Musica Organi
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee
Friday, November 18, 2005, 8:00 p.m.
Music of J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
| Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C, BWV 564 |
| Sonata no. 2 in c, BWV 526 |
| Vivace |
| Largo |
| Allegro |
| Concerto in d, after Vivaldi (op. 3, no. 11), BWV 596 |
| [Allegro]-Grave-Fuga |
| Largo e spiccato |
| [Allegro] |
| Intermission |
| Canonic Variations on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her," BWV 769a |
| Canone all' ottava |
| Canone all' quinta |
| Canto fermo in canone, alla sesta e all' roverscio |
| Canone all' settima |
| Canon per augmentationem |
| Vor deinen Thron tret' ich, BWV 668 |
| Prelude and Fugue in e, BWV 548 |
David Yearsley is active as an organ, clavichord, harspichord, and fortepiano performer in North America and Europe. He was educated at Harvard College and Stanford University, where he received his Ph.D. in musicology.
Energetically engaged with the historical context for his music making, he has written numerous articles on German musical culture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, which have appeared in leading scholarly journals. His book Bach and the Meanings of Counterpoint (Cambridge University Press, 2002) has been widely praised.
His recordings include Music of a Father and Son: The Organ Works of Delphin and Nicolaus Adam Strungk, played on the Arp Schnitger organ in Norden, and The Great Contest: Bach, Scarlatti, Handel (both on the Loft label).
Winner of the first prize at the 1994 Bruges Early Music Festival, David Yearsley is a member of the pioneering synthesizer trio Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company.
David Yearsley is on the faculty of Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, where he lives with his wife, Annette Richards, the Cornell University Organist and Professor of Music, and their two daughters.