SATURDAY JUNE 8, 2013

OJAI SUNRISE
8:00 – 9:15am | Besant Hill School, Two Tree Knoll
SOLD OUT
red fish blue fish, percussion ensemble

JOHN LUTHER ADAMS: Strange and Sacred Noise
[reveal heading=”%image% Program Details”] Strange and Sacred Noise, as John Luther Adams has observed, is not about sending but receiving messages, not music as communication but as communion. Join a quartet of percussionists on a journey to “places for listening, places in which to experience the elemental mystery of noise,” all on a magical hilltop in Upper Ojai.[/reveal]

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COMMUNITY EVENT: Get Fit with MMDG!
9:00 – 10:00am | Libbey Bowl, 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).

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MORNING CONCERT
11:00am – 12:30pm | Libbey Bowl
Ojai In-C Players

TERRY RILEY: In C

[reveal heading=”%image% Program Details”] This is it, where it all started, Terry Riley’s founding document of Minimalism. A single page, 53 phrases, a steady pulse. This revolution for any number of instruments and players is all about time. And now, nearing 50, it comes at last to Ojai.[/reveal]

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OJAI FILM: Lou Harrison: A World of Music
(USA, 2012, Director Eva Soltes)
1:30 – 3:15pm | Ojai Playhouse
SOLD OUT

[reveal heading=”%image% Program Details”] This documentary offers a rare glimpse into the intimate personal struggles and artistic courage of the legendary American composer, writer and activist Lou Harrison. Harrison’s unbridled curiosity and command of musical language produced one of the great trans-cultural legacies of the 20th century.
Directed by filmmaker and music producer Eva Soltes, who will introduce the film, this feature-length documentary is drawn from over 25 years and 300 hours of performances, rehearsals and interviews conducted with Harrison and his contemporaries.[/reveal]

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OJAI FILM: Salomé
3:45 – 5:00pm | Ojai Playhouse
SOLD OUT

[reveal heading=”%image% Program Details”]Salomé, an avant-garde adaptation of the Oscar Wilde play, starring Alla Nazimova, was one of the first art films to be made in the U.S. and is presented here with live musical accompaniment by The Bad Plus.[/reveal]

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COMMUNITY EVENT: Dance with MMDG
4:00 – 5:00pm | Ojai Art Center
Put on your dancing shoes and learn steps from Mark Morris choreography. All are welcome. FREE (open to the public).

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OJAI EXTRA: Gamelan Performance
6:00 – 6:45pm | Libbey Park Gazebo
Gamelan Sari Raras
FREE (open to the public)

LOU HARRISON: Lancaran Daniel
LOU HARRISON: Gending Pak Chokro
BALINESE: Sekar Ginotan (gender wayang)
LOU HARRISON: Philemon and Baukis
JAVANESE: Jineman Eler Kambang (sléndro sanga)
LOU HARRISON: Bubaran Robert

[reveal heading=”%image% Program Details”] When Lou Harrison first experienced a gamelan concert in 1939, this beguiling universe of resonant sound was a confirmation of his most deeply held beliefs about the sources of music. This second gamelan performance combines traditional gamelan repertoire with works by Harrison.[/reveal]

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EVENING CONCERT
8:00 – 10:00pm | Libbey Bowl
MMDG Music Ensemble
American String Quartet
Joshua Gersen, conductor
Colin Fowler and Yegor Shevtsov, piano

LOU HARRISON: Suite for Symphonic Strings
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS: for Lou Harrison

[reveal heading=”%image% Program Details”] Lou Harrison’s Suite for Symphonic Strings is an absorbing study in contrasts and a compelling example of his many-sided musical persona. Adams’ for Lou Harrison an evocation of the kind of cosmic gamelan that Harrison would have loved.[/reveal]

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OJAI LATE NIGHT
10:30 – 11:30pm
red fish blue fish, percussion ensemble
FREE (reservations required)

JOHN CAGE: Six
CAGE/LOU HARRISON: Double Music
CAGE: Six
CAGE: Credo in US
CAGE: Inlets
CAGE: Third Construction

[reveal heading=”%image% Program Details”] Some pieces are structured, others are not, but these six classic percussion works explore what delighted Cage most: “the activity of sound.”[/reveal]

 

Programs and artists are subject to change