UMS Concert Program, May 7, 1955: Sixty-second Annual May Festival -- The Philadelphia Orchestra

Season: 1954-1955
Concert: Third
Complete Series: 3158
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Third Concert 1954-1955 Complete Series 3158
Sixty-second Annual
MAY FESTIVAL
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor
THE FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS
MARGUERITE HOOD, Conductor
SOLOIST
JEANNE MITCHELL, Violinist
Saturday Afternoon, May 7, 1955, at 2:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
program
Overture, "Donna Diana"..............Reznicek
Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major, K..297Z), for Oboe, Clarinet,
Bassoon, Horn, and Orchestra...........Mozart
Allegro
Adagio
Andantino con variazione
John deLancie, Oboe Sol Schoenbach, Bassoon
Anthony Gigliotti, Clarinet Mason Jones, Horn
Viennese Folk and Art Songs
Edited and translated by Marguerite Hood. Orchestrated by Marion McArtor.
Hunting Song (folk song) The Pinzgauer Song (folk song)
The Linden Tree (Schubert) Frohe Botschaft (folk song)
Enchanting Bells (Mozart) Cradle Song (folk song)
The Magician (Mozart) The Question (folk song) Still, Still, Still (folk song) Sanctus (Schubert)
Festival Youth Chorus
intermission
?Symphony No. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished").......Schubert
Allegro moderato
Andante con moto
Concerto No. S in A major, K.219, for Violin and Orchestra . . . Mozart
Tempo aperto Adagio
Tempo di menuetto
Jeanne Mitchell
Columbia 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
1955 -UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONCERTS -1956
Seventy-seventh Annual Choral Union Series
Zinka Milanov, Soprano..........Tuesday, October 11
Boston Symphony Orchestra........Monday, October 24
Charles Munch, Conductor The Cleveland Orchestra.........Sunday, November 6
George Szell, Conductor
Nathan Milstein, Violinist........Monday, November 14
Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra .... Tuesday, November 22
Robert Shaw, Conductor
Vienna Choir Boys (2:30 p.m.).......Sunday, January IS
Toronto Symphony Orchestra......Wednesday, February 22
Sir Ernest MacMillan, Conductor
Artur Rubinstein, Pianist..........Thursday, March 1
Virtuosi di Roma.............Tuesday, March 13
Walter Gieseking, Pianist..........Monday, March 19
Season Tickets: Remaining unclaimed seats in Block A, $17.00; Block B, 14.00; Block C, $12.00; Block D, $10.00
Tenth Annual Extra Concert Series
Obernkirchen Children's Choir.......Monday, October 17
Edith Moller, Conductor London Philharmonia Orchestra.....Wednesday, November 9
Herbert von Karajan, Conductor Boston Pops Tour Orchestra.........Sunday, January 8
Arthur Fiedler, Conductor
Myra Hess, Pianist..........Wednesday, February IS
Teresa Stich-Randall, Soprano.........Friday, March 9
Season Tickets: Block A, $8.50; Block B, $7:00; Block C, $6.00; Block D, $S.OO
Annual Christmas Concerts
"Messiah" (Handel)..........December 3 and 4, 1955
Ellen Faui.l, Soprano Donald Gramm, Bass
Lillian Ciiookasian, Contralto Choral Union and Orchestra
Howard Jarratt, Tenor Lester McCoy, Conductor
Tickets: 75c and 50c (either concert). On sale beginning October 15.
Sixteenth Annual Chamber Music Festival
Budapest String Quartet........February 17, 18, 19, 1956
Assisted by Robert Courte, Viola
Season Tickets: $3.50 and $2.50. On sale beginning October 15.
Sixty-third Annual May Festival
Six Concerts..............May 3, 4, 5, 6, 1956
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. University Choral Union, Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor, and Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor. Festival Youth Chorus, Marguerite Hood, Conductor. Soloists to be announced.
For tickets or information, address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower, Ann Arbor, Michigan.