UMS Concert Program, February 22, 1953: Thirteenth Annual Chamber Music Festival -- Budapest String Quartet

Season: 1952-1953
Concert: Third
Complete Series: 3100
Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Third Concert 1952-1953 Complete Series 3100
Thirteenth Annual
Chamber Music Festival
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET
Josef Roisman, First Violin Boris Kroyt, Viola
Jac Gorodetzky, Second Violin Mischa Schneider, Violoncello
Sunday Afternoon, February 22, 1953, at 2:30 Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3.......Haydn
Allegro
Poco adagio cantabile Menuetto: allegro Finale: presto
Quartet in E-flat major (1943).......Hindemith
Very quiet and expressive
Lively and very energetic
Quietly moving (variations) Broad and energetic
INTERMISSION
Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 130......Beethoven
Adagio ma non troppo; allegro Presto
Andante con moto, ma non troppo Alia danza tedesca: allegro assai
Cavatina: adagio molto espressivo Finale: allegro
"First performance at these concerts.
The Budapest Quartet may be heard on Columbia records. (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 Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, for Piano and Orchestra
Myra Hess Symphony No. 5, Op. 100
Brahms
Schumann
Prokofiev
FRIDAY, MAY I, 8:30
The Philadelphia Orchestra
University Choral Union Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Soloists:
Dorothy Warenskjold, Soprano
Janice Moudry, Contralto
Harold Haugh, 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.....Beethoven
Zino Francescatti
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 8:30
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Soloist: Cesarc Siepi, Bass
Tone Poem, "Don Juan" . Richard Strauss
"Mentre ti lascio, o figlia" (K. 513) . Mozart Cesare Siepi
Symphony, "MathU der Maler"
Hindeuith
"Ella gi ammai m'amo" from Don Carlo Verdi "Di sposo di padre" from Salvator Rosa Gomez
Mr. Siki-i Polka and Fugue from "Schwanda" Weinberger
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2:30 The University Choral Union
Thor Johnson, Conductor Soloist: Rudolf Firkusny, Pianist
Overture in the Italian Style . . Schubxrt
"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 .
"Ah, perfido," Op. 65
Zinka Milanov Second Essay for Orchestra
"Pace, pace" from Forza del Dcstino "Ritorna vincitor" from A'ida . Mme Mn-ANov "La Valse"......
Haydn Beethoven
Barber
Verdi Verdi
Ravel
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