The Rector’s Reflection for August 2017

The Miller-Scott Organ

This month Canon Turner speaks with Jonathan Ambrosino, organ consultant for the Miller-Scott Organ, as part of an ongoing series of interviews exploring the different aspects of the new organ.

Music Selections

Augustin Barié (1883–1915)
Trois Pieces pour Orgue Op.7: Marche
Southwark Cathedral, London; 1897 T.C. Lewis (restored Harrison & Harrison 1993)
Peter Wright, organist

Leo Sowerby (1895–1968)
Symphony in G, 2nd movement “Fast and Sinister”
Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts; 1935 (and later) Aeolian-Skinner
Catharine Crozier, organist

Sir Edward Elgar (1857–1934)
Sonata in G (Op. 28), 1st movement
Church of the Immaculate Concception, Boston; 1863 E. & G.G. Hook / 1902 Hook-Hastings
Thomas Murray, organist

Louis Vierne (1870–1937)
Pièces en style libre (Op. 31), No. 1 “Préambule”
Abbaye Saint-Ouen de Rouen (Normandie), France; 1890 Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
George Baker, organist