Streaming on FACEBOOK & YouTube
Glendale Noon Concerts 7/7/21
LORI ASHIKAWA– violin
MICHAEL HOVNANIAN - bass
During the Covid-19 "Safer at Home"
period,
Glendale Noon Concerts will bring our programs
to you via streaming on Facebook and YouTube:
The JULY 7, 2021 program can be viewed at this
link
beginning at 12:10 pm PT. (VIDEO will be
available ongoing)
LINKS TO VIEW THE CONCERT:
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/100070263548574/videos/2382624225215643/
On YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyPkGbHdPzs
The program will be archived on the
Glendale City Church Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt6zEXA-8F7CPOixLDWxGBA
Watch previous Glendale Noon Concerts streams:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAfaPgGGMw&list=PLms1LJpnTpJzK7Yf6ryh2zyFMlkl7qC2z
Read about the previous programs:
http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
Facebook stream: GLENDALE NOON CONCERTS
Every FIRST & THIRD WEDNESDAY at 12:10 pm PT
On Wednesday JULY 7, 2021 at 12:10 pm PT:
Lori Ashikawa – violin
Michael Hovnanian – bass
Program:
Maurice Ravel (arr. Michael Hovnanian)
Duo pour Violon et Violoncelle
Lee
R. Kesselman
Bagatelle 2 for Violin and Double Bass
Th. A. Findeisen
Romantische Suite, Op. 10
(Scroll down for artist bios & program notes)
Facebook JULY 7 event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1445773809124400
Please keep checking the site below for
updates.
http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
Streaming on Wednesday JULY 21, 2021 at 12:10-12:40 pm PDT:
DUO RECITAL
KATHERINE MARSH - flute
PATRICK MARSH - viola
Program:
Duos by Devienne, Pleyel, and Vieuxtemps
PLEASE HELP THESE CONCERTS TO CONTINUE WITH A DONATION:
https://adventistgiving.org/#/org/ANPPGL/envelope/start
Or by mailing it to 610 E California Ave, Glendale, CA 91206 to the Friends of Music.
The Glendale Noon Concerts series is presented by Glendale City Church every first & third Wednesday at 12:10-12:40 pm. www.glendalecitychurch.org
Concert schedule: www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
Glendale City Church also presents the Second Saturday Concert Series,
http://glendalecitychurch.org/index.php/ministries/second-saturday-concert-series.html
and sponsors the Caesura Youth Orchestra http://www.mycyo.org
Much appreciation to the Hennings-Fischer Foundation for their
mission to support art & education and their generous grant to GNC.
RELAX DURING YOUR LUNCH HOUR WITH LIVE MUSIC
ARTIST BIOS:
Lori Ashikawa hails from Pasadena, California, where she studied violin with Alice Schoenfeld at the University of Southern California, and was a member of the Long Beach Symphony. She now lives in Chicago where she has performed with the Joffrey Ballet, Chicago Opera Theater, Music of the Baroque, Chicago Symphony, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, and Goodman and Steppenwolf Theaters. Lori studied period violin with Elizabeth Blumenstock in San Francisco, and Sayuri Yamagata and Shunske Sato in Amsterdam and she performs on Baroque violin with the Haymarket Opera Company and Ars Antigua. When she puts the violin down, Lori studies the shamisen (3-string Japanese lute) with legendary jazz bassist Tatsu Aoki.
Michael Hovnanian grew up in the Seattle area. His primary teachers were James Harnett and Ronald Simon of the Seattle Symphony. He also studied with Frederick Tinsley of the Los Angeles Philharmonic at California Institute of the Arts, where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. From 1989-2019 he was a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, serving under music directors Sir Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim, and Ricardo Muti. He is currently an instructor of double bass at DePaul University in Chicago and works as a freelance musician in the Chicago area.
Lori and Michael live with their two cats Taro and Hinoki, who are thrilled that they haven’t been on vacation for over a year. Lori and Michael are less thrilled.
PROGRAM NOTES:
Duo pour Violon et Violoncelle, Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) (arr. Michael Hovnanian)
In 1920, regarded as one of the leading composers in France, Ravel was invited to submit a composition to the magazine, La Revue musicale, to be included in a special musical supplement commemorating Claude Debussy, who had died two years earlier, in 1918. Between 1920 and 1922, Ravel wrote three additional movements of what would eventually become the Sonata for Violin and Cello. The work shows influences of Kodály and Bartok, as well as Debussy. Ravel considered it a turning point in his evolution as a composer. He wrote, “The music is stripped to the bone, harmonic charm is renounced, and there is an increasing return of emphasis on melody.”
Bagatelle 2 For Violin and Double Bass, Lee Kesselman (1951-)
Lee Kesselman is a Chicago-area composer/conductor who is Professor and Chair of Music at College of DuPage. He has written well over 100 works in virtually all acoustic genres. Of Bagatelle 2, he writes, “Bagatelle 2 was one of two short solo piano bagatelles written in 2012. In 2016 it was re-arranged for solo violin and solo double bass. Both bagatelles explore simple musical forms and limited musical materials. Bagatelle 2 is written in a simple ABA or three part form, with the first part containing the opposition of an 'electronic graffiti' ostinato figure in the bass against a sustained melodic line in the violin, enhanced by double-stops in thirds. In the final section, the roles reverse, with the bass playing in unison against the violin ostinato. In the middle section, the two instruments combine to form a more expressive and dissonant duet in which both instruments are melodic and more equal partners. This performance marks the premiere of Bagatelle 2 in its violin/bass version.”
Romantische Suite, Op. 10, for Violin and Double Bass, Theodor Albin Findeisen (1881-1936)
Theodor Findeisen was a noted
German double bassist, pedagogue, and composer. He was a bassist in orchestras
at Köthen, Breslau, and Leipzig,
where he eventually became solo double bassist of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. His works, particularly his etudes and method
books, are popular among double bassists today. The Romantic Suite is in four
movements, each having an evocative title. I. Am Birkenwald (In the
Birch Wood), II. Nachtlicher Marsch de Gnomen (Night March of the Gnomes), III. Unterm Haselbusch (Under the Hazel Bush), IV. Erlauscht
(Overheard).
