UMS Concert Program, February 3, 1990: The St. Olaf Choir --

Season: 111th
Concert: Twenty-first
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Inteifiatipnal Presentations
THE UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
The St. Olaf Choir
KENNETH JENNINGS, Director
Saturday Evening, February 3, 1990, at 8:00 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Hodie Christus Natus Est................ Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Sicut Cervus ................................................. Palestrina
without pause: Verbum Caro Factum Est ..............................Hans Leo Hassler
0 Vos Omnes ........................................... Juan Esquivel
without pause:
Surrexit Pastor Bonus ..................................Orlando di Lasso
The Righteous .......................................J. S. BachKuhnau
Jesus, Source of Every Blessing...................................... Bach
The Holy Spirit Helpeth Us ........................................ Bach
Magnificat ................................................. Jean Berger
for Choir, Soprano, Flute, and Tambourine
INTERMISSION
1 Saw a Stranger Yestere'en ............................Jacob Avshalomov
for Violin and Chorus, Charles Gray, Violinist
Song of Cherubim.................................Krzysztof Penderecki
Gloria, from the Mass in G minor ................Ralph Vaughan Williams
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord of Sabaoth..............Alexander Gretchaninov
How Still He Lies ......................................... Brent Pierce
Hacia Belen va un Borrico.................an. Alice Parker, Robert Shaw
Wake, Awake .................................... F. Melius Christiansen
The St. Olaf Choir now makes its third Ann Arbor appearance under University Musical Society auspices; the ensemble gave concerts in 1926 and 1928, both conducted by the choir's founder, F. Melius Christiansen.
The pre-concert carillon recital was played by Richard Giszczak, staff member in the Chemistry Department and carillon student ofMargo Halsted, University Carillonneur.
Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the auditorium. Halls Cough Tablets, courtesy of Warner Lambert Company, are available in the lobby.
Twenty-first Concert of the 111 th Season Nineteenth Annual Choice Series
"Desert Island Discs" -A New Program on Michigan Radio
Co-produced by the University Musical Society and Michigan Radio, "Desert Island Discs" is heard every Saturday morning from 8:00 a.m. to 10 a.m., each program featuring a distinguished local "castaway" guest who is asked, "If you were stranded on a desert island, which five recordings would you like to have with you and (perhaps most revealingly) why" Feb. 10--James Dapogny, Jazz Pianist and U-M Professor of Music Feb. 17 --Philip H. Power, U-M Regent
WUOM-FM (91.7, Ann Arbor), WFUM-FM (91.1, Flint), WVGR-FM (104.1, Grand Rapids)
Coming Concerts
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra ................................ Wed. Feb. 7
Kazimierz Kord, conductor; Zoltan Kocsis, pianist
Faculty Artists Concert (free admission) ......................... Sun. Feb. 11
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra ................................... Fri. Feb. 16
Leon Fleisher, conductor; John O'Conor, pianist
New York City Opera National Company................ Sat., Sun. Feb. 17, 18
Puccini's "La Boheme"
Borodin String Quartet ....................................... Sun. Feb. 25
Maurizio Pollini, pianist ......................................... Fri. Mar. 9
Contemporary American Dance Festival................. Mon.-Fri. Mar. 12-16
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra................................Sat. Mar. 17
Dmitri Kitaenko, conductor; Vladimir Krainev, pianist
Thomas Allen, baritone....................................... Wed. Mar. 21
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra................................ Sun. Mar. 25
David Zinman, conductor; Isaac Stern, violinist
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Iona Brown ................ Sun. Apr. 1
The Feld Ballet...................................... Wed., Thurs. Apr. 4, 5
97th Annual May Festival -May 9-12,1990 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, 8:00 p.m.
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Andre Previn, Guest Conductor and Pianist
The Festival Chorus
Hei-Kyung Hong, Soprano Richard Stilwell, Baritone Wednesday -Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F; Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 Thursday --John Harbison: Concerto for Brass Choir and Orchestra; Mahler: Symphony No. 4,
with Hei-Kyung Hong
Friday -Beethoven: Symphony No. 4; Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 Saturday -All-Brahms: "Tragic" Overture; "A German Requiem," for Chorus, Orchestra, and Soloists
For the convenience of our patrons, the box office in the outer lobby will be open during intermission for purchase of tickets to upcoming Musical Society concerts.
University Musical Society Board of Directors
David B. Kennedy, President, Ann S. Schriber, Vice President, Thomas Kaupcr, Secretary Norman G. Herbert, Treasurer, Gail W. Rector, President Emeritus
Robert G. Aldrich, Carl A. Braucr, Jr., JamesJ. Dudcrstadt, Richard L. Kennedy, Patrick B. Long, Judythe R. Maugh, Rebecca McGowan, John D. Paul, John Psarouthakis, Herbert E. Sloan, Lois U. Stegeman, Gilbert R. Whitaker, Jr., Kenneth C. Fischer, Executive Director
This activity is supported by the Michigan Council for the Arts. The University Musical Society is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides programs and services without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, or handicap.
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