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UNIVERSITY- MUSICAL-SOCIETY

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PROGRAM J| as Overture to the "Oberon" Weber

Fifth Symphony in C minor, Op. 67 Beethoven Allegro con brio Andante con moto 8$ Allegro (Scherzo); Trio Allegro

Prelude and Love Death from the Opera "Tristan and Isolde"... Wagner <*§

Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 Rimsky-Korsakov J§i Alborada Jj£$ Variazioni Rfo Alborada j*g Scena e conto gitano c™ Fandango asturiano 85 (OVER)

$£ raffftfft K^ AR Sa ON G A'VITA'BREVI S j ^^5^t^«^^5 THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL MAY FESTIVAL EARL V. MOORE, Musical Director Six Concerts Four Days May 19, 20, 21, 22 ARTISTS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND PROGRAMS (Subject to Change)

First Concert—Wednesday Evening, May 19 SOLOISTS LOUISE HOMER Metropolitan and Civic CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Frederick Stock, Conductor PROGRAM OVERTURE, "Im Fruhling" Goldmark ARIA MMU. HOMSR SYMPHONY IN B MINOR Chausson Intermission ARIA MME. HOMER "THE PLANETS" .Hoist ARIA MME. HOMER DANCES FROM "PRINCE IGOR" Bbrodine Second Concert—Thursday Evening, May 20 SOLOISTS MARIE SUNDELIUS JEANNE LAVAL Contralto American Oratorio Singer CHARLES STRATTON Distinguished American Artist THEODORE HARRISON Authoratative "Elijah" UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION ) _ . ,7 „ r , . CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA f hMl W' Moore> Conductor PROGRAM ELIJAH Mendelssohn An Oratorio with words from Holy Script CAST Theodore Harrison Elijah Marie Sundelius The Widow Charles Stratton Obadiah Jeanne Laval An Angel Third Concert—Friday Afternoon, May 21 SOLOISTS ALBERT SPAULDING Violinist CHILDREN'S FESTIVAL CHORUS J. E. Maddy, Conductor LITTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Frederick Stock, Conductor PROGRAM (To be announced later)

Fourth Concert—Friday Evening, May 21 SOLOISTS Tenor Metropolitan Opera HOWARD HANSON , Guest-Conductor CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Frederick Stock, Conductor UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION Howard Hanson, Conductor PROGRAM OVERTURE, "Juventus" de Sabata ARIA % MR. MARTINEXLI "THE LAMENT OF BEOWULF" (First Performance) Hanson Text from the Anglo-Saxon Epic ARIA MR. MARTINEIJJ Intermission RHAPSODY, "Italia" Casella "ON THE SHORES OF SORRENTO" Strauss NEAPOLITAN SONGS ; MR. MARTINEIXI SALTARELLO Tschaikovsky

Fifth Concert—Saturday Afternoon, May 22 SOLOISTS MISCHA LEVITZKI Pianist Favorite of Three Continents CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA...... Frederick Stock, Conductor PROGRAM OVERTURE, "Fingal's Cave" Mendelssohn "VERKLARTE NACHT" Schonberg SYMPHONY, No. 2 in D major Brahms Intermission CONCERTO FOR PIANOFORTE AND ORCHESTRA IN G MINOR Saint-Saens MR. LEVITZKI Sixth Concert—Saturday Evening, May 22

SOLOISTS FLORENCE AUSTRAL Soprano Covent Garden Opera AUGUSTA LENSKA Mezzo-Soprano RICHARD CROOKS Tenor American Concert Favorite RICCARDO BONELLI Baritone Chicago Civic Opera JAMES WOLFE Metropolitan Opera BARRE HILL Bass-Baritone A Brilliant Young Artist UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION > _ . -. „ „ - CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA } Earl V. Moore, Conductor

PROGRAM "" (In English) Wagner A Romantic Opera in Three Acts

CHARACTERS OF THE DRAMA LOHENGRIN, Knight of the Holy Grail Richard Crooks HENRY I, King of James Wolfe FREDERICK TELRAMUND, a Noble of Brabant Riccardo Bonelli THE ROYAL HERALD Barre Hill ELSA OF BRABANT Florence Austral ORTRUD, Wife of Telramund Augusta Lenska SAXON & BRABANTIAN NOBLES, LADIES, PAGES, ETC University Choral Union

MAIL ORDERS for tickets will be filed in order of receipt and will be mailed out at purchaser's risk unless registration fee of 15 cents accompanies order, about April 1. Prices: $5-S°t $6.00, $7.00. (If Festival Coupon is returned, deduct $3.00 from these prices). Sub­ scribers of record to $7.00 Choral Union seats have privilege of retaining their present location if order is received not later than March 6, after which date all rights to special locations are forfeited. Please address all orders to CHARLES A. SINK, Secretary & Business Manager.

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