Show The Utah Statesman Friday Febrary 26 1982 Pjj Wassermann pleases all with flawless piano skill by Ben Lass There was no doubt in the minds of the audience that the piano is one of the meat lovn of former USU music department head Irvin Wassermann as he so deftly and professional-lexhibited to a near crowd Wednesday night in the Fine Arts Center Morgan sell-o- ut Theater Wassermann wasted no time establishing his proficiency as he began with Schumann’s “Fantasia in C Major Op 17” The theme in this piece was from a poem of a Ocrman poet and expresses the idea that of all the sounds in nature there i one audible tone if one listens closely that brings out the meaning of any particular experience Wassermann's artful fingers did a simply brilliant job in creating this illusion Mozart's “Sonata in C Minor” let Wassermann display ha mastery in emotional expression It seemed that he knew ex actly what Mozart was thinking of when he wrote the piece to perform it with such precision to the careful listener every section held a particular feeling or message After the intermission Ellen Wassermann Irving’s daughter joined her father in playing second piano on what proved to be the real highlight of the evening Chopin’s in E Minor” She played a superb backup "Concerto No io the absolutely phenomenal performance of her father The first and last movements were composed almost entirely of very rapid runs and not only did Wassermann have them memorized he played them flawlessly The applause at the end of the concert was well deserved and proved to be enough to warrant an encore In conclusion there may be many good performances in the Fine Arts Serin this year but Irving Wasserman will no doubt be rememliered as one of the sentimental favorites 1 Schumann Mozart or Chopin Irving Wassermann gives it artistic precision and flair as he Jim Ntlton photo did Wednesday night in a Cultural Arts Series concert at the Morgan Theater Be it sot con roolly do Morgan Fairchild justico Translucent skin perfect figure delicate features— she's absolutely gorgeous and the camera worships her throughout the film No TV yearbook '81 on sale in 3rd floo Activities Center of the SC Buy your' now for only 'lilll ' urn - uurm- mnrs &j Hll O (I - PTA SAT 10:00 MATINEE 12:00 no adults 2:00 4:00 without children KVNU Late show Fri & Sat 11:00 Attack of tho Klllor Tomatoos $1 i |