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 FEBRUARY 5, 2025
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 2/5/25
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
Samuel Fischer– violin
Sakura Tsai - violin
Jennie Jung – piano
Dmitri Shostakovich - Three Duets for Two
Violins and Piano, Op. 97d
1. Prelude
2. Gavotte
3. Waltz
Jessie Montgomery - Musings for Two Violins
(2023)
I. Introduction
II. Initiation Song
III. Hymn
IV. Courrante
V. The Swallow
VI. Vivo
Pablo de Sarasate - Navarra, Op. 33
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 2/5/25 event page:
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Preview of the next concert:
Wednesday FEBRUARY 19, 2025
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
Jonathan Flaksman - cello
Brendan White - piano
RACHMANINOFF Cello Sonata
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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: https://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
Much appreciation to the Hennings-Fischer Foundation for their mission to support art and education and their generous grant to GNC.
Performer Bios:
Samuel Fischer,
violinist, has appeared as soloist throughout the United States, Europe, and
Asia, with orchestras including the Charleston Symphony, the Hollywood Chamber
Orchestra, the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony, Orchestra Santa Monica, the
Peninsula Symphony, and Symphony New Hampshire. Mr. Fischer is concertmaster of
the Desert Symphony, Opera Santa Barbara, the Redlands Symphony Orchestra, and
the Riverside Philharmonic. He has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic,
the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, and the Pacific Symphony, and he has
recorded extensively for motion picture and television soundtracks, record
albums, and video games. In chamber ensembles, he has collaborated with artists
including Anne Akiko-Meyers, Martin Beaver, Lynn Harrell, Cho-Liang Lin, and
Joseph Silverstein. Mr. Fischer holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the
University of Southern California and a Masters degree from the Juilliard
School. A passionate educator, Mr. Fischer is Artist Professor of Violin at the
University of Redlands and is on faculty at the Colburn School of Performing
Arts, the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program, and the Montecito International Music
Festival.
Sakura Tsai, violinist and educator, performs nationally and internationally as a
soloist and chamber and orchestral musician. She earned degrees (B.M., M.M.,
and D.M.A.) in violin performance from the University of Southern California’s
Thornton School of Music where she was honored with the prestigious Order of
Areté and became a member of Pi Kappa Lambda. Her mentors and teachers included
Midori Goto, Kathleen Winkler, Hagai Shaham, and Alice Schoenfeld. Additional
fields of study while pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree included music
theory and analysis, violin pedagogy with Endre Granat, and kinesiology. Dr.
Tsai is on faculty at University of Redlands Conservatory of Music where she
also serves as Director of the University of Redlands String Project.
Additionally, Dr. Tsai teaches at California School of the Arts - San Gabriel
Valley and coaches instrumentalists in the Walnut Valley Unified School
District. Dr. Tsai frequently appears as an adjudicator and serves as clinician
in schools around Southern California and maintains a robust private studio.
She is a member of the Redlands Symphony and the Long Beach Symphony, performs
in several regional orchestras, and has spent summers at the Lucerne Festival
(Switzerland) and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (Germany) academies, and
Music Masters Course Japan (Japan). Dr. Tsai’s solo and ensemble performances
have been featured live on TV and radio broadcasts, such as classical KUSC,
KRTU-FM, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (Germany), and Japan Broadcasting Corporation –
NHK (Japan).
Jennie
Jung made her debut with the
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at the age of eleven and has since been active as
a pianist in North America. Dr. Jung performed as soloist with the Republic of
Tatarstan, Korean Philharmonic, Taejon, Korean-Canadian, University of Toronto,
Hart House, and Cathedral Bluffs Symphony Orchestras. She also attended
festivals including the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Music Academy of the
West. As a collaborative pianist, Dr. Jung has performed in North America,
Asia, Europe, and Africa, and has been on staff at the Mozarteum (Austria),
Aspen Summer Music Festival, Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists, and the
Banff Centre for the Arts. Dr. Jung participated in masterclasses and studied
with artists such as Claude Frank, Jonathan Feldman, Marietta Orlov, Marina
Geringas, Dalton Baldwin, Anne Epperson, Peter Frankl, Margo Garrett, Martin
Katz, Anton Kuerti, Robert MacDonald, Karl Ulrich-Schnabel, and Arie Vardi. Dr.
Jung has degrees from the University of Toronto, Yale School of Music, and the
Juilliard School. She taught piano and chamber music at the Colburn
School of Performing Arts and at Center Stage Strings (U of Michigan). Dr. Jung
is currently on the faculty of Pomona and Scripps Colleges as well as the Claremont
Community School of Music, and she performs regularly in the Los Angeles
area.
Program Notes:
The Three Duets for Two Violins and Piano, Op 97d are pieces compiled and arranged by Konstantin Fortunatov from incidental music Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) wrote for films and theater — the Prelude, from his film score, ‘The Gadfly’ (1955), the Gavotte, from ‘The Human Comedy’, and the Waltz, from ‘Vyborg District’. These duets characterize forms and tonality reminiscent of the traditions of past: the balanced, predictable form of the Prelude, the simple yet graceful poise characterizing the Gavotte, and the lively exuberant “Walzer”. -Sakura Tsai
"Musings, for two violins, is designed as a series of short movements inspired by the 44 Duos for Two Violins by Béla Bartók — a piece we violinists tend to revisit throughout life because of its nimble nature and programmatic effect.
I also wanted to pay homage to some of my favorite composers of string music so that each movement is inspired by a different composer: J.S. Bach, Paul Hindemith, Antonio Vivaldi, Darius Milhaud, and references to my own Duo for Violin and Cello throughout. Each movement is like a passing whim, although distinct in character." -Jessie Montgomery
