"The Land of Bach," recital with slides and commentary
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee
Sunday, September 30, 2001, 7:00 p.m.
| Prelude in E-flat, BVW 552a | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Photographs of Eisenach, Arnstadt, and Altenburg | ||
| Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr | Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713-1780) | |
| Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl | Johann Michael Bach (1648-1694) | |
| Photographs of Weimar, Weissenfels, Dresden, and Erfurt | ||
| Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren | Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) | |
| Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (two verses) | Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) | |
| Fahr nur hin, du schnöde Welt | J. G. Walther | |
| Photographs of Naumburg and Leipzig | ||
| Adagio from Sonata in f, op. 65, no 1 | Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) | |
| Fugue in E-flat, BWV 552b | J. S. Bach |
Peter Van Eenam in November 2001 celebrated his twentieth anniversary as organist and choirmaster of Westminster Presbyterian Church. At Westminster he leads a full music program, including vocal choirs for all ages from preschool through adult as well as six instrumental groups (two brass choirs, a trombone choir, two handbell choirs, and a string ensemble).
He is also the harpsichordist of the Knoxville Chamber Orchestra, with which he has appeared as a soloist. He received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Michigan, where he studied organ with Robert Clark and harpsichord with Edward Parmentier.
This recital was inspired by his trip to Germany in May and June of 2001, when Robert Clark met with several friends and former students over a period of two weeks in Naumburg (Saale), Germany, to work with the restored Zacharias Hildebrandt organ in the Wenzelskirche. Naumburg is located in the heart of "Bach country." (An extended report, "Discovering Bach and Hildebrandt in Naumburg," including a section on the cultural setting of Naumburg contributed by Peter Van Eenam, was compiled and edited by Douglas Reed and appeared in the February 2002 issue of The American Organist.)