UMS Concert Program, March 1, 1938: Fifty-ninth Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Georges Enesco

Season: 1937-1938
Concert: Tenth
Complete Series: 2514
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHARLES A. SINK, PRESIDENT EARL V. MOORE, MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Tenth Concert 1937-1938 Complete Series 2S14
Fifty-ninth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
GEORGES ENESCO, Violinist
Sanford Schlussel at the Piano
Tuesday Evening, March 1, 1938, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Andante, Minuet, and Rondo...........Mozart
Largo espressivo...............Pugnani
Bagatelle in Roumanian Style..........Scarlatescu
La Fontain d'Arethuse............Szymanowski
Kaddisch...... ...........Ravel
(In Memoriam) Tzigane..................Ravel
INTERMISSION
Sonata in G major...............Lekeu
Tres modere--vif passionemente Tres lente Tres anim£
The Steinway Piano is used exclusively in Enesco programs.
The Steinway Piano and the Skinner Organ are the official concert instruments of the University Musical Society
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
Forty-fifth Annual May Festival
1. Wednesday Evening, May 11, 8:30
Soloist
Marian Anderson, Contralto
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy and Earl V. Moore,
Conductors Chorale Preludes:
Ach Herr, mich armen Sunder 1
Herr Jesu Christ, ich weiss [ Buxtehude
gar wohn J
Symphony in D major, No. 35
(Haffner), K. 385 . . . . Mozart The Blessed Damozel .... Debussy
Marian Anderson Women's Voices of the University
Choral Union Arias: 0 Don Fatale, from "Don
Carlos".......Verdi
Ah! mon fils, from "Le Profet" Meyerbeer
Miss Anderson
Afternoon of a Faun .... Debussy Interlude and Dance, from "La Vida
Breve"......de Falla
2. Thursday Evening, May 12, 8:30
ALL-RUSSIAN PROGRAM
Soloists
Agnes Davis, Soprano Arthur Hackett, Tenor
Chase Baromeo, Bass
Artur Rubinstein, Pianist
The Philadelphia Orchestra
The University Choral Union
Eugene Ormandy and Earl V. Moore,
Conductors Overture to "Kowantchina" . Moussorgsky
The Bells.....Rachmaninoff
I. The Silver Bells--Allegro ma non tanto
Arthur Hackett and Chorus II. The Golden Bells--Lento
Agnes Davis and Chorus III. The Brazen Bells--Presto
Chorus IV. The Mournful Bells--Lento lugubre
Chase Baromeo and Chorus Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, for
Piano and Orchestra . Tschaikowsky Artur Rubinstein
3. Friday Afternoon, May 13, 2:30
Soloists
Albert Spalding, Violinist
Hardin Van Deursen, Baritone
Young People's Festival Chorus
The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Oemandy and Juva Higbee,
Conductors
Overture to "The Bartered Bride" Smetana Songs: The Virgin's Slumber Song . Reger The Snow-Drop . Gretchaninoff In These Delightful Pleasant
Groves.....Purcell
It Was a Lover and His Lass Morley Young People's Festival Chorus The Sorcerer's Apprentice . . . Dukas
Cantata, "Paul Bunyan".....James
Hardin Van Deursen Young People's Festival Chorus Concerto in D major, Op. 77, for
Violin and Orchestra . . . Brahms Albert Spaldino
4. Friday Evening, May 13, 8:30
Soloist
Nino Mahtini, Tenor
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Prelude and Fugue in B minor . . Bach
(Orchestrated by Lucien Caillet) Arias: Una furtiva lagrima from
"Elisir d'amore" . . Donizetti Racconto di Rodolfo, from "La Boheme" .... Puccini
Nino Martini
Symphony No. 5 in E flat . . Sibelius Arias: 0 Paradiso! from
"L'Africana" . . . Meyerbeer E lucevan le stelle from
"Tosca".....Puccini
Mr. Martini
Perpetual Motion.....Paganini
(Orchestrated by Eugene Ormandy) Till Eulenspiegel.....Strauss
5. Saturday Afternoon, May 14, 2:30
ALL-WAGNER PROGRAM
Soloist
Marjorie Lawrence, Soprano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Excerpts from "The Nibelungen Ring"
Rheingold:
a) Invocation of Alberich
b) Entrance of the Gods into Walhalla Walkure:
a) Du bist der Lenz
b) Hoi yo to ho te
Marjorie Lawrence
c) Wotan's Farewell and the Magic Fire
Music Siegfried:
a) Wald weben
b) Siegfried Ascending the Mountain to
Meet Briinnhilde; and Finale Gbtterdammerung:
a) Rhine Journey
b) Funeral March
c) Immolation and Closing Scene
Miss Lawrence
6. Saturday Evening, May 14, 8:30
Soloists
Bruna Castagna, Contralto Hilda Burke, Soprano Agnes Davis, Soprano Giovanni Martinelli, Tenor Richard Bonelli, Baritone Chase Baromeo, Bass Arthur Hackett, Tenor The University Choral Union The Philadelphia Orchestra Earl V. Moore, Conductor CARMEN (in concert form) . . Bizet An Opera in Four Acts
Cast Carmen.....Bruna Castagna
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Mercedes......Agnes Davis
Don Jose . . . Giovanni Martinelli Escamillo.....Richard Bonelli
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Dancairo.....Arthur Hackett
Season Tickets (Six Concerts): $6.00, $7.00, and $8.00. May be ordered by mail. Address, with remittance: Charles A. Sink, President, School of Music, Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan.