UMS Concert Program, February 21, 1953: Thirteenth Annual Chamber Music Festival -- Budapest String Quartet

Season: 1952-1953
Concert: Second
Complete Series: 3099
Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Second Concert 1952-1953 Complete Series 3099
Thirteenth Annual
Chamber Music Festival
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET
Josef Roisman, First Violin Boris Kroyt, Viola
Jac Gorodetzky, Second Violin Mischa Schneider, Violoncello
Saturday Evening, February 21, 1953, at 8:30 Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Quartet in D major.........Dittersdorf
Moderato Menuetto Allegro
Quartet in G minor, Op. 10........Debussy
Anime et tres decide
Assez vif et bien rythme
Andantino doucement expressif Tres moder6
INTERMISSION
Quartet in G major, Op. 161........Schubert
Allegro molto moderato Andante un poco moto
Scherzo: allegro vivace Allegro assai
"First performance at these concerts.
The Budapest Quartet may be heard on Columbia records.
THE THIRD CONCERT in the Chamber Music Festival will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
(over)
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
MAY FESTIVAL
APRIL 30, MAY 1, 2, 3, 1953
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS
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 EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor THOR JOHNSON, Conductor ALEXANDER HILSBERG, Conductor MARGUERITE HOOD, Conductor UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS
PROGRAMS
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 8:30
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor Soloist: Myra Hess, Pianist
"Academic Festival" Overture . . Brahms Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, for
Piano and Orchestra . . . Schumann
Myra Hess Symphony No. 5, Op. 100 . . Prokoftefj
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 8:30
The Philadelphia Orchestra
University Choral Union Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Soloists:
Dorothy Warenskjold, Soprano
Janice Moudry, Contralto
Harold Hough, Tenor
Kenneth Smith, Bass
Mass in B minor .....Bach
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2:30
Alexander Hilsberg and Marguerite Hood,
Conductors
Festival Youth Chorus
Soloist: Zino Francescatti, Violinist
Overture, "Italiana in Algeri" . . Rossini
Suite of Songs . . . Benjamin Britten
(Orchestrated by Marion McArtor)
Festival Youth Chorus
Overture-Fantasia, "Romeo and Juliet".....Tchaikovsky
Concerto in D major for Violin and Orchestra .... Zino Francescatti
Beethoven
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 8:30
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Soloist: Cesare Siepi, Bass
Tone Poem, "Don Juan" . Richard Strauss
"Mentre ti lascio, o figlia" (K. 513) . Mozart
Cesare Sxepi Symphony, "Mathis der Maler" . Hindeuith
"Ella gi ammai m'amo" from Don Carlo Verdi "Di sposo di padre" from Salvator Rosa Gomez
Mr. Siepi Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda" Weinberger
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2:30
The University Choral Union
Thor Johnson, Conductor
Soloist: Rudolt Firkusny, Pianist
Overture in the Italian Style . . Schubert
"Prairie" .... Normand Lockwood
"Triumphlied"......Brahms
University Choral Union Concerto No. 3 for Piano and
Orchestra.......Martinu
Rudolf Firkusny
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 8:30
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Soloist: Zinka Milanov, Soprano
Symphony No. 7 in C major . . . Haydn
"Ah, perfido," Op. 65 ... Beethoven
Zinka Milanov Second Essay for Orchestra . . . Barber
"Pace, pace" from Forza del Destino . Verdi
"Ritorna vincitor" from Aida . . . Verdi
Mme Milanov
"La Valse"....... Ravel
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