UMS Concert Program, May 11, 12, 13, And 14, 1938: The Forty-fifth Annual May Festival -- Glenn D. Mcgeoch

Concert: SIXTH
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Official Program of the Forty-fifth Annual
MAY FESTIVAL
May ii, 12., ij, and 14, IQj8 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Published by The University Musical Society, Ann Arbor
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.
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THE FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL
CONDUCTORS
Earl V. Moore, Musical Director
Eugene Ormandy, Orchestral Conductor
Juva Higbee, Conductor of Young Pea-pie's Festival Chorus
SOLOISTS
Sopranos
Marjorie Lawrence
Agnes Davis
Hilda Burke
Contraltos
Bruna Castagna
Marian Anderson
Tenors
Giovanni Martinelli
Nino Martini
Arthur Hackett
Baritones
Richard Bonelli
Hardin Van Deursen
Bass Chase Baromeo
Pianist Artur Rubinstein
Violinist Albert Spalding
Organist Palmer Christian
Pianist Mabel Ross Rhead
organizations
The Philadelphia Orchestra The University Choral Union 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 her able associates, for their valuable services in preparation of the Young People's Chorus; to the several members of the staff for their efficient assistance and 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. In some instances Mr. Gilman's analyses have been quoted in this Libretto.
The Steinway is the official concert piano of the University Musical Society.
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FIRST MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Wednesday Evening, May ii, at 8:30
SOLOIST
Marian Anderson, Contralto
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM
Fantasia in C major...............Handel
(Orchestrated by Lucien Cailliet)
Vater Unser im Himmelreich..........Bach-Kodaly
(Arranged for strings by Arcady Dubensky)
Symphony in D major, No. 35 (Haffner) Kochel 385 .... Mozart Allegro con spirito Andante Menuetto Presto
Alleluia from the motet "Exsultate"..........Mozart
Aria: "O don fatale" from "Don Carlos"........Verdi
Marian Anderson
intermission
Negro Spirituals Deep River
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child My Soul is Anchored in the Lord
Miss Anderson
The Afternoon of a Faun............ Debussy
Interlude and Dance from "La Vida Breve"......de Falla
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SECOND MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Thursday Evening, May 12, at 8:30
SOLOISTS
Agnes Davis, Sofrano Chase Baromeo, Bass
Arthur Hackett, Tenor Artur Rubinstein, Pianist
The Philadelphia Orchestra
University Choral Union Eugene Ormandy and Earl V. Moore, Conductors
Mabel Rhead, Pianist Palmer Christian, Organist
PROGRAM Entr'acte from "Kowantchina".........Moussorgsky
The Bells...............Rachmaninoff
(From the poem by Edgar Allan Poe)
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 Iron Bells--Lento lugubre Chase Baromeo and Chorus
intermission
Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23, for Piano and
Orchestra...............Tchaikovsky
Andante non troppo e molto maestoso, Allegro con spiritoj Andante semplice--Allegro vivace assai; Allegro con fuoco
Artur Rubinstein Mr. Rubinstein uses the Steinway Piano.
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THIRD MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Friday Afternoon, May 13, at 2:30
SOLOISTS
Albert Spalding, Violinist Hardin Van Deursen, Baritone
Young People's Festival Chorus The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy and Juva Higbee, Conductors
PROGRAM
Overture to "The Bartered Bride"..........Smetana
Songs: It Was a Lover and His Lass.........Morley
In These Delightful, Pleasant Groves.......Purcell
The Virgin's Slumber Song...........Reger
The Snow Drop...........Gretchaninoff
Young People's Festival Chorus
Scherzo, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"..........Dukas
Cantata, "Paul Bunyan"..............James
(First Performance)
Hardin Van Deursen
Young People's Festival Chorus
intermission
Concerto in D major, Op. 77, for Violin and Orchestra . . . Brahms Allegro non troppo Adagio
Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace
Albert Spalding
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FOURTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Friday Evening, May 13, at 8:30
SOLOIST
Nino Martini, Tenor
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM
Prelude and Fugue in B minor............Bach
(Orchestrated by Lucien Cailliet)
Arias: "Rudolph's Narrative" from "La Boheme".....Puccini
"Una furtiva lagrima" from "L'elisir d'amore" . . Donizetti Nino Martini
Symphony No. 5 in E-flat............Sibelius
Tempo molto moderato--Allegro moderato ma un poco stretto--Presto--Piu presto Andante mosso quasi allegretto
Allegro molto--Un pochettino largamente
INTERMISSION
Arias: "Je crois entendre encore" from "Les pecheurs des perles" . Bizet "E lucevan le stelle" from "Tosca".......Puccini
Mr. Martini
Perpetual Motion...............Paganini
(Orchestrated by Eugene Ormandy)
"Till Eulenspiegel"...............Strauss
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FIFTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Saturday Afternoon, May 14, at 2:30
SOLOIST
Marjorie Lawrence, Soprano
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM
Excerpts from "The Niebelungen Ring" ........ Wagner
Das Rheingold
a) Alberich's Invocation of the Nibelungs
b) Entrance of the Gods into Valhalla Die Walkure
a) Thou Art the Spring
b) Hoi yo to ho te (Brunnhilde's Battle Cry)
c) Wotan's Farewell and the Magic Fire Scene
Marjorie Lawrence Siegfried
a) Forest Murmurs
4) Siegfried Ascends the Flaming Mountain Where Brunnhilde Sleeps; Finale
INTERMISSION
Gotterdammerung
a) Siegfried's Rhine Journey
b) Siegfried's Funeral March
c) Brunnhilde's Immolation and Closing Scene
Miss Lawrence
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SIXTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Saturday Evening, May 14, at 8:30
SOLOISTS
Hilda Burke, Sofrano Agnes Davis, Sofratio Bruna Castagna, Contralto Chase Baromeo, Bass
Giovanni Martinelli, Tenor Arthur Hackett, Tenor Maurice Gerow, Tenor Richard Bonelli, Baritone
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Earl V. Moore, Conductor The University Choral Union
PROGRAM "Carmen" (in concert form)...........Bizet
Cast
Carmen................Bruna Castagna
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