Contemporary Classical Music Festival in Ojai, CA
Welcome to the Ojai Music Festival’s Live Stream Archive! Festival events are streamed live each June and archived here later in the year. View videos from past years using the players below. You can also watch more videos on the our YouTube Channel.
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Thursday Ojai Talks
2:00-4:30pm | Ojai Community Church
Part I: Peter Sellars in conversation with Ara Guzelimian
Part II: Kaija Saariaho in conversation with Ara Guzelimian
Thursday Twilight Concert
8:00-10:00pm | Libbey Bowl
KAIJA SAARIAHO: La Passion de Simone (chamber version) – US Premiere
Text: Amin Maalouf
Julia Bullock, soprano | Joana Carneiro, conductor | Peter Sellars, director | ICE | Roomful of Teeth
Morning Meditation
9:00 AM – Meditation Mount, Ojai, CA
PAULINE OLIVEROS: Sonic Meditations I
ICE
Friday Afternoon Concerts
1:00 PM – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
KAIJA SAARIAHO Chamber Music I
Kesäpäivä – “Daybreak”
Terrestre – “Oiseau dansant”
Kesäpäivä – “Work”
Light and Matter
Kesäpäivä – “The Hour of Longing”
Adjö
Kesäpäivä – “The Mystic Hour”
Grammaire des rêves
Kesäpäivä – “Twilight”
Terrestre – “L’Oiseau, un satellite infime”
Mystic Hour I
CAROLINE SHAW: Partita for 8 Voices
Roomful of Teeth
CARLA KIHLSTEDT: At Night We Walk in Circles and Are Consumed by Fire
ICE
Carla Kihlstedt, voice and violin
Friday Transformation Talks
7:00 PM – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
Transformation Talks: Light Into Darkness, Darkness Into Light
Peter Sellars and distinguished musicologist Susan McClary with Leila Adu and Carla Kihlstedt
Friday Twilight Concert
8:00 PM – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
DINA EL WEDIDI AND BAND
The Sounds of Tahrir Square, Cairo
Friday Late Night Concert
10:30 PM – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
LEILA ADU: Songs & Improvisations
Leila Adu, voice and piano
Saturday Morning Ojai Extra Concert
9:00 AM – Zalk Theater, Besant Hill School, Ojai, CA
LEILA ADU: if the stars align…
Calder Quartet
CHRISTINE SOUTHWORTH: Honey Flyers
Calder Quartet
CAROLINE SHAW: By and By
Calder Quartet | Davone Tines, baritone
Saturday Afternoon Concerts
1:00 PM – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
KAIJA SAARIAHO Chamber Music II
Nymphéa for string quartet and electronics
Calder Quartet
Jean-Baptiste Barrière, electronics
Solar
ICE
Joana Carniero, conductor
Sombre
Davone Tines, baritone
Camilla Hoitenga, bass flute
ICE
Saturday Afternoon Concert
3:00 PM – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
The Mystic Hour II
CAROLINE SHAW: This might also be a form of dreaming (Commissioned by the Ojai Music Festival) – World Premiere
Text: Claudia Rankine
ICE
Roomful of Teeth
Brad Wells, conductor
LEILA ADU: Alyssum
Calder Quartet
Bridget Kibbey, harp
DU YUN: An Empty Garlic for bass flute, electronics, and tam tam
Claire Chase, bass flute and tam tam
Saturday Transformation Talks
7:00 PM – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
Peter Sellars and distinguished musicologist Susan McClary with Tania León.
