A1T T " ' ,f.xv . }:S" ! :'F"F 'P'S?: ;f ::i:.;: :: v.+'G<.v: :y..;tc'{;:' '"~ <{": . i "Y.: 'C": :"P}}:} }7!rH.ti . YS ' Tr'4:4:: ?. -"v: i:":4i7<>: >: i::{ i:' f :"::%::: :: :+ ' .. }+rrrlo i:o.: "<;; a ':::'" ?:.{:f :: :,[t : tfsv s4?k: ti i %s I:: n:,su :" ;{1 ::;:C: ' £sct :':fax+{: :4c '$z":> x;,:,,.....,.......... ":s:>:"::::"::>;:>::..: : : Hf4MBER MUSIC FESTIVAL : S? K{ . Gy 'C r."y l. S Cis[ ; L a+ <:": A r ?Y .t :" : : i'/r , , % t? h r.; Three Concerts at Rackham Auditorium February 21, 22, 23, 1958 I RPEST STRING QLUfRTET' ..._ 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 5 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. 44 _l I 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