MARK ALBURGER, 2022: September 24 - The Opus Project presents Opus 95

THE OPUS PROJECT
 presents 
Opus 95
 Songfest
8pm, Saturday, September 24, 2022
55 Taylor, Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
     Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, BuxWV 95 (c. 1667)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1770)
     Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95 (1723)
          II. Recitative - Nun, falsche Welt! 
          III. Chorale - Valet will ich dir geben  

          Megan Cullen, Soprano 
          The Opus Project Ensemble  

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Adelaide, D. 95 (1814)

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
     3 Gesange, Op. 95 (1849)
           II. An den Mond

Wilhelm Taubert (1811-1891)
      12 Lieder, Op. 95 (1854)
           III. Bei'm Haarflechten

           Megan Cullen, Soprano
           Monica Chew, Piano

Alexandre Dubuque (1812-1898)
Etude in G Minor, Op. 95 (1868)

  Antonie Francois Marmontel (1816-1898)
     3 Reveries, Op. 95 (1867)
          III. Pensee intime  

          Megan Cullen, Piano

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
     7 Lieder, Op. 95 (1884)
          VII. Schon war, das ich dir weihte

          Megan Cullen, Soprano
          Monica Chew, Piano

Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904)
     Symphony No. 9 ("From the New World"), Op. 95 (1893) 
          II. Largo  

          Stardust, English Horn
          The Opus Project Ensemble

Ignaz Brull (1846-1907)
     4 Lieder, Op. 95 (c. 1876)
          II. Hochzeitslied

Rene Lenormand (1846-1932)
     2 Melodies, Op. 95 (1914)
          II. Lorsque je ne serai plus  

          Megan Cullen, Soprano
          Monica Chew, Piano  

Eduard Schytte (1848-1909)
     Leichte charakteristische Etuden, Op. 95 (1897)
          XI. Ballade

          Megan Cullen, Piano

Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931)
     Six Paraphrases on French Children's Songs, Op. 95 (1928)
          V. Compere Guillery  

          Megan Cullen, Piano

Luise Greger (1862-1944)
     Heiliges Leid, Op. 95 (c. 1892)?

          Megan Cullen, Soprano
          Monica Chew, Piano

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
     The Rake's Progress (1951)
           Act I, Scene 2: Mother Goose's Brothel

           Mark Alburger, transformed into
           Waiting for Godot, Op. 128 (2004)
               XIV. I'm Hungry!

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
   Priez pour paix, FP 95 (1938)

          Megan Cullen, Soprano
          The Opus Project Ensemble

Nancy Bachmann
     Piano Sonata 2020 (2020)
          III. Rondo

       Nancy Bachman, Piano

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)
     Animal Opera: An Orwellian Comedy, Op. 95 (2001)
          I. Comrades - Beasts of England

       Megan Cullen and Kat Walsh, Sopranos
         Mark Alburger, Tenor
         The Opus Project Ensemble

Michael Cooke (b. 1970)
Improvisation 95 (2022)

Michael Cooke, Bassoon

Cyril Plante (b. 1975)
     Goethes lieder, Op. 95 (2005)
           III. Wanderers Nachtlied

Monica Chew (1977)
     Vendetta (2022?)

   Megan Cullen, Soprano
   Monica Chew, Piano

Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)
     The Many Wonders of the World (2022)

   Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

THE OPUS PROJECT ENSEMBLE

Mark Alburger Music Director
Megan Cullen Associate Music Director

Oboe / English Horn 
Stardust  

Bassoon 
Michael Cooke

Horn
Bob Satterford

Soprano / Piano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger

Piano
Nancy Bachman

Monica Chew

Piano / Keyboard
Hussein Al-Nasrawi

Violin   / Viola
Kat Walsh  

Cello 
Federico Strand Ramirez

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Another fabulous show, and a great audience, including Patti Deuter and Harriet March Page --

the day beginning

with

final computer work for the show,

before

heading

off

down

Southwest,

over the Sulphur Springs Mountains

and

Carquinez

and

eventually

Bay

Bridges

the

205th day of

summer,

high up 4 to 95,

locally and in Vallejo...

Fairfield, 98 (!?)
Pinole, 80
Berkeley / San Francisco, 76

Before and after all this, other endeavors of the hours include

creating cover and

web page on the Complete Works site for

Canterbury Tales, Op. 242 (2015)

edit page 14

Harp Concerto ("Ballerina"), Op. 123 (2004)
   I. Allegro giusto 

and compile text re

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
     September 23-24
          3am Closing a Cheerios Box w/ a Spike Protruding from the Top...
          5am Someone Looking Like a Cross Betwween Revolutionary and Homeless Person Appears at
              Front Door, w/ No Potential Locking... He's w/ Garbage Service.... Water Bottles at Raley's
              Still Leaning Over on Shelves Precariously a Week Later...
          6am Coronavirus in World Book, w/ Me as Revealed Model....
          10am Go to the Jesus Bathtub, Which Fades Out...