Free GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS 11/4/26

 

Free Admission    

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS             

Every First & Third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 pm,  

has returned to live performances

in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church!

 

RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC

On Wednesday NOVEMBER 4, 2026 

at 12:10 -12:40 pm PT

the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program

will be performed live in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church.  

 610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206

 

PARKING INFO:

https://glendalecitychurch.org/location

 

Glendale Noon Concerts 

Wednesday NOVEMBER 4, 2026 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT 

 

BRENDAN WHITE Solo Piano Recital 

FRANZ LISZT (Hungarian, 1811-1886)

Selections from Années de pèlerinage:

Sursum Corda (Lift up your hearts,1883)

Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (1858)

Aux cyprès de la Villa d'Este I: Thrénodie (1883)

Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este  (1883)

Tarantella (1858)

The title refers to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novels Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years (Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, translated into French as Années de pèlerinage).

Much of the material grew out of his earlier collection Album d'un voyageur (1835–1838) written during his travels in Switzerland and Italy with the Countess Marie d'Agoult.

Comprises three volumes (cataloged as S.160, S.161, S.162/S.163) featuring 26 pieces in total.

The pieces in the second volume published in 1858 explore Italian literature and culture. Dating from late in Liszt’s life, the pieces published in 1883 displayed harmonic experimentation, introspection, religious contemplation, and his late style.

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STILL AVAILABLE! Watch

previous Glendale Noon Concerts streamed concerts

(April 2020-February 1, 2023):

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAfaPgGGMw&list=PLms1LJpnTpJzK7Yf6ryh2zyFMlkl7qC2z

Read about the previous programs:   

http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

Facebook event page: 
https://www.facebook.com/events/1631878258422513

Preview of the next concert:

November 18, 2026 at 12:10 pm PT

ARK SANO 

JAZZ PIANO TRIO

 

ARTIST BIO: 

Brendan White is a Grammy-award-winning artist whose performances feature a wide range of classical and contemporary piano repertoire. White is based in the LA area where he collaborates with orchestras, chamber ensembles and solo artists. He is a featured musician on Danaë Vlasse’s Grammy Award-winning album “Mythologies.” White performs solo recitals celebrating new composers and historically overlooked masterpieces. His collaborations include performances with with the Eastman School’s Musica Nova, Vicente Chamber Orchestra, Global Harmony Symphony, Jackson Symphony, Symphony of the Verdugos and more. As one of Piano Sphere’s Emerging Artists, he has worked with notable composers and conductors including Thomas Adès, Alma Deutscher, Alan Pierson, Donald Crockett and Steven Stucky.

A Tennessee native, White studied at the Eastman School of Music and University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. In addition to his performance career, he is passionate about music education and teaches students of all ages. He is an original member of the annual Sunset Chamberfest in Los Angeles, which features the work of young composers in Southern California.

Free GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS 10/21/26

Free Admission    

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS             

Every First & Third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 pm,  

has returned to live performances

in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church!

 

RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC

On Wednesday OCTOBER 21, 2026 

at 12:10 -12:40 pm PT

the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program

will be performed live in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church.  

 610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206

 

PARKING INFO:

https://glendalecitychurch.org/location

 

Glendale Noon Concerts 

Wednesday OCTOBER 21, 2026 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT 

NOAH BRENEMAN

Solo Oboe Recital

Gary Powell Nash -

Selections from New York City Miniatures (2020) 

Ruth Gipps -

The Piper of Dreams (1940)

Ernst Krenek -

Sonatina (1956)

Edson Beltrami -

Tres Lendas (2014)

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STILL AVAILABLE! Watch

previous Glendale Noon Concerts streamed concerts

(April 2020-February 1, 2023):

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAfaPgGGMw&list=PLms1LJpnTpJzK7Yf6ryh2zyFMlkl7qC2z

Read about the previous programs:   

http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

Facebook event page: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1453974966655024 

Preview of the next concert:

November 4, 2026 at 12:10 pm PT

BRENDAN WHITE Solo Piano Recital

Franz Liszt: 

Selections from Années de pèlerinage

 

ARTIST BIO: 

Noah Breneman is a freelance oboist based in Los Angeles. He currently holds the positions of 2nd Oboe with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and Principal Oboe with the Reno Chamber Orchestra. Originally from Reading, Pennsylvania, Noah attended The Pennsylvania State University, graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelors degree in Oboe Performance. In 2018 he relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a Masters degree at the University of Southern California, which he completed in Spring 2020 amidst the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In February 2025 Noah played two weeks on trial with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in Örebro, Sweden, a rare opportunity for an American-born oboist. Locally, he performs as a substitute with groups such as the Reno Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. His teachers include Jill Haley, Tim Hurtz, Joel Timm, and Marion Kuszyk. In addition to his career as an oboist, Noah works in the marketing department of the Los Angeles Philharmonic as Music Buyer for the LA Phil Store. In this role, he curates the physical media selections for the retail stores at both Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.

