UMS Concert Program, April 23, 1961: Concertgebouw Orchestra Of Amsterdam --

Season: Eighty-second
Concert: Fifth
Complete Series: 3318
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1960 Eighty-second Season 1961
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Charles A. Sink, President Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor
Filth Concert Fifteenth Annual Extra Series Complete Series 3318
Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam
EUGEN JOCHUM, Conductor
Sunday Evening, April 23, 1961, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Tone Poem, "Don Juan," Op. 20 .... Richard Strauss
Symphonic Music, Op. 59......Marius Flothuis
Allegro
Adagio molto espressivo, un poco strascinante Allegro agitato Andante maestoso
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica") . Beethoven
Allegro con brio Marcia funebre: adagio assai Scherzo: allegro vivace Finale: allegro molto; poco andante; presto
Conccrtgebou'iV Orchestra lour under the High Patronage of Her Majesty, the Queen; sponsored by the government o) The Netherlands and the Municipality oj Amsterdam; and in the United States, by the Netherlands-American Foundation, Inc. The Orchestra is grateful for the friendly co-operation oj KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Philips Concerns in the Netherlands, Epic, and London Records, Inc.
The Steinway is the official piano of the University Musical Society. ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
MAY FESTIVAL
MAY 4, 5, 6, 7, 1961
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS PROGRAMS
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor BIRGIT NILSSON, Soprano
All-Wagner Program Overture to Die Afeistersinger Elsa's Dream, from Lohengrin Prelude to Act I, and Love-Death, from
Tristan and Isolde Excerpts from Die Gotterdammcrung:
Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Siegfried's Death and Funeral Music
Brunnhilde's Immolation
Closing Scene
Birgit Nilsson
FRIDAY, MAY 5, 8:30 P.M.
THOR JOHNSON, Conductor
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
and Boy Choir
Program
"JOAN OF ARC AT THE STAKE"
Dramatic oratorio--music by Arthur Honegger;
poem by Paul Claude!.
Joan of Arc.....VERA ZORINA
Brother Dominic .... HUGH NORTON JANICE HARSANYI, Soprano
FRANCES GREER, Soprano
MARY MocKENZIE, Mezzo-soprano
DAVID UOYD, Tenor
ARA BERBERIAN, Bass
Other speakers: Nancy Heusel,
Jerrold Sandier, and Marvin Diskin
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2:30 P.M.
WILLIAM SMITH, Conductor
AARON COPLAND, Guest Conductor
ANSHEL BRUSILOW, Violinist
LORNE MUNROE, Cellist
Program
Overture to Colas Breugnon . . Kadalevsky Orchestral Variations .... Copland
Conducted by the composer Concerto in A minor, Op. 102 . . Brahms
Anshel Brusilow and Lorne Munroe Suite, from The Tender Land . . Copland
Conducted by the composer Suite No. 2 from the Ballet, Daphnis
and Chlot.......Ravel
SATURDAY, MAY 6, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor ROBERT NOEHREN, Organist JOHN BROWNING, Pianist
Ail-American Program
"Toccata Festiva" for Organ and
Orchestra.......Barber
Robert Noehren
Symphony No. 7......Piston
Concerto No. 2 in D minor, for Piano
and Orchestra .... MacDowell
Rhapsody in Blue.....Gershwin
John Browning
SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2:30 P.M.
TKOR JOHNSON, Conductor
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
JANICE HARSANYI, Soprano
MARY MacKENZIE, Mezzo-soprano
DAVID ILOYD, Tenor WILLIAM WARFIELD, Baritone
Program
ELIJAH, a dramatic oratorio for Chorus, Soloists, and Orchestra,
Op. 70......Mendelssohn
University Choral Union and Soloists
SUNDAY, MAY 7, 8:30 P.M.
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor EUGENE ISTOMIN, Pianist
All-Rachmaninoff Program Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14
Concerto No. 2 in C minor Moderato
Adagio sostenuto Allegro scherzando
Eugene Istomin
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Largo; allegro moderato Allegro molto Adagio
Allegro vivace
TICKETS: $3.50--$3.00--$2.50--$2.00--$1.50
1961-1962 CHORAL UNION SERIES and EXTRA CONCERT SERIES Orders for season tickets accepted and filed in sequence beginning May 8, at which time the list of concerts will be available.
For tickets or information, address: University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.