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Sunday August 23 4:00(Glendale)

Lilia Ensemble: Love and Longing

This program highlights works centered on themes of yearning for beauty, connection, and the divine.

The program will feature Early Music composers

Orlando di Lasso (c. 1532 – 1594) , Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544 – c. 1590), Leonhard Lechner (c. 1553 – 1606), Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 1585)

and works by Distler, Billings, and many more.

Lilia Ensemble is Soo Bin Kwon, Elizabeth Laughton, and Rebecca Russell.

This concert will feature the talents of Peter Lifland, bass.

Free Admission (donations welcome) and Reception to follow!

For more information, please visit www.LiliaEnsemble.org

First Baptist Church of Glendale 209 N Louise St, Glendale, CA 91206

parking in small church lot, city parking in adjacent lot, limited street parking.

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September  2026

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Friday, September 11, 7:30PM  (Mid-City LA - Mid-Wilshire)

Sonia Lee and Tyler Zimmerman: Organ concert

   Sonia Lee and Tyler Zimmerman perform on Hauptwerk virtual pipe organs in an intimate house setting in Lafayette Square, L.A. (Crenshaw Blvd, north of the 10 Freeway). Doors open at 7:30pm; music starts at 8:00pm. Free RSVP. Donations to musicians appreciated. For further details and reservation: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sonia-lee-and-tyler-zimmerman-play-hauptwerk-virtual-pipe-organs-8-pm-tickets-1992402926788?

Program:
Giovanni Battista Martini (1706–1784), Toccata per il Deo Gratias
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643), Partite Sopra la Follia

Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710), Toccata con lo scherzo del cucco
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Fuga Sopra il Magnificat BWV 733
Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897), Prière à Notre-Dame, op. 25, no. 3

Flor Peeters (1903–1986), Toccata   
Jean Langlais (1907–1991), Californian Evocation
Havergal Brian (1876–1972), arr. T. Zimmerman, Four Miniatures. II; Fugue in C Minor; The Boys and the Pastille

LOCATION (Mid-City LA - Mid-Wilshire) revealed with reservations.

 

September 11, 2026 8:00 PM (Sierra Madre, east Pasadena)

Tesserae Baroque: The Trio Sonata
One of the defining features of the new Baroque style was the so-called “trio sonata ideal.” In this, musical texture became stratified between a bass and two upper parts. This represented a shift from the equal polyphonic textures of the mature Renaissance style; in contrast, in the trio sonata ideal the middle of the texture is provided by the relatively simple chordal structures of the basso continuo. Nowhere is the trio sonata ideal more obviously seen than in the trio sonata, which, along with opera, was one of the defining genres of the Baroque style. This program will explore the evolution of the trio sonata throughout the Baroque period, in works by Castello, Rossi, Bach and more!

Tickets: $12-35

https://www.sierramadreplayhouse.org/event/tesserae2026

87 W Sierra Madre Blvd
Sierra Madre, CA 91024

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Saturday, September 12, 2026, 6:00PM  (Bluff Heights, Long Beach)
The Musical Reunion
The Musical Reunion : Ken Aiso, baroque violin, Sonia Lee, harpsichord, David Garrett, viola da gamba
   An Intimate Evening of Baroque in Long Beach Home! The Musical Reunion brings together baroque violinist Ken Aiso, viola da gamba player David Garrett, and harpsichordist Sonia Lee for an elegant program of 17th- and 18th-century masterworks. Performed on period instruments, the program features music by Buxtehude, Handel, Bach, and Rameau, highlighting the distinctive colors and style of the baroque era. This baroque trio explores the rich textures and expressive detail of early chamber music in an intimate, engaging setting.
    Limited seating; registration required. $20 donation per person at the door. Home address emailed with registration confirmation on September 10.  Welcome: 5:00 ~ 5:45pm; Concert: 6:00 ~ 7:00pm; Reception: 7:00pm. For complete information and registration: https://cmsocal.org/event/the-musical-reunion-bluff-heights-residence-20260912/
Program:
Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707), Sonata no. 2 in D major, BuxWV 260
Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710), Toccata con lo scherzo del cucco
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764), Sonata for Violin and Continuo in C minor, op. 5, no. 6 (“Le Tombeau”)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764), Pièces de clavecin en concert no. 4, RCT 10
   Internationally acclaimed violinist/violist Ken Aiso has performed worldwide as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Equally at home with modern and period instruments, Ken has appeared as principal violin with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Philharmonic, the Hallé and the Scottish Chamber Orchestras.
   David Garrett is a member of the cello section of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with previous tenures with the orchestras of Houston, San Antonio, Shreveport, New Orleans, and Grand Rapids. He also directs the Collegium Musicum and maintains one of Southern California’s top cello teaching studios at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University at Long Beach.
   Sonia Lee concertizes on various keyboard instruments and has been invited as soloist and collaborative artist in more than 150 cities on four continents, including early music series and festivals in Bologna, Boston, Buenos Aires, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris and Utrecht. She has been director of the prestigious Jurow International Harpsichord Competition since 2022.

Long Beach Home address emailed with registration confirmation on September 10. 

Sunday, September 13, 2026, 1:00-2:00PM  (Laguna Beach)
The Musical Reunion : Ken Aiso, baroque violin, Sonia Lee, harpsichord, David Garrett, viola da gamba
     The Musical Reunion brings together baroque violinist Ken Aiso, viola da gamba player David Garrett, and harpsichordist Sonia Lee for an elegant program of 17th- and 18th-century masterworks. Performed on period instruments, the program features music by Buxtehude, Leclair, Bach, and Rameau, highlighting the distinctive colors and style of the baroque era. This baroque trio explores the rich textures and expressive detail of early chamber music in an intimate, engaging setting.
Program:
Dieterich Buxtehude (c. 1637–1707), Sonata no. 2 in D major, BuxWV 260
Bernardo Pasquini (1637–1710), Toccata con lo scherzo del cucco
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697–1764), Sonata for Violin and Continuo in C minor, op. 5, no. 6 (“Le Tombeau”)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764), Pièces de clavecin en concert no. 4, RCT 10

Artists:

Ken Aiso , iInternationally acclaimed violinist/violist has performed worldwide as soloist, chamber and orchestral musician. Equally at home with modern and period instruments, Ken has appeared as principal violin with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the London Philharmonic, the Hallé and the Scottish Chamber Orchestras.
    David Garrett is a member of the cello section of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with previous tenures with the orchestras of Houston, San Antonio, Shreveport, New Orleans, and Grand Rapids. He also directs the Collegium Musicum and maintains one of Southern California’s top cello teaching studios at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University at Long Beach.
    Sonia Lee concertizes on various keyboard instruments and has been invited as soloist and collaborative artist in more than 150 cities on four continents, including early music series and festivals in Bologna, Boston, Buenos Aires, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris and Utrecht. She has been director of the prestigious Jurow International Harpsichord Competition since 2022.
Reservation at https://lagunabeachlive.org/laguna-live-at-the-museum. Free to members of Laguna Beach Live! and members of the Museum, $14 for non-members.

Laguna Art Museum, 307 Cliff Dr, Laguna Beach, CA 92651