Musica Organi
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee
Friday, November 12, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
| Toccata, op. 208 | Amaral Vieira (b. 1952) | |
| Grand Dialogue | Louis Marchand (1669-1732) | |
| Two Chorale Settings | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
| "Sleepers, Awake! A Voice Is Calling" (Cantata 140), arr. J. S. Bach | ||
| "Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring" (Cantata 147), arr. Maurice Duruflé | ||
| Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, op. 37, no. 1 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847) | |
| Intermission | ||
| Reflections on Southern Hymn Tunes | Louie L. White (1921-1978) | |
| Resignation | ||
| Wondrous Love | ||
| Pisgah | ||
| Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor (24 Preludes and Fugues for Organ) | Robert Edward Smith (b. 1946) | |
| Prelude, Fugue et Variation, op. 18 | César Franck (1822-1890) | |
| Carillon-Sortie | Henri Mulet (1878-1967) | |
John Rose, College Organist at Trinity College in Connecticut, began his performance career at the age of twenty, when he became organist of the landmark Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey. A graduate of Rutgers University, he was an instructor in organ at the university's Newark campus while cathedral organist. His primary organ teacher was the late virtuoso Virgil Fox, with whom he studied privately for over seven years.
As a concert organist John Rose has performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Davies Hall in San Francisco, the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, and a host of other halls, churches, and campuses around the U.S.A. His European tours have included performances at St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London and Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He has also appeared at festivals in Australia, Belgium, England, Mexico, Norway, and Scotland.
John Rose has been a featured artist at national and regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, the National Association of Pastoral Musicians, the Associated Pipe Organ Builders of America, and the American Institute of Organbuilders. He has long been associated with the church music institute held each summer at Colby College in Maine, serving since 1988 as its director.
Several eminent composers, including the late Malcolm Williamson, have dedicated works to John Rose, and he has made numerous recordings. Among his honors have been a performance grant by the National Endowment for the Arts and the designation "Young Artist of the Year" in the journal Musical America. He is an elected member of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences and an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in London.