2007
Mark Alburger, Voice; Alexis Alrich, Piano
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

May 23, 2015
The Opus Project presents Opus 29: Bang! Bang ! Bang!
Mark Alburger, Voice / Feona Lee Jones, Piano
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA

April 15, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 52: Non-Taxing, Non-Toxic, II
Mark Alburger and Harriet March Page, Voices / The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA


Recording:

COUNTER-REVOLUTIONARIES
(Complete Works, Volume 60)