UMS Concert Program, March 17, 1954: Seventy-fifth Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Myra Hess

Season: 1953-1954
Concert: Tenth
Complete Series: 3130
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
DIAMOND JUBILEE SEASON
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Tenth Concert 19S3-19S4 Complete Series 3130
Seventy-fifth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
MYRA HESS, Pianist
Wednesday Evening, March 17, 1954, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY, in its Diamond Jubilee Season, respectjully dedicates this program to STEINWAY & SONS, now celebrating its Centenary Anniversary. The Steinway has been the official piano of the Society during its entire existence.
Fantasia in C minor...........Bach
French Suite, No. 5, in G major........Bach
Allcmande Bourree
Courante Loure
Sarabande Gigue
Gavotte
Sonata in C minor, Op. Ill........Beethoven
Maestoso; allegro con brio ed appassionato Arietta; adagio molto semplice e cantabile
INTERMISSION
Sonata, No. 7 in D major.........Haydn
Allegro con brio
Largo e sostenuto
Finale: presto ma non troppo
Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13.......Schumann
Myra Hess uses the Steinway piano and records for RCA Victor.
Note.--The University Musical Society has presented Myra Hess on previous occasions, as follows: Feb. 13, 1928: Jan. 27, 1933; Jan. 10, 1948; and Nov. 14, 1950.
ARS LONGA 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 . .
Lilv Pons
Chere Nuit.....
"Caro Nome" from Rigoletlo
Miss Pons
"The Pines of Rome" .
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 8:30 P.M.
Beethoven Beethovzn
BisHor
Rachmaninoff
Bachzlzt . . Verdi
Rrspiom
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.....Vivaldi-Casella
Soloists and University Choral. Union
Corrido de "El Sol" . . . Carlos ChAvei 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 Munroe, Violoncellist
Festival Youth Chorus
Marguerite Hood, Conductor
Variations on a Theme by Haydn . . Brahms
Eleven Songs.......Brahms
Festival Youth Chorus A minor for Violin,
Concerto
Cello, and Orchestra .... Brahms Jacob Krachmalnick and Lorne Munroe
Wagner Puccini
Eugene Ormandy, Conductor Zinka Milanov, Soprano
Kurt Bourn, Tenor Overture to Die Meistersinrcr
"Nesaun dormi" from Turandot .
Kurt Baum "Un bel di, vedremo" from
Madame Butterfly.....Puccini
Zinka Milanov
"0 terra, addio" from Aida .... Verdi Mut Milanov and Mr. Bauu
Concert Music for Strings and
Brass Instruments .... Hindemith
"Voi lo sapete" from Cavallena Rustirana .... Mascacni
Mme Milanov "Cielo e mar" from La Gioconda . Ponciiielli
Mr. Bauu
"Tu qui Santuzza" from
Cavalleria Rustirana .... Mascagni Mue Milanov and Mr. Bauu
Armenian Suite
Vardumian
SUNDAY, MAY 2, 2:30 P.M.
Thor Johnson, Guest 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 . Bach-Ormandy
Concerto in A minor for Piano
and Orchestra.......Grieg
Artur Rubinstein
Symphony No. 5
I.ANDRE
"Academic Festival" Overture
Brahus
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, 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
For tickets or for further information, please address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.