UMS Concert Program, February 14, 1940: Sixty-first Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- BartlettRobertson

Season: 1939-1940
Concert: Ninth
Complete Series: 2730
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHARLES A. SINK, PRESIDENT EARL V. MOORE, MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Ninth Concert 1939-1940 Complete Series 2730
Sixty-first Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
BARTLETT and ROBERTSON, Pianists
Wednesday Evening, February 14, 1940, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Sonata in E-flat major Allegro moderate) Andante
Allegro
Jesu, My Heart's Joy (arr. Home) Prelude in E major (arr. Saar)
Bach
Andante and Variations...........Schumann
Rondo................Chopin
INTERMISSION
En blanc et noir, No. 1...........Debussy
"Qui reste a sa place et ne danse pas De quelque disgrace fait l'aveu tout bas." "Romeo et Juliette" (Barbier et Carre)
Lindaraja...............Debussy
Brazilian Dance.............Milhaud
Serenade (arr. Chasins)...........Strauss
Melody (arr. Chasins)............Gluck
Perpetual Motion (based on Brahms's "Vergebliches Standchen") . Portnoff Coronation Scene from "Boris Godounoff" (arr. Pattison) . Moussorgsky
The Steinway pianos are used exclusively in Bartlctl and Robertson programs.
Note--Bartlett and Robertson have been beard in the Choral Union Series on one previous occasion, Wednesday, January 25, 1939.
The final concert in the Choral Union Series will be given by Artur Rubinstein, Pianist, Wednesday Evening, March 6.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
MAY FESTIVAL
Six Concerts --May 8, 9, 10, 11, 1940
Soloists
LILY PONS............ Soprano
DOROTHY MAYNOR..........Soprano
ROSA TENTONI...........Soprano
ENID SZANTHO...........Contralto
GIOVANNI MARTINELLI.........Tenor
LAWRENCE TIBBETT..........Baritone
ROBERT WEEDE...........Baritone
NORMAN CORDON...........Bass
RICHARD HALE...........Narrator
JOSEPH SZIGETI...........Violinist
EMANUEL FEUERMANN........Violoncellist
ARTUR SCHNABEL...........Pianist
Organizations
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S CHORUS THE UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
Conductors
EUGENE ORMANDY.......Orchestra Conductor
SAUL CASTON.........Associate Conductor
HARL McDONALD........Guest Conductor
THOR JOHNSON.........Choral Conductor
JUVA HIGBEE........Young People's Conductor
School of Music Concerts
Given without admission charge unless otherwise indicated
Tuesday, February 20, 8:15 p.m., School of Music Auditorium
Barbara Cahoon, Pianist
Wednesday, February 21, 4:15 p.m., Hill Auditorium......
Palmer Christian, Organist
Sunday, February 25, 4:15 p.m., Hill Auditorium . . Faculty Concert Thelma Lewis, Soprano Mary Fishburne, Pianist
Joseph Brinkman, Pianist Wassily Besekirsky, Violinist
Hanns Pick, Violoncellist
Tuesday, February 27, 8:15 p.m., Hill Auditorium.......
Finnish Relief Concert
Band and Glee Club. Admission, 50 cents. Tickets may be procured from members of the Relief Committee.
Wednesday, February 28. 4:15 p.m., Hill Auditorium......
Palmer Christian, Organist Thursday, February 29, 8:15 p.m., School of Music Auditorium
Kathleen Rinck, Pianist
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.