Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Ojai Music Festival, 2012

This might trump the ticket I have to see Charles Dutoit and the Philadelphia Orchestra on June 9:


66th OJAI MUSIC FESTIVAL, June 7-10, 2012
Thomas W. Morris, Artistic Director
Leif Ove Andsnes, Music Director
Concerts at the new Libbey Bowl unless otherwise noted

Thursday June, 2012
location TBA
Festival Symposium
3:00pm-4:30pm
Ara Guzelimian, symposium director
Topics and guests to be announced

Thursday, June 7, 2012
SPECIAL FREE BEYOND THE BOWL EVENT
5:00pm
Libbey Park
            John Luther Adams: Inuksuit (for 48 percussionists)                                                         
                        Steven Schick, director

Thursday, June 7, 2012
8:00pm
            Program to include:
Shostakovich: Six Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva, Op. 143a 
                        Christianne Stotijn, mezzo soprano
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Ives: Concord Sonata                                                                
            Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Friday 9, 2012
Ojai Community Church
Festival Symposium
1:00pm-4:30pm
Ara Guzelimian, symposium director
Topics and guests to be announced        

Friday, June 8, 2012
8:00pm
Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 “Intimate Letters”    (arr. for string orchestra)
            Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
            Reinbert de Leeuw: Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (“In the Merry Month of May”):    A Cycle of 21 Songs on Schumann and Schubert”                           
                        Reinbert de Leeuw, piano                                                           
                        Barbara Sukowa, actress
                        Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
                       
Saturday, June 9, 2012
11:00am
Eivind Buene: Langsam und Schmachtend                                             
            Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
            Wagner (arr. Mottl): Wesendonck Lieder                         
            Christianne Stotijn, mezzo soprano
                        Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
                                    interspersed with
            Berg: Four Pieces Op. 5                                                  
                        Martin Fröst, clarinet
                        Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Berg: Four Songs, Op. 2                                                
Christianne Stotijn, mezzo soprano
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
            Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 n C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”                                                    
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano                                                
        
Saturday June 9, 2012
8:00pm
Haflidi Hallgrímsson: Poemi, Op. 7                                                                     
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Terje Tønneson, violin
Bent Sørensen: Piano Concerto No. 2 “La Mattina”   American premiere
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
Anders Hillborg: Peacock Tales (version for clarinet and tape)
Martin Fröst, clarinet
Mozart: Trio in E flat “Kegelstatt”  K. 498                         
                        Martin Fröst, clarinet
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Antoine Tamestit, viola
György Kurtág: Hommage à Robert Schumann                            
                        Martin Fröst, clarinet and bass drum                                           
                        Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
                        Antoine Tamestit, viola

Sunday, June 10, 2012
11:00am
            Bartók: Contrasts                                                                      
            Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Martin Fröst, clarinet
Øyvind Bjorå, violin
            Grieg: Holberg Suite (arr. for string orchestra)
Norwegian Chamber Orchestra   
William Bolcom: Cabaret Songs  (selection)                                            
            Marc-André Hamelin, piano
            Christianne Stotijn, mezzo soprano
Copland: Clarinet Concerto                                                        
                        Martin Fröst, clarinet                                                                 
                        Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

Sunday June 10, 2012
5:30pm
            Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane                                           
                        Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
            John Adams: Shaker Loops                                                       
Reinbert de Leeuw, conductor
                        Norwegian Chamber Orchestra
            John Luther Adams: Dark Waves (version for two pianos and tape)
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano                                                
Marc-André Hamelin, piano
Stravinsky: Sacre du printemps                                      
                        Leif Ove Andsnes, piano                                                
            Marc-André Hamelin, piano
 

4 comments:

Chanterelle said...

Why yes, that it might. I might have to look at plane tickets...

Henry Holland said...

Bah, it's all chamber music. Isn't Boulez due back next year?

Lisa Hirsch said...

Isn't is usually? Re Boulez, no idea.

Lisa Hirsch said...

Isn't is usually? Re Boulez, no idea.