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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, April 24, 1962
Pianist Gives Poetic Recital
By Tom Winston
About 250 appreciative people last night heard Richard Angeletti, instructor of piano, present his annual faculty recital. As surely as the crowd heard a pianist, they heard a poet as well.
Mr. Angelletti came to KU the spring semester of 1960 as a temporary fill-in for Jan Chiappuso, professor emeritus of piano, who suffered a heart attack and was unable to finish out the year. Shortly after he came to KU Mr. Angelletti played his first recital here, and he attracted no small amount of attention. Good news travels fast.
FOR HIS PROGRAM, Mr. Angelletti played the "Partita in D Major" by Bach, the "Sonata in F-Sharp Major, Op. 78" by Beethoven, and the "Phantasie in C Major, Op. 17" by Schumann.
The Bach partita did not begin as auspiciously as did the remainder of the selections. Mr. Angelietti got off to an insecure start, and the opening movement sounded muddy. But the other six movements, five of them dances, went more according to plan—with brio. Mr. Angelietti's approach to Bach is more romantic than classic, however.
The special gem of the evening was the Beethoven F-Sharp Sonata. If pieces of music had personalities, this one would wear a healthy, sunny smile. Its eyes would sparkle with playful good humor. Of all of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas this one, No. 24, is one of the shortest—about 7 minutes—and one of the most unabashedly happy.
F-SHARP MAJOR is one of the piano's brightest tonalities. It was unusual for Beethoven to write in six sharps for the piano. Within its two movements, the first singing and the second gay and full of contrast, Beethoven made one of his most cheerful statements.
Mr. Angleletti's control of loud and soft, of accent and of understatement, is excellent.
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