UMS Concert Program, May 12, 13, 14, And 15, 1937: The Forty-fourth Annual May Festival -- The Philadelphia Orchestra

Season: 1936-37
Concert: FIRST
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
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Official Program of
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May Festival
Published by
The University Musical Society
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1937
THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Charles A. Sink, M.Ed., LL.D . . President
Alexander G. Ruthven, Ph.D., Sc.D., LL.D. . Vice-President
Durand W. Springer, B.S., A.M Secretary
Levi D. Wines, C.E . Treasurer
Oscar A. Eberbach, A.B Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Junius E. Beal, A.B.
Harley A. Haynes, M.D.
James Inglis
Arnold H. Goss
Earl V. Moore, A.M., Mus.D.
Horace G. Prettyman, A.B.
Shirley W. Smith, A.M.
The University Musical Society is organized under an Act of the state of Michigan providing for the incorporation of "associations not for pecuniary profit." Its purpose is "to cultivate the public taste for music." All fees are placed at the lowest possible point compatible with sound business principles, the financial side serving but as a means to an educational and artistic end, a fact duly recog­nized by the Treasury Department of the United States by exempting from tax admissions to concerts given under its auspices.
THE FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL
CONDUCTORS
Earl V. Moore, Musical Director
Eugene Ormandy, Orchestral Conductor
Jose Iturbl, Orchestral Conductor
Roxy Cowin, Conductor of Young Peo-ple's Festival Chorus
SOLOISTS
Elisabeth Rethberg
Sopranos
KlRSTEN FLAGSTAD
Contralto Marion Telva
Tenors
Lauritz Melchior
Arthur Carron
Baritone Carlo Morelli
Bass Ezio Pinza
Pianist Eugene List
Violinist Joseph Knitzer
Organist Palmer Christian
organizations
The Philadelphia Orchestra The University Choral Union The University Glee Club The Lyra Male Chorus The Young People's Festival Chorus
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Notices and Acknowledgments
All concerts will begin on time (Eastern standard time).
Trumpet calls from the stage will be sounded three minutes before the resumption of the program after intermission.
Our patrons are invited to inspect the Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments in the foyer of the first balcony and the adjoining room.
To study the evolution of musical instruments, it is only necessary to view the cases in their numerical order and remember that in the wall cases the sequence runs from right to left and from top to bottom, while the standard cases should always be approached on the left-hand side. Descriptive lists are attached to each case.
The Musical Director of the Festival desires to express his great obligation to Miss Juva Higbee, Supervisor of Music in the Ann Arbor Public Schools, and to Miss Roxy Cowin, her able associate, for their valuable services in preparation of the Young People's Chorus; to the several members of the staff for their efficient assistance; to the teachers in the various schools from which the children have been drawn, for their cooperation.
The writer of the analyses hereby expresses his deep obligation to Mr. Lawrence Gilman, whose scholarly analyses, given in the Program Books of the New York Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestras, are authoritative contributions to contemporary criticism and have been drawn upon for some of the analyses in this book.
The Steinway is the official concert piano of the University Musical Society.
FIRST MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Wednesday Evening, May 12, at 8:30
SOLOIST
Kirsten Flagstad, Sop-ano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM
Prelude and Fugue in F minor 1
L ..... Bach Chorale Prelude, "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" I
"La Mer" Debussy
From Dawn to Noon at Sea
Gambols of the Waves
Dialogue Between the Wind and the Sea
Aria: "Leise, Leise," from "Der Freischiitz" Weber
Kirsten Flagstad
INTERMISSION
"Pictures at an Exhibition" Moussorgsky
Promenade--Gnome--The Old Castle--Tuileries--Bydlo (Cattle)-Ballet of Chicks in Their Shells--Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle--Limoges--Cata­combs--The Hut on Fowls' Legs--The Gate of the Bogatirs at Kiev
(Orchestrated by Lucien Cailliet)
Briinnhilde's Immolation and the Closing Scene from
"Gb'tterdammerung" Wagner
Mme. Flagstad
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SECOND MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Thursday Evening, May 13, at 8:30
SOLOIST
Lauritz Melchior, Tenor
The Philadelphia Orchestra
University Choral Union
University Glee Club
Lyra Male Chorus
Eugene Ormandy and Earl V. Moore, Conductors Palmer Christian, Organist
PROGRAM Overture, "Leonore" No. 3 Beethoven
Arias: Prize Song, from "Die Meistersinger"! w
First Forging Song, from "Siegfried" J
Lauritz Melchior
"The Seasons" Fogg
Spring c) Autumn
Summer d) Winter (First performance in America) University Choral Union
INTERMISSION
Scenes from "Parsifal" Wagner
(The scenes from each act will be sung without pause.)
Act I
Transformation Scene
In the Castle of the Grail
Communion Service
University Choral Union
Lyra Male Chorus University Glee Club
Act II
"Amfortas! The spear wound"
"Forever more"
"Now by this sign"
Mr. Melchior Act III
a) Procession of the Knights to the Castle of the Holy Grail
Male Choruses
b) "Only this weapon serves"
Mr. Melchior
c) The Miracle of the Grail
Choruses
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THIRD MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Friday, Afternoon, May 14, at 2:30
SOLOIST
Eugene List, Pianist
Young People's Festival Chorus The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy and Roxy Cowin, Conductors
PROGRAM Overture to "Der Freischutz" Weber
Songs: "The Lass with the Delicate Air" Arne
"Lullaby" Scott
"The Trout" Schubert
Young People's Festival Chorus
Unfinished Symphony Schubert
Allegro moderate) Andante con moto
Cantata, "Spring Rapture" Gaul
Young People's Festival Chorus
INTERMISSION
Concerto No. 1 in E flat for Piano and Orchestra Liszt
Allegro maestoso, tempo giusto Quasi adagio Allegretto vivace
Allegro marziale animato
Eugene List
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FOURTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Friday Evening, May 14, at 8:30
SOLOISTS
Elisabeth Rethberg, Soprano
Ezio Pinza, Bass
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM Academic Festival Overture Brahms
Scene: "Ah! Perfido," Op. 46 Beethoven
Elisabeth Rethberg
Eight Russian Folk Dances Liadov
Religious Chant 5. Legend of the Birds
Christmas Carol (Kolyada-Maleda) 6. Cradle Song
Plaintive Melody 7. Round Dance
The Buzzing of the Gnat 8. Village Dance Song
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