The University Musical Society of The University of Michigan

Presents

OSIPOV BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA of with stars of the BOLSHOI AND RUSSIAN DANCERS

VICTOR Honored Artist of the USSR, Director and Chief Conductor

VITALY GNUTOV, Conductor

Guest Artists VALENTINA LEVKO, Mezzo-, Bolshoi Opera VLADIMIR MOROZOV, , Kirov and Bolshoi Opera with LUDMILLA ZYKINA, Folk Singer LILIA NOVGORODOVA and YURI MIRONOV, Dancers

THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1969, AT 8:30 HILL AUDITORIUM, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

PRO G RAM

The Great Gate of Kiev, from Pictures at an Exhibition MOUSSORGSKY The Enchanted Lake-a Musical Picture . . • LIADOV "Little Friend, Come to see me" Russian Folk Song (Arr. POPONOV) ORCHESTRA

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Fifth Concert Ninety-first Annual Choral Union Series Complete Programs 3668 "Sing, Psaltery!" Old Russian Folk Song The Shaft-Bow Bell Old Russian Folk Song Soloist: LUDMILLA ZYKINA

Concert Piece for Domra and Orchestra BUDASHKIN Soloist: VLADIMIR YAKOVLEV

Quadrille from the Opera, Not Love Alone SHCHEDRIN ORCHESTRA

"Kamarinskaya" Russian Folk Song (arr. OSIPov) UNISON BALALAIKAS WITH ORCHESTRA

Moldavian Folk Dance . Traditional Dancers: LILIA NOVGORODOVA and YURI MIRONOV

"Korobeiniki" ("The Peddlers") Russian Folk Song (arr. DITEL) ORCHESTRA

INTERMISSION

Fantasy on Two Russian Songs GORODOVSKAYA ORCHESTRA

Aria of LeI, from Snow Maiden RIMSKY -KORSAKOFF Waltz: "No, 'tis not you I love so madly" SHISHKIN Soloist: VALENTINA LEVKO

Concert Piece for Balalaika and Orchestra Soloist: A NATOLY'fIKHONOV

"Chastushki" (Mischievous verses) Y AKOVLEV ORCHESTRA

"Ei Ukhnem" (Volga Boatman) Traditional Galitzky's Aria from Prince Igor BORODIN Soloist: VLADIMIR MOROZOV

Russian Dance Dancers: LILIA NOVGORODOVA and YURI MIRONOV

Polka . RACHMANINOFF Hungarian Dance No. 1 BRAHMS Sabre Dance, from the Ballet, Gayne KHACHATURIAN ORCHESTRA

Mercury and Angel/ Melodiya Records VICTOR VEKSHIN, Orchestral Manager NADEZHDA KAZANTSEVA, TOllr Director

The next concert in the Choral Union Series is the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Japan Tuesday, November 25, at 8:30

H!ROYUKI IWAKI, Conducting Program: Bugaku ...... TOSHII