Into an uncertain new world with 20th- and 21st-century composers who somehow wrote opus 49’s in their own troubled times! With flutist Alan Kingsley, oboist Stardust, and The Opus Project Orchestra. An unprecedented concert series in place and provocation!
Projected Program (excerpts and short complete works)
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (1880)
Arthur Foote (1853-1937) Flower Songs, Op. 49 (1902)
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) The Apostles, Op. 49 (1903)
Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) Basque Fantasy, Op. 49 (1927)
Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) Scottish Song, Op. 49 (1909)
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Song, Op. 49 (1901)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931) Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49 (1918)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Pohjola’s Daughter, Op. 49 (1906)
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Song of Mephistopheles, Op. 49 (1918)
Amy Beach (1867-1944) A Song of Liberty, Op. 49 (1901)
Hans Pfitzner (1869-1949) Chorus, Op. 49 (1941)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) Piano Piece, Op. 49 (1933)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) The Haunted Palace, Op. 49 (1904)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1960) Elegy, Op. 49 (1940)
Paul Juon (1872-1940) Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 49 (1912)
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Piano Piece, Op. 49 (1905)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Double Concerto, Op. 49 (1929)
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) 3 Folksongs, Op. 49 (1948)
Alexander Gedike (1877-1957) Etude Concertante for Trumpet and Orchestra, Op. 49 (1936)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Gambler Suite, Op. 49 (1931)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1975) Chamber Sym No. 2, Op. 49 (1918)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) Konzertmusik, Op. 49 (1930)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) String Quartet No. 1, Op. 49 (1938)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) Khrimian Hairig, Op. 49 (1944)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) 6 Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op. 49 (1951)
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) Business As Usual, Op. 49 (1993)
Stardust (b. 1962) Post-Truth (2017)
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