UMS Concert Program, March 12, 1954: Seventy-fifth Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Elena Nikolaidi

Season: 1953-1954
Concert: Ninth
Complete Series: 3129
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
DIAMOND JUBILEE SEASON
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Ninth Concert 1953-1954 Complete Series 3129
Seventy-fifth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
ELENA NIKOLAIDI, Contralto
STUART ROSS at the piano
Friday Evening, March 12, 1954, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Aria, "Parto, parto" from Clemenza di Tito.....Mozart
Die Seejungfer............Haydn
Schaferlied.............Haydn
Xacht und Traume
Auf dem Wasser zu singen I .......Schubert
Die junge Nonne
Ungeduld J
Aria, "Bel raggio lusinghier" from Semiramide .... Rossini
INTERMISSION
Habanera.............Ravel
Au bord de l'eau...........Faure
Quand je fus pris au pavilion.........Hahn
Nebbie.............Respighi
Fiocca la neve............Cimara
Girometta.............Sibella
Aria, "0 mio Fernando" from La Favorita .... Donizetti
The Steinway is the official piano of the University Musical Society. ARS LONG A VITA BREVIS
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 Symphony No. 7 in A major .
Lo! Here the Gentle Lark . Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 .
LrLY Pons
Chere Nuit.....
"Caro Nome" from Rigoletto
Miss Pons
"The Pines of Rome" .
Beethoven Beethoven
Bishop Rachmaninoff
Bachelet Verdi
Respighi
FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 8:30 P.M.
Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lois Marshall, Soprano
Blanche Thebom, Contralto
Leonard Rose, Violoncellist
University Choral Union
"Gloria," for Soli, Chorus and
Orchestra.....V'ivaldi-Casella
Soloists and University Choral Union
Corrido de "El Sol" . . . Carlos Chavez University Choral Union
Cnncerto in B minor for Cello and Orchestra .... Leonard Rose
Dvorak
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2:30 P.M.
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor
Jacob Krachmalnick, Violinist
Lome Munroe, Violoncellist
Festival Youth Chorus
Marguerite Hood, Conductor
Variations on a Theme by Haydn . . Brahms
Kleven Songs.......Brahms
Festival Youth Chorus Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra .... Brahms Jacob Kracmmalnick and Lornk Munfoe
Academic Festival" Overture . . Brahms
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 8:30 P.M.
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor Zinka Milanov, Soprano
Kurt Baum, Tenor Overture to Die Meistersinger . . Wagner
"Nessun dorma" from Turandot . . Puccini
Kurt Baum "Ln bel di, vedremo" from
Madame Butterfly.....I'ucciNi
Zinka Mii.anov
"O terra, addio" from Aida .... Verim Mmi: Mii.anov and Mr. Balm
Concert Music for Strings and Brass Instruments
"Voi lo sapete'" from Cavallrria Rusticana
Mme Milanov "Cielo e mar" from La Gioconda
Mr. Baum
"Tu qui Santuzza" from Cavallcna Ruiiicana
HlNDEMITH
Mascacni ponchielli
Mascacni
Mme Milanov and Mr. Bauu Armenian Suite.....Yardu.mian
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2:30 P.M.
Thor Johnson, Cucst Conductor
Lois Marshall, Soprano Blanche Thebom, 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 . Bacm-Ormandv
Concerto in A minor for Piano
and Orchestra.......Grieg
Artur Rubinstein
Symphony No. 3......Landrk
Rhapsody on a Theme of I'aganini.
for Piano and Orchestra . . Rachmaninoff Mr. Rubinstein
SEASON TICKETS: $12:00--$9:00--$8.00 SINGLE CONCERTS: $3.00--$2.50--$2.00--$1.50
MYRA HESS, Pianist
Wednesday, March 17
For tickets or for further information, please address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.