The Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts (GNC) series features live performances at the sanctuary of Glendale City Church, 610 E. California Ave. in Glendale.

On Nov. 4, GNC features pianist Brendan White performing a solo piano recital featuring selections from Années de pèlerinage by Franz Liszt (Hungarian, 1811-1886). These include: Sursum Corda (Lift up your hearts, 1883), Sonetto 47 del Petrarca (1858), Aux cyprès de la Villa d’Este I: Thrénodie (1883), Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este  (1883) and Tarantella (1858).

The title refers to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novels Wilhelm Meister’s Apprenticeship and Wilhelm Meister’s Journeyman Years (Wilhelm Meisters Wanderjahre, translated into French as Années de pèlerinage).

Much of the material grew out of his earlier collection Album d’un voyageur (1835–1838) written during his travels in Switzerland and Italy with the Countess Marie d’Agoult.

The pieces in the second volume (published in 1858) explore Italian literature and culture. Dating from late in Liszt’s life, the pieces published in 1883 displayed harmonic experimentation, introspection, religious contemplation and his late style.

Brendan White is a Grammy-award-winning artist whose performances feature a wide range of classical and contemporary piano repertoire. White is based in the LA area where he collaborates with orchestras, chamber ensembles and solo artists. He is a featured musician on Danaë Vlasse’s Grammy Award-winning album “Mythologies.” White performs solo recitals celebrating new composers and historically overlooked masterpieces. His collaborations include performances with the Eastman School’s Musica Nova, Vicente Chamber Orchestra, Global Harmony Symphony, Jackson Symphony, Symphony of the Verdugos and more. As one of Piano Sphere’s Emerging Artists, he has worked with notable composers and conductors including Thomas Adès, Alma Deutscher, Alan Pierson, Donald Crockett and Steven Stucky.

A Tennessee native, White studied at the Eastman School of Music and University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music. In addition to his performance career, he is passionate about music education and teaches students of all ages. He is an original member of the annual Sunset Chamberfest in Los Angeles, which features the work of young composers in Southern California.

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