Libbey Bowl
Ojai, CA

Leilehua Lanzilotti, viola
Jay Campbell, Katinka Kleijn, Seth Parker Woods, cello
Claire Chase, flute
JACK Quartet
USC Cello Ensemble
Steven Schick, conductor

PROGRAM

Leilehua LANZILOTTI ko’u inoa

Sofia GUBAIDULINA Mirage: The Dancing Sun

Julius EASTMAN The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc

Terry RILEY The Holy Liftoff (Realization by Samuel Clay Birmaher)

Music for a “chorus of cellos” by Julius Eastman precede “The Holy Liftoff,” the most recent work by pioneering American composer Terry Riley, played in Ojai by Claire Chase and the JACK Quartet. Written as a series of musical sketches and brilliantly colored drawings, an exuberant and energized work represents a culmination for Riley, who says “I feel like this piece sums up a lot of things I’ve worked for.”

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