Saturday, March 13, 2021

March 13 - The Opus Project presents Opus 87


THE OPUS PROJECT

presents
OPUS 87
Angles and Divots
7pm, Saturday, March 13, 2021
Zoom Everywhere!

               
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)   
     Trio in C Major, Op. 87 (1795)
          II. Adagio

                           

               Kat Walsh, Bassoon Trio

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


          IV. Finale

               Kristen Kline and Kat Walsh, Violins and Viola

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jStBFx5ELus

Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)       
     L'île inconnue (The Unknown Island), H. 87 (1841)

                Megan Cullen, Soprano
                Appcomanist

               https://youtu.be/732hLUE1JIw

César Cui (1835-1918)           
     Musical Miniatures, Humorescques, and Letters, Op. 87 (1910)
          I. Miniatures: VIII

                Megan Cullen, Soprano and Piano

               https://youtu.be/a7MfCp_U55g

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)       
     2  Songs, Op. 87 (1904)
          II. Le ramier

               Megan Cullen, Soprano
               Appcompanist

               https://youtu.be/xIZ89BcWTmU

Gabriel Verdalle (1847-1918)       
     Scherzetto, Op. 87 (1901)

               Katrina Szederkenyi, Harp

               https://youtu.be/VzWkAH-yCd4

Moritz Moszkowski (1854-1925)   
     3 Morceaux, Op. 87 (1911)
          III. Impromptu

               Megan Cullen, Piano

               https://youtu.be/FZD0PrTDn_4

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)       
     6 Pièces humoristiques, Op. 87 (1907)
          IV. Autrefois (In the Old Days)

               https://youtu.be/tcGg4E3IvZo

Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)       
     4 Nouvelles sonatines, Op. 87 (1924)
          No. 1
               I. Moderato, sans lenteur

                    Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

                    https://youtu.be/skBa_K-FOt0

               II. Andante moderato

                    https://youtu.be/rjFcjY5rqBg

          No. 2
               II. Andante espressivo

                    https://youtu.be/DxtFazfEmkA

          No. 3
               II. Mouvement de Sicillene

                    Megan Cullen, Piano

                    https://youtu.be/8xpMBXB5YO4

Nicolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950)   
     From Many Years, Op. 87 (1936)
          IX. (1908)
           
               Megan Cullen, Soprano
               Appcompanist

               https://youtu.be/DrlX_K6IWgo

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)       
     Symphony ("Mathis der Maler") (1934)
           I. Engelkonzert

                Mark Alburger, re-interpreted as
                Alma Maria Schinder Mahler Gropius Werfel, Op. 232 (2018)
                      LVI. 1934 - Elias Canetti / Maid

    J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
          The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (BWV 846-869)
                Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major



               https://youtu.be/mTmL49wAfKI

               https://youtu.be/mmmOeoRIFsQ

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)    
     24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 (1951)
          Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C Major

               Mark Alburger and Megan Cullen, Piano

          Prelude No. 19 in Eb Major

              Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

              https://youtu.be/mzFOtmVY_Dg
                           
    G.F. Handel (1685-1759)       
          Water Music (1717)
                VII. Minuet

John Cage (1912-1992)           
     Water Music (1952)
           Radio at 102.5

                Mark Alburger, Electronics, reinterpreted as
                Genre Implosions No. 3 ("Time Cyclone"), Op. 167 (2008)
                     II. Baroque - (1685) G.F. Handel / Cage Water Music    


    Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
          Water Music, Op. 224 (2014)
               I. If It Behaved

               Mark Alburger, Electronics

 and Voice

Michael Kimbell (b. 1946)       
     Three Sonnets from the Portuguese, Op. 1 (1965)
          I. When Our Two Souls

               Alec Jeong, Tenor
               Asako Tsumagari, Piano           

               https://youtu.be/K6YLfR1MF5k

Mark Alburger (b. 1957)       
     Violin Concerto ("Ticklish"), Op. 87 (2000)
          II. Adagio

               Kristen Kline, Violin
               Megan Cullen, Piano


Rob Peters (b. 1969)           
     3 Pieces for Wind Instruments, Op. 87 (1997)
          I. Fugue

               Kat Walsh, Bassoon Trio

               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ATCWqdl3-o

Hussein Al-Nasrawi (b. 1991)
     Homage to Fumiyo (2021)

               Hussein Al-Nasrawi, Piano

               https://youtu.be/1f9rkxvT9j8


The Opus Project Performers

Mark Alburger     Music Director
Megan Cullen      Associate Music Director

Bassoon
Kat Walsh

Soprano
Megan Cullen

Tenor
Mark Alburger
Alec Jeong

Harp
Katrina Szederkenyi

Piano
Hussein Al-Nasrawi
Megan Cullen
Asako Tsumagari

Electronics
Mark Alburger

Violin
Kristen Kline

Viola
Kat Walsh