UMS Concert Program, May 3, 1953: Sixtieth Annual May Festival -- The Philadelphia Orchestra

Season: 1952-1953
Concert: Sixth
Complete Series: 3109
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Sixth Concert 1952-1953 Complete Series 3109
Sixtieth Annual
MAY FESTIVAL
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor
Soloist ZINKA MILANOV, Soprano
Sunday Evening, May 3, 1953, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
?Symphony No. 7 in C major ("Le Midi").......Haydn
Adagio; allegro Adagio
Adagio
Menuetto
Finale: allegro
Jacob Kracrmalntck and David Madison, Violins Lorne Munroe, Violoncello
Scene and aria, "Ah! perfido," Op. 65.......Beethoven
ZlNKA MlLANOV
INTERMISSION
Second Essay for Orchestra............Barber
"Ritorna vincitor" from A'ida............Verdi
"Pace, pace mio Dio" from La Forza del Dcstino.....Verdi
Mme Milanov
Choreographic Poem, "La Valse"...........Ravel
?Columbia Records Victor Records
The STEINWAY is the official piano of the University Musical Society. The LESTER PIANO is the official piano of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
BOSTON SYMPHONY, Pierre Monteux, Conductor, in the Choral Union Series, May 19, 8:30 p.m.
1953--UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONCERTS-1954 Seventy-Fifth Annual Choral Union Series
Roberta Peters, Soprano.......Wednesday, October 7
Boston Symphony Orchestra......Thursday, October 22
Virtuosi di Roma..........Monday, November 2
Vladimir Horowitz, Pianist......Saturday, November 21
De Paur Infantry Chorus......Tuesday, November 24
To be Announced..............February
Paul Badura-Skoda, Pianist......Wednesday, February 17
George London, Bass.........Sunday, February 28
Elena Nikolaidi, Soprano.........Friday, March 12
Myra Hess, Pianist.........Wednesday, March 17
Season Tickets: Remaining unclaimed seats in Block A, $16.00. Block B, $12.00. Block C, $10.00. Mail orders accepted beginning May 4.
Eighth Annual Extra Concert Series
Guiomar Novaes, Pianist........Monday, October 12
Cleveland Orchestra........Sunday, November 8
Guard Republican Band of Paris .... Monday, November 30
Marian Anderson, Contralto.......Sunday, January 10
Boston Pops Tour Orchestra......Thursday, March 4
Season Tickets: Block A, $8.00. Block B, $6.00. Block C, $5.00. Mail orders accepted beginning May 4.
Annual Christmas Concerts
"Messiah" (Handel)...........December 5 and 6
Maud Nosler, Soprano Norman Scott, Bass
Carol Smith, Contralto CnoRAL Union and Orchestra
Walter Fredericks, Tenor Lester McCoy, Conductor
Tickets: 70c and SOc (either performance). On sale beginning October 13.
Fourteenth Annual Chamber Music Festival
Griller Quartet.........Friday, February 19, 8:30
Reginald Kell Players.....Saturday, February 20, 8:30
Griller Quartet........Sunday, February 21, 2:30
Season Tickets: $3.50 and $2.50. On sale beginning October 15.
Sixty-First Annual May Festival
Six Concerts..........April 29, 30--May 1, 2, 1954
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. University Choral Union, Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor, Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor; Festival YouTn CnoRus, Marguerite Hood, Conductor. Soloists to be announced.
For tickets or information, address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.