Alistair Nelson On Friday October 30th at 8 p.m., Parker Kitterman and Alistair Nelson will be presenting a recital of organ music for Halloween at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, 50 Cathedral Ave, Garden City.

Mr. Nelson is the Associate Organist and Choirmaster at the Cathedral where he directs the Girls’ Choir and Schola Cantorum. A native of Australia, Mr. Nelson is a graduate of Yale University and winner of the 2005 Sydney Organ Competition. He has also made a recording for the Australian Broadcasting Commission which has appeared on ABC Classic FM. Mr. Kitterman is a former Associate Organist and Choirmaster at the Cathedral, and is currently Organist and Choir Director at the Church of the Good Shepherd in New York City. He is also a graduate of Yale and has been a semi-finalist in international organ competitions in Toulouse (2002) and Tokyo (2008).

Parker Kitterman Mr. Kitterman and Mr. Nelson are performing both solo and in duet. Mr. Kitterman will be performing Leo Sowerby’s joyous Come Autumn Time in celebration of the fall season, as well as a transcription of movements of Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition (including The Catacombs and Baba-Yaga’s Hut). Mr. Nelson will be performing J.S. Bach’s famous Toccata and Fugue in D minor as well as a transcription of Camille Saint-Saën’s orchestral tone-poem Danse Macabre. The program will conclude with the recitalists performing together in Gustav Merkel’s dramatic Sonata in D minor, Op.30, for organ duet. The first and last movements are based on atmospheric verses from Psalm 42 (“Why art thou so full of heaviness, O my soul...”). The central placement of the organ console for Cathedral organ recitals allows the audience to fully appreciate the intricacies of four hands and four feet sharing the keyboards. Suggested donation is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors and students and children under 13 are free. Please call the Cathedral Office at 516-746-2955 for more information.