Iron County Record | 1955-01-20 | Page 1 | Music Arts Patrons Enjoy Recital of Famous Pianist

Music Arts Patrons Enjoy Recital Of Famous Pianist A handful of local supporters of the Cedar City Music Arts As- , soclatlon activities in Cedar City were on hand Monday night at the public school auditorium to . witness and enjoy the eloquent talents of one - of the nation's., leading pianists, Jakob Gimpel. The enthusiastic response of the small crowd in bringing Gimpel Gim-pel back for three encore numbers num-bers was possibly the only note of satisfaction for the world renowned re-nowned pianist. Gimpel deviated somewhat . from the original program schedule sched-ule but returned to play "Two Etudes" by Claude DeBussy for " his second encore number. A no- ' ted authority on Frederic Chopin he returned for his first curtain call by playing "Nocturne In E 1 1 Flat Major" by Chopin, after de- ' voting a quarter of his regular program to the popular compos-er. compos-er. ' i - Gimpel played selections by " Beethoven, Chopin, Stolk, Men- " dclssohn, Debussy and Liszt during dur-ing the two-hour long concert. ' Those who attended the second In the current series of concerts , scheduled by the Music Arts As- ' ' sociation were well rewarded for their efforts and their response i was Indicative of patronage they . feel for the outstanding programs j that are being presented.