Thursday, November 5, 20207:00 p.m.
THE THREE ORGANISTS:ALL SOULS’ REMEMBRANCE
“AmericA’s PArish church”
THE THREE ORGANISTS:ALL SOULS’ REMEMBRANCE
In remembrance of all of those who have dieddue to COVID-19 and Social Injustice and Unrest
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Presents the Virtual Concert
St. Patrick’s Cathedral“AmericA’s PArish church”
New York City
Please consider supporting the Friends of Music for the season.Contributions can be made online at: engage.saintpatrickscathedral.org/fom
Jennifer Pascual, D.M.A.Director of Music
Allerseelen (All Souls’ Day) Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
In Paradisum Henri Mulet (1878-1967)
In Paradisum Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur(1908-2002)
Pavane pour une infante défunte Maurice Ravel(1875-1937)
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Daniel Brondel, M.M.Associate Director of Music
from Symphony No. 3 (“Organ Symphony”) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) in C Minor, Op. 78 (1886) arr. Virgil Fox (1912-1980) I. Poco adagio
Pièce d’Orgue (“Fantasia in G Major”), BWV 572 (ca. 1720) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Michael Hey, M.M.Associate Director of Music
Solitude (2020) Nahre Sol(b. 1991)
Prelude and Fugue in E-flat major (“St. Anne”), BWV 552 Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
BIOGRAPHIESDr. Jennifer Pascual was appointed Director of Music at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City in 2003, the first woman to hold this prestigious liturgical music position. Jennifer earned a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Organ Performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY where she studied with David Higgs. She holds a Master of Music Degree in Piano Performance from the Mannes College of Music and received the Bachelor of Music Degrees in Piano and Organ Performance and Music Education from Jacksonville University in Florida. She has served as an organist and choir director in the Dioceses of St. Augustine (FL) and Rochester (NY), and the Archdioceses of Newark (NJ) and New York (NY), and has served at three Roman Catholic Cathedrals. From 2007 to 2014, Dr. Pascual was Professor and Director of Music at St. Joseph’s
Seminary in Yonkers, New York. She currently also serves as the Director of Music of the New York Archdiocesan Festival Chorale.
For many years, Dr. Pascual has been a member of as well as served on the boards of several organizations pertaining to sacred music. She is a frequent recitalist, clinician and adjudicator at national conventions. She was a finalist in the Florida First Coast Piano Competition, participated in the Bach Aria Festival in New York, the International Bamboo Organ Festival in Manila, the Christmas International Festival in Moscow, the Terra Sancta Organ Festival in Israel and Palestine, and the Semaine de l’Orgue International Pipe Organ Festival in Lebanon. Dr. Pascual is a recipient of the Paderewski Medal and Theodore Presser Award. Jennifer has performed as an organist and conductor in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Spain, Vatican City and throughout the United States.
She had the privilege of overseeing all of the liturgical music for His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to New York in 2008 in addition to conducting music for the Masses at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Yankee Stadium. She conducted the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir for President Bush at the White House for National Day of Prayer. In December 2008 Dr. Pascual was named a Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, papal recognition of service to the Church. In September 2015, Dr. Pascual conducted both the New York Archdiocesan Festival Chorale and the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir and orchestra during the Mass at Madison Square Garden celebrated by Pope Francis in 2015. She also conducted the music for Papal Vespers at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Annually, Dr. Pascual participates as a conductor in the Handel Messiah Sing In at Lincoln Center.
With the broadcast of live Mass from St. Patrick’s Cathedral on The Catholic Channel, SIRIUS/XM 129, the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir which she conducts can be heard from 10:15 – 11:30 a.m. on Sundays from September to June. She also hosts a radio talk and music show called “Sounds from the Spires” broadcast on the same channel, Saturdays, 1:00am – 2:00am and 11:00pm – 12:00am and Sundays, 6:00am – 7:00am and 8:00pm – 9:00pm (all Eastern times). Three of Dr. Pascual’s organ recordings and a St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir recording on the JAV label can be found at www.pipe-organ-recordings.com.
