UMS Concert Program, March 2, 1948: Sixty-ninth Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Georges Enesco

Season: 1947-1948
Concert: Ninth
Complete Series: 2972
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHARLES A. SINK, PRESIDENT THOR JOHNSON, GUEST CONDUCTOR
LESTER MCCOY, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
Ninth Concert 1947-1948 Complete Series 2972
Sixty-ninth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
GEORGES ENESCO, Violinist
Assisted by SANFORD SCHLUSSEL, Pianist
Tuesday Evening, March 2, 1948, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Sonata in A major...........Vivaldi
Preludio a capriccio Corrente Giga
Sonata in G minor (Devil's Trill).......Tartini
Larghetto affettuoso (cadenza by Krdsler
Tempo giusto
Andante, allegro assai
Sonata in A minor, No. 3.........Enesco
Moderato malinconico
Andante sostenuto e misterioso
Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso
INTERMISSION
Preludium e fuga in G minor (for violin alone).....Bach
Kaddisch.............Ravel
Perpetuum mobile (from Sonata for Violin and Piano) . . . Ravel Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)........Sarasate
Note.--The University Musical Society has presented Georges Enesco on previous occasions as follows: March 1, 1938; and May 13, 1939.
The piano used is a Steinway ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
MAY FESTIVAL
APRIL 29, 30 and MAY 1, 2, 1948
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS
BIDU SAYAO, Soprano VIRGINIA MacWATTERS, Soprano ANNE BOLLINGER, Soprano CLOE ELMO, Contralto NELL TANGEMAN, Contralto DAVID LLOYD, Tenor LEONARD WARREN, Baritone JAMES PEASE, Baritone MISCHA ELMAN, Violinist
WILLIAM KINCAID, Flutist LEON FLEISHER, Pianist EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor ALEXANDER HILSBERG, Conductor THOR JOHNSON, Conductor MARGUERITE HOOD, Conductor PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS
PROGRAMS
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 8:30 Eugene Ormandy, Conductor Soloist: Bidu Sayao, Soprano
Toccata and Fugue in D minor . Bach-Ormandy "Non so piu11 1 from "Marriage of "Voi che sapete" f Figaro" . . . Mozart King of Thule aria and "Jewel Song" from "Faust" .... Gounod
Bidu Sayao
Symphony No. 3 in F major . . . Brahms Nhapope (Negro Song) . . . Villa-Loboe
EnghoNovo } Folk Sons of Brazil ¦ Arr" Braga
Miss Sayao La Valse........Ravel
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 8:30
Alexander Hilsbera and
Thor Johnson, Conductors
University Choral Union
Soloists: William Kincaid, Flutist
Virginia MacWattcrs, Soprano Nell Tangeman, Contralto David Lloyd, Tenor James Pease, Baritone All-Mozart Program Overture to "Don Giovanni" Concerto in G-major for Flute and Orchestra
William Kincaid, Flutist Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
University Choral Union and Soloists
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2:30
Alexander Kilsberg and Marguerite Hood, Conductors
Festival Youth Chorus Soloist: Mischa Elman, Violinist Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue
in C major.....Bach-Weiner
Songs of the Americas (edited by Marguerite Hood and orchestrated by Eric DeLamarter)
Festival Youth Chorus Concerto in D major, for Violin
and Orchestra.....Beethoven
Mischa Elman Four Dances from "Gayne" . Khachatuhian
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 8:30
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor Soloist: Leonard Warren, Baritone
Overture, "Der Freischutz" .... Wedek Iago's "Credo" from "Otello" . . . Verdi "Prologue" from "Pagliacci" . . Leoncavallo
Leonard Warren "Cortiniani. vil razza dannata"
from "Rigoletto"......Verdi
"Pan siamo" from "Rigoletto" . . . Vehdi Mr. Warren
Symphony No. 2 in D major . . . Sibelius
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2:30
Thor Johnson, Conductor University Choral Union Soloists: Anne Bollinger, Soprano David Lloyd, Tenor James Pease, Baritone Leon Fleisher, Pianist
All-Rachmaninoff Program
"The BclK.'' for Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists Silver Sleigh Bells Loud Alarm Bells
Mellow Wedding Bells Mournful Iron Bells
University Choral Union and Soloists Concerto No. 2 in C minor O. 18 Leon Fleisher
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 8:30
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor Soloist: Cloe Elmo, Contralto
Symphony No. 101 (The Clock) . . Haydn "Divinita Infernal" from "Alceste" . . Gluck "O mio Fernando" from "Favorita" . Donizetti
Cloe Elmo
"The Swan of Tuonela," Op. 22 . . Sibelius. "Letter" Aria from "Werthcr" . . Massenet "Condotta ell'cra in ceppi"
from "II Trovatore".....Verdi
Miss Elmo
Symphonic Poem "Feste Romana" . Respighi Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
ALEXANDER BRAILOWSKY, Pianist, will be heard in the Extra Concert Series, March 10; and the
CINCINNATI ORCHESTRA, Thor Johnson, Conductor, in the Choral Union Series, March 18, at 8:30.