UMS Concert Program, February 21, 1934: Choral Union Concert Series -- Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Season: 1933-1934
Concert: Ninth
Complete Series: 2175
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHARLES A. SINK, PRESIDENT EARL V. MOORE, MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Ninth Concert 1933-1934 Complete Series 2175
Fifty-fifth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Director Victor Kolar, Assistant Director
Wednesday Evening, February 21, 1934, at 8:15 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Choral and Fugue........Zemachson
Second Symphony in E minor, Op. 27 . . . Rachmaninoff
Largo; Allegro moderato Allegro molto Adagio Allegro vivace
INTERMISSION
Prelude and Love Death ("Tristan and Isolde") . . . Wagner Ride of the Valkyrie ("Die Walkure") . . ' . . . Wagner Overture to "Tannhauser" ....... Wagner
The Steinway Piano and the Skinner Organ are the official concert instruments of the University Musical Society
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
MAY FESTIVAL
4 Days--May 9, 10, 11, 12, '34--6 Concerts
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
Earl V. Moore .............................................Musical Director
Frederick Stock.........................................Orchestra Conductor
Eric DeLamarter.........................................Associate Conductor
Juva Higbee .......................................Young People's Conductor
LUCREZIA BORI....................................Soprano
Metropolitan Opera Association
ROSA PONSELLE...................................Soprano
Metropolitan Opera Association
JEANNETTE VREELAND...........................Soprano
American Concert and Oratorio Singer
COE GLADE........................................Contralto
Chicago Civic and other Operas
PAUL ALTHOUSE.....................................Tenor
Metropolitan Opera Association
ARTHUR HACKETT..................................Tenor
American Opera and Concert Singer
THEODORE WEBB.................................Baritone
American Oratorio Singer
CHASE BAROMEO......................................Bass
Chicago, LaScala, and South American Operas
GUILA BUSTABO...................................Violinist
Young American Virtuoso
MISCHA LEVITZKI..................................Pianist
Distinguished Russian Player
MABEL ROSS RHEAD................................Pianist
Choral Union Accompanist
PALMER CHRISTIAN...............................Organist
University of Michigan Organist
THE UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION...........................300 Voices
THE CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.....................70 Players
YOUNG PEOPLE'S FESTIVAL CHORUS.......................400 Voices
American premiere (specially translated into English) of
A SONG OF PEACE (Ein Friedenslied)......................Robert Heger
NINTH SYMPHONY.............................................Beethoven
THE SEASONS......................................................Haydn
THE UGLY DUCKLING (Young People) ..........................English
Season tickets $6.00, $7.00, $8.00 (if Festival coupon is enclosed deduct $3.00). Orders by mail will be sent out about April 20, at purchasers' risks unless fee of 18 is enclosed for registration.
CHARLES A. SINK, President School of Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
MAY FESTIVAL
Schedule of Artists and Organizations
(Subject to Revision)
Wednesday Evening
ROSA PONSELLE ................................................Soprano
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
FREDERICK STOCK.............................................Conductor
Thursday Evening
THE "SEASONS" ...................................................Haydn
JEANNETTE VREELAND ........................................Soprano
PAUL ALTHOUSE .................................................Tenor
CHASE BAROMEO ...................................................Bass
MISCHA LEVITZKI ................................................Pianist
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
EARL V. MOORE and FREDERICK STOCK....................Conductors
Friday Afternoon
GUILA BUSTABO ................................................Violinist
PALMER CHRISTIAN ............................................Organist
"THE UGLY DUCKLING" ...............................Granville English
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS
ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT
ERIC DELAMARTER and JUVA HIGBEE.....................Conductors
Friday Evening
LUCREZIA BORI .................................................Soprano
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
FREDERICK STOCK.............................................Conductor
Saturday Afternoon
"NINTH SYMPHONY" ..........................................Beethoven
JEANNETTE VREELAND ........................................Soprano
COE GLADE .....................................................Contralto
ARTHUR HACKETT ................................................Tenor
THEODORE WEBB ..............................................Baritone
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
FREDERICK STOCK.............................................Conductor
Saturday Evening
A SONG OF PEACE (Ein Friedenslied) .......................Heger
JEANNETTE VREELAND ........................................Soprano
COE GLADE .....................................................Contralto
PAUL ALTHOUSE ..................................................Tenor
CHASE BAROMEO ...................................................Bass
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
EARL V. MOORE.................................................Conductor
Coming Musical Events
Choral Union Series
Hill Auditorium, 8:15 p.m.
March 6 Gregor Piatigorsky, Violoncellist
Single admission: $1.00, $1.50, and $2.00
Faculty Concert Series
no admission charge Hill Auditorium, Sundays, 4:15 p.m.
February 25 University Glee Club
David Mattern, Conductor
March 4 University Symphony Orchestra
Soloist: Wassily Besekirsky, Violinist Earl V. Moore, Conductor
March 11 University Band
Soloist: Joseph Brinkman, Pianist Nicholas Falcone, Conductor
March 18 Arthur Hackett, Tenor Maud Okkelberg, Pianist Nicholas Falcone, Clarinetist
April 1 University Symphony Orchestra
Soloist: Mabel Ross Rhead, Pianist Earl V. Moore, Conductor
April 2 University Band, 8:15 p.m.
Soloist: Leonard Falcone, Euphonium Nicholas Falcone, Conductor
April 22 Concert by members of Chamber Music Class, under direction of Hanns Pick
Palmer Christian, University Organist, will give a program in the Twilight Organ Recital Series every Wednesday afternoon at 4:15, unless otherwise announced.