Steven Patchel - Saint Thomas Church

SAINT THOMAS CHURCH FIFTH AVENUE
THE REVEREND CANON CARL F. TURNER, RECTOR
BENJAMIN SHEEN, Acting Director of Music
STEPHEN BUZARD, Acting Organist
ORGAN RECITAL SERIES
Steven Patchel
Sunday, May 8th, 2016 at Five-fifteen o’clock
On the Loening-Hancock Organ:
Præamblum in G Major
Trio super ‘Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr,’BWV 664
Vincent Lübeck
(1654-1740)
Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750)
Ciacona in e minor, BuxWV 160
Dietrich Buxtehude
(1637-1707)
On the Arents Memorial Organ:
Marche sur un theme de Hændel, op. 15 no. 2
Felix-Alexandre Guilmant
(1837-1911)
L’Ascension
Olivier Messiaen
(1908-1992)
II) Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel
Serene alleluias of a soul that longs for heaven
III) Transports de joie d’une âme devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne
Ecstasies of a soul before the glory of Christ, which is its own glory
Carillon-Sortie
Henri Mulet
(1878-1967)
STEVEN PATCHEL, is Organist and Choirmaster at Immanuel Episcopal Church, Highlands in Wilmington,
DE where he directs a parish choir of adults, as well as girl and boy choristers in a Royal School of Church
Music program. Previously he led liturgical music programs in the Boston area and performed organ recitals at
Trinity Church, the Mission Church Basilica, and Harvard’s Busch Hall Museum. He received degrees from
the Oberlin College Conservatory, and the New England Conservatory, studying organ with William Porter,
David Boe, Garth Peacock, and harpsichord with Lisa Goode Crawford. He is active in the American Guild of
Organists, including organizing and teaching for a Pipe Organ Encounter, a summer program for young organ
students. Recent recitals include Trinity Church, Boston and Princeton University Chapel.
Next recital:
Sunday, May 15 – 5.15 p.m.:
STEPHEN BUZARD, Acting Organist --- penultimate recital on the Arents Memorial Organ