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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...
Michael A. Bamberger '57 of Dunster House was chosen president of the Pierian Sodality of 1808 at the group's election meeting last week. Other officers elected by the society, which is the governing body of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, were Stuart Cope '57, vice-president, and Edward J. Rolde '57, treasurer. The new executive board has chosen Edwin H. Greenebaum '53 as manager...
Cellist Leonard Rose and Pianist Boris Goldovsky will be featured in a concert in Sanders Theatre Sunday, December 4 at 3 p.m. Tickets for the program, sponsored by the Pierian Sodality of 1808, are available at the Coop or Paine Music Building...
...College, of course, has numerous clubs and organizations, but many of them take so much talent and time that many students fail to join them. A fair-to-good violinist, for example, who does not meet standards of the Bach Society or Pierian Sodality, now finds few places to fiddle in an organized chamber music group. In short, there are many areas besides the successful intramural athletic program where Houses can make valuable contributions to undergraduate activities...