UMS Concert Program, March 8, 1958: Seventy-ninth Annual Choral Union Concert Series -- Myra Hess

Season: 1957-1958
Concert: Ninth
Complete Series: 3232
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor
Ninth Concert
1957-1958
Complete Scries 3232
Seventy-ninth Annual
Choral Union Concert Series
MYRA HESS, Pianist
Saturday Evening, March 8, 1958, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Rondo in D major, K. 485 Adagio in B minor, K. 540 . Gigue in G major, K. 574 J
Sonata in A minor, Op. 42 (D. 845)
INTERMISSION
Partita No. 1 in B-flat major . Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. Ill .
Mozart Schubert
. Bach
Beethoven
Myra Hess uses the Steinway piano, and records for Angel and RCA Victor Records.
Note.--The University Musical Society has presented Myra Hess in recital on six previous occasions.
A R S
L O N G A
VITA
B R E V I S
MAY FESTIVAL
MAY 1, 2, 3, 4, 1958
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS
THURSDAY, MAY 1, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor LILY PONS, Soprano
PROGRAM
"Credendum" (commissioned for UNESCO) .....William Schuuan
"Quelle joiel Quel bonheurl" (II Seraglio) Mozart
"Avec dc la tendresse" (II Seraglio) . Mozart
Lol Here the Gentle Lark . . Bishop-LaForge
Lily Pons
Le Rossignol........Stravinsky
Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 ... Rachmaninoff
"Bell Song" (Lakmc)......Delibes
Miss Pons
Symphony in D minor......Franck
FRIDAY, MAY 2, 8:30 P.M.
THOR JOHNSON, Conductor UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
Soloists: CLARAMAE TURNER, Contralto
BRIAN SULLIVAN, Tenor
MARTIAL SINGHER, Baritone
YI-KWEI S2E, Bass
PROGRAM Samson and Delilah, an opera in three
acts (in concert form) .... Saint-Saens University Choral Union and Soloists
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2:30 P.M.
WILLIAM SMITH, Conductor
GYORGY SANDOR, Pianist
FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS
MARGUERITE HOOD, Conductor
MUSIC BY HUNGARIAN COMPOSERS Suite in F-sharp minor.....Dohnanyi
Hungarian Folk Songs (edited by Marguerite Hood; and orchestrated by Grant Beglarian) Festival Youth Chorus
Rakoczy March.........Liszt
Concerto No. 2 ........Bartok
Gyoroy Sandor
Dances from "Galanta"......Kodaly
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor GEORGE LONDON, Baritone
PROGRAM Tone Poem, "Don Juan".....Strauss
"Madamina" (Don Giovanni) .... Mozart To the Evening Star (Tannhauser) . . Wagner
Ford's Monologue (Falstaff).....Vehdi
George London
"Louisiana Story".......Thomson
Symphonic Suite (Boris Godunov) . Moussorcskv
(transcribed for orchestra by Eugene Ormandy)
Soloist: Mr. London
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2:30 P.M.
THOR JOHNSON, Conductor UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
Soloists:
MARTIAL SINGHER, Baritone MICHAEL RABIN, Violinist
PROGRAM
In Ecclesiis..........Gabrieli
Sacred Service (Parts 1, 2, 3) . . . . Bloch
Canticle of the Martyrs.....Giannini
Martial Singher, Baritone University Choral Union
Concerto in D major for Violin and
Orchestra........Tchaikovsky
Michael Rabin
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor GLENN GOULD, Pianist
PROGRAM Overture to "Egmont," Op. 84 . . Beethoven
Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, for
Piano and Orchestra.....Beethoven
Glenn Gould
"Quiet City" for Trumpet, English Horn,
and Strings.........Copland
Samuel Krauss, Trumpet John Minsker, English Horn
Pictures at an Exhibition . . . Moussorgsky (arranged for orchestra by Maurice Ravel)
SEASON TICKETS: $13.00--$10.00--$9.00--$8.00
SINGLE CONCERTS (on sale beginning March 10):
$3.50--$3.00--$2.50--$2.00--$ 1.50
For tickets or information address: University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.