UMS Concert Program, October 19, 1961: Roger Wagner Chorale -- Roger Wagner

Season: Eighty-third
Concert: Second
Complete Series: 3327
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1961 Eighty-third Season 1962
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Charles A. Sink, President Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor
Second Concert Eighty-third Annual Choral Union Series Complete Series 3327
ROGER WAGNER CHORALE
ROGER WAGNER, Conductor SALLI TERRI, Mezzo-Soprano
Thursday Evening, October 19, 1961, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
The Renaissance Period
Ave Maria........Tomas Luis de Vittoria
(1549-1611)
Hodie Christus natus est . . . . Jan Peterszoon Sweelinck
(1562-1621)
Vere languores.......Tomas Luis de Vittoria
Chanson (Au joly jeu du pousse avant) . . Clement Jannequin
(C1485-1550)
The Classic Period
Two Songs...........Josef Haydn
Evensong (1732-1809)
Eloquence
English translation by Basil Swift
The Romantic Period
Recitative and Scherzetto "Queen Mab" . . . Hector Berlioz (Romeo and Juliet) (1803-1869)
Soloist: Richard Robinson or Richard Levitt
The Modern Period
Belshazzar's Feast........William Walton
(1902) Soloist: James Tippey, or Ned Romero, or William Felber
INTERMISSION Capitol Records
The Steinway is the official piano of the University Musical Society ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
The French Impressionistic Period
Trois chansons.........Claude Debussy
(1862-1918)
Dieu! Qu'il la fait bon regarder la gracieuse bonne et belle
Quand j'ai oui le tambourin sonner
Hiver, vous n'etes qu'un villain
The English and American Folk Song
Shenandoah........Arr. by Roger Wagner
O No John!.........Arr. by Salli Terri
Duet: Salli Terri and James Tippey Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head.....Arr. by Salli Terri
The French Folk Song
En passant pour la Lorraine .... Arr. by Roger Wagner
Au clair de la lune....... Arr. by Roger Wagner
Alouette (French-Canadian) .... Arr. by Roger Wagner
The Negro Spiritual
He Never Said a Mumblin' Word . . . Arr. by Roger Wagner If I Got My Ticket, Can I Ride .... Arr. by Gail Kubik
Soloist: Richard Levitt or Richard Robinson Go Down Moses.......Arr. by Roger Wagner
PERSONNEL
Sopranos: Patricia Benson Anne Dubin Caterina Micieli Helena Sundgren Ruth Anne Turner Jeannine Wagner
Contraltos: Ruth Baggott Frances Benedict Constance Moulton Salli Terri
Mary Beth Williams Rosemary Wineland
Tenors:
Hayden Blanchard Richard Levitt Edgar Moulton Richard Robinson Gerald Shirkey Lawrence Wollever
Basses:
Lloyd Bunnell Carlton Farley William Felber Ned Romero Charles Scharbach James Tippey
Pianists: Michael Zearott and James Maclnnes
REMAINING CONCERTS, First Semester
Boston Symphony Orchestra .
Boston Symphony Orchestra (sold out) Mazowsze (Polish songs and dances)
New York Pro Musica.....
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (sold out) Bayanihan (Philippine dances and songs) . Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist .... The Cleveland Orchestra . . . . Galina Vishnevskaya, Soprano .
Rudolf Serkin, Pianist.....
Messiah (annual Christmas concerts)
Richard Dyer-Bennet, Classical Folk Singer
(homecoming) Saturday, October 21
2:30, Sunday, October 22 Tuesday, October 24 2:30, Sunday, October 29 Friday. November 3 Monday, November 6 2:30 Sunday, November 12 Thursday, November 16 Tuesday, November 21 Monday, November 27 8:30, Saturday, December 2 2:30, Sunday, December 3 Saturday, January 13
For tickets and information, address: UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY, BURTON MEMORIAL TOWER