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Three Concerts at Rackham Auditorium
February 21,
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23,
1958
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CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL-The renowned Budapest String Quartet will perform in AnnA
during its 1957-58 season with over a quarter century of American tours behind it. The con
will include selections by Beethoven, Bartok, Mozart, Milhaud, Brahms and Hindemith.
CHAMBER' MUSIC FESTIVAL:
Quartet To Hold Concerts
JOSEF ROISMAN, Violinist
BORIS KROYT, Violist
ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER, Violinist MISCHA SCHNEIDER, Cellist
ROBERT COURTE, Guest Violist
The 18th annual Chamber Mu-
sic Festival will feature the Buda-.
pest String Quartet in a series of
three concerts, Feb. 21, 22, and 23,
in Rackham Auditorium.
The Quartet made its Ameri-
can debut in 193v at Cornell Uni-
versity. Each spring and fall the
members of the quartet, now resi-
dent in Washington, D.C. give a
regular series of concerts in the
Coolidge Auditorium of the . Li-
brary of Congress.
This group now averages twen-
ty-four concerts a year in the Li-
brary under a new and long-term
contract to the Whittall Fourida-
tion. Stradivari instruments, pre-
sented by Mrs. Gertrude Clarke
Whittall, are used during the con-
cetts In the nation's capital
Use Ubrary's Resources
Their musical association with
the Library allows the Budapest-
ers the privilege of using the Li-
brary's music division with an in-
comparable collection of scores
and recordings. They are able to
study not only the recorded cham-
ber music of their contemporaries
but also of ofganizations no long-
er in existence.
On several occasions, the Quar-
tet has toured as far afield as
SEASON TICKETS
$3.50 and $2.50
Pianist Myra Hess Receives
English Acclaim; Affection
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SINGLE CONCERTS
$
1
.75
and $1
.25
"Dame Myra Hess has used her
talent, not to promote, her own
ambition, but for love of her art
for its own sake and for the in-
crease of human happiness."
This was the citation that ac-
companied the honorary degree
given to this world-renowned pi-
anist, appearing in Ann Arbor.
March 8, by Cambridge University
and sums up y he position Miss
Hess holds in the eyes of her af-
fectionate British audience.
In 1939, at the height of the
Battle for Britain, Miss Hess can-
celed a scheduled American tour,
to remain in London. There she
organized the now-famous noon-
time concerts in the National Gal-
lery of London for the enjoyment
of the thousands of workers, civil
servants, soldiers and. air raid
wardens "doing their bit" for the
war effort.
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During the six years of the war,
1700 concerts were given, Miss
Hess herself performing 150 times.
On two occasions bombs shattered
parts of the building, but.the con-
certs continued uninterrupted.
Recognize Devotion
Miss Myra's devotion to both.
her art and her country has been
amply recognized. Her first award,:
Commander. of the Order of the
British Empire, was conferred up-'
on her in the British New Year
Honors of 1936, a tribute never
lefore given to an instrumentalist.
Miss Hess has received numer-
ous other honors, culminating in
the Order of the British Empire.
carrying with it the. title of
"Dame," the feminine equivalent
of knighthood. She has also re-
ceived the Gold Medal of the Roy-
al Philharmonic Society, honor-
ary degrees from seven British
universities and a decoration from
<Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether'-
lands.
Makes Debut
Miss Hess studied under the
great Tobias Matthay and made
her debut in Queens Hall, London,
at the age of 17. She has since
made concert tours of the entire
world. In 1922 she began a series
*of annual tours of- the United
States and Canada that has con-
tinued with only one interruption
=-during the war.. '
Her European tours have also
brought her widef acclaim, parti-
cularly in Holland where she was
laying when Hitler began his.
march west.
Miss Hess is now winding up
another American tour. Returning
to England for the spring and fall.
of 1957,, she will again return to
this country in January, 1958.
Indonesia, North Africa, Aui
Ila, New Zealand and Jai
They played before capacity a
ences of 30,000 in Tokyo dI
their first tour in 1952.
The 1957-<58 tour will be
fined to North and South Am
ca, with the .majority of cone
in the United States. Washing
D.C. will hear the Quartet 24 t,
while the New York area will:
approximately 15 concerts.
First at Met
The Budapest Quartet was
lected to inaugurate the
chamber music series at the 1
ropolitan Museum in the 195
season, This year's Beethoven
cle, the choice of the Muse
board and musical committee,
sold out by subscription.
Their recordings, including
complete string quartets of
thoven, and Mozart, have
about 300,000 records per
in recent years. A Beeth
string quartet played by the
dapesters is apt to go over
counter of a record shop as
quently as a recording of L
Brubeck, Bing Crosby, or H
Belafonte.
Choral Unior
To Adition
The 1957-58 Choral Union Cl
us is now being formed.
Students interested in joi
may obtain information and r
appotments for auditions
calling the Uiiiversity Musical
ciety at Burton Tower,
Former members of the Cl
union from last year will be
admitted into the chorus 1
application. These members r
re-enroll by Sept. 25.
Rehearsals for the Choral i
are held every Tues. eve
throughout the season with i
tional rehearsals before perfc
ances.
InDecember, the Choral Ur
under the leadership of condi
Lester McCoy, will give two
formances of Handel's "Mess
The group also participate
two concerts of the annual
Festival with the Philadelphia
chestra. Guest conductor for t
performances will be Thor J
son of the Cincinnati Symp
Orchestra.
Members of the cliorus
good standing are issued cou
tickets to all concerts in
Choral'Union Series.
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Vienna
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Sixty-Fifth Annual
MAY FESTIVAL
Six concerts-May 1, 2, 3, 4, 1958
THE PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA,
EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor
WILLIAM R. SMITH, Assistant Conductor
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION,
I THOR JOHNSON, Guest Conductor,
and LESTER McCOY, Conductor
FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUS,
MARGUERITE HOOD, Conductor
VIENNA. CHOIR. BOYS
VIENNA ON'PARADE.
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SOLOISTS to be announced