FRIDAY JUNE 7, 2013
COMMUNITY EVENT: Get Fit with MMDG!
9:00 – 10:00am | Libbey Park, Flagpole Lawn
Combine fun and fitness to jump-start your day. Work out with dancers from the Mark Morris Dance Group. FREE (open to the public).
OJAI TALKS Part I: “Lou Harrison and California”
OJAI TALKS Part II: “John Luther Adams and Place”
Part I: 1:00 – 2:00pm | Part II: 2:30 – 3:30pm
Ojai Valley Community Church
SOLD OUT
John Luther Adams and Place: John Luther Adams is an environmentalist and composer whose life and work are deeply rooted in the natural world. In this in-depth interview, he shares his deep curiosity for exploring the territory of “sonic geography” – that region between place and culture…between environment and imagination.[/reveal] John Luther Adams’ appearance at the Ojai Music Festival is funded in part through New Music USA’s MetLife Creative Connections program.
OJAI EXTRA: Gamelan Performance
5:00 – 5:45pm | Libbey Park Gazebo
Gamelan Sari Raras
FREE (open to the public)
LOU HARRISON: Gending Alexander
NARTOSABDHO: Larang Kagok Semarang
LOU HARRISON: Lancaran Samuel and Ladrang Samuel
BALINESE: Sulendro
JAVANESE: Jineman Uler Kambang (pélog nem)
LOU HARRISON: In Honor of Mark Twain
JAVANESE: Ladrang Pangkur(pélog nem)
EVENING CONCERT I
7:00 – 8:00pm | Libbey Bowl – Reserved Seating SOLD OUT
Mark Morris Dance Group
American String Quartet
MMDG Music Ensemble
Mosaic and United (Henry Cowell: String Quartets No. 3 and No. 4)
Empire Garden (Charles Ives: Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano)
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The wit, grace and refined musicality that embody Mark Morris’ choreographic invention are on display in this pair of concerts by the Mark Morris Dance Group. Kinetically robust, emphatically musical and profoundly human, these dances to the music of Harrison, Cowell, Ives and barber are not to be missed. In between the concerts, Yegor Shevtsov performs Satie and Cage on toy piano at the Libbey Park Playground.[/reveal]
OJAI EXTRA
8:15 – 8:45pm | Libbey Park Playground
Yegor Shevtsov, toy piano
FREE (open to the public)
ERIK SATIE:
Menus propos enfantins
Enfantillages pittoresques
Peccadilles importunes
JOHN CAGE: 4’33”
JOHN CAGE: Suite for Toy Piano
EVENING CONCERT II
9:00 – 10:00pm | Libbey Bowl – Reserved Seating SOLD OUT
Mark Morris Dance Group
MMDG Music Ensemble
Excursions (Samuel Barber: Excursions for the piano)
Jenn and Spencer (Henry Cowell: Suite for Violin and Piano) – West Coast Premiere
Grand Duo (Lou Harrison: Grand Duo for Violin and Piano)
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The wit, grace and refined musicality that embody Mark Morris’ choreographic invention are on display in this pair of concerts by the Mark Morris Dance Group. Kinetically robust, emphatically musical and profoundly human, these dances to the music of Harrison, Cowell, Ives and barber are not to be missed. In between the concerts, Yegor Shevtsov performs Satie and Cage on toy piano at the Libbey Park Playground.[/reveal]
OJAI LATE NIGHT
10:30 – 11:30pm | Libbey Bowl
Ethan Iverson, piano
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
FREE (reservations required)
JOHN CAGE: Four Walls
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This dance drama, written in 1944 for Merce Cunningham, is a mesmerizing essay in sound, silence, repetition, and gradual change that captures the inner workings of an uneasy mind – you won’t want to miss it.[/reveal]
DONOR EVENT: Open Mic Night with Mark Morris
11:30pm | Agave Maria’s Restaurant
Sing your heart out at this late night karaoke-style party with Mark Morris and The Bad Plus.
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Programs and artists are subject to change