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 April 1, 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 APRIL 1, 2026 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
FLUTE RECITAL
Ellen Burr -flute
Lorenzo Sánchez -piano
ERWIN SCHULHOFF
Sonata for Flute and Piano (1927)
I. Allegro moderato
II. Scherzo
III. Aria Andante
IV. Rondo-Finale
PAUL HINDEMITH
Sonate for Flute & Piano (1936)
I. Heiter bewegt
II. Sehr langsam
III. Sehr lebhaft – Marsch
CHARLES WIDOR
Suite for Flute & Piano (1894)
III. Romance
II. Scherzo
SCROLL DOWN TO SEE ARTIST BIOS
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/1225399985992069
Preview of the next concert:
APRIL 15, 2026 at 12:10 pm PT
JOHANA KREJCI - violin
VALERIA MORGOVSKAYA- piano
Works by Tartini, Dvorak, Massenet, & Elgar
ARTIST BIOS:
Ellen Burr is a masterful flutist known for
exploring new directions in contemporary music. With over fifty years of
experience, she has earned international recognition as a performer, teacher,
improviser, and composer. She continually expands the possibilities of the
flute, from classical to experimental (watch her introduction to a Piazzolla
tango: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rg6QGduTyk&t=6s
Since 1975, Ellen has soloed with
orchestras across the United States and premiered numerous works by
contemporary composers. She performs regularly with the Los Angeles Flute
Orchestra, the Present Quartet, and Andrea Centazzo’s West Coast Chamber Ensemble,
among others.
A dedicated educator, Ellen maintains
an active private studio in Los Angeles and has taught at the California
Institute of the Arts, Wichita State University, and institutions throughout
the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. A Yamaha clinician since 1990, she is known for
integrating solid technique with creative discovery.
She holds degrees from Wichita State
University (BM) and the California Institute of the Arts (MFA), and earned the
Certificat de Stage studying with Jean-Pierre Rampal in France. Her
compositions, method books, and graphic scores are published under her EClectic
Buzz label.
Lorenzo Sánchez, pianist, has enjoyed interpreting music of a variety of styles and
nationalities in the United, States, Mexico, and Europe. Lorenzo premiered
Robert Guillory’s Concertino for Piano and Orchestra. His interest
in Polish music led to him giving several lecture-performances at several
Paderewski Festivals in Paso Robles, California. In 2005, he performed works by
African-American composer George Walker and Japanese composer Mitsuru Asaka in
Hawaii. He has played for several choirs touring Italy and The Vatican in 2004
and again in 2013. He has edited and helped publish piano works by Mexican
composer Domingo Lobato. As a collaborator, he has performed and recorded
as member of various instrumental duos which include flutist Ellen Burr,
violinist Nancy Roth, and clarinetist Virginia Figueiredo. His recordings are
available on iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify. Lorenzo holds a DMA from USC.
PROGRAM NOTES:
Erwin Schulhoff (1894 –1942) was an Austro-Czech
composer and pianist. He was one of the figures in the generation of European
musicians whose successful careers were prematurely terminated by the rise of
the Nazi regime in Germanyand whose works have been rarely noted or
performed beyond Czechoslovakia until the 1980s.
Schulhoff wrote Sonata for Flute and Piano for
his friend, the flutist René le Roy. The Sonata’s four movements pass by in a
flash. It is a brilliant example of European neoclassicism, blending
traditional form with 1920s jazz, Slavic folk elements, and cabaret wit. This
four-movement work is characterized by rhythmic vitality, harmonic boldness,
and a spirited, sometimes ironic, dialogue between the instruments.
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) was a composer, theorist, violist, and
conductor who, along with KurtWeill and Ernst Krenek, became a driving force of
the Neue Sachlichkeit movement in post-WWI Germanic music, a
style that rejected Romantic expression and focused on “objective” music-making
through motivic development, polyphony of musically independent lines, and use
of familiar elements from popular music or the Classical and Baroque
eras.
Hindemith composed
the Sonate for Flute and Piano (1936) for his colleague,
flutist Gustav Scheck. The Sonate is one of a set of 26 sonatas completed between 1935 and
1955. The three-movement sonata demonstrates Hindemith’s unique harmonic language,
Neo-Classical idioms, and the Neue Sachlichkeit style. Each
movement is an exploration of motivic development using primarily three
musically independent lines, and the expanded third movement concludes with a
parody of a military march.
Charles Widor (1844-1937), a French organist, composer and teacher is known for his ten organ
symphonies. He succeeded César Frank as the organ professor at the
Paris Conservatory in 1890 before becoming a composition professor there six
years later.
Suite for Flute and Piano, written for Paul Taffanel, sits between Romanticism and
emerging Impressionism, featuring lyrical, expressive melodies alongside
technical, rapid-fire passages. The Romance,
the emotional heart of the work, is characterized, by, a, long, vocal-style
melody, sometimes compared to Schumann. The Scherzo is a fast,
light-hearted, and, technical movement that tests the agility of both players,
featuring, a contrasting, calmer trio section.
