UMS Concert Program, December 7, 1938: Sixtieth Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Boston Symphony Orchestra

Season: 1938-1939
Concert: Fourth
Complete Series: 2584
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHARLES A. SINK. PRESIDENT EARL V. MOORE. MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Fourth Concert 1938-1939 Complete Series 2584
Sixtieth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor
Wednesday, December 7, 1938, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Symphony in B-flat, No. 102............Haydn
Largo-Allegro vivace Adagio
Menuetto and Trio: Allegro Finale: Presto
"La Mer," (The Sea) Trois esquisses symphoniques . . . Debussy
1. De l'aube a midi sur la mer (From Dawn to Noon at Sea)
2. Jeux de vagues (Gambols of the Waves)
3. Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Dialogue Between the Wind and the Sea)
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36.......Tchaikovsky
Andante sostenuto. Moderato con anima in movimento di valse Andantino in modo di canzona
Scherzo, Pizzicato ostinato: Allegro Finale: Allegro con fuoco
Note.--The Boston Symphony Orchestra has been heard in the Choral Union Series on previous occasions, under respective conductors, as follows: May 16. 1890. May 5, 1891, and May 10, 1892, Arthur Nikisch, Conductor; May 19, 189.3. Franz Kncisel. Conductor; January 31, 1913, Otto Urack, Conductor; January 26, 1917, Karl Muck, Conductor; October 27, 1931, October 25, 1932, October 24, 1933. December 11, 1934, December 11, 1935, December 10, 1936, and December 8, 1937, Serge Koussevitzky. Conductor.
The Sleinway Piano and the Skinner Organ are the official concert instruments of the University Musical Society
ARS LONG A VITA BREVIS
Coming Musical Events
HILL AUDITORIUM
Choral Union Concerts
8:30 p.m.
Josef Hofmann, Pianist......Tuesday, January 10
Budapest University Chorus . . . Wednesday, January 25 Viktor Vaszy, Conductor
Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist .... Wednesday, February 15 Gregor Piatigorsky, Violoncellist . . . Monday, February 27
Roth String Quartet of Budapest . . . Thursday, March 9
Feri Roth, First Violinist Ferenc Molnar, Viola
Jeno Antal, Second Violinist Janos Scholz, Violoncellist
Forty-Sixth Annual May Festival . . May 10, 11, 12, 13, 1939
School of Music Concerts
Given without admission charge
Sunday, December 11, 8 p.m., Candlelight Service, by Sigma Alpha Iota Sorority, Congregational Church.
Tuesday, December 13, 8:30 p.m., Hill Auditorium.....
"Elijah" by Mendelssohn
Soloists:
Thelma Lewis, Soprano Arthur Hackett, Tenor
Hope Bauer Eddy, Contralto Hardin Van Deursen, Bass
A. D. Moore Jr., Soprano Tom Kinkead, Organist
Choral Union and University Symphony Orchestra Earl V. Moore, Conductor
Monday, December 19, 7:30 p.m., Hill Auditorium.....
Christmas Sing
Notices: The right is reserved to make such changes in the dates and artists announced as necessity may require. While wide and prompt publicity is given to dates thus changed, to avoid inconvenience it is suggested that, so far as possible, out-of-town guests confirm the dates in advance.
The School of Music Concerts are given without admission charge; for obvious reasons small children will not be admitted.