UMS Concert Program, February 16, 1957: Seventeenth Annual Chamber Music Festival -- Quartetto Italiano

Season: 1956-1957
Concert: Second
Complete Series: 3203
Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor Lester McCoy, Conductor
Second Concert 1956-1957 Complete Series 3203
Seventeenth Annual
Chamber Music Festival
QUARTETTO ITALIANO
Paolo Borciani, Violin Piero Farulli, Viola
Elisa Pegreffi, Violin Franco Rossi, Cello
Saturday Evening, February 16, 1957, at 8:30 Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Quartet in C major, K. 465 ("The Dissonance") .... Mozart Adagio; allegro
Andante cantabile
Menuetto: allegretto Molto allegro
Quartet No. 1 (1956) .... Valentino Bucchi (1916)
Dedicated to the Quartelto Italiano Lamento
Girotondo Notturno Epilogo
INTERMISSION
Quartet in G minor, Op. 10........Debussy
Anime et tres decide
Assez vif et bien rythme
Andantino doucement expressif
Tres modere, tres mouvementS et avec passion
Records: Angel; and London jjrr
THE THIRD CONCERT in the Chamber Music Festival will take place tomorrow
afternoon at 2:30.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
MAY FESTIVAL
MAY 2, 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 Bbailowsky
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 8:30 P.M.
THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
LEONTYNE PRICE, Soprano
MARTHA UPTON, 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 SZIGETI, Violinist
FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS
GENEVA NELSON, Conductor
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor ROBERT MERRILL, Baritone
Overture to Die Meistersingtr . . . Wagner Symphony No. 88 in G major . . . Haydn "Adamastor, roi des vagues profondes,"
from L'Africaine.....Meyerbeer
Farewell and Death of Koderigo, from
Don Carlos.......Verdi
Robert Merrill
Adagio for Strings......Barber
"Deh vienni" from Don Giovanni . . Mozart "Nemico della patria" from
Andre Chcnier......Giordano
"Eri tu" from Un Ballo in Maschero . Verdi
Mr. Mekrii.i Overture, "Russian Easter" RiMSKY-KoRSAKorr
SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2:30 P.M.
THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION MARTHA LIPTON, Contralto
DONALD GRAMM, Bass
GINA BACHAUER, Pianist
JOHN KREIL, Piccolo
Concerto in A minor.....Vivaldi
John Krell, Soloist
"Five Tudor Portraits" . Vaughan Williams University Choral Union and Soloists
Concerto No. 2......Brahms
Gina Bachauer
SUNDAY, MAY 5, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor RISE' STEVENS, Mezzo-soprano
Overture, "Academic Festival" . . Brahme
Symphony No. 3......Harris
Lieder eines fahrcnden Gesellen . . Mahler
Rise Stevens
Prelude to "Afternoon of a Faun" . Debussy "Connais-tu le pays" from Mignon . Thomas Air de Lia, from L'Enjant prodigue . Debussy "'Amour, viens aider" from Samson ct Dalila .... Saint-Saens
Miss Stevens La Valse........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
Overture, La Scala at Seta . Rossini
Concerto in D minor for Violin
and Orchestra..... Tartini
Joseph Szigeti
Walrus and the Carpenter Fletcher
Festival Youth Chorus
Portrait No. 1, Op. 5 .... Bart6k
La Folia....... Corelli
Mr. Szigeti
Symphony No. 4 in A major
("Italian")..... Mendelssohn
For tickets or information address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.