UMS Concert Program, May 3, 1958: Sixty-fifth Annual May Festival -- The Philadelphia Orchestra

Season: 1957-1958
Concert: Third
Complete Series: 3237
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
Charles A. Sink, President
Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor
Third Concert 1957-1958 Complete Series 3237
Sixty-fifth Annual
MAY FESTIVAL
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA WILLIAM SMITH, Assistant Conductor
THE FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS MARGUERITE HOOD, Conductor
SOLOIST
GYORGY SANDOR, Pianist
Saturday Afternoon, May 3, 1958, at 2:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Music by Hungarian Composers
Suite in F-sharp minor, Op. 19........Dohnanyi
Andante con variazioni
Scherzo
Romanza
Rondo
Hungarian Folk Songs
Edited by Marguerite Hood; orchestrated by Grant Beglaman Festival Youth Chorus
Rakoczy March.............Liszt
INTERMISSION
Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra.......Bartok
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro molto
Gyorgy Sandor
Dances from Galanta...........Kodaly
The Steinway is the official piano oj the University Musical Society. The Lester Piano is the official piano of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
1958 -UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONCERTS -1959
Eightieth Annual Choral Union Series
Roberta Peters, Soprano......Wednesday, October 1
Boston Symphony Orchestra.....Saturday, October 18
Charles Munch, Conductor
Gina Bachauer, Pianist.......Monday, October 27
National Orchestra of Mexico .... Tuesday, November 11
Luis Herrera de la Fuente, Conductor
Jerome Hines, Bass........Monday, November 24
Nathan Milstein, Violinist......Monday, January 5
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra .... Thursday, February 26
William Steinberg, Conductor National Symphony Orchestra.....Wednesday, March 4
Howard Mitchell, Conductor
Cesare Valletti, Tenor.......Wednesday, March 11
Andre Tchaikowsky, Pianist......Monday, March 23
Season Tickets: Remaining unclaimed seats in Block A, $17.00; Block B, $14.00; Block C, $12.00; Block D, $10.00
Thirteenth Annual Extra Concert Series
Chicago Symphony Orchestra.....Monday, October 6
Fritz Reiner, Conductor
Isaac Stern, Violinist.......Wednesday, November 5
Boston Pops Tour Orchestra......Tuesday, January 13
Arthur Fiedler, Conductor
Renata Tebaldi, Soprano......Tuesday, February 10
Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra . . (2:30) Sunday, March 15
Robert Shaw, Conductor
Season Tickets: Block A, $8.50; Block B, $7.00; Block C, $6.00; Block D, $5.00
Annual Christmas Concerts
Messiah (Handel).......December 6 and 7, 1958
Nancy Carr, Soprano Kenneth Smith, Bass
Florence Kopleff, Contralto Choral Union and Orchestra
John McCollum, Tenor Lester McCoy, Conductor
Tickets: 75c and 5Oc (either concert). On sale beginning October IS.
Nineteenth Annual Chamber Music Festival
Societa Corelli (three concerts) . . . February 13, 14, 15, 1959 Season Tickets: $4.00 and $3.00. On sale beginning October 15.
Sixty-sixth Annual May Festival
Six Concerts........April 30, May 1, 2, 3, 1959
The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor, William Smith, Assistant Conductor. University Choral Union, Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor, and Lester McCoy, Conductor. Festival Youth Chorus, Marguerite Hood, Conductor. Soloists to be announced.
For tickets or information address: University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.