UMS Concert Program, February 20, 1953: Thirteenth Annual Chamber Music Festival -- Budapest String Quartet

Season: 1952-1953
Concert: First
Complete Series: 3098
Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
First Concert 1952-1953 Complete Series 3098
Thirteenth Annual
Chamber Music Festival
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET
Josef Roisman, First Violin Boris Kroyt, Viola
Jac Gorodetzky, Second Violin Mischa Schneider, Violoncello
Friday Evening, February 20, 1953, at 8:30 Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 12......Mendelssohn
Adagio non troppo; allegro non tardante Canzonetta
Andante espressivo; attacca molto allegro c vivace
fQuartet No. 8..........Quincy Porter
Lento; allegro; adagio molto espressivo
INTERMISSION
Quartet in A minor, Op. 132.......Beethoven
Assai sostenuto; allegro Allegro ma non tanto Molto adagio
Alia marcia, assai vivace Allegro appassionato
First performance at these concerts.
?(?Commissioned by the University of Michigan, dedicated to the Stanley Quartet, and first performed
in Ann Arbor, July 25, 1950.
The Budapest Quartet may be heard on Columbia records.
THE SECOND AND THIRD CONCERTS in the Chamber Music Festival will take place tomorrow evening at 8:30, and Sunday afternoon at 2:30, respectively.
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ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
MAY FESTIVAL
APRIL 30, MAY 1, 2, 3, 1953 --SIX CONCERTS
Soloists
ZINKA MILANOV.................................... Soprano
DOROTHY WARENSKJOLD ........................... Soprano
JANICE MOUDRY ................................... Contralto
HAROLD HAUGH ...................................... Tenor
KENNETH SMITH ....................................Baritone
CESARE SIEPI ............................................Bass
ZINO FRANCESCATTI ............................... Violinist
MYRA HESS...........................................Pianist
RUDOLF FIRKUSNY ................................... Pianist
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS Conductors
EUGENE ORMANDY THOR JOHNSON
ALEXANDER HILSBERG MARGUERITE HOOD
MAY FESTIVAL season tickets now on sale: Remaining unclaimed seats in Block A, $11.00; Block B, $9.00; Block C, $8.00.
Concerts
Gershwin Concert Orchestra.....Monday, March 2
Lorin Maazel, Conductor Soloists: Carolyn Long, Soprano
Theodor Uppman, Baritone
Sanroma, Pianist
Artur Rubinstein, Pianist.....Thursday, March 12
Boston "Pops" Tour Orchestra (Extra Series) . Monday, March 23 Arthur Fiedler, Conductor Soloist: Hit.dk SoiTER, Pianist
Boston Symphony Orchestra.....Tuesday, May 19
Charles Munch, Conductor
For tickets or for further information, please address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.