Theodore Lettvin

Theodore Lettvin (October 29, 1926 – August 24, 2003) was an American concert pianist and conductor. He was one of the four children of Solomon and Fannie Lettvin, two Jewish-Ukrainian immigrants who settled in Chicago.[1] Neurophysiologist and MIT professor Jerome Lettvin was his eldest brother.

Theodore Lettvin c. 1952

Biography

Lettvin's first concert was at the age of five at the Lyon & Healy in Chicago. On March 15, 1939, he appeared as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under conductor Frederick Stock, performing the first movement of Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto no. 1.[2] As a teenager, he was accepted as a scholarship student of Rudolf Serkin and Mieczysław Horszowski at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. In his twenties, he won the Michaels Memorial Award, First Prize in the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Piano Competition. He made his European debut touring France with violinist Sidney Harth in 1951-1952 in a concert series organized by the National Music League and the Jeunesses Musicales International.[3]

Lettvin performed with the New York Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestras of Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Washington, Atlanta, Vienna, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo. He also participated in the summer festivals at Tanglewood, Ravina, Saratoga, Sarasota, Salzburg and Interlochen.

Prior to his appointment as Professor Emeritus by Rutgers University and the University of Michigan, Lettvin was a Distinguished Professor in their music departments where he directed their Doctor of Musical Arts and Artist Diploma programs. Before joining these universities, Lettvin was on the faculty of the New England Conservatory of Music, the Cleveland Music School Settlement, and Artist in Residence at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

He died in August 2003. A concert series in Bradford, New Hampshire is named in his honour.[4]

Discography

Index to performances by Theodore Lettvin on compact disk[5]
Composer Work Performance Date CD number
BACHEnglish Suite No. 3March 28, 19621
BACHEnglish Suite No. 3 excerpt(unspecified date)4
BACH-BUSONIRejoice, Beloved ChristiansApril 16, 197513A
BACH-BUSONIRejoice, Beloved ChristiansJuly 197714
BARTOKScherzo for Piano & OrchestraDecember 20, 19646
BARTOKTwo Romanian DancesMarch 28, 19621A
BEETHOVENCello Sonata No. 1 (Olefsky)unspecified11
BEETHOVENCello Sonata No. 3 (Olefsky)unspecified11
BEETHOVENCello Sonata No. 4 (Olefsky)unspecified11
BEETHOVENCello Sonata No. 5 (Olefsky)unspecified12
BEETHOVENConcerto No. 2, Op. 19July 9, 19654
BEETHOVENConcerto No. 2, Op. 19unspecified6
BEETHOVENConcerto No. 3, Op. 37August 4, 196715
BEETHOVENRondo, Op. 51 No. 1April 16, 197513
BEETHOVENRondo, Op. 51 No. 1unspecified19
BEETHOVENRondo a capriccio, Op. 129unspecified19
BEETHOVENSonata No. 3, Op. 2 No. 3April 16, 197513
BEETHOVENSonata, Op. 2 No. 3 (1st mvt)April 16, 197513A
BEETHOVENSonata No. 3, Op. 2 No. 3July 19778
BEETHOVENSonata No. 26, Op. 81aMarch 28, 19621
BEETHOVENSonata No. 26, Op. 81aMay 13, 19663
BEETHOVENTriple Concertounspecified18
BEETHOVENVariations on "God Save the King" excerpt(unspecified)4
BEETHOVENVariations on "Rule Brittania"May 17, 19672
BEETHOVENVariations for Cello and Piano (Olefsky):
7 Variations from "The Magic Flute"unspecified12
12 Variations from "The Magic Flute"unspecified12
6 Variations from "Judas Maccabeas"unspecified12
BRAHMSConcerto No. 2, Op. 83June 20, 19807
BRAHMSRhapsody, Op. 79 No. 2May 13, 19663
BRAHMSRhapsody, Op. 119 No. 4May 13, 19663
BRAHMSHandel Variations, Op. 24December 1, 19769A
CHOPINBallades 1, 2, 3July 19778A
CHOPINBallade No. 1, Op. 23May 13, 19663
CHOPINBallade No. 1, Op. 23excerpt (unspecified)4
CHOPINBallade No. 4, Op. 52May 17, 19672A
CHOPINBallade No. 4, Op. 52July 197714
CHOPINBerceuse excerpt(unspecified)4
CHOPINFantasy, Op. 49May 17, 19672A
CHOPINFantasy-Impromptu, Op. 66May 17, 19672A
CHOPINFantasy-Impromptu, Op. 66July 19778A
CHOPINImpromptu No. 1, Op. 29May 17, 19672A
CHOPINImpromptu No. 1, Op. 29July 19778
CHOPINImpromptu No. 2, Op. 36May 17, 19672A
CHOPINImpromptu No. 2, Op. 36July 19778
CHOPINImpromptu No. 3, Op. 51May 17, 19672A
CHOPINImpromptu No. 3, Op. 51July 19778A
CHOPINNocturne, Op. 27 No. 2May 13, 19663
CHOPINPrelude No. 24May 13, 19663
CHOPINPrelude No. 24December 1, 19769A
CHOPINPrelude No. 24 excerpt(unspecified)4
GERSHWINConcerto in Funspecified16
HANDELKeyboard Suite in B-flatDecember 1, 19769A
HAYDNAndante & Variations in F MinorMay 17, 19672A
HAYDNAndante & Variations in F MinorDecember 1, 19769
HAYDNConcerto in GMay 3, 19705
HUMMELConcerto, Op. 89unspecified18
Interview with Martin Perlich (WCLV)unspecified16
LISZTHungarian Rhapsody No. 2unspecified14
LITOLFFScherzounspecified18
MENDELSSOHNConcerto No. 1unspecified16
MENDELSSOHNScherzo a capriccioexcerpt (unspecified)4
MENDELSSOHN-LISZTWedding Marchunspecified17
MOZARTConcerto No. 24, K. 491May 3, 19705
MOZARTFantasy, K. 397March 28, 19621
MOZARTFantasy, K. 397May 13, 19663
MOZARTRondo, K. 485May 13, 19663
PROKOFIEVSonata No. 3, Op. 28April 16, 197513
PROKOFIEVToccata, Op. 11March 28, 19621A
PROKOFIEVToccata, Op. 11May 13, 19663
PROKOFIEVToccata, Op. 11April 16, 197513
RACHMANINOFFPaganini Rhapsodyunspecified18
SAINT-SAENSWedding Cake, Op. 76unspecified17
SCHUBERTFour Impromptus, Op. 142March 28, 19621A
SCHUBERTFour Impromptus, Op. 142April 16, 197513A
SCHUBERTFour Impromptus, Op. 142December 1, 19769
SCHUBERTFour Impromptus, Op. 142July 19778
SCHUBERTImpromptus Op. 142, Nos. 3 & 4May 13, 19663
SCHUBERTMoment Musical No. 3May 13, 19663
SCHUBERTMoment Musical No. 3April 16, 197513A
SCHUBERTSonata, Op.143unspecified14
SCHUMANNSonata, Op. 22May 17, 19672
SOLERTwo Sonatas in C Minorunspecified17
TCHAIKOVSKYConcerto No. 1196915
TCHAIKOVSKYConcerto No. 1 excerpt(unspecified)4
TCHAIKOVSKYConcerto No. 1unspecified10
WHITTAKERPiano Sonataunspecified14
YARDUMIANChromatic SonataMay 17, 19672

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