Musica Organi
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee
Friday, April 11, 2003, 7:30 p.m.
Clavierübung, Part III
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
| Praeludium pro Organo pleno, BWV 552, 1 |
| Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669 |
| Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670 |
| Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671 |
| Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit (Manualiter), BWV 672 |
| Christe, aller Welt Trost (Manualiter), BWV 673 |
| Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist (Manualiter), BWV 674 |
| Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 675 |
| Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 676 |
| Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (Manualiter), BWV 677 |
| Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot, BWV 678 |
| Dies sind die heilgen zehen Gebot (Manualiter), BWV 679 |
| Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV 680 |
| Intermission |
| Wir glauben all an einen Gott (Manualiter), BWV 681 |
| Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 682 |
| Vater unser im Himmelreich (Manualiter), BWV 683 |
| Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam, BWV 684 |
| Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam (Manualiter), BWV 685 |
| Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686 |
| Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (Manualiter), BWV 687 |
| Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Zorn Gottes wandt, BWV 688 |
| Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Zorn Gottes wandt (Manualiter), BWV 689 |
| Duetto I, BWV 802 |
| Duetto II, BWV 803 |
| Duetto III, BWV 804 |
| Duetto IV, BWV 805 |
| Fugue a 5 con pedale pro Organo pleno, BWV 552, 2 |
Robert Clark is widely known as an organ recitalist and teacher. Formerly Professor of Organ at the University of Michigan, he directed the program of organ instruction at Arizona State University until his retirement in 1998.
In 1982, Clark served on the international jury for the Grand Prix de Chartres. He has performed as a concert organist throughout the United States and is a frequent presenter at conventions. He is coeditor, with John David Peterson, of the Concordia edition of the Bach Orgelbüchlein.
His students have won or placed in several major competitions, including Fort Wayne, St. Alban's, Flint, and regional competitions of the American Guild of Organists. In 1990 he was a featured teacher at the National Pedagogy Conference of the American Guild of Organists in Worcester, Massachusetts.
In January 1992, Clark, in cooperation with the Westfield Center for Early Keyboard Studies and the American Organ Academy, was instrumental in directing a symposium, The Historical Organ in America, at Arizona State University. Registrants and presenters included 350 organists, organbuilders, and scholars from North America, Japan, and Europe.
Clark has recorded on the Gryphone and Calcante labels. In January 1999 two of his CDs, Bach & Friends on the Fritts and the Bach Orgelbüchlein (a joint recording with John David Peterson), were nominated for "Critic's Choice" awards by the American Record Guide. His recent recording Bach at Naumburg, on the famed Hildebrandt Organ in Naumburg, Germany, was designated as an "Editor's Choice" in the British journal Organists' Review in May 2002.
His most recent CD (on the Calcante label) is the Bach Clavierübung, Part III, which he recorded at Westminster about a month before this recital.