Opus 43: Symphonic Ecstasy
A multimedia event with classic and new compositions, performed by sopranists Jill Wagoner and Anne Hepburn Smith, pianist Hussein Al-Naswari and Feona Lee Jones, and The Opus Project Wind Quintet and Orchestra, conducted by Mark Alburger.
Partial Program (mostly excerpts):
J.S. Bach (1685-1750) French Suite No. 6: III. Sarabande (1725)Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Dream Children, Op. 43 (1902)Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) Franciscan Landscape, Op. 43 (1919)Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Wind Quintet, Op. 43 (1922)Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Symphony No. 2, Op. 43 (1902)Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Symphonic Nocturne (Elegie No. 2), Op. 43 (1913)Ede Poldini (1869-1957) Petit Decameron, Op. 43 (1909)Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Bacchus and Ariane, Op. 43 (1930)Vítězslav Novák (1870-1949) Pan, Op. 43 (1910)Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) Piano Humoresque, Op. 43 (1911)Louis Vierne (1870-1937)Silhouettes d’enfants, Op. 43 (1918)Paul Juon (1872-1940) Silhouettes, Series Op. 43 (1909)Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Symphony No. 3 (“The Divine Poem”), Op. 43 (1904)Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (1934)Max Reger (1873-1916) Lullaby, Op. 43, No. 5 (1900)Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) Theme and Variations for Orchestra, Op. 43 (1943)Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) Pulcinella (1920)Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)Divertissement, Op. 43 (1929)Darius Milhaud (1892-1975)Chamber Symphony No.1, Op.43 (1917)Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Speilmusik, Op. 43 (1927)Aaron Copland (1900-1990) El Salón México (1936)Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)Symphony No. 4, Op. 43 (1936)Samuel Barber (1910-1981)The Lovers, Op. 43 (1971)Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)12 Armenian Folk Songs, Op. 43 (1943)Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) The Beggar’s Opera, Op. 43 (1948)George Crumb (b. 1929)Gnomic Variations (1981)Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Deploration Passacaglias, Op. 43 (1992)Stardust (b. 1962) Annie’s Song No. 1: Like a Virgin (2016)Michael Stubblefield (b. 1989) New Work (2016)
The Opus Project is a project of the Ritual Art Troupe.
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