Organ Recital: Nathan J. Bayreuther

David Schelat (b. 1955)
Coronation (‘All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name’ for Christ the King Sunday)

Godfrey Tomanék (1925-2015)
Rêverie-Aulos

David Blackwell (b. 1961)
Down Ampney (‘Come Down, O Love Divine’ • Homage to Ralph Vaughan Williams)

Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911)
Second Sonata in D Major, Op. 50
     I. Allegro moderato
     II. Larghetto
     III. Allegro vivace

Nathan J. Bayreuther (b. 1980) began his career as a professional organist at age
thirteen at the First Congregational Church in New London, Connecticut. Hired as
the full-time Director of Music five years later in 1999, he was hired in 2005 as
Director of Music Ministry at the First Congregational Church of Madison. He has a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music, Organ Performance, magna cum laude from Central
Connecticut State University having studied with Ezequiel Menéndez; he has also
studied organ with Godfrey Tomanék and Judith Mack.

Labeled “a rare jewel whose performances are both awe-filled and stirring” ( Arts on the
Edge, Wolfeboro, NH), Nathan has received numerous accolades, awards and
scholarships, including the Roberta Bitgood Organ Scholarship (two-time winner) and
the Cynthia Wheeler Carr Scholarship. He was awarded the Colleague Certification
from the American Guild of Organists (AGO) in 2004 and has served on the
Executive Boards of the New London and New Haven County Chapters of the
AGO. He has also served as an organ scholarship adjudicator.

In 2014, Nathan was signed to the Arabesque Records music label in New York, and
in 2015 he performed his first organ recital here at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New
York City; he is happy to be performing here again today and wishes to thank organist
Daniel Brondel for inviting him back and for being so accommodating. Other
performance venues have included Yale University’s Woolsey Hall and St. Joseph’s
Cathedral in Hartford. He also serves as organist for the New England Chamber
Choir in Orchestra based in Cromwell. He lives with his wife and son in Northford
and can frequently be found sailing the waters of Long Island Sound in his spare time.