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1903-CHORAL UNION SERIES-I904 FIFTEENTH SEASON FIFTH CONCERT (No UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY F. W. KELSEY, President A. A. STANLEY, Director 1903-CHORAL UNION SERIES-i904 FIFTEENTH SEASON FIFTH CONCERT (No. CXXV. Complete Series) University Hall, Friday Evening, March II, 1904 At Eight O'clock ADELE AUS DER OHE PIANISTE PROGRAM Fantasie, C minor, .... BACH Impromptu, F minor, Op. 142, No. 4, SCHUBERT Variations, C minor, .... BEETHOVEN Sonata, B flat minor, Op. 35, CHOPIN Grave—Doppio movemento; Scherzo: Harche funebre; Finale. Three Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12, . SCHUMANN No. 1, In der Nacht; No. 2, Fabel. No. 3, Ende vom Lied. Eine Sage (Legend), \ Etude, J A. Aus DER OHE Nocturne, \ LISZT Tarantelle di Bravura, J Steinway & Sons' Pianoforte Used. The next Concert in the Choral Union Series will be the First May Festival Concert, Thursday, May 12, 1904. ELEVENTH MAY FESTIVAL MAY I2-13-J4, J904 ARTISTS AND ORGANIZATIONS ANITA RIO, .... Soprano HOLMES COWPER, Tenor LOUISE HOMER, . Contralto GIUSEPPI CAMPANARI, Baritone (Metropolitan Opera Co.) (Metropolitan Opera Co.) FLORENCE MULFORD, " ' ' Contralto EMILIO DE GOGORZA, . Baritone JACQUES BARS, " Tenor FREDERIC MARTIN, Bass MR. LLEWELLYN L. RENWICKT, Organist. THE BOSTON FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA. THE CHORAL UNION. EMIL MOLLENHAUER, ALBERT A. STANLEY, Directors. PROGRAMS OF CONCERTS. FIRST CONCERT THIRD CONCERT. Thursday Evening, May 12, 8,00 o'clock. Friday Evening, May 13, 8.00 o'clock. SOLOISTS. The Dream of Gerontius" Op. 38, Elgar ANITA RIO, Soprano. EMILIO DE GOGORZA, Baritone. Chorus, Solo and Orchestra. Overture-Fantasie, " Romeo and Juliet," PART I. Tschaikowsky "Willow, Willow'' and "Ave Maria," (Otello) Verdi Gerontius, HOLMES COWPER " Danza d' el Or," (La Gioconda), . Poncfiielli The Priest, EMILIO DE GOGORZA Arioso," O Promise of a Joy Divine," (Le Roi ' Assistants, CHORUS de Lahore), Massenet PART II. PART II. Soul of Gerontius, . HOLMES COWPER Symphony, B minor, "Unfinished," Schubert Angel, LOUISE HOMER Allegro moderato; Andante con moto, Angel of the Agony, . EMILIO DE GOGORZA "Fair Ellen" Bruch Demons, Angelicals, and Souls, . CHORUS Chorus, Soloists and Orchestra SECOND CONCERT FOURTH CONCERT Friday Afternoon, Hay 13, 3.00 o'clock- Saturday Afternoon, May 14, 2.30 o'clock SOLOIST. SOLOIST, FREDERIC MARTIN, Bass. FLORENCE MULFORD, Contralto. Overture, "Magic Flute" . Mozart Aria, "In diesen Heilig'n Hallen" (Magic "Don Juan," Op. 20, . Richard Strauss Flute) Mozart Aria, "Adieu For^t," . Tschaikowsky "Good Friday Spell" (Parsifal), . Wagner Suite, for String Orchestra, Op. 16, Paul Juon Songs with Piano, Ballade: Slumber Song, Intermezzo; Elegie: Dance. Symphony, A major, No. 7. Beethoven Songs with Piano. Poco Sostenuto—Vivace; Allegretto—Presto; Allegro con brio. Suite, "Esclarmonde," .... Massenet FIFTH CONCERT Saturday Evening, Hay 14, 7.30 o'clock. "Carmen," Opera in Four Acts, Bizet CAST. Carmen, . _ LOUISE HOMER Escamillo, (The Toreador), GIUSEPPI CAMPANARI Michaela ) AwTrp. -r>Tr. Don Jos6, JACQUES BARS ANITA RI Frasquita J" ° Zuniga FREDERIC MARTIN Mercedes, . FRANCES CASPARI Morales Dragoons, Smugglers, Cigarette girls, Street boys, etc., CHORAL UNION SCHEDULE OF PRICES. Tickets for May Festival (5 concerts) . $3.50 Reserved Seats for May Festival Series, . Single Tickets, 1.00 $2.00 and $1.00 extra. Single Tickets for Saturday evening, . 2.00 Seats for the Single Concerts are not reserved Reserved Seats for Single Concerts for until the day of the concert. May Festival Series, . 50 and 25 cents. Parties desiring to order tickets, reserved seats, or boarding places, by mail, will please address (including P. O. order) C K. Perrine, Secretary University School of Music. There are at present a limited number of desirable reserved seats unsold, which will be disposed of to purchasers in the order of their application. There will be standing room for several hundred at each concert. .
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