Musica Organi
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Knoxville, Tennessee
Friday, February 15, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
| Organ Program | ||
| Toccata in G (Book 2, no. 5) | Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) | |
| Capriccio, in which the 5th part is sung | ||
| Passacaglia in d | Dieterich Buxtehude (ca. 1637-1707) | |
| Praeambulum in G | Heinrich Scheidemann (1595-1663) | |
| Erbarm' dich mein, O Herre Gott | ||
| Fantasia in G | William Byrd (1543-1623) | |
| Rondeau | Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (c. 1665-1729) | |
| Sarabande | ||
| Rigaudon | ||
| Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux (Mass for Parishes) | François Couperin (1668-1733) | |
| Intermission | ||
| Harpsichord Program | ||
| Sonata in D, K. 177 | Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) | |
| Sonata in E, K. 264 | ||
| Toccata in F (Book 1, no. 10) | Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643) | |
| Suite in e | Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) | |
| Allemande | ||
| Courante | ||
| Gigues I and II | ||
| Le rappel des oiseaux | ||
| Rigaudons I and II | ||
| Musette en rondeau | ||
| La villageoise | ||
| Tambourin | ||
| Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) | |
Wildboar Recordings
Edward Parmentier is internationally renowned for his brilliant performances of early keyboard music. A specialist in the harpsichord music of J. S. Bach, the English virginalists, and the French clavecinistes, he has performed widely throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East.
Parmentier studied with Albert Fuller in New York City and Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam. He holds degrees in classics and musicology from Princeton University and in humanities and teaching from Harvard University.
Currently Professor of Music at the School of Music, University of Michigan, Edward Parmentier teaches harpsichord and performance practice and directs choral and instrumental performances of the Early Music Ensemble there.
Parmentier's solo appearances include recitals on both harpsichord and historic organs, as well as concerto performances with orchestras. Among his recent engagements have been performances for the Berkeley Early Music Festival; Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea; Origo et Practica in Tokyo; and the Hamburg Conservatory. He has also performed for and judged harpsichord competitions.
Parmentier is recognized as a dynamic and inspired lecturer on subjects related to Baroque keyboard instruments and music. His summer harpsichord workshops at the University of Michigan, each summer focusing on two different repertoires, have attracted players from around the world.
Edward Parmentier's recordings, which have won widespread critical acclaim, are all on the Wildboar label: English virginal music, seventeenth-century German harpsichord music, seventeenth-century French harpsichord music, Iberian music played on an eighteenth-century Portuguese fortepiano, early Italian harpsichord music, Corelli ensemble works, the anthology Splendor of the Harpsichord, Scarlatti sonatas, and the complete Bach partitas, toccatas, and English Suites.