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 MARCH 19, 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 3/19/25
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
Daniel Kessner - flute, bass flute
Sicilienne, Op. 78
Prélude, Op. 28, No. 13, in F# Major: Lento
Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 4, in B Minor: Mesto
Mazurka, Op. 63, No. 3, in C# Minor: Allegretto
from Eight Preludes, for solo bass flute
VIII - Ascèse 2
IV - Arpeggi
I - Ascèse 1
Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando
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previous Glendale Noon Concerts streamed concerts
(April 2020-February 1, 2023):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oAfaPgGGMw&list=PLms1LJpnTpJzK7Yf6ryh2zyFMlkl7qC2z
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http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
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Preview of the next concert:
Wednesday APRIL 2, 2025
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
Music of Mozart & more!
Philip Vaiman -violin
Chika Inoue- saxophone
Brendan White - piano
Performer bios:
Born in Los Angeles in 1946, composer-conductor-flutist Daniel Kessner received his Ph.D. with Distinction at UCLA in 1971, studying with Henri Lazarof. His more than 180 compositions have received over 1000 performances, and are published by Universal Edition in Vienna. Most important awards include the 1972 Queen Marie-José International Composition Prize in Geneva, a 2003 Fulbright Senior Scholar Award in Trossingen, Germany, a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant in Trondheim, Norway in 2007, a residency at the Universidade do Minho in Portugal in 2011, and most recently one at Paradise AIR (Artist-in-Residence) in Matsudo, Japan. He is Professor Emeritus at California State University, Northridge, retired in 2006 after a career of 36 years teaching composition, music theory, and directing various ensembles.
Suzanne Julian was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California, where she began private piano study with Erma Bassett and Louise Meacham, and later, as a student at CSUN, with Adrian Ruiz and Jakob Gimpel. She received both her B.A. in Music and her M.A. in Piano Performance from CSUN, during which time she was the recipient of various awards in piano performance, chamber music, music composition, and student teaching. She has taught applied and class piano, music theory and appreciation, and served as an accompanist at CSUN, Moorpark College, East Los Angeles College, Pasadena City College, and Los Angeles Valley College. Suzanne maintained a private piano studio for many years and has performed chamber music, solo piano recitals, and with orchestra at numerous colleges and private homes in Southern California. She is currently retired and refocusing on piano performance.
Program Notes:
Gabriel Fauré composed his Sicilienne in 1893, originally as part of a larger theatrical work that was never completed. Recognizing its exceptional beauty, he later arranged it for cello and piano. Since then there have been many other transcriptions for different instruments. We collaborated on this one, sharing the thematic material more equally between the flute and piano.
“Music, rich, full of feeling, not soulless, is like a crystal on which the sun falls and brings forth from it a whole rainbow. And everyone may admire it for a different reason; one will enjoy the fact that the crystal has been artfully carved, another will like the red color, still another the green, while the fourth will admire the purple. And he who puts his soul into the crystal is like one who has poured wine into it.”
In his short life, Chopin created a vast amount of music almost exclusively for solo piano which demonstrated a completely original style characterized by beautiful melodies, very progressive harmonies and flexible tempi. Of his work, he said: “I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man. It is there that I will look for nuances of every feeling which I transfer to music as well as I can.” The three short pieces performed today surely represent this, beginning with the exquisite F# Major Prelude, one of 24 in every major and minor key. This is followed by two of his 58 Mazurkas, expressive, sophisticated Polish folk dances in triple meter with accents frequently shifting to beats 2 or 3.
Daniel Kessner’s Eight Preludes, written ten years ago, were not necessarily intended to be performed as a complete set; rather, the performer is encouraged to choose the number and order of pieces to suit a particular recital. “Ascèse” (French) is an exercise or series of exercises whose goal is not only physical, but also spiritual.
Philippe Gaubert, a contemporary of Ravel, composed this work in 1906. The Nocturne is dreamy and poetic, setting the stage for the “breathless” theme of the Allegro Scherzando, which provides a dazzling finish to the piece, and to the recital.
Program notes by Daniel Kessner and Suzanne Julian
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