UMS Concert Program, November 3, 1961: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra --

Season: Eighty-third
Concert: Fourth
Complete Series: 3332
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
Fourth Concert Eighty-third Annual Choral Union Series Complete Series 3332
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
HERBERT von KARAJAN, Conductor
Friday Evening, November 3, 1961, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98.......Brahms
Allegro non troppo Andante moderato Allegro giocoso
Allegro energico e passionato
INTERMISSION
Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune.......Debussy
Tone Poem, "Tod und Yerklarung" (Death
and Transfiguration), Op. 24.....Richard Strauss
Largo; allegro molto agitato; lento
Records:
Berlin Philharmonic--Decca; RCA Victor; His Master's Voice Herbert von Karajan--London; RCA Victor; Angel Records
Berlin Philharmonic Tour
Under the patronage of The Lord Mayor of the
City of Berlin, Willy Brandt, and the
Senate of Berlin
Under the sponsorship of His Excellency, The German Ambassador, Dr. Wilhelm Grewe
Note--The University Musical Society has presented the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on two previous occasions: March IS, 1955, and October 21, 1956.
The Steimvay is the official piano of the University Musical Society. ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
1961 UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CONCERTS 1962
Rackham Auditorium
Chamber Music Festival
The Juilliard Quartet.....Friday, February 23, 8:30 p.m.
Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 103.........Haydn
Quartet No. 5.............Bartok
Quartet in D minor, "Death and the Maiden," Op. posth. . . Schubert
The Eger Players......Saturday, February 24, 8:30 p.m.
Horn Trio, Op. 40, in E-flat major........Brahms
Variations on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu," Op. 121a . Beethoven
Elegy...............Poulenc
Elegy for Mippy I.........Leonard Bernstein
Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34.....Prokofieff-Eger
Beaux Arts Trio......Sunday, February 25, 2:30 p.m.
Trio in E-flat major, Op. I, No. 1.......Beethoven
Trio in A minor.............Ravel
Trio in C major, Op. 87..........Brahms
Series Tickets: $5.00 and $4.00 Single Concerts: $2.50 and $2.00 On sale beginning November 10
Special Chamber Music Concert
Richard Dyer-Bennet, Classical Folk Singer--Saturday, January 13, 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $2.50 and $2.00--on sale November 10
Hill Auditorium
All concerts begin at S:30 unless otherwise indicated.
Bayanihan (Philippine songs and dances) . . Monday, November 6 Yehudi Menuhin, Violinist . . . . 2:30, Sunday, November 12
The Cleveland Orchestra.....Thursday, November 16
Galina Vishnevskaya, Soprano.....Tuesday, November 21
Rudolf Serkin, Pianist.......Monday, November 27
Emil Gilels, Pianist........Tuesday, February 13
Boston Pops Tour Orchestra . . . . 2:30, Sunday, February 18 Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra . . . 2:30, Sunday, March 4
Leontyne Price, Soprano.......Monday, March 12
?American Ballet Theatre......Saturday, March 24
Tickets: $4.00--$3.50--$3.00--$2.25--$1.50 Standing room only.
Annual Christmas Concerts
Messiah (Handel).......8:30, Saturday, December 2
2:30, Sunday, December 3
Ilona Kombrink, soprano Elaine Bonazzi, contralto Richard Miller, tenor
Ara Berberian, bass
Mary McCall Stubbins, organist
Lester McCoy, conductor
University Choral Union and University Symphony Orchestra Tickets still available at: $1.50 and 50t'
For tickets and information, address: University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower