UMS Concert Program, April 30, 1948: Fifty-fifth Annual May Festival -- The Philadelphia Orchestra

Season: 1947-1948
Concert: Second
Complete Series: 2976
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHARLES A. SINK, PRESIDENT THOR JOHNSON, GUEST CONDUCTOR
LESTER MCCOY, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
Second Concert 1947-1948 Complete Series 2976
Fifty-fifth Annual
MAY FESTIVAL
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA THE UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
ALEXANDER HILSBERG and THOR JOHNSON, Conductors
Soloists
VIRGINIA MacWATTERS, Soprano DAVID LLOYD, Tenor
NELL TANGEMAN, Mezzo-Soprano JAMES PEASE, Baritone
WILLIAM KINCAID, Flutist
Friday Evening, April 30, 1948, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
COMPOSITIONS OF WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Overture to "Don Giovanni"
Concerto in G major, for Flute and Orchestra, K. 313 Allegro maestoso Adagio non troppo Rondo: tempo di menuetto
William Kincaid intermission
Great Mass in C minor, K. 427
Kyrie Credo
Gloria Sanctus
Agnus Dei
University Choral Union and Soloists Frieda O'pt Holt Vogan, Organist
The Steinway is the official piano of the Philadelphia Orchestra and of the University Musical Society.
The Third May Festival Concert will take place Saturday afternoon at 2:30 and the Fourth May Festival Concert, Saturday evening, May 1, at 8:30.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
1948 -UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONCERTS-1949
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Seventieth Annual Choral Union Series
Eileen Farrell, Soprano........October 6
French National Orchestra.......October 25
Charles Munch, Conductor Cleveland Orchestra........November 7
George Szell, Conductor
Ezio Pinza, Bass..........November 18
Clifford Curzon, Pianist.......November 27
Boston Symphony Orchestra......December 6
Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor
Ginette Neveu, Violinist........January 8
Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist.......February 11
Nathan Milstein, Violinist........March 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.......March 27
Fritz Busch, Guest Conductor
Season Tickets (tax included): Unclaimed seats in Block A, $15.60; Block B, $13.20; Block C, $10.80; Block D, $8.40. Orders with remittances will be accepted and filed in sequence beginning May 3.
Third Annual Extra Concert Series
Marian Anderson, Contralto.......October 14
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.....November IS
Thor Johnson, Conductor
Rudolf Serkin, Pianist........December 3
Jascha Heifetz, Violinist....... . February 19
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra......March 13
Fabien Sevitzky, Conductor
Season Tickets (tax included): Block A, $7.80; Block B, $6.60; Block C, $5.40; Block D, $4.20. Orders with remittances will be accepted and filed in sequence beginning May 3.
Ninth Annual Chamber Music Festival
Paganini String Quartet.....January 14, IS, 16, 1949
Henri Temianka, Violin Robert Courte, Viola
Gtjstave Rosseels, Violin Robert Maas, Violoncello
Season Tickets (tax included): $3.60 and $2.40.
Annual Christmas Concerts
"Messiah," Handel......December 11 and 12, 1948
Doris Doree, Soprano John Gurney, Bass
Nan Merriman, Contralto Choral Union and Orchestra
Frederick Jagel, Tenor Lester McCoy, Conductor
Tickets (tax included): 70tf and 50 (either performance)
Fifty-sixth Annual May Festival
Six Concerts........May 5, 6, 7, 8, 1949
For tickets or further information address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.