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OrganistAndersonEquaToHisProgram/InstrumentRobert Anderson of Dallas, Tex., opened the organ recital series Saturday night at the RLDS Auditorium. Auditor theseprograms expect high performance sits well inenceshave come to standards of and Anderson this tradition. Both musically and technically he was equal to his program and the instrument.The evening began with a Voluntary on the 100th Psalm-Tune composed by the recitalist. A bold opening, perhaps, but one that established the performer’s complete control of all that followed. The remainder of the program adhered to the traditional chronology, from baroque to contemporary by way of the classical and romantic schools.The foundation of the program was Bach. Three of the six “Schuebler” chorale preludes were played with excellent registration and withparticular attention to the ornamentation. A little muddiness near the end of the G minor Fantasia and Fuguecould largely be accounted for by the reverberation in the Auditorium chamber. Certainly 1 in either music or musician.Among its more than 5,000 pipes, the organ has a fine set of horizontal trumpets mounted at the back of the auditorium. Most players utilize this unusual sound. Anderson did, too, while wearing earphones, he said, in order to keep the front sound equal to the antiphonal sound from his perspective. The device gave him an advantage not shared by the audience while he played Sonata on the First Tone by Jose Lidon.The program also included a Prelude and Fugue in E major by Vincent Luebeck; the Cesar Franck Priere,Opus 20, played with lush, solid, continuous blocks of tone; and an enjoyable Scherzo of Maruice Durufle. This last was indeed “wispy and playful” as the program note promised.A genuine tour de force closed the recital. The prospect of a pedal solo would normally have some people going early to the parking lot, but Anderson kept his audience In their seats withThemeganini by the Englishma George Thalben-Ball. Sensitive registration and amazing footwork made the variations a valid recital piece. The listeners were impressed, applauded loudly, and the artist graciously played two encores.The next program in this series will be on Saturday evening of Thanksgiving weekend when Thomas Rich-ner will be the recitalist. G. W. M.
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Independence Examiner
Independence, Missouri, US
Mon, Oct 02, 1967
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