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 NOVEMBER 20, 2024 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 11/20/24
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
Fiato Quartet
Carrie Kennedy – violin
Joel Pargman – violin
Aaron Oltman – viola
Ryan Sweeney – cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74, “Harp” quartet
Poco adagio-Allegro
Adagio ma no troppo
Presto
Allegretto con varizioni
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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 11/20/24 event page:
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Preview of the NEXT CONCERT:
Wednesday DECEMBER 4, 2024
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
Sakura Tsai - violin
Natalia Hudson - piano
Edvard Grieg - Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, Op. 13
I. Lento doloroso - Allegro vivace
II.
Allegretto tranquillo
III.
Allegro animato
Germaine Tailleferre - Berceuse
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http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
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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:
The Fiato Quartet, winner of the 2022 Beverly Hills National Auditions, was formed in 2008. Its members are Carrie Kennedy and Joel Pargman, violins, Aaron Oltman, viola and Ryan Sweeney, cello. The members of Fiato hold degrees in music performance from the University of Southern California, Rice University, Northwestern University, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
The musicians of Fiato currently have active concert careers throughout Southern California. They are members of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pasadena Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, New West Symphony, and Musica Angelica Baroque Orchestra. As studio musicians in Los Angeles, they also record music for motion pictures, television and records.
Fiato has performed on many chamber music series in the Los Angeles area including The Music Guild, South Bay Chamber Music Society, South Pasadena Library’s Restoration Concert Series, LA Musical Salon, UCLA’s Henry Bruman Chamber Music Festival, Magical Music at the Mill, Brand Associates Music Series, Westwood Public Library series, Edendale Up Close, Live at the Lounge, Glendale’s Music at Noon, LA City College’s Music 152, Pasadena Presbyterian’s Music at Noon, Music at Mimoda, Huntington Garden’s “Music in the Rose Garden,” and the Wine and Wheels series. In August of 2012, Fiato toured Costa Rica as part of the Festival De Musica Credomatic with performances in Guanacaste, San Jose, Hacienda Pinilla, and Villa Caletas. As of 2012, Fiato Quartet is an official ensemble of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
In addition to the standard quartet repertoire, Fiato has a passion for new music. Over the years they have premiered ten new string quartets by local composers, including works by Julia Adolphe and Adam Schoenberg. Each member of Fiato brings a unique set of experiences and training to the ensemble, having studied with the Tokyo, Takacs, Guarneri, American, Miami and Emerson Quartets. The Fiato Quartet has come together out of a love for chamber music and a common goal to share this passion with others through both formal and outreach concerts. https://www.fiatoquartet.com/
Program notes:
Today’s concert will feature Beethoven’s Quartet no. 10 in E flat Major, Op. 74, nicknamed “The Harp.” He wrote this quartet in 1809 during a time when battles were going on in and around Vienna during Napoleon’s quest for French domination of northern Europe. In addition to this constant state of unrest, Beethoven had begun to lose his hearing. Yet out of the ashes, Beethoven writes a quartet that is full of light and hope. The first movement begins quietly, shrouded in uncertainty, but then moves into the Allegro main theme which is full of joy. You will hear pizzicato featured throughout this movement, which gave the quartet the nickname, “The Harp.” The movement ends with a thrilling coda featuring a virtuosic part in the first violin while the harp theme is played in the other instruments. This is followed by a beautiful, heart-felt slow movement, and a turbulent scherzo. Beethoven brings the turmoil of the scherzo to a surprising end by gradually dissipating the energy and unwinding the driving rhythm to segue into a charming theme and variations final movement. The variations alternate between graceful beauty and vigorous energy, and after building the excitement, Beethoven ends the quartet in a surprising, understated fashion. This quartet is considered to be one of Beethoven’s masterpieces, and a pillar of the quartet genre. The fact that he was able to produce a work of such brilliance, beauty and hope at a time of turbulence and upheaval in both the world and in his personal life, is a true testament to the healing and transformative power of music.
