1959 Eighty-first Season 1960 UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Charles A. Sink, President Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor

Twentieth Annual FESTIVAL

The Festival Quartet

VICTOR BABIN, Piano

SZYMON GOLDBERG,

WILLIAM PRIMROSE,

NIKOLAI GRAUDAN, Violoncello

FEBRUARY 12, 13, 14, 1960

RACKHAM AUDITORIUM

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

The Steinway is the officia l piano of the University Musical Society .

A R S LON G A V I T A BREVIS PRO G RAM

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 8:30 P.M.

Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 16 BEETHOVEN

Grave; allegro rna non troppo Andante cantabile Rondo: allegro, rna non troppo

Piano Quartet in D minor, Op. 113 MAX REGER

Allegro moderato rna con passione Vivace; adagio; vivace Larghetto Allegro energico

INTERMISSION

Piano Quartet in , Op. 25 , No.1 BRAHMS

Allegro Intermezzo: allegro rna non troppo Andante con moto Rondo alIa Zingarese: presto

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ORGANIZATIONS PRESENTED (in order of appearance) Musical Art Quartet 1941 Roth . 1942, 1943, 1944 String Quartet 1945, 1946, 1947 Paganini String Quartet . . . 1948, 1949 Budapest String Quartet . . . . . 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953 Griller String Quartet and Reginald Kell Players 1954 Budapest String Quartet 1955, 1956 . 1957 Budapest String Quartet 1958 Societa Corelli 1959 Festival Quartet 1960

