UMS Concert Program, March I, 1956: Seventy-seventh Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Artur Rubinstein

Season: 1955-1956
Concert: Eighth
Complete Series: 3179
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor
Lester McCoy, Associate Conductor
Eighth Concert 1955-1956 Complete Series 3179
Seventy-seventh Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
S. Hurok presents
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN, Pianist
Thursday Evening, March i, 1956, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Chaconne...........Bach-Busoni
Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 31, No. 3.....Beethoven
Allegro
Scherzo: allegretto vivace
Menuetto: moderato e grazioso Presto con fuoco
Intermezzo in B-flat minor, Op. 117 1
Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 ......Brahms
Rhapsody in E-flat major, Op. 119 J
INTERMISSION
Sonata in three movements from Petrouchka .... Stravinsky
Russian Dance
In Petrouchka's Room Russian Fair
(Dedicated to and written for Artur Rubinstein) Played without pause
Barcarolle, Op. 60 1
Valse in A minor, Op. 34 V.......Chopin
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. S3 J
The Steinway is the official piano of the University Musical Society.
GIESEKING CONCERT postponed to May 16, 8:30 p.m. ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
CONCERTS
TERESA STICH-RANDALL, operatic soprano, who has made a sensa?tional success in famous European opera houses, will give the following program in one of her four American concerts, Friday, March 9, at 8:30, in the Extra Concert Series. She will be assisted by Arpad Sandor, pianist.
Misera, dove son, K. 369
Abendempfindung [...........Mozart
Oiseaux, si tous les ans Der Jungling und der Tod Heimliches Licben Nacht und Traume Seligkeit
"Ah, fors e Iui," from La Traviata...........Verdi
An die Nachtigall
Wenn du nur zuweilen lachelst R
Tut j i . f .......... ORAIIMa
Mondnacht
So willst du des Armen J
"So anch'io la virtu magica," from Don Pasquale......Donizetti
Four Songs of Solomon...........George Rochberg
Rise Up, My Love
Come, My Beloved
Set Me as a Seal
Behold Thou Art Fair
THE VIRTUOSI Dl ROMA--Tuesday, March 13, 8:30 p.m.
WALTER GIESEKING--Postponed to Wednesday, May 16, 8:30 p.m. TICKETS: $3.50--$3.00--$2.50--$2.00--$1.50
MAY FESTIVAL
MAY 3, 4, 5, 6, 1956
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS
SOLOISTS
INGE BORKH HAROLD HAUGH
Dramatic Opera Star Distinguished American Tenor
HILDE GUEDEN LAWRENCE WINTERS
Metropolitan Opera Soprano New York Opera Baritone
LOIS MARSHALL ZINO FRANCESCATTI
Canadian Concert Soprano World-renowned Violinist
JANE HOBSON BYRON JAMS
American Mezzo-Soprano Brilliant American Pianist
MARTHA LIPTON VITYA VRONSKY and VICTOR BABIN
Metropolitan Opera Contralto Eminent Duo-Pianists
RUDOLF PETRAK ERIKA von WAGNER STIEDRY European Operatic Tenor "Gurre-Lieder" Narrator
SEASON TICKETS: $13.00--$10.00--$9.00--$8.00
SINGLE CONCERTS (on sale beginning March 12):
$3.50--$3.00--$2.50--$2.00--$1.50
For tickets or information address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.