Organ Recital: Stephen Fraser (New York City)

Gerald Bales (1919-2002)
Petite Suite
     I. Introduction
     II. Intermezzo
     III. Finale

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Fantasia in G minor, BWV 542

François Couperin (1668-1733)
from Messe pour les Paroisses
     Offertoire sur les Grands Jeux

Thierry Escaich (b.1965)
from Cinq Versets sur le Victimae Paschali
     I. Allegro moderato
     II. Adagio ma non troppo
     V. Allegro molto ritmico

Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937)
from Symphonie No. 7 in A Minor, Opus 42
     V. Finale


Stephen Fraser is Director of Music and Organist at  St. Malachy’s Church – The Actors’ Chapel, where he proudly directs two of Manhattan’s finest choral ensembles,  The Actors’ Chapel Choir and  The Creston Singers. He is also musical director for  Broadway Blessing and is Founding Director of the  Salvatones Young Voices. A native of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, he has completed degrees in music at the University of Toronto, the Eastman School of Music, and Yale University. This Fall, he will begin his Doctor of Music studies at The Manhattan School of Music with Kent Tritle. In New York, Stephen has served as Director of Music at  The Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), and Assistant Organist at  St. Patrick’s Cathedral. As a composer, he won the 2008 American Guild of Organists/ECS Publishing Award in Choral Composition. In 2015, he won the 2 ^nd prize in the 2 ^nd International Competition for Sacred Music Pope Benedict XVI.