COMPOSITIONS PERFORMED ALDINONI, TO MASSO (1674-1745) BOCCHERINI, LUIGI (1743- 1805) Allegro fr om in D minor ...... 1959 Concerto in B-lIat major for BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN (1685-1750) and Strings ...... 1959 (Wood-Hill) Seven Choral Preludes .. .. . 1944 Concerto in D major for (Roy Harri s) Four from Cello and Strings ...... 1959 "The Art of the " ...... 1951 Menuett No.2 in A major ...... 1959 (Mozart) Five Fugues ...... 1954 Quartet in G minor, OP. 33, No.5 ...... 1942 BARBER, SAMUEL (1910- ) BORODIN, ALEXANDER (1 833-1887) Quartet in B minor ...... 1945, 195 2 Quartet in D major, No.2 ...... 1941, 1943 BART6K, BELA (1881- 1945) BRAHMS, JOHANN ES (1833-1897) Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin (Mason) and Fugue ...... 1944 and Piano ...... 1954 P iano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, No. 1 .. 1960 Quartet in A minor, Op. 7, No.1 . . . 1948, 1955 P iano Quartet in A major, Op. 26 , No.2 .. 1960 Quartet in A minor, Op . 17 , No.2 . . 195 1, 1958 Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60, No.3 . . 1960 BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN (1 770-182 7) Quartet in C minor, Op. 51 , No. 1 .. 1941 , 1951 COMPLETE STRING QUARTET CYCI.E Quartet in A minor, Op. 51, No. 2 .. 1945, 1952 Quartet in F major, Op. 18, Quartet in B-lIat major, Op. 67 .... 1947, 1950 No.1 ...... 1943, 1950, 1956 Quintet in F major, Op. 88 ...... 1958 Quartet in G major, Op. 18, Qui ntet in G major, Op. 111 ...... 1955 No.2 ...... 1945, 1952, 1956 Trio in A minor, Op. 114, for Quartet in D major, Op. 18, No.3 . . 1947, 1956 Clarinet, CeUo, and Piano ...... 1954 Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 , No.4 . . 1948, 1958 BRITTEN , BENJAMIN (1913- ) Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No.5 .. 1946,1958 Simple Symphony for Strings ...... 1959 Quartet in B-flat major, BUCCHI, VALEN TINO (1916- ) Op. 18, No. 6 ...... 1949,1958 Quartet No.1 ...... 1957 Quartet in F major, Op. 59, No.1 ...... 1949 CAMDINI, GIOVANNI GIUSEPPE (1746- 1825) Quartet in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 .. 1947, 1955 Quartet No.2 in G minor ...... 1957 Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No.3 .. 194 5, 1952 CASELLA, AL FRE DO (1883- ) Quartet in E-Ilat major, OP. 74 . .. . 1946, 1957 Three Pieces for String Quartet ...... 1944 Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 ...... 1943 Preludio Barbaro Quartet in E-Ilat major, Op. 127 . . . 1949, 1954 Ninna-Nanna Quartet in A minor, Op. 13 2 ...... 1948, 1953 Ridiculous Waltz Quartet in B-flat major, OP. 130 ... 1948, 1953 CaRELLI, ARCANGELO (1653-1713) Grand Fugue, Op. 133 """"."" . • . 1950 Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 1 ...... 1959 Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 .. 1945, 1951 Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No.3 ...... 1959 Quartet in F major, Op. 135 .. 1942, 1944, 1950 Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8 ...... 1959 Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 16 ... . 1960 Sarabanda, Giga and Badinerie ...... 1959 Quintet in C major, Op. 29 ...... 1955 DEBUSSY, CLAUDE ACHILLE (1862-19 18) Trio in C minor, Op. 1, No.3, for Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 . . 1947, 1953,1957 Violin, Cello, and Piano ...... 1954 DENNY , WILLIAM (1910- ) BLOCH, ERNEST (1880- 1959) Quartet No.2 .. " ...... 1955 Prelude; Night ...... 1941 DITTERSDORF, KARL DITTERS VON (1739-1799) Quartet No.3 ...... 1954 Quartet in D major ...... 1953 DOHNANYI, ERNST VON (1877- ) Quartet No. 18 in A major, K. 464 ...... 1947 Quartet in D-flat major, Op. 15, No.2 .. .. 1943 Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 .1949, 1957 DONIZETTI, GAETANO (1797-1848) Quartet No. 20 in D major, Can zone e minuetto ...... 1959 K. 499 ...... 1942,1945,1955 DVORAK, ANTONIN (1841- 1904) Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 ...... 1946 Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 51 ...... 1946 Quintet No.3 in C minor, K. 406 ...... 1958 Quartet in F major, Op. 96 ...... 1943, 1956 Quintet No.4 in C major, K. 515 ...... 1956 FAURE, GABRIEL (1845-1924) Quintet No.5 in G minor, K. 516 ...... 1956 P iano Quartet in G minor, Op. 45 ...... 1960 Quintet No.6 in D major, K. 593 ...... 1956 Foss, LUKAS (192 2- ) Quintet No.7 in E-flat major, K. 614 ... . 1958 Quartet in G ...... 1952 NERI, MASSIMILIANO (Ga 1620-1670) FRANCK, CESAR, (1822-1890) Sonata a quattro ...... 1957 Quartet in D major ...... 1949 PISTON, WALTER (1894- ) GEMINI ANI, FRANCESCO (1667-1762) Quartet No.2 ...... 1946 Andante ...... 1959 Quartet No.3 ...... 1950 H ANDEL, GEORGE FREDERICK (1685- 1759) PORPORA, NICCOLA ( 1686-1767) Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No.6, Aria for CeIJo and Strings ...... 1959 in G minor ...... 19 59 PORTER, QUINCEY (1897- ) HARRIS, Roy (1898- ) Quartet No.4 ...... 1943 Four Preludes and Fugues ...... 