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After
more than a year of silence, the refurbished 65-rank Ruffatti
organ at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg will once again be heard
within the walls of the Barrus Concert Hall.
BYU-Idaho
organist Darwin Wolford promises to “pull out all the stops” in
his free concert Friday, Oct. 18, at 7:30
p.m. on the new console that updates the organ with the latest
high-tech organ technology.
“This
is a cause for celebration – this is literally a world-class
instrument,” Wolford says. “The music I will play will show off
the organ to its fullest.”
He
will perform his own works entitled “Set of Six.” These works
will be published by Warner Brothers next spring. He will also play
“Chorale No. 1" by Cesar Franck and “Triple Fugue in E
Flat” by J.S. Bach along with other selections.
The
Italian-made Ruffatti pipes were installed in
1983 with an accompanying Ruffatti console. The
new console was built by Rogers Instruments in the United
States to Ruffatti
specifications. The complete instrument remains classified as a Ruffatti organ.
Wolford
says a Rodgers console was selected because Rodgers offered a more
technologically advanced instrument. It could also be made quicker and it
did not have to be shipped from Italy.
One
feature includes a television monitor so the organist can easily view the
conductor from the console. It also has many additional electronic
features, including the ability to have all the pipe sounds produced
electronically. With this feature, an organist can practice with earphones
without the pipes being played.
The console was purchased from
Heritage Church Organ Co., owned by Mark Anderson, a Ricks
College graduate who studied
organ with Wolford.
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