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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...
Organ recital given Sunday afternoon in Memorial Church by seven Harvard, Wellesley and Radcliffe students. General level of performance surprisingly high. Best playing done by James Armstrong (Mendelssohn's Second Sonata) and Kerala Johnson (the long-winded B-Minor Choral of Franck). The others need to work for greater rhythmic precision and vitality, and for clearer articulation...
...Sonata Recital (David Spencer, Violinist, Robert Freeman, Pianist) Paine Hall. Free...
...full house was in a show-me mood. The opening applause was just polite. Igor played César Franck's Sonata in A with half-closed eyes focused on his finger board, his lips compressed, mouth working. It was an impressive, boldly colored performance. The next work, Bach's knuckle-busting G Minor Sonata, is a test for any violinist. Violinist Oistrakh seemed to anticipate it with both distaste and fear and played as if to get it over with. It was, however, the evening's only disappointment. After works by Prokofiev, Szymanowski and Saint...
...major work on the program was Schubert's Sonata in B flat. It is a work of some substance, and Miss Yaeger rendered it with carefully chosen tempi and stylistic assurance. She also played four short pieces by Brahms. I thought she might have brought out the theme of the Intermezzo in C with a smoother, more legato style, but her interpretation of the Intermezzo in E minor was beguiling and delightful. Miss Yaeger is a pianist of considerable talent and we can look forward to hearing more from...