MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1957 THE MICHIGAN DAILY t1 MUSICAL SOCIETY PROGRAM: Munch, Menuhin To Appear in Concert A *1 1957-58 UNIVERSITY MUSIC SOCIETY C c Seventy-Ninth Anneal Choral Union Series LILY PONS, Soprano . . . . . . . . Thursday, October The University Musical Society has scheduled 18 concerts for its next season. The 79th annual Choral Union Series of 10 concerts will be opened Oct. 3 by Lily Pons, col- oratura of the Metropolitan Op- era in recital at Hill Auditorium. Miss Pons has also sung with the San Francisco Opera, Covent Gar- den in London, La Scala in Milan and the Paris Opera in her na- tive France. The Boston Symphony, Charles Munch, conductor, will be heard Oct. 17. Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, will appear in recital Oct. 29. He first performed on a concert stage at the age of eight in San Francisco and later became the first artist ever to play a benefit solo recital in London's St. Paul's Cathedral. The Cleveland Orchestra with George Szell conducting will be here Nov. 10. William Warfield, baritone, will perform Nov. 26. The MYRA HESS WILLIAM WARFIELD YEHUDI MENUHIN ... pianist, March 8 . . baritone, Nov. 26 . . . violinist, Oct. 29 Detroit Symphony Orchestra un- On the following week, the Ob- der Paul Paray will appear for the ernkirchen Children's Choir will first time in Hill Auditorium Feb. perform Feb. 25. The Choir is 17. composed of 30 girls and seven 3 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Thursday, October 17 CHARLES MUNCH, Conductor YEHUDI MENUHINViolinst . . . . Tuesday, October 29 THE CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA GEORGE SZELL, Conductor . Sunday, November 10 WILLIAM WARFIELD, Baritone. . . Tuesday, November 26 DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Monday, February 17 PAUL PARAY, Conductor OBERNKIRCHEN CHILDREN'S CHOIR Tuesday, February 25 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FRITZ REINER, Condudtor Sunday, March 2 boys from a village near Hanover, West Germany. They have made five appearances on television. The Chicago Symphony Orches- tra, Fritz Reiner, conductor, wil perform-.March 2. Then, the same week on March 8, Dame Myra Hess, pianist, will appear in re- cital. The Choral Union Series will be concluded by Vienna on Pa- rade, Capt. Julius Herrmann, con- ductor. The Twelfth Annual Extra Con- cert Series will begin with a per- formance by the NBC Opera Com- pany, Peter Herman Adler, con- ductor, Oct. 6. It will be followed by a concert of the Florence Fes- tival Orchestra, Carlo Zecchi, conductor, Oct. 24. Pianist Rudolf Serkin will ap- pear in recital Nov. 15. He made his debut at the age of 12 when he appeared with the Vienna Symphony. His public debut in the United States took place in 1936 when Arturo Toscanini in- vited him to be his soloist with the New York Philharmonic-Sym- phony. TheyVienna Choir Boys will per- form Jan. 12. A concert of Man- tovani and his New Music will be presented March 11. Handel's "Messiah" will be giv- en at' the Annual Christmas Con- certs Dec. 7 and 8 with soprano Adele Addison, contralto Eunice Alberts, tenor Harold Haugh, bass Paul Matthen, and the Choral Un- ion and Orchestra, conducted by Lester McCoy. The Budapest String Quartet will appear in the 18th annual Chamber Music Festival Feb. 21, 22 and 23. The ensemble will be assisted by Violist Robert Courte of. the University. The 65th annual May Festival of six concerts will take place May 1-4, 1958. The Philadelphia Orchestra with Eugene Ormandy conducting, the University Choral Union under Thor Johnson and Lester McCoy and the Festival Youth Chorus, conducted by Mar- guerite Hood, will participate. Soloists, both vocal and instru- mental, for the May Festival will be announced later. Y t {, 4 '1 'p. 4 V MYRA HESS, Pianist . Saturday, March 8 -Daily-Richard Bloss STANLEY QUARTET -- The four members of the popular local group rehearse for one of their seven concerts given throughout the school year open to thepublic free of charge. Popular Quartet in 8th Year VIENNA ON PARADE . . . . . . . Wednesday, April, CAPT. JULIUS HERRMANN, Conductor 2 SEASON Block B, TICKETS: Remaining unclaimed seats in Block A, $17.00; $14.00; Block C, $12.00; Block D, $10.00. Twelfth Annual Extra Concert Series THE NBC OPERA COMPANY PETER HERMAN ADLER, Conductor . . .Sunday, October 6 FLORENCE FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Thursday, October 24 CARLO ZECCHI, Conductor RUDOLF SERKIN, Pianist . . . . . . Friday, November 15 VIENNA CHOIR BOYS (2:30 P.M.). . . Sunday, January 12 MANTOVAN I AND HIS NEW MUSIC . Tuesday, March 11 SEASON TICKETS: Block A, $8.50; Block B, $7.00; Block C, $6.00; Block