UMS Concert Program, May 4, 1952: Fifty-ninth Annual May Festival -- The Philadelphia Orchestra

Season: 1951-1952
Concert: Fifth
Complete Series: 3083
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Fifth Concert 1951-1952 Complete Series 3083
Fifty-ninth Annual
MAY FESTIVAL
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
THE UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor
Soloists
MACK HARRELL, Baritone JORGE BOLET, Pianist
Sunday Afternoon, May 4, 1952, at 2:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Jorge Bolet has graciously consented to perform in place of Mme Novaes who is ill.
Overture to Leonore, No. 3, Op. 72.....Beethoven
"Belshazzar's Feast"........William Walton
University Choral Union and Mack Harrell
INTERMISSION
Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, for Piano
and Orchestra..........Beethoven
Allegro moderato
Andante con moto Rondo: vivace
Jorge Bolet
Mr. Bolet uses the Baldwin piano. The Final May Festival Concert will take place this evening at 8:30.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
1952--UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONCERTS--1953 Seventy-fourth Annual Choral Union Series
Richard Tucker, Tenor......Wednesday, October 8
Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist.....Wednesday, October 22
Danish State Symphony.....Thursday, November 13
Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist .... Wednesday, November 19
Bidu Sayao, Soprano.......Monday, December 1
Vienna Choir Boys.......Friday, January 16
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra . . Thursday, February 12
Gershwin Concert Orchestra .... Monday, March 2
Artur Rubinstein, Pianist.....Thursday, March 12
Boston Symphony Orchestra.....Tuesday, May 19
Season Tickets: Remaining unclaimed seats in Block A, $15.00. Block B, $12.00. Block C, $10.00.
Seventh Annual Extra Concert Series
Rise Stevens, Mezzo-Soprano.....Friday, October 17
Cleveland Orchestra......Sunday, November 9
Claudio Arrau, Pianist......Tuesday, November 25
Heifetz, Violinist.......Tuesday, February 17
Boston "Pops" Tour Orchestra .... Monday, March 23
Season Tickets: Block A, $7.50. Block B, $6.00. Block C, $5.00.
Annual Christmas Concerts
"Messiah" (Handel)......December 6 and 7, 1952
Nancy Carr, Soprano James Pease, Bass
Eunice Alberts, Contralto Choral Union and Orchestra
David Lloyd, Tenor Lester McCoy, Conductor
Tickets: 70tf and SCxf (either performance). On sale beginning October 15.
Thirteenth Annual Chamber Music Festival
Budapest String Quartet .... February 20, 21, 22, 1953 Josef Roisman, Violin Boris Kroyt, Viola
Jac Gorodetzky, Violin Mischa Schneider, Violoncello
Season Tickets: $3.50 and $2.50. On sale beginning October 15.
Sixtieth Annual May Festival
Six Concerts.......April 30, May 1, 2, 3, 1953
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor, and Alexander Htlsberc, Guest Conductor; University Choral Union, Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor; Festival Youth Chorus, Marguerite Hood, Conductor. Soloists to be announced.
For tickets or information address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.