John Brock, organ

Faculty Recital, School of Music, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee

Thursday, September 8, 2005, 8:00 p.m.


Sonata in B-flat Major, op. 65, no. 4 Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
    Allegro con brio
    Andante religioso
    Allegretto
    Allegro maestoso e vivace
Praeludium in C Major, BuxWV 137 Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BuxWV 186
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223

Canzona in d minor, BuxWV 168
Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt, BuxWV 183
Magnificat primi toni, BuxWV 203

Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist, BuxWV 208
Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist, BuxWV 209
Praeludium in g minor, BuxWV 148

Hommage à Dietrich Buxtehude: Toccata Fugue (1987) Petr Eben (b. 1929)



John Brock, Professor of Music, has been a member of the faculty of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, since 1967. In the intervening years he has performed in the Knoxville area many times on both the organ and the harpsichord. He has also performed for conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Soceity, and the Organ Historical Society, and he has appeared in concert in several European countries. In September 2005 he was both a performer and a lecturer at the AGO National Pedagogy Conference, "Buxtehude on the Fritts," at the University of Notre Dame.

Brock has recorded three compact discs, A Tennessee Organ Tour, vol. 1 and A Tennessee Organ Tour, vol. 2 (both Raven), and Hugo Distler: Complete Organ Works (Calcante). In addition, he has published Introduction to Organ Playing in 17th and 18th Century Style (Wayne Leupold Editions). His principal organ study was with Warren Hutton at the University of Alabama.

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