UMS Concert Program, December 8, 1947: Sixty-ninth Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Boston Symphony Orchestra

Season: 1947-1948
Concert: Sixth
Complete Series: 2963
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHARLES A. SINK, PRESIDENT THOR JOHNSON, GUEST CONDUCTOR
LESTER MCCOY, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
Sixth Concert 1947-1948 Complete Series 2963
Sixty-ninth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY, Conductor
Monday Evening, December 8, 1947, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Divertimento in B-flat major, for Strings and Two Horns,
K. 287.............Mozast
Allegro
Theme with variations; andante grazioso
Adagio
Minuet
Andante; allegro molto
"Daphnis et Chloe," Ballet--Orchestral Excerpts from the
Second Suite ...........Ravel
Lever du jour Pantomime Danse generate
INTERMISSION
"Harold in Italy": Symphony in Four Movements,
with Viola Solo, Op. 16.........Berlioz
Harold in the Mountains, Scenes of Melancholy, Happiness, and Joy
(Adagio; allegro)
March of Pilgrims Singing Their Evening Hymn (Allegretto) Serenade of a Mountaineer of the Abruzzi to his Mistress (Allegro assai;
allegretto)
Orgy of Brigands; Recollections of the Preceding Scenes (Allegro frenetico) Soloist: Joseph De Pasquale
Note.--The University Musical Society has presented the Boston Symphony Orchestra on previous occasions, under respective conductors, as follows: May 16, 1890, May 5, 1891, and May 10, 1892, Arthur Nikisch, Conductor; May 19, 1893, Franz Kneisel, Conductor; Jan. 31, 1913, Otto Urack, Conductor; Jan 26, 1917, Karl Muck, Conductor; 1931-1942, inclusive, Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor; Dec 8, 1943, Richard Burgin, Conducting; Dec. 11, 1944, and Dec. 10, 1945, Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor; Dec. 9, 1946, Richard Burgin, Conducting.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra uses the Baldwin piano.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
Eighth Annual
CHfflllBER mUSIC FESTIVAL
Rackham Auditorium
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HENRI TEMIANKA, ROBERT COURTE,
First Violin Viola
GUSTAVE ROESEELS, ROBERT MA AS,
Second Violin Violoncello
Friday Evening, January 16, 8:30
L'Estra Harmonico...........Vivaldi
Quartet, Op. 130 . ..........Beethoven
Quartet No. 1, Op. 1...........Bartok
Saturday Afternoon, January 17, 2:30
Quartet, Op. 64, No. 3..........Haydn
Quartet No. S...........Chevreuil
Quartet, Op. 18, No. 4..........Beethoven
Saturday Evening, January 17, 8:30
Quartet, Op. 64, No. S ("The Lark")........Haydn
Quartet No. 2............Milhatjd
Quartet, Op. 132...........Beethoven
Ticket Prices (Including tax) Season Tickets (3 concerts): $3.60 and $2.40. Single Concerts: $1.80 and $1.20.
"Messiah" (Handel)--Saturday, December 13, at 8:30 p.m., and Sunday,
December 14, at 2:30 p.m. Tickets: 70 cents and 50 cents. Frances Yeend, Soprano; Mary Van Kirk, Contralto; Harold Haugh, Tenor; Mark Love, Bass; University Choral Union; Special "Messiah" Orchestra; Frieda Op't Holt Vogan, Organist; Lester McCoy, Conductor.
THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY will present Myra Hess, Pianist, in the Choral Union Series, Saturday, January 10, at 8:30 p.m.
MAY FESTIVAL season ticket orders will be accepted beginning as of December 1, and filed in sequence--Unclaimed seats in Block A, $12.00; Block B, $10.80; Block C, $9.60; Block D, $8.40--at University Musical Society, Charles A. Sink, President, Burton Memorial Tower.