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“America’s Parish Church”
THE THREE ORGANISTS:
EASTER HOPE
Thursday, April 8, 2021
7:00 p.m.
2020-2021 SEASON
Please consider supporting the Friends of Music for the upcoming 2021-2022 season.
Contributions can be made online at: engage.saintpatrickscathedral.org/fom
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
“America’s Parish Church”
New York City
Presents the Virtual Concert
THE THREE ORGANISTS:
EASTER HOPE
Program
Jennifer Pascual, D.M.A.
Director of Music
from Cinq Improvisations Charles Tournemire
Improvisation sur le “Victimae Paschali” (1870-1939)
from Douze Choral-préludes sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op. 8 Jeanne Demessieux
O filii et filiae (1921-1968)
from Sette Pezzi Brevi, Op. 94b Eugenio Fagiani
Alleluja (b. 1972)
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Michael Hey, M.M.
Associate Director of Music
Prelude and Fugue in B Major, Op. 7, No. 1 Marcel Dupré
(1886-1971)
O Filii et Filiae Jean-François Dandrieu
(1682-1738)
Victimae Paschali Laudes Sister Theophane Hytrek
(1915-1992)
Carillon de Westminster Louis Vierne
(1870-1937)
Daniel Brondel, M.M.
Associate Director of Music
from Cantata No. 29 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Sinfonia arr. Marcel Dupré
from Orgel-Büchlein (Little Organ Book) Johann Sebastian Bach
Erstanden ist der heil‘ge Christ, BWV 628
(The Holy Christ Is Risen)
Heut‘ triumphiret Gottes Sohn, BWV 630
(Today the Son of God Triumphs)
from Messe pour les convents de religieux et religieuses (1690) François Couperin
Offertoire sur les grands jeux (1668-1733)
from Symphonie for Organ No. 5 Charles-Marie Widor
in F Minor, Op. 42, No. 1 (1879) (1844-1937)
5. Toccata
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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.
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.
3Noted 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
4from 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.
5Specifications of the
Great Organs of St. Patrick’s Cathedral
New York City
George Kilgen & Son Restored (1993-1997)
Saint Louis, Missouri by Peragallo Organ Company
Gallery Organ - Opus 5918 (1930), rev. Paterson, New Jersey
Chancel Organ - Opus 3920 (1928), rev. Consoles by Robert M. Turner
V Manual/206 Stops/150 Ranks Hacienda Heights, California
Gallery Organ
Gallery Great (II) (6” Wind Pressure, Reeds 8” Wind Pressure)
16 Diapason 2 Fifteenth
16 Violone 2 Claribel Flute [ext.]
8 First Diapason 1 3/5 Tierce
8 Second Diapason [ext.] 1 1/3 Larigot
8 Violoncello Fourniture VIII
8 Viola Sorda Cymbale VI
8 Gemshorn 16 Posaune
8 Flute Harmonique 8 Trompette
8 Bourdon 8 Trumpet
5 1/3 Gross Quinte 4 Clarion [ext.]
4 Principal String Organ
4 Octave [ext.] Chimes SO
4 Flute Octaviante [ext.] Great Sub
4 Clarabella Great Super
4 Erzähler Great Unison Off
2 2/3 Quinte
Gallery Swell (III) (enclosed, 6” Wind Pressure)
