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Jennifer Pascual, D.M.A.Director of Music

12 Offertoires pour l'Orgue Michel Corrette VII. La St. François (1707-1796) Messe a quatre voix, op. 4 Camille Saint-Saëns Benedictus (1835-1921) O Salutaris

Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes, op. 5 Jean Langlais II. Ave Maria, Ave Maris Stella (1907-1991)

Grim Grinning Ghosts Buddy Baker (1918-2002) arr. The Ivory Cat Suite Médiéval, op. 56 Jean Langlais V. Acclamations

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THREE ORGANISTS

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Presents

St. Patrick’s Cathedral“AmericA’s PArish church”

New York City

Michael Hey, M.M.Associate Director of Music

Grand chœur dialogué Eugène Gigout(1844-1925)

Trio super Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 664 Johann Sebastian Bach

(1685-1750) Variations on an Original Theme (2021) Jason Roberts

(b. 1981)

Daniel Brondel, M.M.Associate Director of Music

In memory of Sarah Leathers Martin

Concerto in D Minor (after Vivaldi), BWV 596 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Mélodie d’Orphée Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787) arr. Giovanni Sgambati 24 Pièces de fantaisie: Troisième Suite, Op. 54 (1927) Louis Vierne 6. Carillon de Westminster (1870-1937)

There are free-will offering boxes located at the doors as you exit the Cathedral to support the Friends of Music and to offset the expenses of tonight’s concert. Please be as generous as possible.Donations may also be made online at: engage.saintpatrickscathedral.org/fom

The Three Organists will greet people at the Bronze Doors on Fifth Avenue.

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BIOGRAPHIES

Dr. 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.

In April 2008, Jennifer had the privilege of overseeing all of the liturgical music for His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI during his Pastoral Visit to New York in addition to conducting music for the Papal Masses at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Yankee Stadium. Two weeks later, she conducted the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir for President George W. Bush at the White House for the National Day of Prayer. In September 2015, Dr. Pascual conducted music for the Papal Mass at Madison Square Garden and Papal Vespers at St. Patrick’s Cathedral both celebrated by His Holiness, Pope Francis.

In December 2008, Dr. Pascual was named a Dame of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, papal recognition of service to the Church. She was the 2018 recipient of the Paul Creston Award. In 2021, Jacksonville University conferred a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree, honoris causa, upon her.

With the broadcast of live Mass from St. Patrick’s Cathedral on The Catholic Channel, SiriusXM 129, the St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir which she conducts can be heard at 10:15am on Sundays from September to June. She also hosts a radio talk and music show called “Sounds from the Spires” broadcast on The Catholic Channel on Thursdays (1:00pm), Saturdays (1:00am and 8:00am) and Sundays (Midnight, 6:00am and 8:00pm) (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

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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

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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

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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

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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 2021-2022 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

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Friends of Music Thank You Gifts

Friend ($80-149)Support includes one (1) reserved ticket to any two (2) concerts, excluding A City Singing at Christmas.

Cathedral Club ($150-299)Support includes one (1) reserved ticket to each concert.

Cathedral Associate ($300-499)Support includes two (2) preferred tickets to each concert.

Renwick Society ($500-999)Support includes four (4) preferred tickets to each concert.

Sustaining Supporter ($1,000-2,499)Support includes four (4) preferred tickets to each concert and a CD featuring the Cathedral Organs.

Key Supporter ($2,500+)Support includes six (6) prime tickets to each concert and a CD featuring the Cathedral Organs.

Distinguished Supporter ($5,000+)Support includes eight (8) prime tickets to each concert and a CD featuring the Cathedral Organs.

Laureate Supporter ($10,000+)Support includes a private reception hosted by the Rector of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, twelve (12) prime tickets to each concert and a CD featuring the Cathedral Organs.

CONCERT SERIES2021-2022 Season

A limited amount of Reserved Seating is available to current supporters of the Friends of Music.

General Seating is free and open to the public.

42ND ANNUAL

A CITY SINGING AT CHRISTMASThursday, December 16, 2021, 7:00 p.m.

St. Agnes Cathedral Choir, Rockville CentreYoung People’s Chorus of New York City

St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir The Cathedral Organs

New York Symphonic Brass

THE ANNUAL

IRISH HERITAGE CONCERTThursday, March 10, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral ChoirMick Moloney and Friends

The Cathedral Organs

AN EVENING OF FRANCKThursday, May 19, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir and Orchestra

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AN EVENING OF ORGANThursday, January 27, 2022, 7:00 p.m.

Eugenio Maria FagianiInternational Concert Organist, Composer and Recording Artist

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SPECIAL THANKS TO:

Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music and OrganistDaniel Brondel, Associate Director of Music and Organist

Michael Hey, Associate Director of Music and OrganistRobert M. Evers, Music Administrator and Program Editor

Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, Organ CuratorsRoberto Espinell, Director of Audio-Visual Technology

Kevin Donohue and the Security and Maintenance StaffRobert Meyer, Sarah Dearie and the Development Office

Andre Delliha and the Ushers

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

Fifth Avenue at 50th Street, New York, NY 10022(212) 753-2261

www.saintpatrickscathedral.org