Noontime Concerts

While we all shelter at home Noontime Concerts presents curated recordings of programs from our Noontime Concerts archives. Access to this week's concert and more Information can be found at www.noontimeconcerts.org click "Concert Details" or "Stream Concert". This week we are featuring Daniel Glover, Piano Original Concert August 14, 2018... Veteran Noontime Concerts pianist Daniel Glover performing a recital of works by American composers. Featuring works by the unjustly neglected composer, and director of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Beryl Rubinstein (1898-1952). Other composers include Copland, Gershwin, Stephen Foster, and Gottschalk. Aaron Copland: Midday Thoughts Beryl Rubinstein: 3 Pieces (Arabesque, Nocturne, Caprice); Sonatina in C Sharp Minor; 2 Études George Gershwin: Prelude rubato; Bess You Is My Woman Now; I Got Rhythm Stephen Foster: Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair Louis Moreau Gottschalk: The Banjo Pianist Daniel Glover has performed 66 works for piano and orchestra, including three world premieres. He recently recorded Lee Actor’s Piano Concerto, a work dedicated to him, in Bratislava, Slovakia with the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared as soloist with nearly 20 local orchestras, as well as the Szeged Philharmonic (Hungary), Slovak National Symphony Orchestra, as well as members of the New York Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony.

While we all shelter at home Noontime Concerts presents curated (high-quality) recordings of programs from our Noontime Concerts archives. Access to this week's concert and more Information can be found at www.noontimeconcerts.org click "Concert Details" or "Stream Concert". This week we are featuring classical guitarist, Jack Cimo. Program Francisco Tárrega: Capricho Árabe Guilio Regondi: Nocturne Reverie, Op. 19... Mauro Giuliani: La Rose Ísaac Álbeniz: El Polo from Suite Iberia; Asturias and Sevilla from Suite Española Leo Brouwer arr. Canción de Cuna William Walton: Bagatelle No. 1 Fernando Bustamente: Misionera J. S. Bach: Sarabande Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012 Jack Cimo is a classically-trained Spanish guitarist known for his powerful presence, beautiful tone, and exciting renditions. Having played the guitar since he was a toddler, his devotion to the instrument has directed the course of his life. He has over 20 years of performing experience and now calls San Luis Obispo, California home. He has worked with Grammy-award winning musicians such as Steve Suvada, William Kanengiser, and Pepe Romero; and has captivated audiences in Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Houston, Costa Rica, and Ireland to name a few. He has been a finalist or prizewinner in various competitions, including winning USC’s Presser Award and taking 3rd in the Sierra Nevada Guitar Festival. He was recently one of two Americans to be invited to the prestigious Joann Falletta International Guitar Concerto Competition in Buffalo, NY. For more information www.jackcimo.com Follow Jack on his Youtube Channel, Instagram, Facebook @cimoguitar Jack Cimo’s album can be heard on https://open.spotify.com/artist/4OJvtLhC1nak889fPnVLZu or purchased at http://www.jackcimo.com/2018/12/18/new-album-is-out-now/ See more

https://youtu.be/YiLcaAsRZE0 Noontime Concerts www.noontimeconcerts.org live performances are postponed as we all shelter at home. So each week we are offering curated (high-quality) recordings of programs from our Noontime Concerts archives. Access to the concert and more Information can be found at www.noontimeconcerts.org click "Concert Details" or "Stream Concert". This week's performance features virtuosic pianist Jose Lopez playing works by 2 lesser-known but amazing pianist-composers, Charles-Valentin Alkan and Jose Comellas. Do enjoy and please share.

L. V. Beethoven Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1 Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2... Christina Mok, Violin and Max Bragado-Darman, Piano LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) 250th Anniversary of His Birth German Composer of the Classical Era You can hardly beat a program of two magnificent Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano duo which depict contrasting natures of the master. Along with sonata no. 8, these sonatas (nos. 6 and 7) comprise Opus 30 composed between 1801 and 1802 and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia. The former sonata depicts Beethoven’s gift for lyric beauty and tenderness. The latter typifies Beethoven’s sense of drama and heroic conquest associated with compositions that he wrote in C minor tonality. Both are virtuosic with highly expressive slow movements (adagios). This is vintage music belonging to Beethoven’s middle period known as Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) in which many movements in a composition are generated and permeated by a single melodic or rhythmic motive.

Noontime Concerts www.noontimeconcerts.org live performances are postponed as we all shelter at home. So each week we are offering curated (high-quality) recordings of programs from our Noontime Concerts archives. Access to the concert and more Information can be found at www.noontimeconcerts.org click "Concert Details" or "Stream Concert". This week's performance with Christina Mok Violin and Max Bragado-Darman, Piano be available at 12:15 PM Tuesday, April 21 and available ...until April 28. Here is their program followed by program notes. L. V. Beethoven Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Op. 30, No. 1 Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, Op. 30, No. 2 LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) 250th Anniversary of His Birth German Composer of the Classical Era You can hardly beat a program of two magnificent Beethoven sonatas for violin and piano duo which depict contrasting natures of the master. Along with sonata no. 8, these sonatas (nos. 6 and 7) comprise Opus 30 composed between 1801 and 1802 and dedicated to Tsar Alexander I of Russia. The former sonata depicts Beethoven’s gift for lyric beauty and tenderness. The latter typifies Beethoven’s sense of drama and heroic conquest associated with compositions that he wrote in C minor tonality. Both are virtuosic with highly expressive slow movements (adagios). This is vintage music belonging to Beethoven’s middle period known as Sturm und Drang (Storm and Stress) in which many movements in a composition are generated and permeated by a single melodic or rhythmic motive. --Carl Blake

