The Ojai Music Festival announced its 2010 programming recently, and as usual....I think I should make plans to go now. Composer (and conductor) George Benjamin will be the music director. Without further ado, here's the programming. I have but one complaint; as is all too common, women don't exist as composers in the world of the 2010 festival.
64th OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL, June 10–13, 2010
Thomas W. Morris, Artistic Director
George Benjamin, Music Director
Thursday, June 10, 8:00 pm
Members of the Ensemble Modern
George Benjamin, conductor (Schoenberg)
Hilary Summers, mezzo (Potter)
Saed Haddad: Le Contredésir
George Benjamin: Three Miniatures for violin
Steve Potter: Paradigms (excerpts) U.S.Premiere
Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16 (chamber version), arranged by Greissle
Strauss: Emperor Waltzes, arranged by Schoenberg
Friday, June 11, 8:00 pm
Ensemble Modern
Brad Lubman, conductor
Varèse: Density 21.5
Varèse: Octandre
Zappa: Selections from Greggery Peccary
Zappa: Selections from The Yellow Shark
Saturday, June 12, 11:00 am
Eric Huebner, piano
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’enfant Jèsus
Saturday, June 12, 8:00 pm
Ensemble Modern
George Benjamin, conductor
Anu Komsi, soprano
Hilary Summers, contralto
Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat Suite
George Benjamin: Into the Little Hill West Coast Premiere
Sunday, June 13, 11:00 am
Wildcat Viols
Indian raga ensemble, tba
Indian Ragas
Purcell: Fantazias for viols
Sunday, June 13, 5:30 pm
Ensemble Modern
George Benjamin, conductor
Anu Komsi, soprano (Knussen)
Ueli Wiget, piano (Messiaen)
Dietmar Wiesner, flute (Boulez)
Pierre Boulez: Memoriale
George Benjamin: Viola, Viola
Oliver Knussen: Songs for Sue
Benjamin: At First Light
Ligeti: Chamber Concerto
Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques
All concerts are held at Libbey Bowl.
Nice, especially after the *shudder* minimalist-biased affair this year.
ReplyDeleteThe Messiaen on Saturday afternoon, which Jim Svejda calls "Give My Regards To The Baby Jesus" looks very promising, as does the closing concert. George Benjamin is a terrific conductor, who studied composition with Messaien, of course.
Not everybody hates minimalism the way you do! But, yeah, 2010 looks juicy.
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