UMS Concert Program, February 12, 13, 14, 1960: The Festival Quartet --

Rackham Auditorium

1959 Eightyfirst Season 1960
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Charles A. Sink, President Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor
Twentieth Annual CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
The Festival Quartet
VICTOR BABIN, Piano
SZYMON GOLDBERG, Violin
WILLIAM PRIMROSE, Viola
NIKOLAI GRAUDAN, Violoncello
February 12, 13, 14, 1960 Rackham Auditorium
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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PROGRAM
Friday, February 12, 8:30 P.M.
Piano Quartet in Eflat major, Op. 16 Beethoven
Grave; allegro ma non troppo
Andante cantabilc
Rondo: allegro, ma non troppo
Piano Quartet in D minor, Op. 113 .... Max Reger
Allegro moderato ma con passione
Vivace; adagio; vivace
Larghetto
Allegro energico
INTERMISSION
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, No. 1 Brahms
Allegro
Intermezzo: allegro ma non troppo
Andante con moto
Rondo alia Zingarese: presto
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TWENTY ANNUAL CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVALS presented by
THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY op The University of Michigan
Rackham Auditorium -Ann Arbor, Michigan 1941 1960
ORGANIZATIONS PRESENTED (in order of appearance)
Musical Art Quartet.............. 1941
Roth String Quartet...........1942, 1943, 1944
Budapest String Quartet..........194S, 1946, 1947
Paganini String Quartet............1948, 1949
Budapest String Quartet........1950, 1951, 1952, 1953
Griller String Quartet and Reginald Kell Players....... 1954
Budapest String Quartet............1955, 1956
Quartetto Italiano............... 1957
Budapest String Quartet............. 1958
Societa Corelli................ 1959
Festival Quartet............... 1960
COMPOSITIONS PERFORMED
Albinoni, Tomasso (16741745) Allegro from Concerto in D minor ......19S9
Bach, Johann Sebastian (16851750)
(WoodHill) Seven Choral Preludes.....1944
(Roy Harris) Four Fugues from
"The Art of the Fugue" .............1951
(Mozart) Five Fugues ................1954
Barber, Samuel (1910 ) Quartet in B minor............. 1945, 1952
Bart6k, Bela (18811945) Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin
and Piano.........................1954
Quartet in A minor, Op. 7, No. 1 ... 1948, 1955 Quartet in A minor, Op. 17, No. 2 . .1951, 1958
Beethoven, Ludvvig van (17701827)
complete string quartet cycle Quartet in F major, Op. 18,
No. 1 ..................1943, 1950, 1956
Quartet in G major, Op. 18,
No. 2 ..................1945, 1952, 1956
Quartet in D major, Op. 18, No. 3 . .1947, 1956 Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4 .. 1948, 1958 Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5 .. 1946, 1958 Quartet in Bflat major,
Op. 18, No. 6 ................1949, 1958
Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No. 1.......1949
Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 .. 1947, 1955 Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 . .1945, 1952
Quartet in Eflat major, Op. 74___1946, 1957
Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 ............1943
Quartet in Eflat major, Op. 127 .. .1949, 1954
Quartet in A minor, Op. 132......1948, 1953
Quartet in Bflat major, Op. 130 ... 1948, 1953
Grand Fugue, Op. 133 ................1950
Quartet in Csharp minor, Op. 131 . .1945, 1951 Quartet in F major, Op. 135 .. 1942, 1944, 1950 Piano Quartet in Eflat major, Op. 16 .... 1960
Quintet in C major, Op. 29.............1955
Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3, for
Violin, Cello, and Piano .............1954
Bloch, Ernest (18801959)
Prelude; Night ......................1941
Quartet No. 3 .......................1954
Boccherini, Luigi (17431805) Concerto in Bflat major for
Cello and Strings...................1959
Concerto in D major for
Cello and Strings...................1959
Menuett No. 2 in A major.............1959
Quartet in G minor, Op. 33, No. 5 ......1942
Borodin, Alexander (18331887) Quartet in D major, No. 2........1941, 1943