https://youtu.be/0hMHUNNMMhE Noontime Concerts www.noontimeconcerts.org live performances are postponed as we all shelter at home. So each week we are offering curated (high-quality) recordings of programs from our Noontime Concerts archives. More Information and program notes can be found at www.noontimeconcerts.org click "Concert Details". This week's concert is a recording of a live concert from October 2, 1018, and features Tom Stone, violin; Tanya Tomkins, cello; and Eri...c Zivian, piano. The trio plays Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49 and Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Trio in E Major, H. XV. 28, Movement 2, Allegretto Program notes were written by Carl Blake: FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847) German Composer, Conductor, Pianist, Organist, and Violinist of the Romantic Era Felix Mendelssohn’s youthful accomplishments were unrivaled, eclipsing even the precocious talents of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. Having written four operas, concertos, symphonies, cantatas, and piano music by the age of sixteen, his early display of genius is unparalleled in the entire history of music. As he matured, the hallmarks of his compositional style became fecundity of ideas, technical ease, mastery of form and content, flawless craftsmanship and immediate accessibility. Being, perhaps, the most beloved composer of his day, he was considered close to divine. His music was universally adored. Robert Schumann, a contemporary pianist/composer of the highest stature, characterized Mendelssohn as perfection itself. The piano trio of today’s online concert is proof of all the above. The first movement is in classic sonata form with exposition, development, and recapitulation of various musical ideas and motives. In Mendelssohn’s music, there is almost invariably a song destined to unfold. The movement opens with a longing melody in the cello accompanied by syncopated (agitated) chords in the piano part. The second movement is a tranquil, melodious short melody, a kind of song without words that Mendelssohn was fond of writing for solo piano but in this case joined by violin and cello. The scherzo is typical Mendelssohn with light, fleeting rhythmic motives presented throughout interspersed with a more lyrical middle section that resembles material from the first movement. The finale is full of technical display contrasted by more songful moments. This masterpiece is a staple of piano trio repertoire.

Since Noontime Concerts live performances are postponed for now as we all shelter in place. We are now offering curated recorded programs from our Noontime Concerts archives. This week we are featuring Hilda Huang, Piano Program... L.V. Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat Major, Op. 106, Hammerklavier LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN German Composer of the Classical Era (1750-1827) 250th Anniversary of His Birth Grand Sonata for Hammerklavier (Fortepiano) Op. 106 is the twenty-ninth of thirty-two sonatas composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The work is a celebration of the piano itself by one of the most phenomenal musical intellects of all time. As Beethoven’s longest, grandest, and most difficult piano compositions, nothing created before or after by anyone surpasses its monumentality. The Hammerklavier sonata is a work that displays all that is quintessentially Beethovenian: drama, emotion, humor, wit, expressivity, convention-defying, musical logic, virtuosity, exultation, humanism, pianistic muscularity, and ravishing lyricism. Written in the third and last period of his life, Beethoven remains true to his classical roots in this visionary work even though he stretches and relaxes the rules to the extreme.

Noontime Concerts Old Saint Mary's Cathedral, SanFrancisco www.noontimeconcerts.org Tuesday, March 10, 12:30 p.m. Duo Violão Brasil... Duo Violão Brasil is the result of guitarists Rogério Souza and Edinho Gerber's reverence for Brazilian guitar, the violão, and their desire to explore and expand the musical possibilities of putting two violões" together. With repertoire from composers like Pixinguinha, Baden Powell, and Tom Jobim, the duo navigates effortlessly through the many styles of 20th century Brazilian popular music while showcasing original works and inventive arrangements. 2019 marks the release of their first album, A História do Choro, where the duo joined forces with Bay Area percussionist, Ami Molinelli, to survey the musical history and evolution of Brasil’s greatest art form, Choro, while revealing its rhythmic and harmonic permutations and, in the process, create a unique musical statement, coherent in timbre and vision while marvelously varied in its nuances.

Noontime Concerts Old Saint Mary's Cathedral, SanFrancisco www.noontimeconcerts.org Tuesday, March 3, 12:30 p.m. Sarah Wood, Emanuela Nikiforova, Stephanie Bibbo, Elaine Kreston, and Miles Graber... Dimitri Shostakovich: Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 57 and Romance from The Gadfly Op. 97 See more

Noontime Concerts Old Saint Mary's Cathedral, SanFrancisco www.noontimeconcerts.org Tuesday, February 25, 12:30 p.m. Emerging Artist, Weiwen Ma, Piano... Weiwen Ma, a native of Shanghai, is celebrated internationally for her virtuosic technique, her bold interpretations of the classical repertoire, and her vivacious stage presence. She has been described by world celebrated pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi as (playing) with flair and technical prowess. Her keyboard skills are remarkable.