UMS Concert Program, May 8, 9, 10, And 11, 1940: The Forty-seventh Annual May Festival -- The Philadelphia Orchestra

Season: 1939-1940
Concert: FIRST
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

NINETEEN HUNDRED FORTY
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Official Program of the Forty-seventh Annual
MAY FESTIVAL
May 8, Q, IO, and II, IQ40 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
Oscar A. Eberbach, A.B.........., Treasurer
Shirley W. Smith, A.M. . . . Assistant Secretary-Treasurer
Junius E. Beal, A.B.
Roscoe O. Bonisteel, LL.B.
Harley A. Haynes, M.D.
James Inglis
Earl V. Moore, A.M., Mus.D.
Horace G. Prettyman, A.B.
E. Blythe Stason, A.B., B.S., J.D.
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 in exempting from tax admissions to concerts given under its auspices.
THE FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL
CONDUCTORS
Eugene Ormandy, Orchestral Conductor
Thor Johnson, Choral Conductor
Harl McDonald, Guest Conductor
Juva Higbee, Young People's Festival Chorus Conductor
SOLOISTS
Sopranos Lily Pons Dorothy Maynor Rosa Tentoni
Contralto Enid Szantho
Tenor Giovanni Martinelli
Baritone Robert Weede
Basses Norman Cordon Alexander Kipnis
Violinist Josef Szigeti
Violoncellist Emanuel Feuermann
Pianist Artur Schnabel
Narrator Richard Hale
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 University Musical Society desires to express appreciation to Thor Johnson and the members of the Choral Union for their effective services; to Miss Java 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 co-operation.
The writer of the analyses hereby expresses his deep obligation to Miss Dorothy Eckert for her aid in collecting materials and to the late 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 and of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
FIRST MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Wednesday Evening, May 8, at 8130
Soloist: Alexander Kipnis, Bass
The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM
(All Russian)
Entr'acte Khovanstchina............Moussorgsky
"Lieutenant Kije" Orchestral Suite, Op. 60 ......Prokofiev
Incidental solos: Alexander Kipnis
Monologue and Hallucination Scene from "Boris Godunov" . Moussorgsky
Prince Galitzky's Aria from "Prince Igor," Act I.....Borodin
Mr. Kipnis
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 .......Tchaikovsky
(In commemoration of his iooth birthday anniversary) Andante--Allegro con anima Andante cantabile licenza
Valse--Allegro moderato
Finale--Andante maestoso; Allegro; Allegro vivace
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SECOND MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Thursday Evening, May 9, at 8:30
Soloists:
Dorothy Maynor, Sofrano Rosa Tentoni, Sofrano
Robert Weede, Baritone Richard Hale, Narrator
The Philadelphia Orchestra
University Choral Union Eugene Ormandy and Thor Johnson, Conductors
PROGRAM
Music to Goethe's Tragedy, "Egmont" .......Beethoven
1. Overture
2. Recitation
3. Entr'acte II
4. Recitation
5. Song: "Die Trommel geriiehret"
6. Recitation
7. Song: 'Treudvoll und Leidvoll"
8. Entr'acte III
9. Recitation
10. Clarchen's Death
11. Melodrama
12. Recitation
13. Symphony of Victory
Miss Tentoni and Mr. Hale
Cantata, "The Inimitable Lovers"..........Vardell
Miss Tentoni, Mr. Weede, and Choral Union1 Chorus
INTERMISSION
Arias: "O Sleep, Why Dost Thou Leave Me" from "Semele" . . Handel
"Leise, Leise" from "Der Freischiitz"......von Weber
"Depuis le jour" from "Louise" . . . . . . . Charpentter
Miss Maynor
Legend: "The Return of Lemminkainen"........Sibelius
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THIRD MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Friday Afternoon, May io, at 2:30
Soloist: Artur Schnabel, Pianist
Young People's Festival Chorus The Philadelphia Orchestra
Harl McDonald, Juva Higbee, and Eugene Ormandy, Conductors
PROGRAM
Two Choral Preludes...........Bach--Ormandy
i . O Mensch, bewein' dein' Siinde gross 2. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Group of Songs:
1. Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair.............Foster
2. Spinning Song (German)...............Aslanoff
3. Star Lullaby (Polish)................Treharne
4. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (Negro Spiritual)
5. En passant par la Lorraine (French) .........Tiersot
Young People's Chorus
Santa Fe Trail Symphony, No. 1..........McDonald
Conducted by the Composer
INTERMISSION
Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, for Piano and Orchestra . Beethoven Allegro moderato
Andante con moto Rondo
Orchestrated by Marion McArtor, University School of Music.
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FOURTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Friday Evening, May io, at 8:30
Soloists:
Lily Pons, Sofrano
Josef Szigoti, Violinist
The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM
Suite for Strings, Op. 5..............Corelli
1. Sarabande
2. Giga
3. Badinerie
Blonda's Aria from "Die Entfiihrung aus dem Serail" .... Mozart
Aria: "Caro nome" from "Rigoletto"..........Verdi
Miss Pons
Poeme, for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25.......Chausson
Mr. Szigeti
Suite from the Ballet, "The Machine Man"........Zador
INTERMISSION
Arias: "L'Amero saro costante" from "II Re pastore".....Mozart
Obbligato by Mr. Szigeti Bell Song from "Lakme"...........Delibes
Miss Pons
Symphony in D minor..............Franck
Lento; allegro non troppo Allegretto
Allegro non troppo
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FIFTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Saturday Afternoon, May ii, at 2:30
Soloists:
Josef Szigeti, Violin
Emanuel Feuermann, Violoncellist
The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM Compositions by Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Chorale St. Antonii) Op. 56A Theme (Andante in B-flat major) Var. I--Poco piu animato Var. II--Piu vivace
Var. Ill--Con moto
Var. IV--Andante con moto Var. V--Vivace
Var. VI--Vivace
Var. VII--Grazioso
Var. VIII--Presto non troppo Finale--Andante
Double Concerto in A minor for Violin, Violoncello, and Orchestra Allegro
Andante
Vivace non troppo
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 Allegro non troppo
Adagio non troppo
Allegretto grazioso quasi andantino Allegro con spirito
SIXTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Saturday Evening, May i i, at 8130
Soloists:
Enid Szantho, Contralto Giovanni Martinelli, Tenor
Robert Weede, Baritone Norman Cordon, Bass
The Philadelphia Orchestra
The University Choral Union Thor Johnson, Conductor
PROGRAM
"Samson and Delilah" (In Concert Form) .... Saint-Saens
An Opera in Three Acts
Samson.............Giovanni Martinelli
Delilah................Enid Szantho
High Priest.............., . Robert Weede
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