Performances

After the intermission, Alfred Fedak played his own Sonata I for Worship. Mr. Fedak is, of course, one of our country’s finest organists, and a popular composer for his instrument. The Sonata includes a mighty Prelude and an Aria in Homage to Bach; it is completed by a “Carillon” (no bells) on Psalm 42 (“As the hart panteth….”) Always a sensitive accompanist throughout the program, Mr. Fedak displayed here his virtuosic mastery of his church’s storied instrument. - timesunion.com, 10/20/10

Albany organist Alfred V. Fedak gave an intense and engrossing performance of [Daniel Pinkham’s] “Proverbs” (1979). This is organ music unlike anything you’ve ever heard. Full-volume, angry, dissonant tone clusters, novel uses of organ stops for colors, and wandering or swirling lines like a mad merry-go-round created a restless, sometimes demonic mood. - Daily Gazette 3/3/09

Also on the program was F. J. Haydn’s Organ Concerto in F with chorus accompanist Alfred V. Fedak as the soloist. Light-hearted with lovely sweet melodies, the work just sails along as merrily as a breeze. Fedak had plenty of trills and rapid technical passages and he mixed organ stops as frequently as every few bars to color the music with almost humorous nuances. - Daily Gazette, 3/23/99

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