UMS Concert Program, March 12, 1953: Seventy-fourth Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Artur Rubinstein

Season: 1952-1953
Concert: Ninth
Complete Series: 3102
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Ninth Concert 19S2-1953 Complete Series 3102
Seventy-fourth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN, Pianist
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday Evening, March 12, 1953, at 8:30
PROGRAM
Prelude, Chorale and Fugue.........Franck
Sonata in B minor, Op. 58.........Chopin
Allegro maestoso Molto vivace Largo Presto
INTERMISSION
Prelude in A minor "I
Poissons d'or I........Debussy
La Fille aux cheveux de lin J
Ondine..............Ravel
Prole do Bebe (The Doll's Family)......Villa-Lobos
Mulatinha (Mulatto Doll)
A pobresinha (Poor Rag Doll)
O Polichinelo (Clown Doll)
Valse oubliee.............Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C-sharp major.....Liszt
BOSTON "POPS" TOUR ORCHESTRA, Arthur Fiedler, Conductor; Hilde Somer, Pianist; Monday, March 23, at 8:30 p.m.
The Steinway is the official piano of the University Musical Society. A R S L O N G A VITA B R E V I S
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: Myro Hess, Pianist
"Academic Festival" Overture . . Brahms Concerto in A minor, Op. 54, for Piano and Orchestra . . . Schumann Myra Hess
Symphony No. 6, Op. Ill
Prokofieff
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 .... Zino Francescatti
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 Stepi Symphony, "Mathis der Maler" . Hindemith
"Ella gi ammai m'amo" from Don Carlo Verdi "Di sposo di padre" from Satvator Rosa Gomez
Mr. Siepi 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 . . Schubert
"Prairie" .... Normand Lockwood
"Triumphlied"......Brahms
University Choral Union Concerto No. 2 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
Beethoven
Second Essay for Orchestra
"Pace, pace" from Forza del Destino "Ritorna vincitor" from Aida
Mme Milanov "La Valse"......
Barber
Verdi Verdi
Ravel
SEASON TICKETS: $11.00--$9.00--$8.00.
SINGLE CONCERT TICKETS: $2.50, $2.00 and $1.50.
On sale at University Musical Society, Burton Tower.