UMS Concert Program, January 17, 1968: Eighty-ninth Annual Choral Union Series -- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Of London, England

Season: Eighty-ninth
Concert: Sixth
Complete Series: 3600
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1967 Eighty-ninth Season 1968
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Charles A. Sink, President
Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor
Sixth Concert Eighty-ninth Annual Choral Union Series Complete Series 3600
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
of London, England
Personal Patron: Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother
VACLAV NEUMANN, Conductor
Wednesday Evening, January 17, 1968, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Sinfonia da requiem, Op. 20......Benjamin Britten
Lacrymosa Dies irae
Requiem aeternam
Suite from L'Oiseau de feu........Stravinsky
INTERMISSION
Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98......Brahms
Allegro non troppo Andante modcrato Allegro giocoso
Allegro energico e passionato
Note.--The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London has appeared in these series on one previous occasion: December 3, 1950, with Sir Thomas Beecham conducting.
The Sleinway piano is the official piano of The University Musical Society
ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
EVENTS IN JANUARY
Chicago Little Symphony......Saturday, January 20
Thor Johnson, Conductor
Program: Symphony No. 6 in D major ("Le Matin") .... Haydn
Pastorale d'ete.........Honegger
Five Pieces for Small Orchestra (1962) .... Wallace Berry (Commissioned for the Chicago Little Symphony)
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra......Ibert
Symphonie Concertante for Violin and Viola . . . Karl Stamitz
Danses Concertantes........Stravinsky
National Ballet from Washington, D.C. . . Wednesday, January 24
Program: "Coppelia"--Music by Leo Delibes Nathan Milstein, Violinist......Monday, January 29
Chamber Music Festival
Loewenguth Quartet........Friday, February 16
Program: Quartet in D major, Op. 45.......Roussel
Quartet in C major.........Ibert
Quartet in D major.........Franck
Warsaw Chamber Orchestra.....Saturday, February 17
Program: Sinfonia in B-flat major.......Albinoni
Nova Casa & Tamburetta.......Jarzebski
Concerto for Violin in E major.......Bach
Suite for String Orchestra ........ Corclli
Concerto in A major........Vivaldi
Concertino in G major........Pergolesi
Early Music Quartet......(2:30) Sunday, February IS
Program: Italian Frottola and Instrumental Interludes;
French Theater Songs; Spanish Instrumental Music; German Peasant Music; Spanish Romanzes; German Art Songs; Italian Moriscos
Series Tickets: $8.00--$6.00--$5.00 Single Concerts: $5.00--$4.00--$2.00
ANN ARBOR MAY FESTIVAL-April 20, 21, 22, 23, 1968
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS
SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 8:30
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor, ANTHONY di BONAVENTURA, Pianist, performs Bartok Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra. "Egmont" Overture (Beethoven) and Symphony No. 1 (Brahms).
SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2:30
THOR JOHNSON, Conductor. CLAUDE FRANK, Pianist, performs Mozart Concerto, K. 456. Honegger's King David with UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION; JUDITH RAS?KIN, Soprano; JEAN SANDERS, Contralto; LEOPOLD SIMONEAU, Tenor; and THEODOR UPPMAN, Baritone.
SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 8:30
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor. All Russian program: "Fireworks" (Stravinsky); Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 (Rachmaninoff) ; Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100 (Prokofieff).
MONDAY, APRIL 22, 8:30
THOR JOHNSON, Conductor. JUDITH RASKIN, Soprano, sings Mozart's "Exultate Jubilate"; and performs with THEODOR UPPMAN, Baritone, and THE UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION, in Brahms' Requiem.
TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 8:30
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor. EILEEN FARRELL, Soprano, in operatic arias by Verdi, Mascagni, and Puccini. Symphony No. 41 (Mozart) ; Paganiniana (Casella) ; and Rosenkavalier Waltzes (Strauss).
Series Tickets: $25.00--$20.00--516.00--$12.00--$9.00 (now on sale). Single Concerts: $6.00--$5.50--$5.00--$4.00--$3.00--$2.00--(on sale beginning March 1).
Note: All programs begin at 8:30 p.m. unles otherwise indicated.