1942 Hunter College Concert Gala
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Gala participating artists: Kurt Baum (Tenor, Metropolitan Opera), Karin Branzell (Mezzo Soprano, Metropolitan Opera), Emanuel Feuermann (Cellist), Ernst Fischer (Baritone), Emanuel List (Basso, Metropolitan Opera), Erica Morini (Violinist), Elisabeth Schumann (Soprano), Rudolf Serkin (Pianist). Honorary Committee: Mayor Fiorella H. LaGuardia and Mrs. LaGuardia, Mrs. Alfred F. Hess, Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Mack Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Theodore E. Simis, Dr. and Mrs. Ordway Tead, Mrs. Henry J. Taylor.
Hunter College
Hunter College Concert Bureau Collection
1942
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1942 Hunter College Gala Concert
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Participating artists: Zinka Milanov (Soprano, Metropolitan Opera), Emanuel List (Basso, Metropolitan Opera), Suzanne Sten (Mezzo Soprano, Chicago & San Francisco Operas), Prince George Chavchavadze (Pianist), Ivan Petrov (Chicago and San Francisco Operas), The Hunter College Choir, Anders Emile (Director of the Hunter College Choir)
Hunter College
Hunter College Concert Bureau Collection
1942
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1943 Gala Concert
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Participating Artists: Rosa Bok (Soprano Met Opera); Karin Branzell (Soprano Met Opera); Irene Jessner (Soprano Met Opera), Kurt Baum (Tenor Met Opera) and Herbert Janssen (Baritone Met Opera)
Hunter College
Hunter College Concert Bureau Collection
1943
English
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1965/1966 Hunter College Concert Series
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Poster promoting the Hunter College Concert Series for 1965-66. Saturday Evening Series performers included: Yehudi Menuhin (violin) and Fou Ts'Ong (piano); Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano); Mirella Freni (soprano); Eileen Farrell (soprano); Alicia de Larrocha (pianist); Ruggiero Ricci (violin); Hermann Prey (baritone); Rudolf Serkin (piano); Erica Morini (violin); The Vienna Octet; Zara Nelsova (cello) and Grant Johannessen (piano); Andres Segovia (guitar). Two non-subscription concerts included David Oistrakh (violin) and Van Cliburn (piano). There were a series of given by the Juilliard Quartet of works by Haydn, Schubert, and Bartok. There was a harpsichord series with performances by Ralph Kirkpatrick, Rafael Puyana, Sylvia Marlowe, Albert Fuller, and Gustav Leonhardt. A Twentieth Century Music series included performances by the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg conducting. Luciano Berio gave a lecture/recital assisted by Cathy Berberian. Noel Lee performed works by Aaron Copland with commentary by Aaron Copland. There was a dance series with performances by Paul Taylor & Co., Donald McKayle & Co., Alwin Nikolais & Co., Erick Hawkins & Co., and Glen Tetley & Co. Special Events included "cabaret litteraire" with La Contrescarpte and a Twelfth Night Celebration with the Renaissance Quartet. A "From Distant Lands and People" series included performances by the New Zealand Concert Band, the Singing Boys of Monterrey, Les Feux Follets, and Feis Eireann. "Jazz at Hunter" included programs narrated by Billy Taylor. "The Great Piano Trios" were performed by the Beaux Arts Trio and there was a lecture-film series.
Hunter College
Hunter College Concert Bureau Collection
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Artists Participating in the Hunter College Concert Series 1947-48
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List of artists performing in the 1947-48 Hunter College Concert Series: Ferruccio Tagliavini (tenor opera); Isaac Stern (violinist); Rudolf Serkin (pianist): Ezio Pinza (bass opera); Yehudi Menuhin (violinist); Artur Schnabel (pianist); Lotte Lehmann (opera soprano); Dorothy Maynor (soprano singer); The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Serge Koussevitzky Conductor; Artur Rubinstein (pianist).
Hunter College
Hunter College Concert Bureau Collection
1947-1948
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Artists Participating in the Hunter College Concert Subscription Series 1949-50
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A list of performers for the Hunter College Concert Subscription Series for 1949-50. Performers include: The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy; Jussi Bjoerling (opera tenor); Robert Casadesus (pianist); Isaac Stern (violinist); Bidu Sayao (opera soprano); Rudolf Serkin (pianist) and Adolf Busch (violinist); Nathan Milstein (violinist); Rudolf Firkusny (pianist); Joseph Szigeti (violinist); Marian Anderson (singer contralto); Kathleen Ferrier (singer contralto) and Bruno Walter (pianist); Artur Rubinstein (pianist).
Hunter College
Hunter College Concert Bureau Collection
1949-1950
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Beaux Arts Trio All Schubert Evening
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Playbill for Beaux Arts Trio concert of music by Schubert with guest artists Walter Trampler (viola) and George Hoertnagel (contra-bass)
Hunter College
Hunter College Concert Bureau Collection
1974
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Bronislaw Huberman Concert Poster
Poster
Poster for a concert given by Bronislaw Huberman in the Hunter College Assembly Hall on January 6, 1945.
Hunter College
Hunter College Concert Bureau Collection
January 6, 1945
English
Poster
Coming concerts by Christian Ferras, I Musici, and Renata Tebaldi for the1959 Hunter College Subscription Concert Series.
Playbill
Playbill listing the United States recital debut of violinist Christian Ferras, a performance by I Musici with works by Bucchi, Porrino and Vivaldi and a sold out performance by soprano Renata Tebaldi.
Hunter College
Hunter College Concert Bureau Collection
March 1959
English
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Coming Events for the Hunter College Concert Bureau
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A list of upcoming performers, including: Pearl Primus and Group (dance group); Lotte Lehmann (soprano opera); Jascha Heifetz (violinist); Alexander Kipnis (bass opera). Bruno Lee, Concert Director.
Hunter College
Hunter College Concert Bureau Collection
1946
English
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