UMS Concert Program, January 29, 1977: The Royal Winnipeg Ballet -- Arnold Spohr

Concert: Tenth
Complete Series: 4036
Power Center For The Performing Arts Ann Arbor, Michigan

The University Musical Society
of
The University of Michigan
Presents
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet
ARNOLD SPOHR, Director
FRANK BOURMAN, Associate Artistic DirectorBallet Master
VERNON LUSBY, Associate Director
RICHARD RUTHERFORD, Associate DirectorProduction Coordinator
DAVID MORONI, Associate DirectorPrincipal, Professional Programme
NEAL KAYAN, Music Director and Conductor
JEAN McKENZIE, Principal, School of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet
NORBERT VESAK, OSCAR ARAIZ, JOHN NEUMEIER, Choreographers
marina eglevsky gailene stock bonnie vvyckoff
salvatore aiello gary norman
Sheri Cook Kathleen Duffy Frank Garoutte
Eric Horenstein Bill Lark Roger Shim
Rod Andreychuk, Susan Bennet, Patti Caplette, Betsy Carson, Eva Christiansen, Evelyn Hart, David Herriott, Dana Luebke, Michael O'Gorman David Peregrine, Shelley Shearer, Margaret Slota, Catherine Taylor, Harry Williams
Saturday Evening, January 29, 1977, at 8:00
Power Center for the Performing Arts
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Orchestral arrangements for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet are by Neal Kayan; costumes are produced in the shops of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet under the supervision of Doreen Macdonald; lighting is supervised by Bill Riske.
Tenth Program Sixth Annual Choice Series, Power Center Complete Programs 4036
GRAND PAS ESPAGNOL
Choreography by Benjamin Harkarvy
Music by Moritz Moszkowski
Costumes by Joop Stokvjs
This ballet is dedicated to Mrae AndersonIvantzova, former ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, from whom I learned the unique 19th Century RussianSpanish style in which it is
created. Thus this divertissement is a look back with affection.
--Benjamin Harkarvy
Sheri Cook Margaret Slota Kathleen Duffy
Roger Shim David Herriott Frank Garoutte
PAS DE DEUX ROMANTIQUE
Choreography by Jack Carter Costumes by Norman McDowell
Music by Gioacchino Rossini Orchestral Reduction by Neal Kayan
Lighting by Rae Ackerman
A pas de deux in the Romantic style. The Ballerina and Premier Danseur remain on stage through the complete performance, although there are variations for each of them, which is a departure from the conventional pas de deux. Humorous bits of mime as well as virtuoso sections make a very light and joyous work.
Gailene Stock Gary Norman
INTERMISSION
SEBASTIAN
Choreography by John Butler Scenery by Lawrence Schafer
Scenario and Music by Gian Carlo Menotti Lighting by Gil Wechsler
Costumes by Stanley Simmons
Sebastian.............Salvatore Aiello
The Courtesan.............Sheri Cook
The Prince..............Roger Shim
The Two Sisters.......Betsy Carson, Kathleen Duffy
Eva Christiansen, Susan Bennet, Patti Caplette, Shelley Shearer, Evelyn Hart, Cathy Taylor
Dana Leubke, Rodney Andreychuk, Michael O'Gorman, David Peregrine, David Herriott, Harry Williams, Eric Horenstein, Frank Garoutte
The ballet is set in 17thCcntury Venice. The Moorish slave, Sebastian, secretly loves the Courtesan, who is loved by the Prince. The two sisters of the Prince attempt to kill the Courtesan by witchcraft, stabbing her effigy over which they have placed one of their cloaks. But Sebastian, out of his love for her, takes her death for himself.
