OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL : THE SCHEDULE
Friday Evening Marathon/7 to 10 p.m.
Performing at the Ojai Festivals Bowl: Rachel Rosenthal, performance artist; Joan La Barbara, soprano; Frederic Rzewski, piano; California E.A.R. Unit
Composers: Steve Reich, “Music for Mallets,” “Sextet”; Bunita Marcus, “Adam and Eve”; Frederic Rzewski, “Mayn Yingele”; Arthur Jarvinen, “Murphy-Nights”; Joan La Barbara, “October Music: Star Showers and Extraterrestrials”; Rand Seiger, “13 Loops”; Rachel Rosenthal, “Amazonia”
Three Voices for Joan La Barbara/10:30 to 11:30 p.m. Friday
Performing at the Ojai Presbyterian Church: Joan La Barbara, soprano
Composer: Morton Feldman, “Three Voices for Joan La Barbara”
Ojai Festival Children’s Concert/10 to 11 a.m. Saturday
Performing at the Ojai Festivals Bowl: Susan Narucki, soprano; Steven Mackey, speaker/rock guitarist; San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Composers: Elliot Carter, “Sandpiper” from “A Mirror on Which to Dwell”; Charles Ives, “Circus Band”; Steven Mackey, “Indigenous Instruments”; Bela Bartok, “Contrasts”; Olly Wilson, “A City Called Heaven”; Frederic Rzewski, “Roses”; Henry Cowell, (various selections); John Cage, “Eight Whiskus”
The People United . . . /1 to 2 p.m. Saturday
Performing at the Ojai Festival Bowl: Frederic Rzewski, piano
Composer: Frederic Rzewski, “The People United . . .”
Elliott Carter Chamber Music/2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday
Performing at the Ojai Presbyterian Church: California E.A.R. Unit
Composer: Elliott Carter; “Cello Sonata,” “Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux,” “Riconoscenza,” “Canon for Four: Hommage to William,” “Enchanted Preludes” and “Triple Duo”
Carter, Mosko and Reich/8 to 10 p.m. Saturday
Performing at the Ojai Festivals Bowl: Stephen Mosko, conductor; Ole Bohn, violin; Cantinova, directed by Paul Vorwerk; Ojai Festival Chamber Orchestra
Composers: Stephen Mosko, “A Garden of Time”; Elliot Carter, “Violin Concerto”; Steve Reich, “Desert Music” (chamber orchestra version)
Mackey, Subotnick, Rzewski and Carter/11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday
Performing at the Ojai Festivals Bowl: Stephen Mosko, conductor; Susan Narucki, soprano; San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
Composers: Steven Mackey, “Indigenous Instruments”; Morton Subotnick, “. . . and the butterflies begin to sing . . .”; Frederic Rzewski, “Roses”; Elliot Carter, “A Mirror on Which to Dwell”
Carter, Subotnick and Adams/5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sunday
Performing at the Ojai Festivals Bowl: Stephen Mosko, conductor; Ojai Festival Chamber Orchestra
Composers: Elliot Carter, “Penthode”; Morton Subotnick, “. . . a desert flowers . . .”; John Adams, “Fearful Symmetries”
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