UMS Concert Program, March 4, 1954: Eighth Annual Extra Concert Series -- The Boston Pops Tour Orchestra

Season: 1953-1954
Concert: Fifth
Complete Series: 3128
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
DIAMOND JUBILEE SEASON
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Fifth Concert 1953-1954 Complete Series 3128
Eighth Annual
Extra Concert Series
ARTHUR FIEDLER
and THE BOSTON POPS TOUR ORCHESTRA
By arrangement with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Soloist: Ruth Slenczynska, Pianist
Thursday Evening, March 4, 1954, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Entrance of the Guests, from Tannhduser.....Wagner
Overture to Oberon...........Weber
Largo, from Xerxes..........Handel
Fritz Siegal, Violin; S. Mario de Stefano, Harp
Suite from the Ballet, "Gaite Parisienne" .... Offenbach Overture; Tortoni; Polka-Galop-Valse-March; Can-Can; Finale
INTERMISSION
Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, for Piano and Orchestra .... Liszt Ruth Slenczynska, Pianist
Ouverture Solennelle, "1812".......Tchaikovsky
INTERMISSION
Selections from Kiss Me Kate.......Cole Porter
Another Op'nin', Another Show; Wunderbar; So In Love; Always True To You In My Fashion
Gypsy Tango, "Jalousie"........Jacob Gade
March, "Pomp and Circumstance".......Elgar
RCA Victor Records
Baldwin Piano
Note.--The University Musical Society has presented Arthur Fiedler and the Boston l'ops Tour Orchestra on one previous occasion: March 23, 1953.
The Steinway is the official concert piano of the University Musical Society.
A R S
L O N G A
VITA
B R E V I S
MAY FESTIVAL
APRIL 29, 30, MAY 1, 2, 1954
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS
LILY PONS, Coloratura Soprano ZINKA MILANOV, Soprano LOIS MARSHALL, Soprano BLANCHE THEBOM, Contralto KURT BAUM, Tenor JOHN McCOLLUM, Tenor WILLIAM WARFIELD, Baritone JACOB KRACHMALNICK, Violinist
LEONARD ROSE, Violoncellist LORNE MUNROE, Violoncellist ARTUR RUBINSTEIN, Pianist EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor MARGUERITE HOOD, Youth Chorus Conductor UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS
THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 8:30 P.M.
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Lily Pons, Coloratura Soprano
Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 . . Beethoven
Symphony No. 7 in A major . . Beethoven
Lo! Here Ihe Gentle Lark .... Bishop
Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 . . Rachmaninoff
Lily Pons
Chere Nuit.......Bachelet
"Caro Nome" from Rigoletto . . . Verdi
Miss Pons "The Pines of Rome" .... Respighi
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 8:30 P.M.
Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lois Marshall, Soprano Blanche Thcbom, Contralto Leonard Rose, Violoncellist
University Choral Union "Gloria," for Soli, Chorus and
Orchestra.....Vivaldi-Casella
Soloists and University Choral Union Corrido de "El Sol" . . . Carlos ChAvez
University Choral Union Concerto in B minor for Cello
and Orchestra......Dvorak
Leonard Rose
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2:30 P.M.
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Jacob Krachmalnick, Violinist
Lome Munroc, Violoncellist
Festival Youth Chorus
Marguerite Hood, Conductor
Variations on a Theme by Haydn . . Brahms
Eleven Songs.......Brahms
Festival Youth Chorus
Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra .... Brahms
Jacob Krachmalnick and Lorne Munroe "Academic Festival" Overture . . Brahms
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 8:30 P.M.
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor Zinka Milanov, Soprano
Kurt Baum, Tenor
Overture to Die Meistersingcr . . Wagner "Nessun dorma" from Turandot . . Puccini
Kurt Baum "Un bel di, vedremo" from
Madame Butterfly.....Puccini
Zinka Milanov "0 terra, addio" from Aida .... Verdi
Mme Milanov and Mr. Baum Concert Music for Strings and Brass Instruments
"Voi lo sapete" from Cavalleria Rusticana
Mme Milanov "Cielo e mar" from La Gioconda
Mr. Baum
"Tu qui Santuzza" from Cavalleria Rusticana
HlNDEMITH
Mascagni ponchielli
Mme Milanov and Mr. Baum
Mascagni
Armenian Suite
Yardumian
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2:30 P.M.
Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lois Marshall, Soprano Blanche Thcbom, Contralto
John McCollum, Tenor
William Warfield, Baritone
University Choral Union
"Elijah"......Mendelssohn
University Choral Union and Soloists
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 8:30 P.M.
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Artur Rubinstein, Pianist
Toccata and Fugue, D minor . Bach-Ormandy Concerto in A minor for Piano
and Orchestra.......Grieg
Artur Rubinstein
Symphony No. 3......Landr?
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,
for Piano and Orchestra . . Rachmaninoff Mr. Rubinstein
SEASON TICKETS: $12.00--$9.00--$8.00--now on sale.
SINGLE CONCERTS: $3.00--$2.50--$2.00--$1.50--beginning Mar. 10
ELENA NIKOLA ID I, 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.