The 2018-19 season at Concerts at Saint Thomas will begin with a major dedicatory event centered around the inauguration of the church’s new Miller-Scott Organ. After over ten years of planning, this magnificent organ will be debuted by Saint Thomas’s current Organist and Director of Music, Daniel Hyde, in a special solo recital on October 5th officially dedicating the instrument to the church’s former music director, John Scott. A virtuosic program has been planned with the intent of showcasing the instrument’s full sonic capabilities ranging from soft string voices to the iconic “blazing Saint Thomas sound.”

The Irene D. and William R. Miller Chancel Organ in memory of John Scott will be one of the most significant organs in North America. Containing 102 stops and 7,069 pipes, the instrument has been described by Hyde as offering, “...limitless opportunities for performance and education at the highest level.” In addition to supporting the internationally renowned liturgical and musical life of the parish, it will also encourage the training of young organists and be a showcase for recitalists from all over the world.

On October 18th, Benjamin Sheen plays the organ for its first concert with the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, and its orchestral debut with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. The concert program will feature concerto repertoire milestones Concerto en Sol mineur by Francis Poulenc and Toccata Festiva by Samuel Barber. Together with Sara Cutler, harp, and Hyesang Park, soprano, the choir will also perform C.H.H. Parry’s iconic setting of Milton’s Blest Pair of Sirens to honor the centenary of Parry’s death, Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms to celebrate the centenary of his birth, and Leoš Janácek’s Otcenáš.
 

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