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Noted by The New York Times for playing the organ with flair, French-American musician Daniel Brondel is the Associate Director of Music at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, where he plays Masses each week that are broadcast live on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. He is also the Associate Director of the Cathedral Choir, and he manages the organ recital series. He performs solo recitals in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Europe, and has also appeared as soloist in piano concertos of Mozart and Rachmaninoff, and organ concertos of Poulenc and Jongen. He recently accompanied the Sistine Chapel Choir during their visit to Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, and he has collaborated with famous opera stars, including Renée Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu, Michael Fabiano, Isabel Leonard, Matthew Polenzani, Susan Graham, James Valenti, Danielle de Niece, and Joyce DiDonato.
Mr. Brondel is the Artistic Director of The Salvatones, a new vibrant professional choral ensemble based in New York City. He made his Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) debut in 2010 as narrator in a performance of Erik Satie’s Sports et divertissements. He has also recorded and appeared regularly as countertenor soloist (Schnittke’s Requiem and Bach’s B-minor Mass) with Grammy-Award-winner Paul Halley, and has sung with the Gentlemen of the Choir of St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue. He has performed extensively in oratorios of Bach and Handel, and in opera, notably the lead role of Oberon in Benjamin Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Praised for a colorful timbre and an exceptionally wide vocal range, he is featured as solo sopranist in Aural Borealis, a CD recording by award-winning Publick Musick. His first solo-organ album, The Glory of the Organ, recorded at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in 2010 on the JAV label.
Daniel Brondel’s JAV recording of his improvised Organ Fanfare (2010) was featured on Pipedreams, a national radio program of organ music. It is the first music selection of Program #1103: “Domestic Issues” (2011), which focuses on new American organ recordings.
In 2005, Daniel Brondel founded the Cathedral of Saint Patrick Young Singers, the first auditioned youth choir at the Cathedral in over fifty years. The Young Singers performed in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to New York City in April 2008. Following a televised prayer service led by the pontiff, Mr. Brondel was heard playing organ works of Bach for several minutes on the worldwide television broadcast. In October 2010, he played the organ at Saint Peter’s Basilica (Vatican) for the Mass that opened the 9th International Festival of Sacred Music and Art.
Prior to his appointment at the Cathedral of Saint Patrick, Mr. Brondel was the Director of Music & Organist at nearby historic St. Malachy’s Church (The Actors’ Chapel), following in the legacy of famed organist/composer Paul Creston. He also served as Director of Music at St. Anne Church, in Rochester, New York, and as University Organist at the University of Rochester.
A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he studied organ with David Higgs and improvisation with Gerre Hancock and Rick Erickson, Mr. Brondel holds a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance. At Eastman, he did further doctoral work in organ and musicology, and studied voice with Jane McCoy. Master class teachers included Gillian Weir, Ludger Lohmann, Russell Saunders and Pierre Sancan. Mr. Brondel earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance cum laude
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from Georgia State University, Atlanta, where he studied piano with Geoffrey Haydon and organ with Sarah Martin. During his entire college career, he was a singer and French-diction coach for the Grammy-Award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus, directed by Robert Shaw. Recipient of a grant from the Theodore Presser Foundation, several prestigious academic fellowships, and winner of various piano competitions, Daniel Brondel also won the First Prize at the 1996 Arthur Poister Competition and the Second Prize at the 1996 National Young Artist Competition in Organ Playing of the American Guild of Organists in New York City.
A native of southern France, Mr. Brondel has lived in the United States since 1988.
Described as “scintillating” and “tremendously virtuosic” (The Straits Times, Singapore, 2016), concert organist Michael Hey has been increasingly visible on U.S. and international concert stages.
In September 2017, Michael received first prize in the First Shanghai Conservatory of Music International Organ Competition, held at the Shanghai Oriental Arts Theater. Released in October 2017, Michael’s premiere solo CD recording Michael T. C. Hey plays the Great Organ
of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York is available for purchase by the JAV recording label.
