UMS Concert Program, April 26, 197o: The Ann Arbor May Festival -- The Philadelphia Orchestra

Season: Fifth
Complete Series: 3690
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Tbe University Musical Society
of
The University of Michigan
Presents
ANN ARBOR
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
SMALL CHORUS OF THE UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION Donald Bryant, Director
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor
SOLOISTS
BENITA VALENTE, Soprano
MARY BURGESS, Mezzo-Soprano
BARBARA HILBISH, Contralto
JON HUMPHREY, Tenor
WALDIE ANDERSON, Tenor
LESLIE GUINN, Baritone
RUDOLF SERKIN, Pianist
Sunday Evening, April 26, 1970, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM Compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Adagio molto; allegro con brio Andante cantabile con moto
Menuetto: allegro molto e vivace Adagio; allegro molto e vivace
Fantasia in C minor for Piano, Chorus, Soloists, and Orchestra, Op. 80 Rudolf Serkin, Small CnoRus, and Soloists
INTERMISSION
Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73 ("Emperor")
Allegro
Adagio un poco mosso Allegro
Rudolf Serkin
? Available on Columbia Records Steinway Piano
Fifth Concert 77th Annual May Festival Complete Program 3690
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CHORAL UNION SERIES
Hill Auditorium
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA . . . 2:30, Sunday, September 27
Sixten Ehrling, Conductor; Judith Raskin, Soprano soloist L'ORCHESTRE NATIONAL FRANQAIS .... Monday, October 12
Jean Martinon, Conductor MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA . . . Saturday, October 24
Willem van Otterloo, Conductor LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA . Saturday, November 7
Zubin Mehta, Conductor
EMIL GILELS, Pianist........Wednesday, November 18
"ORPHEUS IN THE UNDERWORLD" (Offenbach)--
Canadian Opera Company.......Saturday, January 9
BEVERLY SILLS, Soprano........Saturday, January 30
ISAAC STERN, Violinist.......2:30, Sunday, February 21
MENUHIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA .... Wednesday, March 10 Yehudi Menuhin, Conductor and soloist
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH, Cellist......Monday, March IS
Season Tickets: $35.00--$30.00--$25.00--$20.00--$15.00
DANCE SERIES
Hill Auditorium
PENNSYLVANIA BALLET COMPANY .... Saturday, October 17 MARTHA GRAHAM AND DANCE COMPANY . . Monday, October 26 BAYANIHAN PHILIPPINE DANCE COMPANY . Saturday, November 21 ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER . . Friday, February 12
Lecture-demonstration Thursday, February 11. Tickets: $1.00. Season ticket subscribers to the Dance Series will receive complimentary admission.
LES GRANDS BALLETS CANADIENS.....Saturday, April 3
Season Tickets: $17.50--$15.00--$12.50--$7.50
CHAMBER ARTS SERIES
Rackham Auditorium PAUL KUENTZ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PARIS Thursday, October IS
SOLISTI DI ZAGREB........Wednesday, November 4
MOSCOW TRIO..........Friday, November 13
ELAINE SHAFFER, Flutist; and
HEPHZIBAH MENUHIN, Pianist.....Tuesday, January 19
FESTIVAL WINDS.........Tuesday, February 2
GUARNERI STRING QUARTET.....Thursday, February 25
MUNICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA......Friday, March 12
Hans Stadlmair, Conductor
Season Tickets: $25.00--$20.00--$12.00
Orders for season tickets for all series accepted now.
All programs begin at 8:30 P.M. unless otherwise indicated.
SUMMER CONCERT SERIES (Four piano recitals)--July 7, 16, 22, and 27. Performers and programs to be announced June 1, when ticket sale begins. Series tickets: $12.00, $9.00, $6.00.. Single concerts: $5.00, $4.00, $2.50.
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gail W. Rector, President
Roscoe O. Bonisteel, Vice-Prcsident
Erich A. Walter, Secretary
E. Thurston Thieme, Treasurer
William L. Brittain Douglas D. Crary Robben W. Fleming Harlan Hatcher
Paul G. Kauper Wilbur K. Pierpont Daniel H. Schurz Stephen H. Spurr