INTERMISSION
THE HANDS
Choreography by Paddy Stone Music Consultant, David Lindup
Costumes by Tim Goodchild Lighting by Richard Casewell
"The Hands"............Denise Levertov
Spoken by Paul Scofield
The Company
A Concerto for Three Hands........Malcolm Arnold
(Second Movement)
Pianists Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick
Evelyn Hart Roger Shim Patti Caplette
with
Margaret Slota Shelley Shearer Michael O'Gorman
Eva Christiansen Catherine Taylor David Peregrine
"Pale Hands I Loved" (Kashmiri Love Song) . . . Wood, Forde, Finden
Sung by Harry Secombe Arr. by David Lindup
Susan Bennet Betsy Carson Eric Horenstein
Margaret Slota Shelley Shearer Catherine Taylor
"Willie and the Hand Jive".........Eric Clapton
Frank Garoutte Susan Bennet Margaret Slota Betsy Carson
"I Want to Hold Your Hand"........The Beatles
Arr. by David Lindup
Rodney Andreychuk Evelyn Hart Roger Shim Patti Caplette Eva Christiansen David Peregrine
"La Ci Darem la Mano" ("There We Will Take Each Other's
Hand" from Don Giovanni).........Mozart
Sung by George London and Graziella Sciutti
Marina Eglevsky Salvatore Aiello
"He's Got the Whole World in His Hands"......Spiritual
Sung by Cleo Laine Arr. by David Lindup
The Company
COMING EVENTS
Royal Winnipeg Ballet........Sunday, January 30
Danzas Venezuela.........Wednesday, February 2
Warsaw Quintet (piano and strings).....Thursday, February 3
Jorge Bolet, Pianist..........Saturday, February 5
Haydn: Sonata in Eflat major; Schumann: Carnaval, Op. 9; Brahms: Sonata in F minor,
Op. 5.
Rajko--Gypsy Orchestra and Dancers.....Sunday, February 6
Leningrad Symphony OrchestraTemirkanov . . . Thursday, February 10 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 15 in Bflat major, K. 450, Eliso Versoladze, Pianist; Shosta?kovich: Symphony No. 7.
Guarneri String Quartet........Saturday, February 19
Beethoven: Op. 18, No. 1 in F major; Op. 74 in Eflat major; Op. 131 in Csharp minor.
Guarneri String Quartet.....(sold out) Sunday, February 20
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater.....Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
February 21, 22, 23
JeanPierre Rampal, Flutist.....(sold out) Friday, February 25
Yamini Krishnamurti, South Indian Dancer .... Monday, February 28
Janos Starker, Cellist..........Monday, March 14
Masked DanceDrama of Korea......Wednesday, March 16
Detroit Symphony OrchestraChoral UnionSoloists . . Sunday, March 20 Aldo Ceccato conducts Beethoven's "Missa Solcmnis"; Benita Valcnte, Soprano; Elaine Bonazzi, Contralto; Scth McCoy, Tenor; Ara Bcrberian, Bass.
Frans Brueggen, Flute & Recorder .... (sold out) Tuesday, March 22
Yugoslav National Folk Ballet.......Thursday, March 24
Osipov Balalaika Orchestra........Saturday, March 26
Third Annual Benefit Concert........Friday, April IS
Guarneri String Quartet........Saturday & Sunday,
April 16 & 17
May Festival
Four concerts -April 27, 28, 29, 30
The Philadelphia Orchestra Eugene Ormandy, Conductor The Festival Chorus Jindrich Rohan, Conductor Gary Graffman, Pianist Norman Carol, Violinist
Jerome Hines, Basso Martina Arroyo, Soprano
Wednesday: AllRachmaninoff: "The Isle of the Dead"; Piano Concerto No. 2 (Graffman); Sym?phonic Dances.
Thursday: Wagner: Overture to Die Meistersinger von Niirnberg; Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor (Carol) ; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5.
Friday: Smetana: "From Bohemia's Meadows and Groves"; Mussorgsky: Excerpts from Boris Godunov; Boito: Prologue to Mefislofelc (Hines and Festival Chorus).
Saturday: Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D major: Barber: Andromache's Farewell; Verdi: "Pace, pace, mio Dio" from La Forza del destino (Arroyo) ; Ravel: "Daphnis et Chloe" Suite No. 2.
Series of four concerts: $38, $28, $20, $16, and $12; orders now being accepted.
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