16 Salicional 2 Superoctave
16 Bourdon 1 1/3 Larigot
8 Diapason Fourniture V
8 Violin Diapason Cymbale III
8 Viola da Gamba 16 Contra Fagotto
8 Viole d’Orchestre 8 Trompette
8 Viole Céleste 8 Trompette Harmonique
8 Flûte Harmonique 8 Corno di Bassetto
8 Clarinet Flute [ext.] 8 Oboe
8 Salicional [ext.] 8 Vox Humana
8 Voix Celeste [TC] 4 Clarion
4 Prestant Tremolo
4 Octave [ext.] Swell Sub
4 Forest Flute [ext.] Swell Super
4 Dolce Flute Swell Unison Off
4 Salicet [ext.]
6Gallery Choir (I) (enclosed, 6” Wind Pressure)
16 Contra Viola 4 Flute Amabile
16 Quintaton 2 Fifteenth [ext. Diapason]
8 Diapason 2 Piccolo [ext Concert Flute]
8 Viola Pomposa [ext. Contra Viola] Mixture III
8 Viola Celeste 8 Schalmei
8 Gamba 8 Orchestral Oboe
8 Gamba Celeste [TC] 8 Clarinet
8 Quintadena [ext Quintaton] Tremolo
8 Doppelflöte String
8 Concert Flute Harp digital
8 Flute Celeste [TC] Celesta digital
8 Cor de Nuit 8 Trompette en Chamade SO
8 Cor de Nuit Celeste [TC] Choir Sub
4 Principal [ext. Diapason] Choir Super
4 Rohrflöte Choir Unison Off
Gallery Solo (IV) (enclosed, 10” Wind Pressure)
16 Contra Gamba 8 Tuba [ext.]
8 Stentorphone 8 French Horn
8 Flauto Mirabilis 4 English Horn
8 Gross Gamba [ext. Contra Gamba] Tuba Clarion [ext.]
8 Gamba Celeste [TC] Tremolo
4 Octave 8 Triforium Trumpet NV
4 Flute Ouverte [ext. Flauto Mirabilis] 8 Trompette en Chamade
2 2/3 Nasard [ext. Flauto Mirabilis] (unenclosed, 33” Wind)
2 Flautino [ext. Flauto Mirabilis] Chimes
1 3/5 Tierce String
Mixture III Solo Sub
16 Tuba Profunda Solo Super
8 Trompette Solo Unison Off
Gallery String (Floating) (enclosed, 6” Wind Pressure)
16 Contra Salicional 8 Voix Celeste [TC] (Flat)
8 Viola 4 Violina
8 Viola Celeste [TC] (Sharp) 4 Salicet [ext.]
8 Viole d’Orchestre 2 Salicet [ext.]
8 Viole Celeste [TC] Tremolo
8 Salicional [ext.] Zimbelstern (10 bells)
7Gallery Pedal (6” Wind Pressure)
64 Gravissima [derived] 8 Gedeckt SW
32 Diapason (4” Wind Pressure) 4 Super Octave [ext.]
32 Contra Violone * 4 Flute [ext.]
32 Bourdon * Mixture V
16 Principal 16 Tuba Profunda SO
16 First Diapason 16 Posaune GT
16 Second Diapason GT 16 Contra Fagotto SW
16 Violone GT 8 Posaune GT
16 Bourdon
16 Contra Gamba SO Jeux de Bombardes
16 Viola CH (18” Wind Pressure)
16 Salicional SW 32 Contra Bombarde
16 Dolce Bass 16 Bombarde [ext.]
16 Bourdon SW 8 Trompette [ext.]
8 Octave [ext.] 4 Clairon [ext.]
8 Flute [ext.] Chimes SO
8 Gamba SO String Organ
8 Cello GT
* Walker digital Stops
Nave (V) (5” Wind Pressure)
16 Bourdon 8 Trumpet^
8 Diapason 8 Oboe Horn^
8 Bourdon [ext.] 8 Comorne
8 Gamba^ 4 Clarion Harmonique [ext.]
8 Gamba Celeste^ [TC] 8 Triforium Trumpet
4 Octave 8 Trompette en chamade SO
4 Stopped Flute [ext. Bourdon] Chimes^
2 2/3 Nasard Tremolo
2 Super Octave Nave Sub
1 3/5 Tierce Nave Super
Fourniture IV Nave Unison Off
16 Bombarde
8 Trompette Harmonique [ext.] ^ enclosed
Nave Pedal
16 Sub Bass 16 Bombarde NV
16 Bourdon NV 8 Trompette Harmonique NV
8 Flute [ext.] 8 Triforium Trumpet NV
Chimes
8Chancel Organ
Chancel Great (II)
