2021–2022
MUSIC@ EMORY
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Cover Photo Mark Teague
Program Design Lisa Baron
Acknowledgment
The Schwartz Center gratefully acknowledges the generous ongoing support of Donna and Marvin Schwartz.
2021–2022
MUSIC@ EMORY Timothy Albrecht Performs Bach Live Sunday, September 12, 2021, 4:00 p.m.
Emerson Concert Hall Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
Selections from Well-Tempered Clavier II Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) Timothy Albrecht, piano, harpsichord, and organ Prelude in B-flat Major Prelude and Fugue in B-flat Minor Performed on the Werner Wortsman Memorial Organ Prelude in D Major Prelude and Fugue in A Minor Performed on the Steinway Piano Prelude and Fugue in F Minor Performed on the Kingston Harpsichord Prelude and Fugue in A Major Performed on the Graves Memorial Positive Organ Prelude in D Minor Performed on the Kingston Harpsichord Prelude in C-sharp Major Prelude and Fugue in A-flat Major Performed on the Steinway Piano Prelude and Fugue in G Major Performed on the Graves Memorial Positive Organ Prelude and Fugue in B Major Prelude and Fugue in B Minor Performed on the Steinway Piano To encourage physical distancing and avoid crowding in the lobbies and restrooms, you may exit the concert hall as needed between pieces. An usher will assist in returning you to your seat at an appropriate time.
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Program Notes This afternoon’s recital features various keyboard instruments sounding selections from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier II. The collection of preludes and fugues was completed in the composer’s last decade, a sequel to his earlier 1722 Well-Tempered Clavier I that Timothy Albrecht performed in two recitals last season from the Schwartz virtual stage. Today’s hourlong program will include commentary from time to time. Timothy Albrecht dedicates this recital as a musical offering honoring Willis Williams, MD, former director of Children’s Egleston Hospital Pediatric Cardiology Surgery, a true friend who in times of great need didn’t look the other way.
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Timothy Albrecht The American Organist hails Timothy Albrecht, Atlanta’s Emory University organist, for his “creative, fertile imagination . . . electric performances . . . Lisztian virtuosity.” His recitals span Alaska to the Andes, and Texas to Taiwan. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung cites his “ever-present artistry and virtuosity.” “Unforgettable, because inimitable,” writes the Darmstädter Beiträge zur neuen Musik. Nobel Peace Prize–winner Desmond Tutu once wrote him about an upcoming performance, “I am so looking forward to that . . . knowing you will play as if your life depended on it!” He has performed organ music of Olivier Messiaen before the Dalai Lama. Ambidextrous and possessing perfect pitch, Albrecht first studied piano with Eastern European musician Eugenia Prekosh. Elected to Phi Beta Kappa while at Oberlin College, he earned a doctorate at the Eastman School of Music, representing the United States at the Sixth International Bach Competition in Leipzig. England’s Cambridge University, where he has spent two sabbatical research leaves, has conferred him with Life Membership. At Emory, Albrecht headed the graduate organ degree programs for a quarter of a century. He teaches master classes across the country for many chapters of the American Guild of Organists and he has performed and taught in Europe and Asia. He has also taught a master class at the Juilliard School in New York. His discography includes nine solo compact discs, and he has also composed 12 volumes of published Grace Notes for Organ.
“The Well-Tempered Clavier is the highest and best school; no one will ever create a more ideal one.”
– Frédéric Chopin
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Upcoming Music Events Many fall music events at Emory will require free online registration or tickets. Visit music.emory.edu or schwartz.emory.edu to view upcoming music events and their attendance requirements. To register, visit tickets.arts.emory.edu or call the Schwartz Center Box Office at 404.727.5050. Ticket prices are listed in the following order: Full price/Emory student price (unless otherwise noted as the price for all students). Sunday, September 12, 4:00 p.m., Timothy Albrecht Performs Bach Live, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free online registration required Friday, September 17, noon, Mussorsky: Pictures at an Exhibition for String Quintet, ECMSA: Cooke Noontime Series, Michael C. Carlos Museum, free online registration required Saturday, September 18, 8:00 p.m., George Li, piano, Candler Concert Series, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, $45/$10, tickets required Saturday, September 25, 8:00 p.m., Beethoven & Bluegrass, ECMSA: Emerson Series, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free tickets required Thursday, October 7, 6:00 p.m., Jazz on the Green, Patterson Green, free, no registration required Friday, October 15, noon, Piano for Four Hands, ECMSA: Cooke Noontime Series, Michael C. Carlos Museum, free online registration required Friday, October 15, and Saturday, October 16, 8:00 p.m., This Amazing Day, Atlanta Master Chorale, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, $35/$10 all students, tickets required Thursday, October 21, 6:00 p.m., Jazz on the Green, Patterson Green, free, no registration required Saturday, October 23, 8:00 p.m., Emory University Symphony Orchestra, Schwartz Center, Emerson Concert Hall, free tickets required Sunday, October 24, 4:00 p.m., Just Jazzin’ Around, ECMSA: Family Series, Michael C. Carlos Museum, free
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