Saturday Twilight Concert
8:00 PM – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
ARUNA SAIRAM AND ENSEMBLE
Music and Beyond: South Indian Vocal Music
Saturday Ojai Late Night Concert
10:30 PM – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
Josephine Baker: A Portrait – World Premiere
Arrangements and new music by Tyshawn Sorey
ICE
Julia Bullock, soprano
Tyshawn Sorey, piano and drums
TANIA LEÓN: Pa’lante (Parts 2 & 3) – World Premiere
ICE | Youth Orchestra LA (YOLA) | Tania León, conductor
BENJAMIN CHAMPION: Untitled – World Premiere
ROBBY GOOD: Primal Pedals – World Premiere
LUCA MENDOZA: Temptations – World Premiere
ETHAN TREIMAN: Birdsong – World Premiere
SHARON HURVITZ: Catch and Release – World Premiere
ANDREW MOSES: Lung
Saturday Afternoon Concert – June 12, 2016
3:00 PM – Libbey Bowl, Ojai, CA
The Mystic Hour
CLAUDE VIVIER: Kopernikus – A Ritual opera – US Premiere
ICE | Roomful of Teeth | Eric Dudley, conductor
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Thursday Evening Concert - June 12, 2014
Jeremy Denk, piano
Uri Caine Ensemble
Selections from Janáček’s On An Overgrown Path interwoven with short works by Schubert
URI CAINE: Mahler Re-Imagined – The music of Gustav Mahler viewed through Uri Caine’s lens of transformation and improvisation
Friday Evening Concert - June 13, 2014
HAYDN: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No.3, “Rider”
JEREMY DENK / STEVEN STUCKY: The Classical Style: An Opera (of Sorts)– WORLD PREMIERE
Friday Late Night Concert - June 13, 2014
Uri Caine Sextet
The music of George Gershwin, including Rhapsody in Blue, reimagined and improvised by Uri Caine
Saturday Morning Concert - June 14, 2014
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Jeremy Denk, piano
IVES: Sonatas for Violin and Piano, Nos. 1-4 (complete)
Saturday Evening Concert II - June 14, 2014
Storm Large, vocalist
Hudson Shad Quartet
The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
BOCCHERINI (arr. The Knights): String Quintet in C major Op. 30, No. 6 – “La musica Notturna delle Strade di Madrid”
IVES: Three Places in New England (1930 version)
FELDMAN: Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety
STOCKHAUSEN (arr. Caroline Shaw): Tierkreis – Leo
WEILL: Seven Deadly Sins (in English)
Saturday Late Night Concert - June 14, 2014
Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Members of The Knights
– Max Mandel, viola
– Joseph Gramley, percussion
– Steven Beck, celesta
Ojai Festival Singers
Robert Spano, conductor
J.S. BACH: Violin Sonata No. 3 in C major, BWV 1005
FELDMAN: Rothko Chapel
Sunday Morning Concert - June 15, 2014
Timo Andres, piano
Jeremy Denk, piano
Lisa Kaplan, piano
Uri Caine Ensemble
Hudson Shad
The Knights
Eric Jacobsen, conductor
MOZART: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, “Jupiter”
Canonade: A “mélange of musical canons and canon-esque miscellaney” with selected works by Josquin, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Kurtág, Purcell, P.D.Q. Bach, Uri Caine, and J.S. Bach
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Thursday Evening Concert - June 6, 2013
The Bad Plus, jazz trio
Reid Anderson, bass
Ethan Iverson, piano
David King, drums
Igor Stravinsky: Rite of Spring (arr. The Bad Plus)
Friday Evening Concerts - June 7, 2013
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)
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)
Friday Late Night Concert - June 7, 2013
Ethan Iverson, piano
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
JOHN CAGE: Four Walls
Saturday Morning Concert - June 8, 2013
Ojai In-C Players
TERRY RILEY: In C
Saturday Evening Concert - June 8, 2013
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
Saturday Late Night Concert - June 8, 2013
red fish blue fish, percussion ensemble
JOHN CAGE: Six
CAGE/LOU HARRISON: Double Music
CAGE: Six
CAGE: Credo in US
CAGE: Inlets
CAGE: Third Construction
Sunday Morning Concert - June 9, 2013
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
Jamie Van Eyck, mezzo-soprano
Douglas Williams, baritone
Colin Fowler, organ
American String Quartet
Mark Morris, conductor
Songs by Henry Cowell and Charles Ives
CHARLES IVES: String Quartet No. 2
CARL RUGGLES: Exaltation (arr. Colin Fowler)
Sunday Evening Concerts - June 9, 2013
red fish blue fish
Colin Fowler, piano
Joshua Gersen, conductor CHARLES IVES: Variations on America
HENRY COWELL: Prelude for Organ
VINCENT PERSICHETTI: Sonatine
WILLIAM BOLCOM: La Cathedrale engloutie (Rock of Ages)
HENRY COWELL: Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 14
LOU HARRISON: Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra
MMDG Music Ensemble
red fish blue fish
Gamelan Sari Raras
Yulia Van Doren, soprano
Jamie Van Eyck, contralto
Colin Fowler, piano
Joshua Gerson, conductor
HENRY COWELL: Heroic Dance (for Martha Graham)
HENRY COWELL: Atlantis
LOU HARRISON: Fugue for Percussion
LOU HARRISON: Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan