UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY CHARLES A. SINK, PRESIDENT THOR JOHNSON, CONDUCTOR* HARDIN VAN DEURSEN, ACTING CONDUCTOR Ninth Concert 1943-1944 Complete Series 2881 Sixty-Fifth Annual Choral Union Concert Series MISCHA ELMAN, Violinist LEOPOLD MITTMAN at the Piano THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, AT 8:30 HILL AUDITORIUM, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN PROGRAM Sonata in A major HANDEL Adagio cantabile Allegro deciso Largo assai Allegro (giga) Sonata in D minor BRAHMS Allegro (moderato) Adagio Un poco presto e con sentimento Presto agitato Concerto in A minor GLAZOUNOW INTERMISSION Poeme CHAUSSON Old Irish Song and Dance SPALDING (Based on tunes of "Norah O'Neill" and "Foggy Dew") Hebrew Melodie ACHRON Caprice No. 24 (Variations) PAGANINI-AUER NOTE: Mischa El man has been heard in the Choral Union and May Festival Series on previous occasions as follows: Dec. 13, 1915; Oct. 24, 1922; and May 23, 1925. The Steinway piano, furnished through the courtesy of Grinnell Brothers, is the official concert instrument of the University Musical Society * In service. ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS MAY FESTIVAL Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, May 4, 5, 6, 7 PERFORMERS PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA AT ALL CONCERTS BIDU SAYAO, Metropolitan Opera .... Soprano ROSE BAMPTON, Metropolitan Opera . Soprano THELMAVON EISENHAUER, Chicago Civic Opera Soprano KERSTIN THORBORG, Metropolitan Opera . Contralto CHARLES KULLMAN, Metropolitan Opera . Tenor LANSING HATFIELD, Metropolitan Opera . Baritone SALVATORE BACCALONI, Metropolitan Opera . Bass NATHAN MILSTEIN, Russian Virtuoso . Violinist GREGOR PIAT1GORSKY, World Renowned Performer Violoncellist GENIA NEMENOFF 1 . Two-piano Team PIERRE LUBOSHUTZ \ EUGENE ORMANDY .... Orchestra Conductor SAUL CASTON . Associate Orchestra Conductor HARL McDONALD . Guest Orchestra Conductor HARDIN VAN DEURSEN . Choral Conductor MARGUERITE HOOD . Youth Chorus Conductor HIGH SPOTS Symphonies: Mahler, "Das Lied Von der Erde"; Brahms, No. 4; Beethoven, No. 7; Mozart, No. 35; Tchaikovsky, No. 6. Concertos: Brahms Concerto for Violin and Violoncello; McDonald Concerto for Two Pianos. Choral Works: Songs of the Two Americas, arranged by Eric DeLamarter (Youth Chorus); Mendelssohn's "Elijah" (Choral Union and soloists). TICKETS (including 10% tax) * Season Tickets: $8.80—$7.70—$6.60. For purchasers who pre­ sent Festival Coupons from season Choral Union tickets, prices are reduced to $5.50, $4.40 and $3.30 each. Address orders with remittances to cover: Charles A. Sink, President, University Musical Society, Burton Memorial Tower. *Prices subject to any additional tax effective before purchase of tickets. .