UMS Concert Program, February 15, 1957: Seventeenth Annual Chamber Music Festival -- Quartetto Italiano

Season: 1956-1957
Concert: First
Complete Series: 3202
Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor Lester McCoy, Conductor
First Concert 1956-1957 Complete Series 3202
Seventeenth Annual
Chamber Music Festival
QUARTETTO ITALIANO
Paolo Borciani, Violin Piero Farulli, Viola
Elisa Pegreffi, Violin Franco Rossi, Cello
Friday Evening, February 15, 1957, at 8:30 Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Capriccio a quattro (1669).......G. B. Vitali
Grave, largo, allegro, vivace, largo, presto Sonata a quattro (1651).........M. Neri
Allegro
Adagio, allegro
Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92 .. ... Prokofieff
Allegro sostenuto Adagio Allegro
INTERMISSION
Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74.......Beethoven
Poco adagio, allegro
Adagio ma non troppo Presto
Allegro con variazioni
Records: Angel; and London f)rr
THE SECOND AND THIRD CONCERTS in the Chamber Music Festival will take place tomorrow evening at 8:30, and Sunday afternoon at 2:30, respectively.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
MAY FESTIVAL
MAY 1, 3, 4, 5, 1957
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS
THURSDAY, MAY 2, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor ALEXANDER BRAILOWSKY, Pianist
ALL-BEETHOVEN PROGRAM
Overture to Leonore, No. 3 Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 Concerto No. 3 in C minor, for Piano and Orchestra Alexander Brailowsky
FRiDAY, MAY 3, 8:30 P.M.
THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
IEONTYNE PRICE, Soprano
MARTHA LIPTON, Contralto
KURT BAUM, Tenor
ROBERT McFERRIN, Baritone
NICOLA MOSCONA, Bass
Aida (in concert form).....Verdi
University Choral Union and Soloists
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2:30 P.M.
WILLIAM R. SMITH, Assistant Conductor
JOSEPH SZ1GETI, Violinist
FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS
GENEVA NELSON, Conductor
Overture, La Scala di Seta .... Rossini Concerto in D minor for Violin
and Orchestra......Tasiini
Joseph Szigeti
Walrus and the Carpenter . . . Fletcher Festival Youth Chorus
Portrait No. 1, Op. 5.....Bartok
La Folia........Corelli
Mr. Sziceti Symphony No. 4 in A major
("Italian").....Mendelssohn
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor ROBERT MERRILL, Baritone
Overture to Die Meistersinger . . . Wagner Symphony No. 88 in G major . . . Haydn "Adamastor, roi des vagues profondes,"
from L'Alricaine.....Meyerbeer
Farewell and Death of Roderigo, from
Don Carlos.......Verdi
Robert Merrill
Adagio for Strings......Barber
"Deh vienni" from Don Giovanni . . Mozart "Nemico della patria" from
Andre Chenier......Giordano
"Eri tu" from Un Hallo in Maschero . Verdi
Mr. Merrill Overture, "Russian Easter" Rimsky-Korsakof
SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2:30 P.M.
THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
MARTHA LIPTON, Contralto
DONALD GRAMM, Bass
GINA BACHAUER, Pianist
JOHN KRELl, Piccolo
Concerto in A minor.....Vivaldi
John Krell, Soloist
"Five Tudor Portraits" . Vaughan Wii.i.iaus University Choral Union and Soloists
Concerto No. 2......Brahus
Gina Bachauer
SUNDAY, MAY 5, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor RISE' STEVENS, Mezzo-soprano
Brahus Harris Mahler
Overture, "Academic Festival" Symphony No. 3 .... Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Rise Stevens Prelude to "Afternoon of a Faun" "Connais-tu le pays" from Mitnon Air de Lia, from L'Enfant prodigue "Amour, viens aider" from Samson et Dalila .
Miss Stevens La Valse......
Debussy
Thomas Debussy
Saint-Saens Ravel
SEASON TICKETS: $13.00--$10.00--$9.00--$8.00
SINGLE CONCERTS (on sale beginning March 11):
$3.50--$3.00--$2.50--$2.00--$1.50
Byron Janis, Pianist......Thursday, February 21, 8:30
(Taking the place of Solomon) Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra . . . Tuesday, February 26, 8:30
Boston Pops Tour Orchestra.....Sunday, March 3, 2:30
The Cleveland Orchestra.....Sunday, March 10, 8:30
TICKETS: $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.