UMS Concert Program, October 15, 1956: Seventy-eighth Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Boston Symphony Orchestra

Season: 1956-1957
Concert: Second
Complete Series: 3191
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor Lester McCoy, Conductor
Second Concert 1956-1957 Complete Series 3191
Seventy-eighth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Charles Munch, Music Director
Monday Evening, October 15, 1956, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Overture to "Euryanthe"..........Weber
Symphony No. 6............Piston
Flucndo espressivo Leggerissimo vivace Adagio sereno Allegro energico
(composed for the 75th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra)
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, "Pathetique," Op. 74 . . Tchaikovsky
Adagio ; allegro non troppo Allegro non grazia Allegro molto vivace Finale: adagio lamentoso
Baldwin Piano RCA Victor Records
Note.--The University Musical Society has presented the Boston Symphony Orchestra on 34 previous occasions since 1890, under the following conductors: Arthur Nikisch (3); Franz Kneisel (1); Otto Urack (1); Karl Muck (1); Serge Koussevitzky (16); Richard Burgin (2); Pierre Monteux (1); Charles Munch (9).
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
CONCERTS
Boston Symphony Orchestra (Extra Series) . . . Wed., Oct. 17 Charles Munch, Conductor
Program: Suite No. 2 in B minor.......Bach
Iberia..........Debussy
Symphony No. 3, "Eroica" .... Beethoven
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Choral Union Series) . Sun., Oct. 21 Herbert von Karajan, Conductor
Program: Overture to "Anacreon".....Cherubini
Symphonie liturgique......Honegger
Symphony No. 7, A major.....Beethoven
Robert Casadesus, Pianist (Choral Union Series) . . Mon., Nov. 5 Program: Compositions of Robert Schumann-Eighth Novelette, Op. 21 Carnaval, Op. 9 Waldscenen, Op. 82 Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Soprano (Extra Series) . . Wed., Nov. 14
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Choral Union Series) Tues., Nov. 20 Andre Cluytens, Conductor
Program: Symphony No. 96, D major.....Haydn
Rondo ostinato......Theodor Berger
Zwischenspiel aus der Oper, Notre Dame . Franz Schmidt
Symphony No. 5, C minor.....Beethoven
Tickets: $3.50--$3.00--$2.50--$2.00--$1.50
Messiah
Messiah (Handel).........December 1 and 2, 19S6
Adele Addison, Soprano Kenneth Smith, Bass
Eunice Alberts, Contralto Choral Union and Orchestra Howard Jarratt, Tenor Lester McCoy, Conductor
Tickets: 75c and 50c (either concert). On sale beginning October 15.
Annual Chamber Music Festival
Quartetto Italiano........February IS, 16, 17, 1957
Season Tickets: $3.50 and $2.50. On sale beginning October 15.
For tickets or for further information, please address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower, Ann Arbor, Michigan.