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Frances Steiner 1G and Sheldon M. Lubow '60 won the concerto concert last night, sponsored by the Pierian Sodality of 1808. The two winners were chosen out of seven entrants, each of whom performed one piece for the judges...
Edwin H. Greenebaum '58 was elected last night as the new president of the Pierian Sodality of 1808. Also elected were Charles E. Stenard '58, vice-president; Rollin T. Kearns '59, treasurer; and Alfred Cohn '58, secretary...
Attilio Poto, conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra--Pierian Sodality of 1808, announced last night the election of Paul Buttenweiser '60 as student conductor...
Fresh from triumph as concerto soloist with the Pierian, sophomore David Hurwitz gave sonata recital on May 11 in Adams Dining Hall. Topnotch violin playing in solid Hindemith and Beethoven works, despite an occasional uneven bowing. Intonation accurate, tone never forced. Molds beautiful lines with much care; has great insight into phrasing of the music. A real musician's violinist in the best Mischa Elman tradition. For my money, the finest undergraduate violinist here in at least ten years; has the stuff of which great fiddlers are made. Jonathan Thackeray his partner at the piano. Formidable technique, but tended...
...winners of the Pierian Concerto Contest, David Hurwitz and Robert Freeman, both played with considerable technical skill. Hurwitz, in Mendelsohn's Violin Concerto, displayed accurate intonation and a fine singing tone. The richness of even his lower strings stood out clearly against the greater mass of the orchestra. Pianist Robert Freeman chose another chestnut, Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. This piece, with its viscous melody in the middle, is a musical hodge-podge. It serves mostly as a showpiece for pianists, and Freeman gave it a truly virtuoso performance. He showed a wily mastery of the keyboard...