Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Streaming on FACEBOOK & YouTube: Glendale Noon Concerts 7/7/21

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).

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Streaming on FACEBOOK & YouTube: Glendale Noon Concerts 6/16/21

Streaming on FACEBOOK & YouTube
Glendale Noon Concerts  6/16/21

ANDREW KWON – violin, viola

HAESOL LEE - violin

 

During the Covid-19 "Safer at Home" period,
Glendale Noon Concerts will bring our programs
to you via streaming on Facebook and YouTube:
The JUNE 16, 2021 program can be viewed at this link
beginning at 12:10 pm PT. (VIDEO will be available ongoing)


LINKS TO VIEW THE CONCERT: 

Watch the concert on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/violinistandrew/videos/834563714158968

Watch the concert on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6YYxHbuhDc

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 JUNE 16, 2021 at 12:10 pm PT:

 

Andrew Kwon - violin, viola

Haesol Lee - violin

 

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Duo No. 1 for Violin and Viola in G Major, KV 423

I. Allegro

II. Adagio

III. Rondeau: Allegro

 

Louis Spohr - Duo Concertante No. 2 for Two Violins in D Major, Op. 67/2

I. Allegro

II. Larghetto

III. Rondo: Vivace



Béla Bartók - 44 Duos for Two Violins, Sz. 98, BB 104

44. "Erdélyi" tánc (Transylvanian Dance - Ardeliana) - Allegro moderato 

 

 (Scroll down for artist bios)

Facebook JUNE 16 event page: 

https://www.facebook.com/events/328829931951429

Please keep checking the site below for updates.

http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

 

Streaming on Wednesday JULY 7, 2021 at 12:10-12:40 pm PDT:

STRING DUO RECITAL

LORI ASHIKAWA -violin

MICHAEL HOVNANIAN -bass

Program:

Lee R. Kesselman
Bagatelle 2 for violin and bass

 

Maurice Ravel (arr. Michael Hovnanian)

Duo pour Violon et Violoncelle

 

Th. A. Findeisen

Romantische Suite, Op. 10

 

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:

 

"Heartfelt splurge of virtuosity...a top-class performer" (Korea Times Los Angeles)

 

Praised for his bold, no-compromise manner of playing as well as his sensitivity in ensemble settings, Andrew Dae Yun Kwon's virtuosity and charismatic stage presence has captivated audiences throughout the world. Born into a musical family, Andrew Kwon first began his studies on the violin in Korea with his father, who was a choir and orchestra director. Since making his Carnegie Hall solo recital debut at age 10, he has appeared in concert halls throughout the United States, Canada, Germany, South Korea, and China.

 

In the past few years, Andrew has performed solo, chamber, and orchestral performances in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall (New York), the US Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium (Washington DC), the Music Center at Strathmore (Washington DC), the Maison symphonique (Montreal), Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (Baltimore), Segerstrom Hall (Orange County), and the Kennedy Center Concert Hall, as well as its Eisenhower Theatre and the Millenium Stage (Washington DC).  He has performed as a soloist with the Pacific Philharmonic, Columbia Orchestra, the Landon Symphonette, youth orchestras in both Maryland and California, and as a guest musician with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and the Concert Artists of Baltimore. As an orchestral musician, he has held concertmaster and principal positions in various ensembles including the Pacific Philharmonic, Peabody Symphony Orchestra, l’Orchestre Symphonique d’Orford, and the Kennedy Center Summer Music Institute Orchestra. He currently performs with the Santa Barbara Symphony and Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, as guest concertmaster of the Orange Coast College Symphony Orchestra in the 2019-2020 season, and as a freelance musician with the recording studios of Los Angeles.

Also an avid chamber musician and violist, Andrew has concertized as violist of Ensemble Encanto, performing works for viola, harp, flute, and soprano in performances at the Capital Fringe Festival in Washington DC, the New Music Gathering in Baltimore, and a residency in Lost River, West Virginia.

 

Andrew has studied with professor and former concertmaster Herbert Greenberg and has participated in masterclasses with Midori Goto, Joshua Bell, Leon Fleisher, Janos Starker, Latica Honda-Rosenberg, and members of the Emerson, Juilliard, and Ying String Quartets. He was a recipient of the Sylvia Friedberg Nachlas Endowed Scholarship and the Melissa Tiller Memorial Prize in Violin at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he received his Bachelor of Music degree and was also generously loaned a violin labeled “1854 Raffaele & Antonio Gagliano” (Naples) and a W.E. Hill and Sons bow (London) from the Peabody Institute Instrument Collection.

Andrew is passionate about teaching and passing the torch onto a new generation of musicians. His violin and viola students have received numerous prizes in local and national competitions and can be seen in the principal chairs of the Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra, Orange County Youth Symphony, California All-State Orchestras, All-Southern Orchestras, and the National Youth Orchestras of America.

 

 

 

Haesol Lee made her solo debut at age 19 as a winner of LAKMA competition, performing Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Saint-Saëns. She is currently a master's student at The Juilliard School 

with Li Lin. She received her bachelor of music degree from Rice University where she studied with Paul Kantor on full scholarship. Before studying at Rice University, Haesol also studied chamber and orchestral music at Colburn School on scholarship and attended summer festivals including Meadowmout School of Music, Aspen Music Festival, and Madeline Island Music Festival with full scholarship. She has worked with renowned artists including Paul Katz, Bing Wong, Clive Greensmith, Jupiter Quartet and Miró Quartet. She has also performed in venues including Carnegie Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Los Angeles Music Center. Haesol plays a 1900 Stefano Scarampella provided by the Juilliard School.