Streaming on FACEBOOK & YouTube: Glendale Noon Concerts 2/16/22

Streaming on FACEBOOK & YouTube

Glendale Noon Concerts  2/16/22

Music from the Republic of Georgia

Ken Aiso – violin

Valeria Morgovskaya – piano

 

During the Covid-19 "Safer at Home" period, 

Glendale Noon Concerts will bring our programs

to you via streaming on Facebook and YouTube:

 
The FEBRUARY 16, 2022 program can be viewed at this link beginning 

at 12:10 pm PT. (VIDEO will be available ongoing)

LINK TO VIEW THE CONCERT:   

On Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/102903054696946/videos/356610189387235

On YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=achc8cyZAf0

 

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 FEBRUARY 16, 2022 at 12:10 pm PT:

Ken Aiso – violin

Valeria Morgovskaya-piano

 

Program:

Vazha Azarashvili 

Memory

 

Sulkhan Tsintsadze 

Sachidao

Melody

 

Alexi Machavariani 

Folk Dance

Doluri for violin solo

 

Vazha Azarashvili 

Suite from ballet "Khevisberi":

1. Women's dance

2. Chastooshki

3. Dzidzia leaving home and Girls' dance

 

Sulkhan Tsintsadze 

Khorumi

(Scroll down for artist bios)

 

Facebook FEBRUARY 16  event page:  

https://www.facebook.com/events/491406255666408/

Please keep checking the site below for updates:

http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com

Streaming on Wednesday MARCH  2, 2022 at 12:10-12:40 pm PT:

Jonathan Flaksman

Original works for solo cello

 “Total Stoke: Sending It On The Cello”

and

“Social Dissonance: Music Inspired by Life During the Pandemic“

 

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: 

Internationally acclaimed violinist/violist Ken Aiso has performed worldwide as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Ken graduated form 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, Ken 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. Ken 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, Ken 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 US in 1990, Ms 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 US, 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). Ms. 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.

 

PROGRAM NOTES:

I have made many wonderful visits to Georgia, the country by the Caucasian mountains and the Black Sea which was formerly a part of Soviet Union. Georgia is famous for the world’s longest tradition of wine making (about 8000 years old!), stunning and varied natural beauty of the mountains, sea and green plains, and great hospitality to their guests. The traditional music is rich and complex in polyphony with their exquisite three part a capella singing as well as the instrumental music. As the artistic standard is extremely high, I met many wonderful classical musicians in the capital Tbilisi, including Vazha Azarashvili whose works we perform today. The Georgian life is incomplete without music, as much as with great food and wine with friends. The life becomes more and more beautiful as more cups of wine is consumed with elaborate toasting speeches. If the reality is created out of thoughts, we are certainly in a good place with the Georgians!

 

Vazha Azarashvili is one of the most celebrated living composers in Georgia today, and represents the generation of classical composers who emerged in the former Soviet Union in 1960s. His style is rooted in the rich Georgian folk tradition of singing and instrumental playing. Memory (1990) is set in a melancholic ambience, while it whole-heartedly affirms the flame of life. The ballet Khevisberi (1982) is based on Alexander Kazbegi’s famous novel “Khevisberi Gocha” which portrays the life and the tragic love story in the autonomic communities of the Eastern mountains in old Georgia. Women’s Dance is in lamenting air, but also persistent and comforting. It is in 5/4, occasionally with extended beat of improvisatory ornaments. Chastushki (pronounced chas-toosh-ki, sing. chastushka) is the humorous traditional folk song of Ukrainian origin. Chastushka was an important part of popular peasant culture, singing and reciting of satirical and ironic lyrics in the simple rhyming scheme. Dzidzia leaving home, and Girl’s Dance is a lament of the beautiful young lady Dzidzia who was to be wed to a lord from far mountain against her wish, juxtaposed with the innocent lively dance by village girls. The composer made these transcriptions for violin and piano in 2000.

 

Sulkhan Tsintsadze is regarded as one of the most original, brilliant and prolific Georgian composers. During his life time, he enjoyed wide popularity of diverse audiences, as well as the professional elite of the Soviet Union. Sachidao is the kind of music which accompanied the Georgian wrestling match Chidaoba. This music is very popular, and was transcribed for violin and piano by S. Shanidze.  Melody is a lyrical piece in the romantic style. Khorumi is a traditional war dance originated in Guria/Adjara region, in the southwestern Georgia. It has the distinctive 5 meter rhythm, and was originally danced by a few men.

 

Alexi Machavariani was an eminent Georgian composer who wrote a number of critically acclaimed orchestral and vocal music as well as for stage productions. In Folk Dance, two dances of contrasting characters, masculine and feminine, alternate to create a mysterious atmosphere. Doluri is from the music of the Georgian traditional drum Doli. Doli performers often display their vigor and virtuosity as well as a sense of fun. - Program note by Ken Aiso.