16 Diapason 4 Flute [ext.]
8 First Diapason 2 Flautino [ext.]
8 Second Diapason Mixture III
8 Bourdon 8 Trumpet
8 Melodia 4 Clarion [ext.]
8 Viola da Gamba CH Great Super
8 Dulciana CH Great Unison Off
4 Octave [ext.]
Chancel Swell (III) (enclosed)
16 Lieblich Gedeckt 2 Gedecktflöte [ext.]
8 Gedeckt [ext.] 8 Coropean
8 Salicional 8 Oboe
8 Voix Céleste [TC] 8 Vox Humana
4 Harmonic Flute Tremolo
4 Gedeckt [ext.] Swell Super
4 Salicet [ext.] Swell Sub
2 Principal Swell Unison Off
Chancel Choir (I) (enclosed)
16 Bass Flute [TC, Melodia] 2 2/3 Nasard
16 Dulciana [TC, Dulciana] 2 Fifteenth
8 Diapason GT 2 Flautino GT
8 Viola da Gamba 1 3/5 Tierce
8 Melodia GT 8 Clarinet
8 Dulciana Choir Super
4 Principal Choir Sub
4 Flute GT Choir Unison Off
Chancel Pedal
32 Resultant [Derived] 8 Gamba CH
16 Diapason GT 8 Gedeckt SW
16 Bourdon 16 Double Trumpet GT
16 Lieblich Gedeckt SW 8 Trumpet GT
8 Bass Flute [ext.] 4 Clarion GT
9For 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
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+)
Laureate Supporter ($10,000+)
10FRIENDS OF MUSIC
2020-2021
(as of March 5, 2021)
Key Supporter
Peter J. Shea
Mark Graves
Sustaining Supporter
Carl Castellan
Paul Frank
Richard M. Mejia, Jr.
Renwick Society
George S. Bittles, Sr. Maria Liotta
Donna D’Urso Tina Liu
Ronald Darnowski Patrick Malarkey
Kathryn Fisher Mary C. Noone
Martin Friedlander Thomas P. Reilly
Cathedral Associate
Kevin Bohacs Mary Cecilia Kelly
Christopher Ciullo Kevin Moore
Mark D. Heimbigner Kesha Rodgers
Vincent Iannelli Helena Russo
Cathedral Club
Ben Brescia Robert & Mary Ellen Murphy
Mikki-Jean A. Burzon Michael B. Sharkey
Doris Connell In Memory of David & Ina Sharkey
Kevin Conway Emil P. Sodolak
Deirdre M. Gagion Jan Willem Van Bergen Henegouwen
Juliane Lynch
11Friend
Nicholas Barbato Marguerite Lonergan
Alicia Behn Theresa Maresca
Richard G. Bieber Carl McGookey
James & Dottie Brooks Elizabeth F. Murphy
Sarah Capponi Joanie Nolan
Nelson Carey Joyce O’Toole
Nhora & Andrea Cortes-Comerer Paul Oconnor, III
In memory of Ginetta LaBianca Joseph A. Oshea
William J. Deremer Juliet E. Papa
Pamela Durbin Kathy Pastore
Susan Grossklaus Edward Ryan
Zetta Hadden Daniel Schrvefer
Toni Haigler Brigid P. Smyth
Judith Harnadek Barbara Tretter
George Herrick Rosemary A. Tuite
Christine A. Hnath Christine Visco
Loretto E. Hosley Barbara Woods
Hans Khimm Kathleen Zammit
Helen L. Lesnik Therese A. Zmuda
12CONCERT SERIES
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Director of Music and Organist
Daniel Brondel, Associate Director of Music and Organist
Michael Hey, Associate Director of Music and Organist
Robert M. Evers, Music Administrator and Program Editor
Peragallo Pipe Organ Company, Organ Curators
Roberto Espinell, Audio Visual Tech and Marketing Officer
Kevin Donohue and the Security and Maintenance Staff
Robert Meyer and the Development OfficeFifth Avenue at 50th Street, New York, NY 10022
(212) 753-2261
www.saintpatrickscathedral.org
His Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan
Archbishop of New York
Reverend Monsignor Robert T. Ritchie, Rector
Jennifer Pascual, D.M.A., Director of Music and Organist
Daniel Brondel, Associate Director of Music and Organist
Michael Hey, Associate Director of Music and Organist
Robert M. Evers, Music Administrator
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