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Original 1964 program for the Seventy-First Annual Ann Arbor May Festival, presented by the University Musical Society at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 30 and May 1–3, 1964.
This was an exceptional six-concert festival featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra at all six performances.
Notable performers and conductors included:
* Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft as guest conductors
* Van Cliburn performing in the final all-Rachmaninoff concert
* Eugene Ormandy
* Joan Sutherland
* Philippe Entremont
* Thor Johnson
* Charles Treger
* University Choral Union
The official surviving program confirms that the May 3 afternoon concert featured Stravinsky and Robert Craft, while the final evening concert paired Eugene Ormandy and Van Cliburn in an all-Rachmaninoff program.
A desirable piece of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Hill Auditorium, and twentieth-century classical-music history.
Condition: Cover shows age toning, scattered spotting/foxing, edge and corner wear, and light creasing. Interior pages shown appear clean with normal age toning. No writing seen. Overall wear is consistent with a sixty-plus-year-old concert program.
Perfect for collectors of Ann Arbor and University of Michigan history, classical concert memorabilia, Igor Stravinsky, Van Cliburn, The Philadelphia Orchestra, and historic Hill Auditorium programs.
Keywords / Search Terms: 1964 Ann Arbor May Festival, Igor Stravinsky, Van Cliburn, Eugene Ormandy, Joan Sutherland, Philadelphia Orchestra, Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan, UMS, classical music program.
Also included are two original 1964 University Musical Society Chamber Music Festival programs from the same 1963–64 season. These programs are for the Twenty-Fourth Annual Chamber Music Festival featuring New York Pro Musica under musical director Noah Greenberg, held February 14–16, 1964 at Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor. Performers listed include Sheila Schonbrun, Elizabeth Humes, Earnest Murphy, Ray de Voll, Arthur Burrows, Brayton Lewis, LaNoue Davenport, Shelley Gruskin, Judith Davidoff, and Paul Maynard. These period UMS programs add additional University of Michigan and Ann Arbor performing-arts history to the group.
