John Scott, In Memoriam #1533
…a tribute to the artistry of English-born organist and choral conductor John Scott, who died unexpectedly at age 59 on August 12, 2015.
Hour 1
HENRI MULET: Tu es Petra, fr Byzantine Sketches –John Scott (1948 Wicks/St. Mary Basilica, Minneapolis, MN) Pipedreams Archive (r. 6/20/1980)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: Prelude & Fugue in c, Op. 37, no. 1 (1837). MENDELSSOHN: Fugue in e (1839) –John Scott (St. Paul’s Cathedral) Hyperion 66491/2
MARCEL DUPRE: Preludio, fr Deuxieme Symphonie, Op. 26 –John Scott (St. Paul’s Cathedral) Hyperion 67047
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE: Praeludium in g, BuxWV 148 –John Scott (1996 Taylor & Boody/St. Thomas Church, NYC) Pipedreams Archive (r. 2/10/07)
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: Ye choirs of new Jerusalem –Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral/John Scott, director; Huw Williams (1872 Willis-1972 Mander/St. Paul’s Cathedral, London) Hyperion 67087
J.S. BACH: Drum schliess ich, fr Motet No. 5, BWV 229 –Choir and Instruments of St. Tomas Church, NYC/John Scott, director. Resonus 10152
Filler – MARCEL DUPRÉ: Te lucis ante terminum, fr Tombeau de Titelouze, Op. 38 --John Scott (St. Paul’s Cathedral) Hyperion 66205
Hour 2
CHARLES HARFORD LLOYD & JOHN GAVIN SCOTT: Psalm 30 –Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral/John Scott, director; Andrew Lucas (St. Paul’s Cathedral) Hyperion 11003
JOHN GAVIN SCOTT: Easter Anthem (Christ our Passover) –Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral/John Scott, director; Huw Williams (St. Paul’s Cathedral) Hyperion 11012
WILLIAM HARRIS: Most glorious Lord of life –St. Thomas Church Choir/John Scott, director; Jeremy Bruns (1956 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Thomas Church, NYC) Pro Organo 7209
LIONEL ROGG: 2 Etudes for Organ (Le Canon improbable; Les Tétrachords insistant, 1986). GUY BOVET: Toccata Planyavska (1993) –John Scott (1993 Mander/Church of St. Ignatius, Loyola, NYC) Priory 643
PATRICK GOWERS: Viri Galilaei (1988) –Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London/John Scott, conductor; Andrew Lucas (St. Paul’s Cathedral) Hyperion 66519
HERBERT HOWELLS: St. Paul’s Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) (1951) –Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral, London/John Scott, conductor; Christopher Dearnley (St. Paul’s Cathedral) Hyperion 66260
WILLIAM MATHIAS: Recessional, Op. 96 –John Scott (St. Paul’s Cathedral) Nimbus 5367
Filler – STANFORD: Justorum animae, fr Op. 38 –Choir of St. Paul’s Cathedral/John Scott, director. Hyperion 66519
Some of the music and the interview segments in this program were derived from PIPEDREAMS Program #0342 (Scott Free), originally broadcast in October 2003.
Two videos show John Scott in performances of the Adagio by Frank Bridge played on the restored Kilgen organ at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Brooklyn, and Bach’s setting of the plaintive Advent chorale “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” on the Taylor & Boody mechanical-action organ at St. Thomas Church, NYC
