UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY Charles A. Sink, President Thor Johnson, Guest Conductor Lester McCoy, Conductor

Second Concert 1956- 1957 Complete Series 3203

Seventeenth Annual Festival

QUARTETTO ITALIANO

PAOLO BORCIANI, PIERO FARULLI, ELISA PEGREFFI, Violin FRANCO ROSSI,

SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY I6, I957, AT 8:30 RACKHAM AUDITORIUM, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

PROGRAM

Quartet in C major, K. 465 ("The Dissonance") MOZART Adagio; allegro Andante cantabile Menuetto: allegretto Molto allegro

Quartet No. 1 (1956) . VALENTINO BUCCHI (1916- Dedicated to the Quartetto Italiano Lamento Girotondo Notturno Epilogo

INTERMISSION

Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 DEBUSSY Anime et trcs decide Assez vir et bien rythme Andantino doucement expressif Tres modere, tres mouvemente et avec passion

Records: Angel; and London ffrr

THE THIRD CONCERT in the Chamber Music Festival will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2: 30.

A R S LON G A V I T A BREVIS MAY FESTIVAL MAY 2, 3, 4, 5, 1957 THE PHILADELPHIA AT ALL CONCERTS

THURSDAY, MAY 2, 8:30 P.M. SATURDAY, MAY 4, 8:30 P.M. EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor ROBERT MERRILL, Bariton. ALEXANDER BRAILOWSKY, Pianist Orerture to Die M eistersin g., . WAGNER ALL·BEETHOVEN PROGRAM Symphony No. 88 in G major . HAynN Overture to L eo"ore, No. 3 II Adamastor, roi des vagues prof on des, H Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 from L' Alricaine . . . . . MEYERBEER Farewell and Death of Roderigo, from Concerto No. 3 in C minor, for and Orchestra Don Carlos . . . . . VERD I ALEXANDER BRAILOWSKY ROBERT MERRILL Adagio for Strings . BARDER "Dch vienni" from Don Giovanni . MOZART "Nemico dell a patria" from FRIDAY, MAY 3, 8:30 P.M. A ndr. C heni.,...... GIORDANO "Eri tu" from Un Ballo in Masch.,o VERDI THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor MR. MERRILL UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION Overture, " Russian Easter') R1MSKy- KORSAKOPF LEONTYNE PRICE, Soprano MARTHA LIPTON, Contralto SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2:30 P.M. KURT BAUM, T enor THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor ROBERT McFERRIN, Baritone UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION MARTHA LIPTON, Contralto NICOLA MOSCONA, Bass DONALD GRAMM, Bass GINA BACHAUER, Pianist A ida (in concert form) . . . . . VERDI JOHN KRELL, Piccolo UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION AND SoLOI STS Concerto in A minor. . .. VIVAL DI JOH N KRELL, Soloist " Five Tudor Portraits" . VAUGHAN WILLIAMS UN IVERSITY CHORAL UNION AN D SOLOISTS SATU RDAY, MAY 4, 2:30 P.M. Concerto No.2. . .. BRAHMS GINA BACHAUER WILLIAM R. SMITH, Assista"t Conductor JOSEPH SlIGETI, Violinist SUNDAY, MAY 5, 8:30 P.M. FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor GENEVA NELSON, Conductor RISE STEVENS, Mezzo-soprano Overture, La Scala di Seta . ROSSINI Overture, "Academic FestivaP' BRAHMS Concerto in D minor for Violin Symphony No.3 HARRIS an d Orches tra TARTINI Lieder eines lahrenden Gesellen MAHLER J OSEP'R S~IGET I RIst STEVENS Walrus and the Carpenter . . . FLETCHER Prelude to " Afternoon of a Faun " DEBUSSY FESTIVAL YOUTH CnoRus "Connais-lu Ie P3YS" from Afignotf THOMAS Portrait No. I, Op. 5 . BART6K Air de Lia, from L'Enlant prodigue DEBUS SY La Foli a CORELLI "Amour v lcns aiderH from Samsdn ct Dalila . . . SAINT -SAENS Symohony No.4 in A major MISS STEVENS (,IItalian") . . . MENDELSSOHN La Valse RAnL SEASON TICKETS: $13.00-$10.00-$9.00-$8 .00 SINGLE CONCERTS (on sale beginning March 11 ): $3.50-$3.00-$2.50-$2.00-$1.50

Byron Janis, Pianist Thursday, February 21, 8:30 (Taking the place of So lomon) Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, February 26 , 8: 30 Boston Pops Tour Orchestra Sunday, March 3, 2 :30 The Cleveland Orchestra Sunday, March 10, 8: 30 TICKETS: $3. 50-$3.00-$2.50-$2.00-$1.50

For tickets or il'lformation address: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower.