UMS Concert Program, May 7, 8, 9, And 10, 1941: The Forty-eighth Annual May Festival -- The Philadelphia Orchestra

Season: 1940-1941
Concert: FIRST
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Official Program of the Forty-eighth Annual
MAY FESTIVAL
May 7, 8, Q, and 10, IQ41 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., LL.D. .... Secretary
Oscar A. Eberbach, A.B.........Treasurer
Shirley W. Smith, A.M. . . . Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Thor Johnson, M.Mus..........Conductor
Junius E. Beal, A.B.
Roscoe O. Bonisteel, LL.B.
Harley A. Haynes, M.D.
James Inglis
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-EIGHTH ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL
CONDUCTORS
Thor Johnson Festival and Choral Conductor Eugene Ormandy, Orchestral Conductor Saul Caston, Associate Orchestral Conductor Juva Higbee, Youth Chorus Conductor
SOLOISTS
Sopranos Jarmila Novotna Dorothy Maynor Suzanne Sten
Contralto Enid Szantho
Tenor
Charles Kullman
Baritones Lawrence Tibbett Mack Harrell
Bass Norman Cordon
Violinist Jascha Heifetz
Violoncellist Gregor Piatigorsky
Pianist Jose Iturbi
organizations
The Philadelphia Orchestra The University Choral Union The Youth Chorus
Notices and Acknowledgments
All concerts will begin on time (Eastern standard time).
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 Juva Higbee, Supervisor of Music in the Ann Arbor Public Schools, and to her able associates for their valuable services in preparation of the Youth 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 7, at 8130
Soloist: Lawrence Tibbett, Baritone
The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PROGRAM Concerto in D major for Orchestra......Handel-Ormandy
Aria: "Arm, Arm, Ye Brave" from "Judas Maccabaeus" . . . Handel "Eri Tu" from "The Masked BaU"..........Verdi
Lawrence Tibbett
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92........Beethoven
Poco sostenuto; Vivace Allegretto
Presto; Assai meno presto; Presto Allegro con brio
INTERMISSION
"Cassio's Dream," from "Otello"j v
"Credo," from "Otello" j........... DI
Mr. Tibbett
Four Excerpts from Act III, "Die Meistersinger".....Wagner
Prelude to Act III Dance of the Apprentices Awake! The Day Draws Near Entrance of the Guilds and Masters
SECOND MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Thursday Evening, May 8, at 8:30
Soloists:
Jarmila Novotna, Sop-ano Norman Cordon, Bass
Gregor Piatigorsky, Violoncellist
The Philadelphia Orchestra
University Choral Union Eugene Ormandy and Thor Johnson, Conductors
PRO GRAM
Alleluia..............Randall Thompson
University Choral Union
Requiem..................Brahms
Blessed Are They That Mourn
Behold, All Flesh Is as the Grass
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling1 Place
Ye That Now Are Sorrowful
Here on Earth We Have No Continuing Place
Jarmila Novotna, Norman Cordon
AND THE
University Choral Union
INTERMISSION
'Don Quixote," Fantastic Variations for Violoncello
and Orchestra............Richard Strauss
Gregor Piatigorsky
THIRD MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Friday Afternoon, May 9, at 2:30
Soloists: Suzanne Sten, Sofrano Jose Iturbi, Pianist
Youth Chorus The Philadelphia Orchestra
Saul Caston and Juva Higbee, Conductors
PRO GRAM
Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" .........Wagner
"Saint Mary Magdalene".............d'Indy
Suzanne Sten and the Youth Chorus Suite from "The Fire Bird".........Igor Stravinski
Introduction
The Fire Bird and Her Dance
Dance of the Princesses
Kastchei's Infernal Dance
Berceuse
Finale
Songs:
The Cricket 1
To a Crocus I.......... . M. E. GlLLETT
A Mouse in the Clock
Youth Chorus
INTERMISSION
Concerto No. I in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra .... Liszt
Allegro maestoso, tempo giusto Quasi adagio
Allegretto vivace
Allegro marziale animato
Jose Iturbi
The Baldwin piano used is furnished by Smiley Bros. Music Company, Detroit, Michigan.
FOURTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Friday Evening, May 9, at 8:30
Soloist: Dorothy Maynor, Soprano
The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
PRO GRAM
Suite from "The Water Music"........Handel-Ormandy
Allegro-Andante-Allegro
Air
Bourree
Hornpipe
Allegro deciso
Pamina's Aria from "The Magic Flute" ) Mozart
"Non mi dir" from "Don Giovanni" J
Dorothy Maynor
Symphony, "Matthias, the Painter".........Hindemith
Concert of the Angels
Entombment
The Temptation of St. Anthony
INTERMISSION
Aria: "Pourquoi," from "Lakme"..........Delibes
Les Adieux de l'hotesse Arabe............Bizet
Miss Maynor
Reflets dans 1'eau............Debussy-Ormandy
La Valse ..................Ravel
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FIFTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Saturday Afternoon, May io, at 2:30
Soloist: Jascha Heifetz, Violinist
The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
ALL-SIBELIUS PROGRAM
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 (in one movement)
Adagio; Vivacissimo; Adagio; Allegro molto moderato; Vivace; Presto; Adagio; Largamente
Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, for Violin and Orchestra
Allegro moderato
Adagio di molto
Allegro ma non tanto
Jascha Heifetz
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39
Andante, ma non troppo; Allegro energico Andante (ma non troppo lento) Scherzo: Allegro
Finale (quasi una fantasia) Andante; Allegro molto
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SIXTH MAY FESTIVAL CONCERT
Saturday Evening, May io, at 8:30
Soloists:
Jarmila Novotna, Sop-ano Charles Kullman, Tenor
Suzanne Sten, Mezzo-Sofrano Mack Harrell, Baritone
Enid Szantho, Contralto Norman Cordon, Bass
The University Choral Union
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Thor Johnson, Conductor
PRO GRAM EPISODES from "EUGENE ONEGIN" . . . Tchaikovsky
Cast
Larina.................Suzanne Sten
Tatiana................ Jarmila Novotna
Olga 1
_,,.. ................Enid Szantho
rhihpina J
Eugene Onegin..............Mack Harrell
Lenski................Charles Kullman
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