UMS Concert Program, October 25, 1948: Seventieth Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Orchestre National Of France

Season: 1948-1949
Concert: Second
Complete Series: 2983
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHARLES A. SINK, PRESIDENT THOR JOHNSON, GUEST CONDUCTOR
LESTER MC COY, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
Second Concert 1948-1949 Complete Series 29S3
Seventieth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
ORCHESTRE NATIONAL OF FRANCE CHARLES MUNCH, Conductor
Monday Evening, October 25, 1948, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Fantastic Symphony (No. 1) in C major, Op. 14a . . . Berlioz
Reveries, Passions (Largo, allegro agitato e appassionato assai) A Ball (Valse: allegro non troppo) Scene in the Fields (Adagio)
March to the Scaffold (Allegretto non troppo) Walpurgis Night's Dream (Larghetto, allegro)
INTERMISSION
Toccata...........Walter Piston
(Written especially for Charles Munch and played for the first time anywhere in the world on this good-will tour of the Orchestre National).
"Iberia": "Images" for Orchestra, No. 2.....Debussy
In the Streets and by the Wayside
The Perfumes of the Night--The Morning of a Feast Day
Scherzo, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice".......Dukas
Baldwin Piano.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
CONCERTS
Short Extra Series
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra . . . Monday, November 15 Thor Johnson, Conductor
Rudolf Serkin, Pianist!.......Friday, December 3
Heifetz, Violinist.......Saturday, February 19
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra .... Sunday, March 13 Fabien Sevttzky, Conductor
Single Concerts: $3:00--$2.40--$1.80--$1.50
Choral Union Series
Cleveland Orchestra.......Sunday, November 7
George Szell, Conductor
Ezio Pinza, Bass.......Thursday, November 18
Clifford Curzon, Pianist.....Saturday, November 27
Boston Symphony Orchestra .... Monday, December 6 Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor
Ginette Neveu, Violinist......Saturday, January 8
Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist......Friday, February 11
Nathan Milstein, Violinist......Friday, March 4
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.....Sunday, March 27
Fritz Busch, Guest Conductor
Single Concerts (inc. tax): $3.00--$2.40--$1.80--$1.50
Tickets for the Chamber Music Festival, January 14, 15, 16, 1949 ($3.60 and $2.40); and for the "Messiah" concerts, December 11 and 12 f and 50) now on sale.
For tickets or for further information, please address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.