  PROGRAM NOTES: 

This recital features works written for unaccompanied oboe from the 20th and 21st centuries. Nine New York City Miniatures by Gary Powell Nash began with the seventh movement, "A Million Numbered Streets", written in 2014. In 2020, Dr. Nash added the other seven movements, creating a suite of miniatures for oboists to perform alone during the COVID-19 pandemic. Movement titles such as "Spreading the News" and "Hustle and Bustle" reflect themes of New York City. Dr. Nash is professor of Music Theory and Technology at Fisk University in Tennessee. 

The Piper of Dreams was written in 1940 by English composer Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) based on a painting of the same name by Estella Canziana. Gipps was a multi-talented musician, performing professionally on both oboe and piano, composing, and conducting. Her compositional style, based in the pastoral style of her teacher, Ralph Vaughan Williams, did not fare well among avant-garde styles popular at the time. This, paired with female discrimination, pushed her music to the background during her lifetime. Her compositional output includes five symphonies as well as a host of chamber music, solo works, and concerti for wind instruments. 

Ernst Krenek (1900-1991) was born in Vienna though he lived the majority of his life in North America, becoming a US citizen and eventually settling in Palm Springs, California. His compositions were influenced by a variety of styles over his lifetime, but it was a jazz-influenced opera which labeled him a "degenerate" composer by the Nazis in 1938 causing his subsequent emigration. Krenek's Sonatina, written in 1956, is in four short movements with atonal influences. 

Edson Beltrami is a flutist and composer based in Brazil where he is the assistant conductor and principal solo flutist with the Bachiana Philharmonic in São Paulo. Três Lendas or Three Legends, written in 2014, depicts three different characters of Brazilian folklore. The first movement, Saci-Pererê, is a one-legged prankster boy with a magical red cap that allows him to disappear and reappear wherever he wishes. The second movement, O Canto de Sereia, or The Siren's Song, depicts the entrancing song of the water-spirit Iara. The third movement, A Cuca, represents an old alligator-woman who kidnaps and eats naughty children. The monster's roar is depicted three times through the extended technique of multiphonics. 

Free GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS 10/7/26

Free Admission    

GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS             

Every First & Third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 pm,  

has returned to live performances

in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church!

 

RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC

On Wednesday OCTOBER 7, 2026 

at 12:10 -12:40 pm PT

the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program

will be performed live in the Sanctuary of Glendale City Church.  

 610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206

 

PARKING INFO:

https://glendalecitychurch.org/location

 

Glendale Noon Concerts 

Wednesday OCTOBER 7, 2026 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT 

 KEN AISO - violin

VALERIA MORGOVSKAYA - piano 

 

Bach Sonata #3 in C-Major for violin solo, BWV 1005
1-Adagio
2-Fuga
3-Largo
4-Allegro Assai

Jean Marie Leclair Sonata in c-minor for violin and piano (Le Tombeau)
1-Grave
2-Allegro ma non troppo 
3-Gavotte
4-Allegro

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STILL AVAILABLE! Watch

previous Glendale Noon Concerts streamed concerts

(April 2020-February 1, 2023):

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAfaPgGGMw&list=PLms1LJpnTpJzK7Yf6ryh2zyFMlkl7qC2z

Read about the previous programs:   

http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

Facebook event page: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1112386707968975/ 

Preview of the next concert:

October 21, 2026 at 12:10 pm PT

NOAH BRENEMAN Solo Oboe Recital

Program to include: 

Gary Powell Nash - Selections from New York City Miniatures (2020) 

Ruth Gipps - The Piper of Dreams (1940) 

Ernst Krenek - Sonatina (1956)

Edson Beltrami - Tres Lendas (2014)

 

ARTIST BIOS:
Internationally acclaimed violinist/violist Ken Aiso has performed worldwide as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Aiso graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London studying with Erich Gruenberg. His other teachers include Eduard Schmieder and Chikashi Tanaka. Equally at home with modern and period instruments, Aiso has appeared as principal violin with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Philharmonic, the Hallé and the Scottish Chamber Orchestras.He has been invited to renowned music festivals in UK, France, Sweden, Switzerland, India, Georgia, Bolivia and Kazakhstan, and has taught at Montecito Summer Music Festival since 2008. Aiso is a laureate of Long-Thibaud International Competition in Paris and International Music Competition of Japan, and was elected associate of Royal Academy of Music in London. He received Shimousa Kan-ichi Music Award in his native Japan in 2018. Since moving to Los Angeles in 2015, Aiso has been serving as faculty at Loyola Marymount and La Sierra Universities, and performs with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.

Valeria Morgovskaya, pianist, graduated from the Kiev State Conservatory. Since her immigration to the U.S. in 1990, Morgovskaya has been in high demand as accompanist for singers and all orchestral instrumentalists. She has been an official accompanist to festivals and courses such as Piatigorsky Cello Seminar and Beverly Hills Music Festival, and has performed throughout the U.S., Germany and Japan, as well as on numerous radio broadcast. She has provided accompaniment for many national and international competitions and was an official accompanist at Schoenfeld International String Competition in Hong Kong (2013) and Harbin (2014). Morgovskaya is currently staff accompanist at Loyola Marymount University and UCLA, and is often engaged in that capacity at USC, Cal State Long Beach, Colburn School, Montecito International Music Festival, Academy of the West and Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts.