UMS Concert Program, January 23, 1943: Third Annual Chamber Music Festival -- Roth String Quartet

Season: 1942-1943
Concert: Second
Complete Series: 2857
Lecture Hall, Rackham Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHARLES A. SINK, PRESIDENT THOR JOHNSON, CONDUCTOR
HARDIN VAN DEURSEN, ACTING CONDUCTOR
Second Concert 1942-1943 Complete Series 28S7
Third Annual
Chamber Music Festival
ROTH STRING QUARTET
Feri Roth, Violin Julius Shaier, Viola
Samuel Siegel, Violin Oliver Edel, Violoncello
Saturday Afternoon, January 23, 1943, at 2:30
Lecture Hall, Rackham Building
Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Quartet in D major, No. 2........Borodin
Allegro moderate Scherzo; allegro Notturno--andante Finale--andante; vivace
Quartet No. 4 (1931)........Quincy Porter
(Dedicated to the Roth Quartet) Allegro moderato Lento Allegro molto
INTERMISSION
Quartet in B-flat major (K. 458) (Hunting Quartet) . . Mozart
Allegro vivace assai Minuetto; moderato Adagio
Allegro assai
(over)
THE THIRD CONCERT in the Chamber Music Festival will take place this evening at 8:30 o'clock.
The Steinway piano and the Skinner organ are the official concert instruments of the University Musical Society
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
PROGRAM NOTES
Quartet in D major, No. 2 . .......Borodin
This work of the Russian composer ranks as one of the outstanding in chamber music. It is filled with melody, ripe harmonic ideas, and discloses a master's hand at construction and development. The Notturno is a particularly popular movement.
Quartet No. 4 (1931)........Quincy Porter
(Dedicated to the Roth Quartet)
A splendid example of this gifted American composer's rich musical gifts and surety of strong, colorful expression. It ranks among the finest in contemporary chamber music.
Quartet in B-flat major (K. 458) (Hunting Quartet) . . Mozart
The semblance of a hunting horn theme has given this famous composition the name, "The Hunting Quartet." It is one of Mozart's masterpieces and is dedicated to his old teacher, Haydn, who, as he declared, taught him how to write a quartet. In it are shining reflections of Mozart's great melodic gifts and vivacity.
CONCERTS
Alec Templeton, Pianist, will be heard in a special concert, Thursday evening, February 25, at 8:30. Reserved seat tickets: $1.10, 90 cents, and 60 cents (including tax).
CHORAL UNION SERIES. Joscha Heifetz, Violinist, will be heard Tuesday, February 16; Guiomar Novoes, Pianist, Friday, March 5 (taking the place of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra previously announced); and Nelson Eddy, Baritone, Wednesday, March 17.
THE GOLDEN JUBILEE MAY FESTIVAL, consisting of six concerts, will take place May 5, 6, 7, and 8. The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor; Saul Caston, Associate Conductor; the Choral Union, Hardin Van Deursen, Conductor; and the Youth Chorus, Marguerite Hood, Conductor. Choral works to be heard are as follows: Verdi's "Requiem"; Frederick Stock's "Psalmodic Rhapsody"; and Albert A. Stanley's "Laus Deo." Negotiations are pending with distinguished soloists, both vocal and instrumental.
For further information, please communicate with the University Musical Society, Charles A. Sink, President, Burton Memorial Tower.