UMS Concert Program, February 28, 1984: The Takacs Quartet --

Season: 105th
Concert: Thirty-third
Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
The Takacs Quartet
GABOR TAKACS-NAGY, Violinist GABOR ORMAI, Violist KAROLY SCHRANZ, Violinist ANDRAs FEJER, Cellist
Tuesday Evening, February 28, 1984, at 8:30 Rackham Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2..................................Haydn
Allegro moderato Mcnuct: presto Andante Finale: vivace assai
Quartet No. 3................................................... Bartok
Prima partc: moderato Seconda parte: allegro
Recapitulazione dc la prima parte: moderato Coda: allegro molto
INTERMISSION
Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 ............................ Beethoven
Allegro
Molto adagio si tratta qucsto pezzo, con molto di sentimento Allegretto Finale: presto
Hungaraton Records
The Musical Society expresses thanks to Liberty Music Shop for its generosity in underwriting the printing costs of this concert program.
Thirty-third Concert of the 105th Season
Twenty-First Annual Chamber Arts Scries
About the Artists
Since its formation in 1975, the Takacs String Quartet from Hungary has won acclaim as one of the major quartets on the international music scene. The Quartet tours regularly in Germany, Austria, Italy, Belgium, England, France, Switzerland, and other European countries. It made its Canadian debut in 1981, performing in Toronto, Montreal, and Winnipeg, during a residency at the Banff School of the Arts. Its United States debut came in the fall of 1982, when they performed in New York, Los Angeles, and other cities, to praise from critics and audiences alike. The current two-month tour of the Quartet includes performances in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Portland, and their first appearance in Ann Arbor.
In the recording field, the Takacs Quartet has recorded all of the Schumann and Schubert Quartets and arc in the midst of recording the quartets of Bela Bartok. They have recorded for the BBC, CBC Toronto, CBC Edmonton, Radio Basel, Western and Northern Germany Radio, and the Hilversum Radio of Holland.
In 1977 the Quartet won First Prize and the Critics Prize at the famed Evian International String Quartet Competition in Evian, France. It is the recipient of the 1978 Bordeaux Festival Gold Medal, and First Prize winner of the 1978 Budapest International String Quartet Competition. It also won First Prize at the 1979 Portsmouth International String Competition and the 1981 Bratislava Festival Competition.
All four members of the Quartet are graduates of the Fcrenc Liszt Academic of Music and all have studied chamber music with Andreas Mihaly, Gyorgy Kurtag, and Ferenc Rados. In addition to their Quartet appearances, they all perform regularly as solo artists.
Remaining Concerts
Peter Zazofsky, Violinist...................................... Sun. Mar. 4
Mozart: Sonata in C major, K. 403; Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 in F minor; Badings: Capriccio for Violin and Two Tapes; Ravel: Sonata, Tzigane
Oakland Ballet..................................... Mon.-Wed. Mar. 5-7
Mon. -Inconsequentials, Death and the Maiden, Waterways, Dvorak Dances Tucs. -Street Songs, Billy the Kid, Dvorak Dances, Bolero Wed. --The Crystal Slipper (full-evening production)
Orchestue National he France Lorin Maazel ............. Thurs. Mar. 8
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3; Stravinsky: "Firebird" (complete)
Faculty Artists Concert (free admission)..................... Sun. Mar. 11
Jury's Irish Cabaret.......................................... Fri. Mar. 16
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra............................. Sun. Mar. 25
Smctana: "Ma Vlast" (complete)
Hungarian National Folk Ensemble........................ Wed. Mar. 28
Northwood Orchestra Don Jaeger...................... Thurs. Mar. 29
Karen Emons Smith, Soprano
J. C. Bach: Sinfonia in B-flat; Francaix: Serenade for Chamber Orchestra; Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915; Albinoni: Oboe Concerto, Op. 9, No. 2 (Jaeger); Rodrigo: Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios; Ibert: Divertissement
The Canadian Brass......................................... Fri. Mar. 30
Music by Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach, "Fats" Waller, and "A Tribute to the Ballet"
Yo-Yo Ma, Cellist........................................... Wed. Apr. 4
Orpheus Chamber Ensemble.................................. Fri. Apr. 13
J. C. Bach: Sinfonia in B-flat; Mozart: Bassoon Concerto, K. 191 (Frank Morelli); Schocnberg: Verklartc Nacht, Op. 4; Bartok: Rumanian Dances
May Festival....................................... Wed.-Sat. Apr. 25-28
Faculty Artists Concert
Sunday Afternoon, March 11, at 4:00
Rackham Auditorium -free admission
For the fourth consecutive year, we are proud to present this showcase concert for the outstanding musicians who comprise the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Music. The performers and their program are:
John Mohler, clarinet, Lynnc Bartholomew, piano -Roger: Sonata in A-flat major Stanley Cornctt, tenor, Martin Katz, piano -Beethoven: "Adelaide"; Turina: Five songs JeromeJclinck, cello, Bcnning Dexter, piano -Rachmaninoff: Sonata in G minor Joan Morris, soprano, William Bolcom, piano -Ives: Seven songs
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