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Chilean Birdsong to Drone Aircraft: Bang on a Can All-Stars' 'More Field Recordings'
At times intense, unsettling and raw, the Bang on a Can All-Stars’ new release "More Field Recordings," is a shadowy sequel to their charming and equally substantial 2015 album. Nov 27, 2017
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John Luther Adams Meet-Up and Recording Posse
Tonight at 6 pm, join John Luther Adams and friends on the steps of the Met Museum to collect sounds for "Soundwalk 9:09," a new work using crowd-sourced elements. Jun 8, 2015
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Thomas Adès Explores Time Real and Imagined with the Calder Quartet
Thomas Adès’s newest album, "The Twenty-Fifth Hour," with performances by the Calder Quartet, is a fascinating exploration of time both real and envisioned. Stream it all week. Jun 8, 2015
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The Brothers Balliett Talk To Lembit Beecher
This week the Brothers Balliett sit down to chat with Beecher, whose output is characterized by investigations of memory, ecology, time and place, and his own Estonian heritage. Jun 4, 2015
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Mixtapes /
The Living Earth Show on Progressive Heroes
The Living Earth Show is a San Francisco-based extreme new-music duo and rhythm section for hire. Their Mixtape highlights oppression-fighting heroes. Jun 3, 2015
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Listen: Late Night Performances of J.S. Bach and Morton Feldman
On June 14, 2014, space, form and contemplation were the focal point of a late night concert at the Ojai Music Festival featuring music of J.S. Bach and Morton Feldman. Listen now. Jun 3, 2015
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Mark Morris Hosts: John Luther Adams and Charles Ives at Ojai
Tuesdays at 8 pm in June, choreographer Mark Morris – 2013 music director of California's Ojai Music Festival – highlights selections from the annual festival's last three years. Jun 2, 2015
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NOW Ensemble Blends Upbeat Lyricism and Heady Abstraction in 'Dreamfall'
NOW Ensemble emerged a decade ago as standard bearers, of a sort, for the new kids of new music. Stream their latest anthology of new works, "Dreamfall," all week. Jun 1, 2015
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Listen: Jeremy Denk Performs György Ligeti's Piano Etudes
For the closing concert of the 2014 Ojai Music Festival, pianist and then current festival music director Jeremy Denk performed the first two books of György Ligeti's Piano Etudes. Jun 1, 2015
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Listen: Caroline Shaw and Timo Andres Rework Past Masters
June 14, 2014, the evening concert series at the Ojai Music Festival featured new arrangements of Stockhausen, Mozart and Luigi Boccherini performed by The Knights. May 30, 2015
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Listen: Evening of Charles Ives's Hymns, Songs and Sonatas
Pianist Jeremy Denk presented a program highlighting the connections between Charles Ives's vocal music and violin sonatas at the 2014 Ojai Music Festival. Listen to the full show. May 29, 2015