Thursday, June 5
8:00 pm
Libbey Bowl

SIGNAL, contemporary ensemble
BRAD LUBMAN, conductor

Steve Reich: Eight Lines
Reich: Nagoya Marimba
Reich: Four Organs
Reich: Daniel Variations


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Friday, June 6
10:30 am – 3:30 pm
Ojai Presbyterian Church

FESTIVAL SYMPOSIUM
10:30 am – 12:00 pm – The Rest is Noise with Alex Ross
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm LUNCH
1:00 pm – 2:15 – In Conversation with David Robertson
2:15-3:30 pm – In Conversation with Steve Reich


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Friday, June 6
8:00 pm

Libbey Bowl

OJAI FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
DAVID ROBERTSON, conductor

Antheil: A Jazz Symphony
François Narboni: El Gran Masturbador
(U.S. premiere)
Chaplin: Modern Times
Live accompaniment to the Chaplin silent film


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Saturday, June 7
11:00 am
Libbey Bowl

DAWN UPSHAW, soprano
GIL KALISH, piano

Recital includes music by Foster, Seeger, Ives, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Messiaen, Schumann, Wolf, Berg, Weill and Bolcom


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Saturday, June 7
3:00 – 4:00 pm

Ojai Art Center

FREE BONUS EVENT
Celebrating composer’s 100th birthday

ERIC HUEBNER, piano
ERIKA DUKE, cello

Elliott Carter: 90+
Carter: Cello Sonata
Carter: Night Fantasies


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Saturday, June 7
4:30 – 5:30 pm

Ojai Playhouse

FREE BONUS EVENT
Celebrating composer’s 100th birthday

A Labyrinth of Time
documentary film of the life and work of Elliott Carter

Saturday, June 7
8:00 pm
Libbey Bowl

OJAI FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
DAVID ROBERTSON, conductor
BARBARA SUKOWA, actress
JULIANA SNAPPER, soprano
MILLER PUCKETTE, electronics

Philippe Manoury: En écho
Michael Jarrell: Cassandre
(West Coast premiere)


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Saturday, June 7
11:00 pm

Ojai Art Center

FREE BONUS EVENT

FRANK ALMOND, violin
ANDREW SHULMAN, cello
TODD LEVY, clarinet
GLORIA CHENG, piano

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Celebrating composer’s 100th birthday


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Sunday, June 8
11:00 am
Libbey Bowl

DAVID ROBERTSON, conductor
STEVE REICH
, NEXUS, SO PERCUSSION, WADE CULBREATH, percussion
ERIC HEUBNER, piano
Members of SIGNAL, vocals

Ligeti: Etude I - Désordre
Ligeti: Etude VI - Automne à Varsovie
Varese: Ionisation
Celebrating composer’s 125th birthday
Reich: Drumming


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Sunday, June 8
5:30 pm
Libbey Bowl

OJAI FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
DAVID ROBERTSON, conductor
DAWN UPSHAW, Soprano
KATE LINDSEY, mezzo soprano
NEXUS, percussion
SO PERCUSSION, percussion
Members of SIGNAL, vocals

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Steve Reich: Tehillim

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Festival concerts performed at Libbey Bowl. Programs and artists are subject to change.
As of January 2008