Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Dan Cook Canyon, Op. 285

Op. 285 DAN COOK CANYON (July 3, 2018)
Six Tethered Tales 'Round Danville, CA
I. Goodbye God, I'm Going to Bodie
     (Dan Cook Strikes It Rich / The Open Bar)
II. Al Diablo Contigo
     (Dan Cook Inherits a Ranch / Big Trains of Californian Aristocracy)
III. Five Haunted Houses in San Rafael
     (Dan Cook Disappears / Day Below an Oak Hill)
IV. San Francisco Spite Walls
     (Dan Cook's Niece / Intermezzo Interruptus)
V. Amundsen Beyond Tromso
     (Dan Cook's Grand-Niece / Sinfonia Artica: Seascape)
VI. State Park Anecdote and Trail Guide
     (Dan Cook's Ghost / Concerto Profana)


Score:


Sunday, July 1, 2018

Milhaud Orchestrations, Op. 284


Op. 284 MILHAUD ORCHESTRATIONS (July 1, 2018)


I. Saudades do Brazil, Op. 67: I (after La Creation du Monde: Fugato)


II. Trois Rag-Caprices, Op. 78: I (after Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring)


Performances:

July 28, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 67: Ludwig, Bela, Igor, and the Wolf
The Opus Project Orchestra 
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

May 25, 2019
The Opus Project presents Opus 77-78
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA


Saturday, June 2, 2018

Debussy Orchestrations, Op. 283



Op. 283 DEBUSSY ORCHESTRATIONS (June 2, 2018)
     (after Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun)


I. Arabesque No. 1, L. 66 (1891)


     II. Reverie, L. 68 (1890)
     III. Suite Bergamasque, L 75 (1905): III. Claire de Lune


     Performances

     June 30, 2018
     (Get Your Kicks with) OPUS 66
     
The Opus Project Orchestra
     Diablo Valley College Music Building
     Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

     August 25, 2018
     Revolution! (Sturm und Drang): OPUS 68
     The Opus Project Orchestra
     Diablo Valley College Music Building
     Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

     April 27, 2019
     The Opus Project presents Opus 75-76
     The Opus Project Orchestra
     Diablo Valley College Music Building
     Viking Dive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Friday, June 1, 2018

Chopin Orchestrations, Op. 282


Op. 282 CHOPIN ORCHESTRATIONS (June 1, 2018)
I. Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66 (1834,
     after George Crumb's Echoes of Time and the River, 1967)
II. March Funebre in C Minor, Op. 72, No. 2 (1829,
     after Hector Berlioz's Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale,
     1840)


Score:



Performance:

     June 30, 2018
     (Get Your Kicks with) OPUS 66
     The Opus Project Orchestra
     Diablo Valley College Music Building
     Viking Drive, Pleasant Hill, CA

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Leonin Locale, Op. 281


Op. 281 LEONIN LOCALE
(CROSSWORD PUZZLE, 5/23/18)
(May 23, 2018)
For Voices and Orchestra
I. Across
II. Down


Score:


Performance:

May 24, 2018
Diablo Valley College Music Theory
Pleasant Hill, CA

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Prokofiev Orchestrations, Op. 280

Op. 280 PROKOFIEV ORCHESTRATIONS (May 2, 2018)
I. Music for Children, Op. 65: X. March (1935)
     (after The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33 [1919]: III. March)
II. Music for Children, Op. 65: XII. Moonlit Meadows (1935)
     (after The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33 [1919]: IV. Scherzo)


Score:


Performances:

May 26, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 65: The Unkindest Cut of All
The Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA 

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

D'Indy Orchestrations, Op. 279


Op. 279 D'INDY ORCHESTRATIONS (May 1, 2018)
     I.  Minuet on the Name of Haydn, Op. 65
          (1909, after Symphony on a French Mountain Air, Op. 25 [1886])
     II. Fantaisie, Op. 99 
          (1930, after Diptyque Mediterraneen, Op. 87 [1925])


Score:



Performance:

May 26, 2018
The Opus Project presents Opus 65: The Unkindest Cut of All
Th Opus Project Orchestra
Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA