UMS Concert Program, February 26, 1959: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra --

Concert: Seventh
Complete Series: 3256
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1958 Eightieth Season 1959
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Charles A. Sink, President Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor
Seventh Concert Eightieth Annual Choral Union Series Complete Series 3256
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
WILLIAM STEINBERG, Conductor
Thursday Evening, February 26, 1959, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overture to Goethe's "Egmont," Op. 84 .... Beethoven
Eine kleine Nachtmusik--Serenade for
String Orchestra (K. 525).......Mozart
Allegro
Romanza: andante Menuetto: allegretto Rondo: allegro
"Don Juan," Tone Poem after Lenau, Op. 20 .... Strauss
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 6 in A major.......Bruckner
Maestoso Adagio Scherzo Finale
NOTE--The University Musical Society has presented the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on eight previous occasions. This is Mr. Steinberg's first appearance in Ann Arbor.
Capitol Records The Steinway is the official piano of the University Musical Society.
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
MAY FESTIVAL
APRIL 30, MAY 1, 2, 3, 1959
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS
PROGRAMS
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor RUDOLF SERKIN, Pianist
Compositions of Johannes Brahms "Academic Festival" Overture, Op. 80
Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15, for Piano and Orchestra
Rudolf Seekin
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 8:30 P.M.
THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
SIDNEY HARTH, Violinist
ROBERT COURTE, Violist
"Flos Campi".....Vaughan Williams
(in memory of the composer, 18721958) Robert Courte and University Choral Union
"Secheresses" (United States premiere) . Poulenc University Choral Union
Concerto No. 2 in G minor . . . Prokofieff Sidney Harth
"Fete polonaise" from the opera,
Le Roi malgri lui.......Chabrier
University Choral Union
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2:30 P.M.
WILLIAM SMITH, Conductor
VIRGIL THOMSON, Guest Conductor
WILLIAM KINCAID, Flutist
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56A Brahms
"The Seine at Night"......Thomson
"Power Among Men"......Thomson
Conducted by the Composer
Concerto for Flute, Strings,
and Percussion........Thomson
William KracAm and Mr. Thomson
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor DOROTHY KIRSTEN, Soprano
Chaconne........BachGesensway
"Visi d'arte" from Tosca.....Puccini
"Depuis le jour" from Louise . . Charpentier Dorothy Kirsten
Symphony No. 7, Op. 131 .... Prokofieff
"Care selve" from Atlanta.....Handel
The Nightingale and the Rose RimskyKorsakoff
Southern Song......Landon Ronald
Miss Kirsten
"Bacchus et Ariane".......Roussel
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 2:30 P.M.
THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
LOIS MARSHALL, Soprano
ILONA KOMBRINK, Soprano
HOWARD JARRATT, Tenor
AURELIO ESTANISLAO, Baritone
Solomon, an oratorio for two sopranos,
tenor, baritone, chorus, and orchestra . Handel (Observing the 200th anniversary of the
death of the composer)
University Choral Union and Soloists
Marilyn Mason, Harpsichord
Mary McCall Stubbins, Organ
SUNDAY, MAY 3, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor GIORGIO TOZZI, Basso
Symphony No. 39 in Bflat major . . . Mozart
"Se vuol ballare" from Marriage ol Figaro Mozart
"Madamina," from Don Giovanni . . Mozart
Giorgio Tozzi
Paganiniana, Op. 65.......Casella
"II lacerato spirito" from Simon Boccanegra Verdi
Pilgrim's Song.......Tchaikovsky
Mr. Tozzi
Symphony No. 1 in D major
Dvorak Suite No. 2 from "Daphnis and Chloe"
Ravel
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