Assisted by Robert Adamcik, percussion
Musica Organi
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee
Friday, November 11, 2001, 8:00 p.m.
| Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist, BWV 667 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731 | J.S. Bach | |
| Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721 | J.S. Bach | |
| Chorale Preludes, op. 122 | Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) | |
| Herzlich tut mich verlangen | ||
| Herzlich tut mich erfreuen | ||
| Variations on a Shape-Note Hymn, "Wondrous Love," op. 34 | Samuel Barber (1910-1981) | |
| Variations on "America" | Charles Ives (1874-1954) | |
| Intermission | ||
| In the Garden (with drum set) | Russell Peck (b. 1947) | |
| Requiescat in pace (with chimes) | Leo Sowerby (1895-1968) | |
| Humoresque "L'Organo primitivo," Toccatina for Flute | Pietro Yon (1886-1943) | |
| Organbook III: Volume II | William Albright (1944-1998) | |
| 1. Underground Stream | ||
| 2. Curio II (Trio) | ||
| 3. Basse de Trompette | ||
| 4. Jig for the Feet (Totentanz) | ||
| 5. Nocturne | ||
| 6. Finale: The Offering |
Douglas Reed is currently on sabbatical from the University of Evansville, where he is Professor of Music and University Organist. During the 2001-2002 academic year he is serving as Principal Organist for the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and the Diocese of Memphis.
Reed holds the Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of Michigan and the Doctor of Musical Arts from the Eastman School of Music, where he was also awarded the coveted Performer's Certificate. His principal organ teachers were Robert Clark, Robert Glasgow, and Russell Saunders.
Both an organist and a harpsichordist, Reed has appeared throughout the United States, in Europe, and in the Far East. He has performed for the Musica Nova series at the Eastman School of Music, the Contemporary Directions series at the University of Michigan, the Organ Historical Society National Convention in Chicago, and numerous chapters of the American Guild of Organists.
For the past three decades Reed has been an advocate of William Albright's music. One of American's most influential and distinguished composers, Albright was on the faculty of the University of Michigan from 1970 until his death in 1998. Although probably best known for his keyboard works, he wrote for almost every medium, and some of his compositions have electronic, visual, and theatrical elements. Albright was internationally known for his concerts of new music for organ and piano. His recital programs and compositions reflected his interest in classic and modern ragtime and other jazz styles. (Albright's composition teachers included Ross Lee Finney, Olivier Messiaen, George Rochberg, and Aaron Copland.) Reed's doctoral dissertation at Eastman was devoted to Albright's organ music of the period 1965-1975. In addition, he was responsible for the commissions, first performances, and first recordings of Four Fancies for Harpsichord (1979) and Symphony for Organ (1983). For commissioning the latter, Reed was awarded grants by both the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Reed's performances have been broadcast on Radio Belgium, on Hong Kong Radio 4, and in America on "Pipedreams." The Eastman School of Music rereleased his premiere recording of Albright's Four Fancies as part of its Eastman American Music Series (Albany Records). Other recordings devoted to Albright's organ music are available on the Arkay and Equilibrium labels. Reed has also recorded two CDs of traditional repertoire on the Mulberry St. label.
Just released on Equilibrium is a set of two CDs, In Memoriam William Albright, the first commercial recording on the large new concert organ built by C. B. Fisk, Inc., for the Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Japan. Works include "The King of Instruments" (two ways: one with English narration by Michael Barone, the host of "Pipedreams," and the other a very entertaining Japanese version!), the Symphony for Organ (with percussion), Organbook III, and several shorter works, among them the world premiere recordings of "Carillon Bombarde" and "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland."