New Britain herald., 1929-11-21
STIRRING RECITAL
 BY ORGANIST BEEBE
Program Brings Out Qualities of
 South Church Instrument

The profundity, contrapuntal coru- pleyitics and power or Bach once agam won q decisive victory over q field Of more recent tonaI cOmpeti- tors during an organ recital given hy Joseph C. B"rhr at the South roneroGational church les, night. Ten compositions hy the classic or gan master wore given. seven of them chorale prcludrs. two consist ing Of sonata movements. and the last being tho famous ruSsaraSlja and Tugu" in C minor.
 Other composers roprrsrnlud upon the program were DrhuSsy. Kar4- Exert, l.isZt, Wagner EurIrign and Handel in tho older gj>rn. Amid ail this variety Bach in his ton numbers showed aS much il not more difference, in style and treat m"nt as the others. except thai thu" kIrg- E,lert composition. b,in. ul1ra- modornistic. used nor" IonaliiirS rar measure than Bach rvrr thought necr,Sary. karG- -EIcrt was repre- Sentcd by il piece called. "Tho l.t- gcnd of the Mountain" and it was uHjt" distinctive leg nd. II gave tn" impression that it possessed no two chords alike, most Of them in addition being irregular, augmented, diminished. and what not-rosl"ss ronalitic$ for q restless age.
 Debussy was represented hy an "ndanto from his string quartet. One" in" ~uhIlo music Of this French master wds rr.drdcd as very mod .rniatic and bolI but times have rAangod Trained musical ears have become used to it, and even Earg- Elrrr. much bolder. finds favor; and We cannot help wondering whether rhr day is not soon here when what >ir. Stra,nsl>N has written may be regarded "s a perfectly satisfactory jonal diet
 The Good Friday scene from W%s- nrr's Paraital was given in toto, the orchestral mass formation finding a sympathetic and effective ,ranscrip- ton upon tho organ. lisN was rep resented with some wedding music. giving &n opportunity 10 display the charms Of the battery Of bells in the oraHn. The good old negro spiritual Deep River, received a plcaSlu" onunciajion through the medium of Huritiah'S arrangement. while liam del ended the program with fuguc, which by no means had the tang and bite Of 'h" Hech yarirty
 Mr. lfrebr addressed the audi rnc9 several times explaining the nature of inc compositions, the con- djtions under which they were writ ten, and such other information as tended 10 stimUlat" interest and un- dor-tandmg. Nothing is more nee vsSary when such a program is .i>.n To the %NcraSc person the Each F. ss&c, 2lia takes on increased . value when. as Mir. Ecrbo requested, tua audience looN for tn" continual ,nmc,atiou Of the m;iu theme. frs, ! annouuced in the pedals. and con .)antly recurring unlj the @I Narja. lions Were complrtrd. Then th, grand final" in fin" form of dou- oIa fu2ur.
 The first choral prpludcs were from Each'S "l.itjlr Organ Book. This lirrI" book contains big music Hr. En"bc eNpouudcd inc musical values in m2st"rlr manner. Flow ing melodies most commonly formed q bachgroUnd under which cours0d tho yrdato times of the choralcs, CT 1h" three choralc promd"s which followed the first four given. 1t would lr difficult to imagine music Of greater beauty than "Slccpers Wakc \ Voice is CalIjn.' The 1rGisIra1ion was varied in every pre- lud", and The resources of tn" new Instrument wer" displayed with rar, Good taste. The sonita movements played w"r" rom tho so-called trio