In 2016 and 2017, Michael appeared with the San Francisco Symphony and conductor Michael Tilson Thomas in Lou Harrison’s Concerto for Organ with Percussion Orchestra. In 2014 he was the featured organ soloist for the New York City Ballet’s newly commissioned work Acheron. Set to the music of Francis Poulenc’s Organ Concerto, his performance at its premiere was “vividly played” (The New York Times). Michael has also performed at notable venues such as Lincoln Center (New York), Carnegie Hall (New York), Madison Square Garden (New York), the Kimmel Center (Philadelphia), the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), the Esplanade (Singapore), and the New World Symphony (Miami).
Not exclusively a solo organist, Michael enjoys a varied career that includes collaborations with other musicians, solo piano recitals, improvising, and transcribing works. He has performed with renowned soloists including soprano Renée Fleming, tenor Matthew Polenzani, and mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard. In April 2015 he recorded an anthology of songs by Robert Franz with Grammy Award-winning baritone Tim Krol. His latest project is a series of duos for organ or piano with violinist Christiana Liberis. In 2015 Michael was appointed Associate Director of Music and Organist of the famed Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, where one of his first major tasks was to perform for the first U.S. visit of Pope Francis. Michael plays at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral for services throughout the week, which can be heard on broadcasts through Sirius XM radio, television, and online.
A native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Michael graduated in 2014 from the accelerated five-year degree program at The Juilliard School where he received both his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in organ performance under Paul Jacobs. He is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
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Restored (1993-1997)by Peragallo Organ Company
Paterson, New JerseyConsoles by Robert M. Turner
Hacienda Heights, California
Specifications of the
Great Organs of St. Patrick’s CathedralNew York City
Gallery Organ
DiapasonVioloneFirst DiapasonSecond Diapason [ext.]VioloncelloViola SordaGemshornFlute HarmoniqueBourdonGross QuintePrincipalOctave [ext.]Flute Octaviante [ext.]ClarabellaErzählerQuinte
16168888888
5 1/3 44444
2 2/3
FifteenthClaribel Flute [ext.]TierceLarigotFourniture VIIICymbale VIPosauneTrompetteTrumpetClarion [ext.]String OrganChimes SOGreat SubGreat SuperGreat Unison Off
22
1 3/51 1/3
16884
Gallery Great (II) (6” Wind Pressure, Reeds 8” Wind Pressure)
SalicionalBourdonDiapasonViolin DiapasonViola da GambaViole d’OrchestreViole CélesteFlûte HarmoniqueClarinet Flute [ext.]Salicional [ext.]Voix Celeste [TC]PrestantOctave [ext.]Forest Flute [ext.]Dolce FluteSalicet [ext.]
161688888888844444
SuperoctaveLarigotFourniture VCymbale IIIContra FagottoTrompetteTrompette HarmoniqueCorno di BassettoOboeVox HumanaClarionTremoloSwell SubSwell SuperSwell Unison Off
21 1/3
16888884
Gallery Swell (III) (enclosed, 6” Wind Pressure)
George Kilgen & SonSaint Louis, MissouriGallery Organ - Opus 5918 (1930), rev.Chancel Organ - Opus 3920 (1928), rev.V Manual/206 Stops/150 Ranks
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16168888888888844
Contra ViolaQuintatonDiapasonViola Pomposa [ext. Contra Viola]Viola CelesteGambaGamba Celeste [TC]Quintadena [ext Quintaton]DoppelflöteConcert FluteFlute Celeste [TC]Cor de NuitCor de Nuit Celeste [TC]Principal [ext. Diapason]Rohrflöte
Flute AmabileFifteenth [ext. Diapason]Piccolo [ext Concert Flute]Mixture IIISchalmeiOrchestral OboeClarinetTremoloStringHarp digitalCelesta digitalTrompette en Chamade SOChoir SubChoir SuperChoir Unison Off
422
888
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Gallery Choir (I) (enclosed, 6” Wind Pressure)
Contra GambaStentorphoneFlauto MirabilisGross Gamba [ext. Contra Gamba]Gamba Celeste [TC]OctaveFlute Ouverte [ext. Flauto Mirabilis]Nasard [ext. Flauto Mirabilis]Flautino [ext. Flauto Mirabilis]TierceMixture IIITuba ProfundaTrompette
16888844
2 2/32
1 3/5
168
Tuba [ext.]French HornEnglish HornTuba Clarion [ext.]TremoloTriforium Trumpet NVTrompette en Chamade (unenclosed, 33” Wind)ChimesStringSolo SubSolo SuperSolo Unison Off
884
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Gallery Solo (IV) (enclosed, 10” Wind Pressure)
Contra SalicionalViolaViola Celeste [TC] (Sharp)Viole d’OrchestreViole Celeste [TC]Salicional [ext.]
