UMS Concert Program, October 23, 1949: Seventy-first Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Boston Symphony Orchestra

Season: 1949-1950
Concert: Third
Complete Series: 3010
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
CHARLES A. SINK, PRESIDENT THOR JOHNSON, GUEST CONDUCTOR
LESTER MC COY, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR
Third Concert 1949-1950 Complete Series 3010
Seventy-first Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Charles Munch, Conductor
Sunday Evening, October 23, 1949, at 7:00 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
"La Procession Nocturne," Symphonic
Poem (after Lenau).......Henri Rabaud
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67.....Beethoven
Allegro con brio
Andante con moto
Allegro; trio -Allegro
INTERMISSION
Symphonic Suite...........Piston
Prelude: largo Sarabande: andante Intermezzo: allegro con brio Passacaglia: adagio Fugue: allegro energico
"Daphnis et Chloe," Ballet Suite No. 2 . . . . . . Ravel
Lever du jour--Pantomime--Danse generate
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 Burgm, Conducting; Dec. 11, 1944, and Dec. 10, 1945, Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor; Dec. 9, 1946, Richard Burgin, Conducting; Dec. 8, 1947, and Dec. 6, 1948, Serge Koussevitzky, Conductor.
The Boston Symphony Orchestra uses the Baldwin piano.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
CONCERTS
Boston Symphony Orchestra . . . Tuesday, October 25, 8:30 Charles Munch, Conductor
Program: Overture to "Egmont," Op. 84......Beethoven
Symphony No. 7, A major......Beethoven
Symphonia Domestica ........Strauss
Cleveland Orchestra.....Sunday, November 6, 7:00
George Szell, Conductor
Italo Tajo, Bass.....Wednesday, November 16, 8:30
Tossy Spivakovsky, Violinist . . . Tuesday, November 22, 8:30 Rise Stevens, Mezzo-soprano . . . Monday, December 5, 8:30
Carroll Glenn, Violinist,
and Eugene List, Pianist .... Friday, January 6, 8:30
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra . . Tuesday, January 17, 8:30 Thor Johnson, Conductor
Myra Hess, Pianist......Friday, February 17, 8:30
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra . Thursday, February 23, 8:30 Paul Paray, Guest Conductor
Chicago Symphony Orchestra . . . Sunday, March 12, 7:00 Fritz Reiner, Guest Conductor
Zino Francescatti, Violinist . . . Monday, March 20, 8:30 Single Concerts (inc. tax): $3.00--$2.40--$1.80
MESSIAH--Saturday, December 10, 8:30; repeat performance Sunday, December 11, 2:30. Tickets, either concert: 70c and SOc.
Chloe Owen, Soprano David Lloyd, Tenor
Anna Kaskas, Contralto Oscar Natzka, Bass
University Choral Union and Orchestra Lester McCoy, Conductor
CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL. Friday, January 13, 8:30; Saturday, January 14, 8:30; and Sunday, January IS, 2:30. Season tickets $3.60 and $2.40. Single concerts $1.80 and $1.20.
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET: Josef Roisman, Violin; Jac Gorodetzky, Violin; Boris Kroyt, Viola; and Mischa Schneider, Violoncello.
For tickets or for further information, please address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.