Word: lewins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...David Lewin, in past performances, has demonstrated that he is one of the most capable and sensitive pianists at Harvard. His recital in the Lowell House Junior Common Room on Sunday evening was disappointing only because it was not up to his own standards...
Arnold Schoenberg's mordant Six Little Piano Pieces provided fascinating atonal excursions. And Lewin played them authoritatively, with a light touch that was so noticeably absent in the first selection...
...Lewin is far removed from the "tinkly" school of Mozart interpreters. His playing of the A Minor Sonata (K. 310) was bold and muscular. And though this, lacking grace and delicacy, may not be authentic Mozart, it impressed me as imaginative and original...
...even the zestful playing of Lewin and Shapiro could rescue Beethoven's Sonata No.2 from its inherent dullness. Musicologist Paul Schauffler has called this an "optimistic" sonata, but to me it seems a very unpromising precursor of works like the Spring and Krentzer Sonatas. In theme and harmony it sounds, at its best, like bad Mozart...
...Lewin and Shapiro have both shown that they are proficient musicians. But not until they become equally adept at selecting programs will they be able to make important contributions to Harvard's musical scene...