1688888
Voix Celeste [TC] (Flat)ViolinaSalicet [ext.]Salicet [ext.]TremoloZimbelstern (10 bells)
8442
Gallery String (Floating) (enclosed, 6” Wind Pressure)
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Gravissima [derived]Diapason (4” Wind Pressure)Contra Violone *Bourdon *PrincipalFirst DiapasonSecond Diapason GTViolone GTBourdonContra Gamba SOViola CHSalicional SWDolce BassBourdon SWOctave [ext.]Flute [ext.]Gamba SOCello GT
64323232161616161616161616168888
Gedeckt SWSuper Octave [ext.]Flute [ext.]Mixture VTuba Profunda SOPosaune GTContra Fagotto SWPosaune GT
Jeux de Bombardes (18” Wind Pressure)Contra BombardeBombarde [ext.]Trompette [ext.]Clairon [ext.]Chimes SOString Organ
* Walker digital Stops
844
1616168
321684
Gallery Pedal (6” Wind Pressure)
Nave (V) (5” Wind Pressure)BourdonDiapasonBourdon [ext.]Gamba^Gamba Celeste^ [TC]OctaveStopped Flute [ext. Bourdon]NasardSuper OctaveTierceFourniture IVBombardeTrompette Harmonique [ext.]
16888844
2 2/32
1 3/5
168
Trumpet^Oboe Horn^ComorneClarion Harmonique [ext.]Triforium TrumpetTrompette en chamade SOChimes^TremoloNave SubNave SuperNave Unison Off
^ enclosed
888488
Nave PedalSub BassBourdon NVFlute [ext.]
16168
Bombarde NVTrompette Harmonique NVTriforium Trumpet NVChimes
1688
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Chancel Organ
DiapasonFirst DiapasonSecond DiapasonBourdonMelodiaViola da Gamba CHDulciana CHOctave [ext.]
168888884
Flute [ext.]Flautino [ext.]Mixture IIITrumpetClarion [ext.]Great SuperGreat Unison Off
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84
Chancel Great (II)
Lieblich GedecktGedeckt [ext.]SalicionalVoix Céleste [TC]Harmonic FluteGedeckt [ext.]Salicet [ext.]Principal
168884442
Gedecktflöte [ext.]CoropeanOboeVox HumanaTremoloSwell SuperSwell SubSwell Unison Off
2888
Chancel Swell (III) (enclosed)
Bass Flute [TC, Melodia]Dulciana [TC, Dulciana]Diapason GTViola da GambaMelodia GTDulcianaPrincipalFlute GT
1616888844
NasardFifteenthFlautino GTTierceClarinetChoir SuperChoir SubChoir Unison Off
2 2/322
1 3/58
Chancel Choir (I) (enclosed)
Resultant [Derived]Diapason GTBourdonLieblich Gedeckt SWBass Flute [ext.]
321616168
Gamba CHGedeckt SWDouble Trumpet GTTrumpet GTClarion GT
88
1684
Chancel Pedal
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For years, the Friends of Music has supported the music ministry here at St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Thanks to their generosity, we are able to offer wonderful concerts throughout the year.
Please consider supporting the Friends of Music at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the upcoming 2020-2021 season.
Contributions made to Friends of Music are used exclusively to support the non-liturgical music programs at St. Patrick’s Cathedral including the Concert Series, the Guest Choir Concert Series, and the Kilgen Organ Recital Series.
