UMS Concert Program, January 8, 1956: Tenth Annual Extra Concert Series -- Arthur Fiedler And The Boston Pops Tour Orchestra

Season: 1955-1956
Concert: Third
Complete Series: 3172
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Third Concert 1955-1956 Complete Series 3172
Tenth Annual
Extra Concert Series
ARTHUR FIEDLER
and THE BOSTON POPS TOUR ORCHESTRA
By arrangement with the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Soloist: Ruth Slenczynska, Pianist
Sunday Evening, January 8, 1956, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Polonaise from Eugene Onegin.......Tchaikovsky
Overture to The Barber of Seville.......Rossini
Fantasia on "Greensleeves"......Vaughan Williams
Suite from "Graduation Ball".....Johann Strauss, Jr.
Acceleration Waltz; Perpetual Motion; Nocturne; March; Galop
INTERMISSION (short)
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for
Piano and Orchestra........Rachmaninoff
Ruth Slenczynska
The Sorcerer's Apprentice.........Dukas
INTERMISSION
Popsorama..........Arr. by Jack Mason
Mister Sandman; Melody of Love; The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane; Three Coins in the Fountain; Tweedle-Dee
On the Trail, from "Grand Canyon Suite"......Grofe
Look Sharp, Be Sharp.......Merrick-Bennett
RCA Victor Records
Note.--The University Musical Society has presented Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Tops Tour Orchestra on previous occasions as follows: March 23, 1953; and March 4, 1954.
Baldwin Piano through the courtesy of the Ypsilanti Piano Company. ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
Sixteenth Annual
CHIMIBER mUSIC FESTIUHU
Rackham Auditorium
BUDHPEST QUHRTET
JOSEF ROISMAN BORIS KROYT
First Violin Viola
ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER MISCHA SCHNEIDER
Second Violin Violoncello
ROBERT COURTE, Guest Violist
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 8:30 P.M.
Quartet in F major, Op. 18, No. 1.........Beethoven
Quartet, Op. 10, No. 2.............Kodaly
Quintet in C major, K. SIS...........Mozart
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 8:30 P.M.
Quartet in G major, Op. 18, No. 2.........Beethoven
Quartet in E minor, Op. 116, No. 1.........Smetana
Quintet in G minor, K. 516...........Mozart
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2:30 P.M.
Quartet in D major, Op. 18, No. 3.........Beethoven
Quartet in F major, Op. 96...........Dvorak
Quintet in D major, K. S93...........Mozart
Season Tickets (3 concerts): $3.50 and $2.50 Single Concerts: $1.75 and $1.25
Vienna Choir Boys (C.U.) 2:30 p.m. . . . Sunday, January 15 Myra Hess, Pianist (Extra) .... Wednesday, February 15
Toronto Symphony Orchestra (C.U.) . Wednesday, February 22 Sir Ernest MacMillan, Conductor
Artur Rubinstein, Pianist (C.U.) .... Thursday, March 1 Teresa Stich-Randall, Soprano (Extra) . . . Friday, March 9
Virtuosi di Roma (C.U.)......Tuesday, March 13
Walter Gieseking, Pianist (C.U.) .... Monday, March 19 Tickets: $3.50--$3.00--$2.SO--$2.00 and $1.50.
MAY FESTIVAL........May 3, 4, 5, 6, 1956
Season Tickets: $13.00--$10.00--$9.00--$8.00