Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-15
ARTISTS CHARM AUDIENCE
 IN FINAL ORGAN RECITAL

At the Community House on Saturday | afternoon the closing organ recital in the series held under the auspices of the Y. NJ. c. A. auxiliary was given, with program of unusual breadt hand beauty presented by Frederick W. Lester, or ganist of the United Congregational church, assisted by Willard w. Keigwin ] of New London, the latter filling the place of the original solost, Rev. Alex ander H. Abbott, who was unavoidably absent.
 Mir. Lester's plfying is always de- lightful; there is C. personal quality and notable charm of interpretation and delivery which never fails. His num- bers were most interesting. embcdyiug, with the exception of Jean Sebastian Bach, the work of young and modern cemposers, all well known and contem- poraneous orsanists of the present day. The opening number. the Prelude and Fueue in E Minor one of the most in- teresting of the Bach compositions. play ed with instinctive finish and repose, was in striking contrast to a lovely Hitting Legend (Stoughton) with it's haunting
 melody. and the sweet piping of the birds and great Pan himself. symbol | iZed in Kinder's Spring Day. The Pil- | grim Suite Dunn) consisting of three 1 Plumbers was curiously different from
 the ordinary organ style. and most in teresting. Peculiar changes of tonality | characterized the first number; the sec
 ond has two beautiful and animated | themes. with marked antiphonal and
 echo effects, while the third of this suite
 is brilliant festival allegro in D fiat.
 This was perhaps the high water mark
 of the recital the three numbers offer
 ing marked opportunity for the phras- | ing and keen sense of musical balance | in which Mir. Lester is past master. The
 music was most exacting and difficult, re- | quiring a performance which was han
 dled with the utmost skill
 sprightly little Gavotte. written by | the distinguished organist. G. H. Feder-
 lein. who will be remembered for his re-
 cital in Norwich last winter, followed by
 In Venice (Sellars), a beautiful tone
 picture suggestive of gondolas and moon
 light contributed entrancing melodies
 and the organist gave much pleasure by
 his imaginative and ingenious t-eatmeGi
 Of both these gems. The program closed
 with Tons American Rhapsody. a strik-
 insly original composit:=n. a medley oi southern airs, negro spirituals and wal
 songs. ending with the triumphant strains of The Star Spangled Banner
 This was superbly played. with a vervt and swing which brought the enthusias
 tic audience to it's feet. Mir. Yon, wht is organist at Saint Francis Xavier's church in New York city, is accounted ;
 musician of Individuality and initiative and the Rhapsody, was splenddly in terpreted by Mir. Lester
 : MT. Keigwin's lyric tenor Is rlre,, l beautiful. and Norwich audiences can = not hear him too often. His discernmen l of the musics significance. and the emo z tional sweet timbre of his voice mak l his singing particularly appealing. Tn l Recitative and arias from Handel wer . sung with surpassing art and dramati 1. feeling, and the lovely high notes o ' his third number, Behold What Manne 7 of Love MacDermid) brought forth 0 storm of applause
 l. Responding to the insistent call fo R an encore, he sang Duna a charmin e little ballad all about seas and ships an
 stars, rendering its simple, quaint me n ody with tenderness, and singing hin d self into the very hearts of his nearer .- These recitals. one and all have bee q musical treats, well attended and muc enjoyed. The Auxiliary will realiz !. about s25e towards paying their plede = of money to help in building a new ! - M c. A.
 n It was much regretted that Mir Al |. bott, on, account of necessary absen, . from town. could not fill his part in tl ~ ~,, recital as first planned. his selection Y to have been. Mendelssohn's O. God Hs' ss Mercy. My Peace Thou Art Schubert
 OdEO MIC pen NOlOG0dnl.
 The afternoons program with ( 'e numbers substituted by Mir. Keigw
 was as follows:
 = Prelude and Fugue in E minor. IA J. g. Ba .- Legend. R. s. Sought ~, Spring Day, Ralph Kind +s Wait Her Angels Thro the Skies. an 0rom Jephthal recitstive and k. Aria, HanS k Mir Keigwin.
 .s Pilgrim Suite NJ Austin Du Colonial Days
 - Peaceful Days
 T, America Triumphant
 an Total Eclipse (from Sampson) Han,
 Behold, What Manner of Love, ed MacDern of Mir. KeiEwin.
 n- Valerie CGavotte) G. IT. Federl ha In Venice, Gstty Sell, al, American Rhapsody, Pietro A !