D, $5.00. Annual Christmas Concerts By MARCIA THOMAS This coming school- year will mark the eighth session of the Stanley Quartet activities on Uni- versity campus. Started in 1944, the Quartet came into existence as the result of a plan formulated by Prof. Gil- bert Ross, string department head in 1944, and brought to re- alization in 1949. The Quartet was named in hon- or of Albert A. Stanley, a music professor at the University from 1889 to 1922. Members of the Quartet are on the music school faculty. They are: Prof. Ross, first violinist, Prof. Robert Courte, violist, and Prof. Oliver Edel, cellist. Emil Raab, second violinist, re- signed from the Quartet at the end of summer to take a profes- sorship at the University of Ala- bama. His successor's name has not been officially announced. Teachers, Too "Two-thirds of our time is spent teaching," Prof. Courte said. "The other third is allowed for the Quartet commitments." The Quartet rehearses three to four times a week and more, de- pending on the demands of the works to be performed, Courte ex- plained. During the year, the Stanley Quartet presents seven concerts free, of charge to the Ann Arbor audience. Two are scheduled each semester and three during the summer session. "The primary function of the Quartet is to be at the service of the people of Michigan," Prof. Courte said. Through the University Exten- sion Service the group plays in Detroit, where it has a regular series, and in other Michigan cities. Activities Extended "The Quartet also extends its activities further afield, he ex- plained. Every year it visits east- ern and mid-western colleges and universities." The Quartet has also partici- pated in the Library of Congress annual chamber music series. "We have a definite preference to play for university audiences," Prof. Courte said, "because we have in other colleges, the same opportunity to meet students aft- er concerts, as we do at home." Since its formation, the Quar- tet has visited schools, where clin- ics are held. Members individually give demonstrations and answer questions regarding the problems involved in performing their re- spective instruments. "A fact to be especially men- tioned," Prof. Courte said, "is that once more the Quartet's value has been appraised." Ambassadors Favored A committee in connection with the American National Theatre and Academy has strongly recom- mended this organization to be musical ambassadors in foreign countries, he explained. "This fact, we think, will add to the prestige, not only of this renowned music school, but also to the whole University," Prof. Courte added. Other Quartet activities dur- ing the past year included eight half-hour kinescopes, produced by the University Television Studio. Twenty-three educational sta- tions licenced by the Federal Com- munication Commission, have shown this series representing a survey of chamber music from the 18th century to the 20th. Award Made More recently, the Quartet has made three recordings. These in- cluded: "Quintet for String Quar- tet and Piano," and "Quartet No. 6,' by Ross Lee Finney, and "Quartet No. 8," by Quincy Porter. These works will be released early in the fall. Since the establishment of the Quartet, the University has awarded an annual commission to a composer to write a chamber music work to be first performed on campus by the group. Recipients of these commissions have been: Walter Piston, Quincy Porter, Wallingford Riegger, Da- rius Milhaud, Reitor Villa-Lobos, and Robert Palmer. "Acomposition by Leon Kirch- ner is expected to be performed this fall," Prof. Ross said. "And Elliott Carter was recent- ly invited by the University to write a composition to be deliv- ered as early as 1959," he con- cluded. s MESSIAH (Handel) . . . ADELE ADDISON, Soprano EUNICE ALBERTS, Contralto HAROLD HAUGH, Tenor . . . . December 7 and 8, 1957 PAUL MATTHEN, Bass CHORAL UNION AND ORCHESTRA LESTER McCOY, Conductor ti LILY PONS soprano, Oct. 3 6 i TICKETS: 75c and 50c (either concert). On sale beginning October 15. Eighteenth Annual Chamber Music Festival BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET . February 21, 22, 23, 1958 JOSEPH ROISMAN, First Violin BORIS KROYT, Viola ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER, Second Violin MISCHA SCHNEIDER, Violoncello Assisted by ROBERT COURTE, Viola SEASON TICKETS: $3.50 and $2.50. On sale beginning October 15. Sixth-Fifth Annual May Festival SIX CONCERTS. . . . . . . . . . . May1,2,3,4, 1958 The Philadelphia Orchestra, EUGENE ORMANDY, Conductor, WILLIAM R. SMITH, Assistant Conductor. University Choral Union, THOR JOHN- SON .Guist Conductor and LESTER Mc COY. Conductor. 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