Larry Palmer played his 45th consecutive faculty organ and harpsichord recital in Caruth Auditorium of Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, on September 8—his longstanding traditional “Monday after Labor Day” date. The well-attended program was the last of these annual offerings; Palmer, who is completing the final teaching semester of his 52-year career as a university professor, will be on research leave during the spring, and plans to retire at the end of the academic year.
Additional campus concerts during the fall semester include two demonstration programs on the 1762 Iberian organ by Pasqual Caetano Oldovini in SMU’s Meadows Museum and a performance of Francis Poulenc’s Suite Française with the Meadows Wind Ensemble.
Dr. Palmer’s planned writing centers on the history of SMU’s music department, further comments on the modern harpsichord revival, and a second volume of his own colorful memoirs.
His five-decade-long association with The Diapason will continue.
