UMS Concert Program, February 20, 1954: Fourteenth Annual Chamber Music Festival -- Reginald Kell Players

Season: 1953-1954
Concert: Second
Complete Series: 3125
Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

MAY FESTIVAL
APRIL 29, 30, MAY 1, 2, 1954 --SIX CONCERTS
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA THROUGHOUT THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 8:30 P.M.
Lily Pons, soprano--operatic arias. "Egmont" Overture and Symphony No. 7 (Beethoven); Pines of Rome (Respighi). Eugene Ormandy, Conductor.
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 8:30 P.M.
Leonard Rose, Cellist, in Dvorak Concerto. University Choral Union
in "Gloria" (Vivaldi-Casella), with Lois Marshall, soprano, and Blanche Thebom, contralto; and the United States premiere of "El Sol," for Chorus and Orchestra (Carlos Chavez). Thor Johnson, con?ductor.
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2:30 P.M.
All-Brahms Program. Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orches?tra, with Jacob Krachmalnick and Lome Munroe; Variations on a Theme by Haydn and "Academic Festival" Overture; Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. Festival Youth Chorus in Songs; Marguerite Hood, Conducting.
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 8:30 P.M.
Zinka Milanov, soprano, and Kurt Bourn, tenor--operatic duets and arias. Overture to "Die Meistersinger" (Wagner); Concert Music for String Orchestra and Brass Instruments (Hindemith); and Armenian Suite (Yardumian). Eugene Ormandy, Conductor.
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2:30 P.M.
"Elijah" (Mendelssohn), with Lois Marshall, soprano: Blanche Thebom, contralto; John McCollum, tenor; William Warfield, baritone; and University Choral Union. Thor Johnson, Conductor.
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 8:30 P.M.
Artur Rubinstein, pianist--Grieg Concerto, and Rachmaninoff's Rhap?sody on a Theme of Paganini. Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Bach-Ormandy); and Symphony No. 3 (Landre) Eugene Ormandy, Con?ductor.
SEASON TICKETS: $12.00--$9.00--$8.00--now on sale.
SINGLE CONCERTS: $3.00--$2.50--$2.00--on sale beginning Mar. 10.
CONCERTS
GEORGE LONDON, Bass.....Sunday, February 28
BOSTON POPS TOUR ORCHESTRA . . . Thursday, March 4
ELENA NIKOLAIDI, Contralto.....Friday, March 12
MYRA HESS, Pianist......Wednesday, March 17
TICKETS: $3.00--$2.50--$2.00--$1.50.
For tickets or for further information, please address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
DIAMOND JUBILEE SEASON
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Second Concert
1953-1954
Complete Scries 3125
Fourteenth Annual
Chamber Music Festival
REGINALD KELL PLAYERS
Reginald Kell, Clarinetist Melvin Ritter, Violinist
Joel Rosen, Pianist Aurora Natola, Cellist
Saturday Evening, February 20, 1954, at 8:30 Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Trio in C minor. Op. 1. No. 3, for Violin, Cello, and Piano . Beethoven
Allegro con brio
Andante cantabilc con variazioni Mcnuetto Finale
Contrasts, for Clarinet, Violin and Piano.....Bartok
Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance) Piheno (Relaxation) Sebes (Fast Dance)
INTERMISSION
Trio in A minor, Op. 114, for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano . . Brahms
Allegro Adagio
Andantino grazioso Allegro
Suite (1937), for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano .... Milhaud
Introduction Divertissement Finale
The third concert, by the Griller String Quartet, will take place tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock.
(over) The Sleinway is the official concert piano of the University Musical Society.
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