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
Please wear a mask in the Sanctuary.
610 E. California Ave Glendale, CA 91206
On Wednesday, MARCH 6, 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.
PARKING INFO:
https://glendalecitychurch.org/location
Glendale Noon Concerts 3/6/24
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
DUO RECITAL
KEN AISO – violin
VALERIA MORGOVSKAYA – piano
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (German, 1770-1827)
Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 “Spring”
Allegro
Adagio molto espressivo
Scherzo: Allegro molto
Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
MARK SAYA (American, b. 1954)
Fiona's Dance Card
1. Waltz with a Wallaby
2. The Tiger's Tango
Encore: "Sentimental Tango" by Vaja Azarashvili (Georgian composer).
https://en.wikpedia.org/wiki/Vaja_Azarashvili
Watch a video of the encore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTpgrSoXako
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 3/6/24 event page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/280653048212663
Preview of the NEXT CONCERT:
Wednesday March 20, 2024
at 12:10-12:40 pm PT
KEWA ENSEMBLE:
Jacqueline Suzuki – violin
Patrick Marsh – viola
Clement Chow – cello
Works by Bach & Dohnanyi
Please check the link below for updates
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:
www.glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com
Much appreciation to the Hennings-Fischer Foundation for their mission to support art and education and their generous grant to GNC.
ARTIST BIOS:
Internationally acclaimed violinist/violist Ken Aiso has performed worldwide as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Aiso graduated from 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, Aiso has appeared as principal violin with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Philharmonic, the Hallé and the Scottish Chamber Orchestras.
He was invited to renowned music festivals in the U.K., France, Sweden, Switzerland, India, Georgia, Bolivia and Kazakhstan, and has taught at Montecito Summer Music Festival since 2008. Aiso 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, Aiso has been serving as faculty at Loyola Marymount and La Sierra Universities, and performs with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.
Pianist Valeria Morgovskaya graduated from the Kiev State Conservatory. Since her immigration to the U.S. in 1990, 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 U.S., 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). 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.
Glendale Noon Concerts is celebrating its 16th year of presenting free admission concerts every first and third Wednesdays for Glendale and the Southland community.
“Dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries, who was a patron of Beethoven, Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 is known as the "Spring" Sonata, as it manages to capture a sense of colorful blooming movement after movement. The first movement is an Allegro, with its serene theme contrasting the technical boldness of the Adagio, which combines high technical virtuosity with a song-like form. Then, a Scherzo in the style of Haydn precedes the final Rondo, which brings together the supple harmonies of the Allegro, the gracefulness of the Adagio, and the finesse of the Scherzo!” -medici.tv
Mark Saya, from Michigan City, Indiana, studied
composition at Indiana University South Bend with Barton McLean and David
Barton, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music with
Norman Dinerstein, Jonathan Kramer, and Allen Sapp. He has enjoyed a long
association with The Percussion Group/Cincinnati,
particularly with founding members Allen Otte and James Culley, who have
premiered and championed many of his compositions, including The Murphy Sonata,
for solo vibraphone, and From the Book of Imaginary Beings and Bachanons, for
three percussionists. His works for two pianos with large percussion ensembles
(12 to 18 players) include Last Week, This Week, Next Week, an orchestration of
Bahamut (one of the Imaginary Beings), and a transcription of Scriabin's Vers
la flamme. Most recently he has written Unfinished Life, a 29-movement
composition for vibraphone.
Saya also has composed a variety of vocal works and
several suites for solo piano, including Seven Preludes Revisited, Joshu's
Piano Book, Just-These Pieces, and The Cabinet of Dreams. Seven Preludes
Revisited has been recorded by Wojciech Kocyan for Dux Recording Producers and
Jeffrey Jacob on New Ariel Recordings. Another piece for solo piano,
Barcarolles, can be heard on the Hyperion Records anthology of encores played
by Piers Lane entitled Piers Lane Goes to Town.
Several of his compositions for percussion and piano
are published by Media Press. His works have been performed in Australia,
Canada, China, Japan, and throughout Europe and the United States, including
performances at the Great Hall of Cooper Union, Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, and many major universities. Saya has received
awards from ASCAP, BMI, New England Conservatory, the Ohio Arts Council, and the
Society of Composers, Inc. He is a Professor of Composition and Music Theory at
Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.
