# Cameron Carpenter at Robert M. Miner Auditorium, February 11, 2018

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/events/2017-18/0211/cameron-carpenter-with-international-touring-organ) presents The Music of Bach, performed by [Cameron Carpenter](http://www.cameroncarpenter.com/) on the International Touring Organ  
[Robert M. Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
2:00 PM, Sunday, February 11, 2018

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## Set One

[2:07 PM lights down, announcements, CC out]

01. [2:07 PM] Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): _Chorale Prelude_ on "In Dulci Jubilo", BWV 729
02. [2:10 PM] Louis Victor Jules Vierne (1870–1937): _Prélude_ (first movement) from Symphonie No.1, Op.14 (1895–98)  
   
Bach: _Prelude_ and _Fugue_ in D major, BWV 532 (ca. 1710)
03. [2:15 PM] _Prelude_
04. [2:19 PM] _Fugue_  
[2:24 PM Cameron greets us and back announces the first few pieces]  
   
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): French Suite No.5 in G major, BWV 816 (ca. 1722)
05. [2:28 PM] _Allemande_
06. [2:30 PM] _Courante_
07. [2:31 PM] _Sarabande_
08. [2:32 PM] _Gavotte_
09. [2:33 PM] _Bourrée_
10. [2:35 PM] _Loure_
11. [2:37 PM] _Gigue_  
[2:39 PM long talk from Cameron]  
   
Aleksandr Scriabin (1872–1915): Piano Sonata No.4 in F-sharp Major, Op.30 (1903), arr. Carpenter
12. [2:46 PM] _Andante_
13. [2:50 PM] _Prestissimo volando_  
[set ends 2:54 PM]

## Set Two

[3:12 PM lights down, announcements, band out]

Bach: Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV 542

01. [3:12 PM] _Prelude: Fantasia_
02. [3:17 PM] _Fugue_  
   
[3:23 PM Cameron introduces the next work]
03. [3:27 PM] Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958): _Rhosymedre_ (Andantino) (1920), second of 3 Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes
04. [3:31 PM] Robert Schumann (1810–1856): Canon on F.H. Himmel's "An Alexis send' ich dich" for pedal piano in A flat major (1832-33)  
[3:36 PM Cameron back announce and brief talk about his notions regarding improvisation]  
   
Cameron Carpenter: Three Improvisations for International Touring Organ
05. [3:39 PM] I
06. [3:43 PM] II
07. [3:49 PM] III  
[set ends 3:55 PM]  
   
**Encore**
08. [3:56 PM] ? (unidentified circus-y extravaganza)  
[show ends 4:01 PM]


## Performers

* [Cameron Carpenter](http://www.cameroncarpenter.com/): organ.

## Notes

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* Amazing trills on the Bach _Gigue_: it was like CC was performing an Irish Step-Dance on the pedals
* Presumably CC arranged the Schumann piece, but I couldn't find verification
* The three CC improves were interestingly different from one another, though the first two both the same sort of beautifully wispy diminuendo as a conclusion. The third piece seemed to me to be tracing a hymn or other simple choral line.
* Pulling out all the stops? Indeed, metaphorically, there were several moments of full blast everything: impressive, when used judiciously!
* It seemed to me as if CC deliberately avoided using any brass voicing: perhaps he was working around technical difficulties with his instrument? It's hard to imagine that he'd create his 'dream instrument' without including those timbres.

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