It is only through the continued support of the Friends of Music that these series and their inspiring music are possible. Each gesture of support enables us to continue producing concerts of high-quality music in this majestic space. Every year we must raise the funds needed to cover the operating expenses, since there is not an endowment to support this program and other programs of the Cathedral.
Support the Friends of Music for the season and be a part of our music history!
To make a contribution, simply put the enclosed envelope into one of the collection boxes or make a donation online at: engage.saintpatrickscathedral.org/fom
Friends of Music Support
Friend ($80-149)
Cathedral Club ($150-299)
Cathedral Associate ($300-499)
Renwick Society ($500-999)
Sustaining Supporter ($1,000-2,499)
Key Supporter ($2,500+)
Distinguished Supporter ($5,000+)
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2020-2021
FRIENDS OF MUSIC(as of October 30, 2020)
Sustaining SupporterMr. Carl Castellan
Renwick SocietyMr. & Mrs. Patrick MalarkeyMr. Peter J. Shea
Cathedral AssociateMr. Christopher CiulloMr. Mark D. Heimbigner
Cathedral ClubMikki-Jean BurzonRobert & Mary Ellen Murphy
FriendMr. Ying Wu
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CONCERT SERIES2020-2021 Season
All concerts will be virtual, and stream online at: www.saintpatrickscathedral.org/live
41ST ANNUAL
A CITY SINGING AT CHRISTMASThursday, December 17, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director
University Glee Club of New York City Young People’s Chorus of New York City
Francisco Núñez, DirectorThe Cathedral Organs
Daniel Brondel and Michael Hey, OrganistsNew York Symphonic Brass
THE ANNUAL
IRISH HERITAGE CONCERTThursday, March 11, 2021, 7:00 p.m.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral ChoirDr. Jennifer Pascual, Director
Mick Moloney and FriendsThe Cathedral Organs
THE THREE ORGANISTS:EASTER HOPE
Thursday, April 8, 2021, 7:00 p.m.
Jennifer Pascual, Director of MusicDaniel Brondel, Associate Director of Music
Michael Hey, Associate Director of Music
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KILGEN ORGAN RECITAL SERIES2020-2021 Season
All recitals will be in-person* and stream online at: www.saintpatrickscathedral.org/live
*(subject to attendance limit at the time of the recital)
Sunday, February 28, 2021, 3:15 p.m.
Transcriptions, Part 2Featuring Works ofBach and Brahms
Sunday, November 15, 2020, 3:15 p.m.
Transcriptions, Part 1Featuring Works ofRavel and Wagner
MICHAEL HEYAssociate Director of Music
Sunday, December 20, 2020, 3:15 p.m.
Advent and Christmas SelectionsFeaturing Works of Chapman,
Tchaikovsky and Yon
JENNIFER PASCUAL, DMADirector of Music
Sunday, March 14, 2021, 3:15 p.m.
Irish Organ SelectionsFeaturing Works ofStanford and Wood
Sunday, January 17, 2021, 3:15 p.m.
Featuring Works of Bruhns,Brahms and Mendelssohn
DANIEL BRONDELAssociate Director of Music
Sunday, April 25, 2021, 3:15 p.m.
Featuring Works of Messiaen,Prokofiev and Williams
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SPECIAL THANKS TO:Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music and Organist
Daniel Brondel, Associate Director of Music and OrganistMichael Hey, Associate Director of Music and Organist
Robert M. Evers, Music Administrator and Program EditorPeragallo Pipe Organ Company, Organ Curators
Roberto Espinell, Audio Visual Tech and Marketing Officer
Kevin Donohue and the Security and Maintenance StaffRobert Meyer and the Development Office
His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal DolanArchbishop of New York
Reverend Monsignor Robert T. Ritchie, Rector
Jennifer Pascual, D.M.A., Director of Music and OrganistDaniel Brondel, Associate Director of Music and Organist
Michael Hey, Associate Director of Music and OrganistRobert M. Evers, Music Administrator
Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, Organ Curators
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