1942 Quartet No.8 ...... 1953 HAYDN, FRANZ JOS EPH (1732- 1809) PROKOFIEFF, SERGEI (1891-1953) Quartet in D major, Cp. 20, No.4 ...... 1951 Quartet No.2 in F major, Op. 92 ... 1947, 19.57 Quartet in C major, Op. 33, No.3 ...... 1947 PURCELL, HENRY (G a 1659-1695) Quartet in G major, Op. 33, No.5 ...... 1954 Chaconne ...... 1951 Quartet in E-llat major, Op. 50, No. 3 ... 1944 RAV EL, MAURICE (1875-1937) Quartet in B-IIat major, Op. 64, No.3 .. . 1948 Quartet in F major ... . 1941,1942,1944,1951 Quartet in G major, Op. 64, No.4 ...... 1941 REGER, MAX (1 873- 1916) Quartet in D major, Op. 64, No.5 ...... 1948 P iano Quartet in D minor, Op. 113 ...... 1960 Quartet in E-flat major, OP. 64, No.6 . . . 1952 RUBBRA, EDMUND (1901- ) Quartet in G minor, OP. 74, No. 3 ...... 1945 Quartet No. 2 in E-IIat, Op. 73 ...... 1954 Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No.2 ...... 1946 SCARLATTI, ALESSANDRO (1659-1725) Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No.3 ...... 1953 Pastorale e molto aIJegro ...... 1959 Quartet in B-IIat major, Op. 76, No.4 .. . 1950 SCHUBERT, FRANZ (1797-1828) Quartet in D major, Op. 76, No.5 .. 1942, 1943 Quartet No. 2 in C major ...... 1957 Quartet in G major, Op. 77, No. 1 .. 1949,1955 Quartet No. 10 in E-flat major, HINDEMITH, PAUL (1895- ) Op. 125, No.1 ...... 1949 Quartet in E-llat major Quartet No. 13 in A minor, Cp. 27 ...... 1955 (1943) ...... 1945,1946,1953 Quartet No. 14 in D minor, Quartet in E-flat major (1945) ...... 1947 Op. Postb ...... 1941 , 1944, 1950 Quartet, Op. 22, No.3 ...... 1950,1958 Quartet No. 15 in G major, J ACOBI, FREDERICK ( 1891- ) Op. 161 ...... 1946, 1953 Quartet No.3 ...... 1949 Movement ill C minor, Op. Posth ...... 1951 KODALY, ZOLTAN ( 1882- ) SCHUMANN, ROBERT (/810-1856) Quartet, Op. 10, No.2 ...... 1956 Piano Quartet in E-llat major, Op. 47 .... 1960 KRENEK, ERNST (1900- ) Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No.1 ...... 1942 Quartet No. 7, Op. 96 ...... 1945 Quartet in F major, Op. 41, No. 2 ...... 1944 LEES, BENJAMIN (1924- ) Quartet in A major, Op. 41, No.3 ...... 1951 Quartet No.1 ...... 1955 SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI (1906- ) MALIPIERO, GIAN FRANCESCO (1882- ) Quartet in C major, Op. 49 ...... 1943 " Rispetti e Strambotti" ...... 1942 SMETANA, BEDmCH (1824-1884) MARCELLO, BENEDETTO (1686-1739) Quartet in E minor, Op. 11 6, No. 1. .1947, 1956 Introduction, Aria, and Presto ...... 1959 STRAVINSKY, IGOR (1882- ) MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY, FELIX ( 1809-1847) Concertino ...... 1951 Quartet No.1 in E-fiat major, Concerto in D , for Violin and Orchestra ... 1959 Op. 12, No.1 ...... 1953 T /\NSMAN, ALEXANDRE (1897- ) Quartet No.3 in D major, Op. 44, No.1 .. 1952 Triptych for String Orchestra ...... 1941 MILHAUD, DARIUS (1892- ) TURINA, JOAQUIN (1882-1949) Quartet No.2 ...... 1948 La Oracion del Torero ...... 1941 Quartet No.7 ...... 1949, 1958 VITALI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (Ga 1644-1692) Quartet No. 12 ...... 1946 Capriccio a quattro ...... 1957 Quartet No. 17 ...... 1952 VIVALDI, ANTONIO (Ga 1675- 1741) Suite for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano . .... 1954 AIJegro from Concerto in A major ...... 1959 MORRIS, HAROLD (1890- ) Concerto Grosso in D minor, Quartet No.2 ...... 1944 Op. 3, No. II ...... 1959 MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS (1756- 1791) L'~stro ha~monico (Concerto No. 5) Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478 ...... 1960 10 A maJor ...... 1948 Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493 . ... 1960 Sinfonia No. 1 in C major ...... 1959 Quartet No. 14 in G major, K. 387 . 1941,1952 Sinfonia No.2 in G major ...... 1959 Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K. 421 . 1951,1957 WOLF, HUGO (1860- 1903) Quartet No. 16 in E-fiat major, K . 428 ... 1950 Italian Serenade ...... 1944 Quartet No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 458 ...... 1943, 1948, 1954 PRO G RAM

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 8:30 P.M.

Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 45 FAURE

Allegro malta moderato Allegro malta Adagio non troppo Allegro malta

Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493 MOZART

Allegro Larghetto A\1egretto

INTERMISSION

Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 26, No.2 BRAHMS

Allegro non troppo Poco adagio : poco allegro Finale: a\1egro

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2 :30 P.M.

Piano Quartet in G minor, K. 478 MOZART

Allegro Andante Rondo

Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60, No.3 BRAHMS

Allegro non troppo Scherzo: allegro Andante Finale: allegro commodo

INTERMISSION

Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47 SCHUMANN

Sostenuto assai-allegro rna non troppo Scherzo: molto vivace Andante cantabile Finale: vivace

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