Thursday June 7th 2012 Festival
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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2012

3:30-4:30 pm

Ojai Theater

Ojai Talks

Ara Guzelimian, symposium director

Music and Place: A Creative Environment

Steven Schick, percussion

guest speakers TBA

 

5:00 pm

Libbey Park

FREE COMMUNITY EVENT

John Luther Adams

Inuksuit WEST COAST PREMIERE

An expansive spatial work for 48 percussion and piccolo players placed throughout Libbey Park directed by Steven Schick. Read More


Following Inuksuit, join American Public Media for a special Concert Insights. Performance Today host Fred Child welcomes guests Leif Ove Andsnes and Steven Schick. 7pm, Libbey Park tennis courts. FREE

8:00 pm

Libbey Bowl

John Luther Adams

Red Arc / Blue Veil

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Steven Schick, percussion

Shostakovich

Six Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva,

Op. 143a

Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Ives

Concord Sonata

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

 

 

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FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2012

1:00-4:30 pm

Ojai Valley Community Church

Ojai Talks

Ara Guzelimian, symposium director

Part I: Music and Place: Norwegian Mood

1:00-2:30 pm

Leif Ove Andsnes

Part II: Music and Place: The Interior Landscape

3:00-4:00 pm

Reinbert de Leeuw, composer

 

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8:00 pm

Libbey Bowl

Janáček

String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”

(arr. for string orchestra)

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Reinbert de Leeuw

Im wunderschönen Monat Mai

(In the Merry Month of May)

A cycle of 21 Schubert and

Schumann songs ingeniously reworked

for singing actress and ensemble

Reinbert de Leeuw, piano

Barbara Sukowa, actress

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

 

Attend the Ojai Late Night Concert 

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SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012

11:00 am

Libbey Bowl

Eivind Buene

Langsam und Schmachtend

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Wagner

Wesendonck Lieder

Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Berg

Four Songs Op. 2

Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Berg

Four Pieces Op. 5

Martin Fröst, clarinet

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Beethoven

Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major,

Op. 53, Waldstein Sonata

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

 

Attend the Ojai Films and Ojai Late Night Concert 

 

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8:00 pm

Libbey Bowl

Haflidi Hallgrímsson

Poemi, Op. 7

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Terje Tønneson, violin

Bent Sørensen

Piano Concerto No. 2, “La Mattina”

U.S. PREMIERE

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Anders Hillborg

Peacock Tales

(version for clarinet and tape)

Martin Fröst, clarinet

Mozart

Trio in E flat K. 498, “Kegelstatt”

 

Martin Fröst, clarinet

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Antoine Tamestit, viola

György Kurtág

Hommage à Robert Schumann

Martin Fröst, clarinet

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Antoine Tamestit, viola

 

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SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012

11:00 am

Libbey Bowl

Bartók

Contrasts

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Martin Fröst, clarinet

Øyvind Bjorå, violin

Grieg

Holberg Suite

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

William Bolcom

Cabaret Songs (Selections)

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Christianne Stotijn, mezzo-soprano

Copland

Clarinet Concerto

Martin Fröst, clarinet

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

 

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5:30 pm

Libbey Bowl

Debussy

Danses sacrée et profane

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

John Adams

Shaker Loops

Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor

Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

John Luther Adams

Dark Waves

(version for two pianos and tape)

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Stravinsky

Sacre du printemps

Leif Ove Andsnes, piano

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

 

Attend the Ojai Film and Ojai Late Night Concert 

All programs and artists are subject to change.

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