.7~~ 191TT1 MICHIIGAN DATILY A EfR 4XE TE=l Quality is Keynote Of Past Concerts, Says Sind In Reviewing Choral History Scheduled To Appear In Ann Arbor Feb. 17 (Continued from Pale 11 Mark Hambourg, Myra Hess, Joseph Hofmann. Vladimir Horowitz, Ernest Hutche- son, Jose Iturbi, Rafael Joseffy, Frank La Forge, Ethel Leginska, Tina Ler- ner, Mischa Levitzki, Josef Lhevinne, Yolanda Mero, Guiomar Novaes, Ig- nace J. Paderewski, Raoul Pugno, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Moriz Rosen- thal, Olga Samaroff,' Ernest Schell- ing, Artur Schnabel, Arthur Shattuck, larnest Dohnanyi and Fannie Bloom- field-Zeisler. Distinguished organists who have been in Ann Arbor include Joseph Bonnet, Charles M. Courboin, Clar- ence Eddy, M. Alexandre Guilmant, Ralph Kinder, Edwin Arthur Kraft, John J. McClellan, Wilhelm Middel- schulte, Arthur Poister and Marcel Dupre. Orchestras Many great orchestras have ac- cepted Choral Union invitations, in- cluding the Boston Symphony Or- chestra, the Boston Festival Orches- tra, 'the Chicago Symphony Orches- tra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, De- troit Symphony Orchestra, Metro- politan Orchestra, New York Phil- harmonic Orchestra, New York Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Symphonty Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, St. Louis Sym- phony Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Bands Bands and similar groups also have been given programs here, are the Chequamegon Band, the French Army Band, Archduke Joseph's Hungarian Gypsy Band, Bernhard Listemann Concert Company, Mockridge Con- cert Company, Ovide Musin Concert Company and Sousa's Band, United State sMarine Band. Most of the world's important quartets and other chamber music groups have been heard, such as the Adamowsky Trio, Beethoven Quin- tet, Budapest String Quartet, Chi- cago Quartet, Elsa Fisher Quartet, the Flonzaley Quartette, Gordon String Quartet, the Kneisel Quartette, Kolisch String Quartette, London String Quartete, Mendelssohn Quin- tette, New York Chamber Music So- ciety, Lener String Quartet, The Spiering Quartette, Trio de Lutece and the Roth String Quartet. Choral, Ensemble Groups Other choral and ensemble groups have included such organizations as the Don Cossack Russian Male Chor- us, The English Singer, Kibalchich Russian Chorus, MetropolitanrOpera Sextette, New York Philharmonic Club, Moscow Cathedral Choir, Prague Teachers Chorus, Russian Cossack Chorus. Russian Symphonic Choir, St. Olaf Lutheran Choir, The Ukrainian National Chorus and the Vienna Choir Boys. Conductors Among the more important con- ductors who have participated may be rmentioned, F. Meyius Christiansen, Walter Damrosch, Eric DeLamarter, Ossip Garilowitsch, Vladimir Gol- schmann, Eugene Goosseens, Howard Hansen, Victor Herert, Alfred Hertz, Gustav Holst, oJse Ituri, Basile Ki- alchich, Franz Kneisel, Victor Kolar. Serge? Koussevitzky, Ernest Kun- wald, Bernardino Molinari, Emil Mollenhauer, Karl Muck, Eugene Or- mandy, Emil Paur, Artur Rodzinski, William H. Santelmann, John Philip Sousa, Frederick Stock, Leopold Sto- kowski, Joseph Stransky, Theodore Thomas and Frank Van der Stucken. Among the more important choral Choral Works works which have een presented by the Choral Union Chorus in these concerts are included Verdi's "Aida," Max Bruch's "Arminius"; "The Beat- itudes" of Ceasar Franck; "The Bells," by Rachmaninoff; "Belshaz- zar's Feast"; "Borus Godunof,' by Moussorgsky; Elgar's "Caractacus"; Bizet's "Carmen." "The Children's Crusade,' by Pierne; "The Children at Bethle- hem," by Pierne; "Cosi Fan Tutte," by Mozart; "The Creation," by Haydn; "Damnation of Faust," by Berlioz; "The Dream of Gerontius," by Elgar; Gounod's "Faust"; "The Flying Dutchan," 'by Wagner; "Got- terdammerung," by Wagner: "The Impressario," by Mozart; "La Gio- conda," by Ponchielli. "King David," by Honegger; "The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitesh,' by Rimsky-Korsakoff; The "Manzoni Requiem," by Verdi; "The, Marriage of Figaro," by Mozart; "Die Meistersinger," by Wagner; "Missa Solemnis in D," by Beethoven: ;"The New Life,' by Wolf-Ferrari; "Hora Novissima," by Parker; "Eugen One- gin," by Tschaikowsky; "The Re- demption," by Gounod. "Samson and Delilah," by Saint- Saens; "The Seasons," by Haydn; and "The Seasons," by Fogg; "Spring Rapture," by Gaul; "Stabat Mater," of Rossini and "Stabat Mater," of Dvorak; "St. Paul," by Mendelssohn; and "Tannheuser," by Wagner. In addition to these artists, organ- izations, and choral works, hundreds of other personalities have partici- pated, and the number of composi- tions performed covers well night the entire field of music literature. THE ROTH QUARTET OF BUDAPEST--Composed of four young Hungarian virtuosi, who possess an extra- ordinary unity of mind and temperament-Feri Roth, f ounder and first violinist, was first concertmaster of the Grosse Volksoper in Berlin. Since their initial appearance in Paris in 1926, they have given more than 700 performances. _ ,-- -I- _ tj the -,* S -i -I b j 1937 Choral -3n Union SEASO-N TICKETS f , 'Concerts TICKETS - A limited number of tickets, either for the season (10 concerts) or for in- dividual concerts will remain on sale "over the counter" so long as they last, at the busi- ness office of the School of Music on Maynard TICKETS - A limited number of tickets, either fQr the season (10 concerts) or for individual con- certs will remain on sale "over the counter" so long as they last, at the business office of the School of Music on Maynard street. street. TICKETS ON SALE NOW BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ,. i