Brahms, Johannes (18331897)
(Mason) Chorale and Fugue...........1944
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, No. 1.. 1960 Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 26, No. 2.. 1960 Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60, No. 3. .1960 Quartet in C minor, Op. 51, No. 1 . .1941, 1951 Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 . .1945, 1952
Quartet in Bflat major, Op. 67____1947, 1950
Quintet in F major, Op. 88.............1958
Quintet in G major, Op. Ill ............1955
Trio in A minor, Op. 114, for
Clarinet, Cello, and Piano ...........1954
Britten, Benjamin (1913 ) Simple Symphony for Strings...........1959
Bucchi, Valentino (1916 ) Quartet No. 1 ........................1957
Cambini, Giovanni Giuseppe (17461825) Quartet No. 2 in G minor..............1957
Casella,Alfredo (1883 )
Three Pieces for String Quartet.........1944
Preludio Barbaro NinnaNanna Ridiculous Waltz
Corelli, Arcangelo (16531713)
Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 1 ..........1959
Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 3 ..........1959
Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8 ..........1959
Sarabanda, Gisa and Badinerie..........1959
Debussy, Claude Achille (18621918)
Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 ..1947, 1953, 1957
Denny, William (1910 ) Quartet No. 2 .......................19S5
Dittersdorf, Karl Ditters von (17391799) Quartet in D major...................1953
DohnAnyi, Ernst von (1877 )
Quartet in Dflat major, Op. IS, No. 21943
Donizetti, Gaetano (17971848)
Canzone e minuetto ..................1959
DvorAk, Antonin (18411904)
Quartet in Eflat major, Op. 51 .........1946
Quartet in F major, Op. 96........1943, 1956
Faure, Gabriel (18451924) Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 45.......1960
Foss, Lukas (1922 ) Quartet in G ........................1952
Franck, Cesar, (18221890) Quartet in D major...................1949
Geminiani, Francesco (16671762) Andante ............................1959
Handel, George Frederick (16851759) Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 6, in G minor........................1959
Harris, Roy (1898 )
Four Preludes and Fugues .............1942
Haydn, Franz Joseph (17321809)
Quartet in D major, Op. 20, No. 4......1951
Quartet in C major, Op. 33, No. 3 ......1947
Quartet in G major, Op. 33, No. 5......1954
Quartet in Eflat major, Op. 50, No. 3 ... 1944 Quartet in Bflat major, Op. 64, No. 3 .. .1948
Quartet in G major, Op. 64, No. 4......1941
Quartet in D major, Op. 64, No. 5......1948
Quartet in Eflat major, Op. 64, No. 6 ... 1952
Quartet in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3......1945
Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2......1946
Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3 ......1953
Quartet in Bflat major, Op. 76, No. 4 ... 1950 Quartet in D major, Op. 76, No. 5 .. 1942, 1943 Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1 . .1949, 1955
Hindemith, Paul (1895 ) Quartet in Eflat major
(1943).................1945, 1946, 1953
Quartet in Eflat major (1945) .........1947
Quartet, Op. 22, No. 3............1950, 1958
Jacobi, Frederick (1891 )
Quartet No. 3........................1949
KodAly, Zoltan (1882 ) Quartet, Op. 10, No. 2.................1956
Krenek, Ernst (1900 ) Quartet No. 7, Op. 96.................1945
Lees, Benjamin (1924 ) Quartet No. 1........................1955
Malipiero, Gian Francesco (1882 ) "Rispetti e Strambotti"................1942
Marcello, Benedetto (16861739)
Introduction, Aria, and Presto..........1959
MendelssohnBartholdy, Felix (18091847) Quartet No. 1 in Eflat major,
Op. 12, No. 1 ......................1953
Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 44, No. 1 .. 1952
Milhaud, Darius (1892 )
Quartet No. 2........................1948
Quartet No. 7 ..................1949, 1958
Quartet No. 12.......................1946
Quartet No. 17.......................1952
Suite for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano.....1954
Morris, Harold (1890 ) Quartet No. 2........................1944
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (17561791)
Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478.......1960
Piano Quartet in Eflat major, K. 493___1960
Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387 .1941, 1952 Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421 .1951, 1957 Quartet No. 16 in Eflat major, K. 428 ... 1950 Quartet No. 17 in Bflat major,
K. 458.................1943, 1948, 1954
Quartet No. 18 in A major, K. 464......1947
Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 .1949, 1957
Quartet No. 20 in D major,
K. 499.................1942, 1945, I9S5
Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590.......1946
Quintet No. 3 in C minor, K. 406.......1958
Quintet No. 4 in C major, K. 515........1956
Quintet No. 5 in G minor, K. 516........1956
Quintet No. 6 in D major, K. 593.......1956
Quintet No. 7 in Eflat major, K. 614____1958
Neri, Massimiliano (ca 16201670)
Sonata a quattro .....................1957
Piston, Walter (1894 )
Quartet No. 2........................1946
Quartet No. 3........................1950
Porpora, Niccola (16861767)
Aria for Cello and Strings..............1959
Porter, Quincey (1897 )
Quartet No. 4........................1943
Quartet No. 8........................1953
Prokofieff, Sergei (18911953)
Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92 ... 1947, 1967 Purcell, Henry (ca 16591695)
Chaconne ...........................1951
Ravel, Maurice (18751937)
Quartet in F major____1941, 1942, 1944, 1951
Reger, Max (18731916)
Piano Quartet in D minor, Op. 113......1960
Rubbra, Edmund (1901 )
Quartet No. 2 in Eflat, Op. 73..........1954
Scarlatti, Alessandro (16591725)
Pastorale e molto allegro...............1959
Schubert, Franz (17971828)
Quartet No. 2 in C major..............1957
Quartet No. 10 in Eflat major,
Op. 125, No. 1 .....................1949
Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Op. 27.......1955
Quartet No. 14 in D minor,
Op. Posth...............1941, 1944, 1950
Quartet No. 15 in G major,
Op. 161 .....................1946, 1953
Movement in C minor, Op. I'osth........1951
Schumann, Robert (18101856)
Piano Quartet in Eflat major, Op. 47____1960
Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1.......1942
Quartet in F major, Op. 41, No. 2.......1944
Quartet in A major, Op. 41, No. 3.......1951
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906 )
Quartet in C major, Op. 49.............1943
Smetana, Bedrich (18241884)
Quartet in E minor, Op. 116, No. 1. .1947, 1956 Stravinsky, Igor (1882 )
Concertino ..........................1951
Concerto in D, for Violin and Orchestra ... 1959 Tansman, Alexandre (1897 )
Triptych for String Orchestra...........1941
Turina, Joaquin (18821949)
La Oracion del Torero.................1941
Vitali, Giovanni Battista (ca 16441692)
Capriccio a quattro...................1957
Vivaldi, Antonio (ca 16751741)
Allegro from Concerto in A major.......1959
Concerto Grosso in D minor,
Op. 3, No. 11 ......................1959
L'Estro harmonico (Concerto No. 5) in A major........................1948
Sinfonia No. 1 in C major..............1959
Sinfonia No. 2 in G major..............1959
Wolf, Huco (18601903)
Italian Serenade......................1944
P R 0 G R A M
Saturday, February 13, 8:30 p.m.
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 45.......Faure
Allegro molto moderato
Allegro molto
Adagio non troppo
Allegro molto
Piano Quartet in Eflat major, K. 493......Mozart
Allegro
Larghetto
Allegretto
INTERMISSION
Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 26, No. 2.....Brahms
Allegro non troppo
Poco adagio
Scherzo: poco allegro
Finale: allegro
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PROGRAM
Sunday, February 14, 2:30 p.m.
Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478
Allegro Andante Rondo
Mozart
Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60, No. 3
Allegro non troppo Scherzo: allegro Andante Finale: allegro commodo
Brahms
INTERMISSION
Piano Quartet in Eflat major, Op. 47
Sostenuto assai--allegro ma non troppo Scherzo: molto vivace Andante cantabile Finale: vivace
Schumann
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