SEASON 4
This season on OJAICAST, we have one very special episode where host Emily Praetorius gets to talk in-depth with Artistic and Executive Director Ara Guzelimian about what magic is in store for us at the 2024 Ojai Music Festival (June 6-9). From Mozart to Schoenberg and Haydn to Gubaidulina, we take a musical tour of the Festival programming with some extra insights into Music Director Mitsuko Uchida’s close connections with the fabulous roster of musicians joining her this year.
Episode 1
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K.453 – 3. Allegretto
Performed by Mitsuko Uchida and the English Chamber Orchestra with Jeffrey Tate
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat Major, K. 482 – I. Allegro
Performed by Mitsuko Uchida and the English Chamber Orchestra with Jeffrey Tate
Sophia Gubaidulina: Five Etudes for Harp, Double Bass and Percussion
Performed Christina Rozhkova, Alexander Suslin and Mark Pekarsky
Schoenberg: 6 Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 – 6. Sehr langsam
Performed by Mitsuko Uchida
Sophia Gubaidulina: In Croce
Performed by Maria Kliegel and Elsbeth Moser
Helmut Lachenmann: Interieur
Performed by Sae Hashimoto
Kaija Saariaho: Lichtbogen
Performed by Avanti Chamber Orchestra
György Kurtág: Kafka Fragments – No. 19
Performed by Ah Young Hong and Patricia Kopatchinskaja
John Zorn: Road Runner
Performed by Frode Haltli
Haydn: Symphony No. 46 in B Major, Hob.I:46 – 4. Finale. Presto e scherzando
Performed by the English Chamber Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K.453 – 3. Allegretto
Performed by Mitsuko Uchida and the English Chamber Orchestra with Jeffrey Tate
Emily Praetorius, host and producer
Louis Ng, recording engineer
OJAICAST theme by Thomas Kotcheff and Louis Weeks
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ABOUT OUR OJAICAST HOST
Emily Praetorius, a former Ojai Music Festival Rothenberg Intern Fellow, is a composer from Ojai, CA. She recently received her DMA from Columbia University in 2023 where she studied composition with Georg Friedrich Haas and George Lewis. Her pieces have been performed by several New York City based ensembles such as Yarn/Wire, Mivos Quartet, TAK and Wet Ink Ensemble. Recent works include a solo viola work on violist Carrie Frey’s 2023 album Seagrass and a current collaboration with violin-viola duo andPlay. After 10 years of living in New York City where she studied, composed and co-owned Kuro Kirin Espresso & Coffee, she returned to her hometown of Ojai to live in the sunshine and go hiking every weekend.