THURSDAY, JUNE 11

 

11:00am – 1:30pm
Ojai Valley Community Church (907 El Centro St)

Part I: The World of Percussion, with Steven Schick
Part II: Composition and Performance as Theater, with John Luther Adams and Roland Auzet

Ara Guzelimian, Ojai Talks director

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3:30- 4:45pm
Libbey Park

Steven Schick, director
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CalArts ensemble
JOHN LUTHER ADAMS: Sila: The Breath of the World (West Coast Premiere)

Ojai reimagines the concert experience with Sila: The Breath of the World by Pulitzer Prize winner John Luther Adams, who continues his ongoing exploration of sound in an outdoor environment. Inspired by the Inuit concept of the spirit that animates the world, Sila places 80 musicians throughout Libbey Park while listeners are welcome to roam, creating an absorbing and mystical experience.

FREE

Watch John Luther Adams discuss Sila >>

Sila is commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Washington Performing Arts, Ojai Music Festival, Cal Performances, and La Jolla Symphony and Chorus.

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Part I: 6:00-7:00pm | Part II: 8:00-10:00pm
Libbey Bowl

Part I: Bartók Boulez I
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Steven Schick, conductor
Calder Quartet

PIERRE BOULEZ: Dérive I
BÉLA BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 1
BÉLA BARTÓK: String Quartet No. 2

In this first of four concerts pairing two twentieth-century giants Bartók stakes his claim to the string quartet while Boulez derives a new work from the essence of another.

Part II:
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Claire Chase, flute
Gloria Cheng and Vicki Ray, pianos
Mellissa Hughes, soprano
Steven Schick, conductor

EDGARD VARÈSE: Intégrales
EDGARD VARÈSE: Ionisation
EDGARD VARÈSE: Density 21.5
EDGARD VARÈSE: Déserts (with tape)
CARLOS CHAVEZ: Toccata for Percussion
ALBERTO GINASTERA: Cantata para América Mágica

With these works Edgard Varèse inaugurated a revolution that presaged future worlds; Carlos Chávez and Albert Ginastera harnessed that revolution to evoke a mythic past.

** One ticket for both parts **

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