UMS Concert Program, October 30, 1974: Slask --

Concert: Eighth
Complete Series: 3908
Power Center For The Performing Arts Ann Arbor, Michigan

The University Musical Society
of
The University of Michigan
Presents
SLASK
POLISH FOLK SONG AND DANCE ENSEMBLE
STANISLAW HADYNA, Artistic Manager ELWIRA KAMINSKA, Choreographer and Director
JANUSU MACIEJOWSKI, Manager ALINA ILNICKA AND CZESLAW PIETRUSZKA, Conductors
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1974, AT 8:00
POWER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
PROGRAM
TROJ AK -a Silesian folk dance which is the source of the Polonaise.
A GIRL IN A FOREST -a popular folk song telling of the courtship of a young girl and a handsome hunter.
TANIEC CHUSTKOWY, DANCE OF THE SCARVES -a Polish dance with scarves char?acterized by speed, liveliness, and excitement.
MAIDS FROM RVESZOW -a selection of songs and dances from the region of Rveszow.
KUJAWIAK WITH OBEREK -two contrasting dances: the Kujawiak is slow and roman?tic; the Oberek fast, dynamic, and spectacular.
KUJAWIACZEK -a romantic dance from Kujawy, north of Warsaw.
CARNIVAL IN WILAMOWICE -from the carnival in Wilamowice; colorful, traditional dances.
TANIEC Z BAT AMI, DANCE OF THE WHIPS -a men's dance from the Polish mountains.
KOLOMAJKI -a dance from the Koniakow region; the girls dance while rhythmically beating their long braids on the floor.
CALL TO THE MOON AND THE ROBBERS' BALLAD -a musical presentation of ancient folk rites.
TATRA DANCES -regional folk dances from the Tatra regions, involving the use of battleaxes.
INTERMISSION
POLONAISE -the Polish national dance.
A GIRL AND A SOLDIER -arrangement of the song, "Corn Poppies and Uhlan's Vision"; a coupling of patriotic songs with a ballet suite using the Mazurka.
WHEN MARGARET WENT DANCING -a dynamic polka from the Silesian region.
PLAY TO ME MUSIC! -highlighted by beautiful men's costumes, this dance is from southern Poland.
HELLO, HELLO! HELEN -the girls from the Beskid mountains sing a charming echo song.
DANCE OF THE TWO MICHAELS -this comic dance is based on a popular folk song.
CRACOW SUITE -songs and dances from the Cracow region; this includes an original Tartars' dance.
Eighth Concert Fourth Annual Choice Series, Power Center Complete Programs 3908
Announcing!
Mstislav Rostropovich
worldrenowned Soviet cellist in recital
Sunday Afternoon, January 19, 1975, at 2:30 Hill Auditorium
Jacques Loussier Trio, Jazzmen "Play Bach"
Andre Watts, Pianist.......
(Rescheduled from October 16) National Chinese Opera Theatre
Cleveland String Quartet .....
Carlos Montoya, Guitarist.......
Soviet Georgian Dancers and
Tbilisi Polyphonic Choir......
Juilliard String Quartet.......
Handel's Messiah.........
Guarneri String Quartet and Gary Graffman, Pianist Marcel Marceau, Pantomimist.....
Detroit Symphony Orchestra......
Syntagma Musicum from Amsterdam
Tokyo String Quartet........
American Symphony Orchestra.....
Moscow Chamber Orchestra......
Goldovsky Grand Opera Theater.....
JeanPierre Rampal, Flutist, and
Robert VeyronLa Croix, Keyboard ....
Harkness Ballet.........
Chhau, Masked Dance of Bengal .... Moscow Balalaika Ensemble and Ludmila Zykina
Paul Taylor Dance Company.....
Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra ....
Qawwali Music from Pakistan.....
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pianist......
Ars Antiqua de Paris........
Boston Symphony Orchestra......
Preservation Hall Jazz Band......
Spanish RTV Symphony Orchestra of Madrid Emil Gilels, Pianist........
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