On the Loening-Hancock Organ:

Praeludium in A Minor, BuxWV 153
Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BuxWV 199
Puer natus in Bethlehem, BuxWV 217
Passacaglia in D minor, BuxWV 161
Canzonetta in G, BuxWV 171 BuxWV 171
Vater unser im Himmelreich, BuxWV 219
Praeludium in G minor, BuxWV 149


On the Arents Memorial Organ:

Rhapsody in C sharp minor, Op. 17, No. 3)


Chorale


Sonata in G, Op. 28
I. Allegro maestoso

Dietrich Buxtehude
(c.1637-1707)









Herbert Howells
(1892 – 1983

William Mathias
(1934-1992)

Edward Elgar
(1857-1934)

JOHN SCOTT, LVO, began his musical career as a Chorister at Wakefield Cathedral in Yorkshire, UK. While still at school he gained the diplomas of the Royal College of Organists, winning the major prizes. He was Organ Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge, acting as Assistant to Dr. George Guest, and during this time, continued his studies with Dame Gillian Weir. On leaving Cambridge he became Assistant Organist at both St. Paul's and Southwark Cathedrals, later becoming Sub-Organist of St. Paul's, and in 1990 succeeding Christopher Dearnley as Organist and Director of Music. Under his direction, the St. Paul's Choir toured three continents, made many recordings and performed with most of the London orchestras. In the summer of 2004, he took up the post of Organist and Director of Music at St. Thomas Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, in succession to Dr. Gerre Hancock. As an organist, John Scott has performed in five continents, premiered many new works written for him, and worked with various specialist ensembles. He is a first-prize winner from the Manchester International Organ Competition (1978) and the Leipzig J.S. Bach Competition (1984); in 1998 he was nominated International Performer of the Year by the New York Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Mr. Scott is a Past President of the Incorporated Association of Organists. He was a member of the Jury for the Concours International d’Orgue Grand Prix de Chartres in 2002 and chaired the Jury for the Dallas International Organ Competition in 2003. Recent engagements have included concerts in Switzerland, USA, South Africa, Poland, Ireland, Holland, Germany, Notre Dame in Paris, and London’s Royal Albert Hall. Beginning in January of this year, Mr. Scott presented the complete organ works of Dietrich Buxtehude in a series of ten recitals at Saint Thomas Church, commemorating the tercentenary of the composer’s death.