Presents

Eliot Feld Ballet HELEN DOUGLAS MONA ELGH ELIOT FELD MICHAELA HUGHES

BRIAN JAMESON KATE JOHNSON CHARLES KENNEDY

EDMUND LAFoSSE BARRY L EON REM US MARCU LINDA MILLER

GREGORY MITCHELL GEORGE MONTALBANO ELIZABETH NESI

MARY RANDOLPH CHRISTINE SARRY J EFF SATIN OFF GWYNN TAYLOR

PETER LONGIARU, Pianist

JOHN H. PAULL III, Production Stage Manager CORA CAHAN, Administrator

MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 20, 1978, AT 8 :00 POWER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

PROGRAM

HARBINGER

(1967)

Choreography by ELIOT FEW M llsic by SERGE PROKOFIEFF

Cos/limes by STANLEY SIMMONS Lighting by THOMAS SKELTON

(Concerto #5 for Piano and Orchestra)

I JEFF SATIN OFF

Mona EIgh, Kate Johnson, Linda Miller, Elizabeth Nesi, Mary Randolph, Gwynn Taylor

II CHRISTINE SARRY, GREGORY MITCHELL

III LINDA MILLER, GEORGE MONTALBANO

Mona EIgh, Kate Johnson, Mary Randolph, Gwynn Taylor, Brian Jameson , Charles Kennedy, Remus Marcu

Seventeenth Program Seventh Annual Choice Series, Power Center Complete Programs 4108

IV MICHAELA HUGHES, GREGORY MITCHELL, JEFF SATIN OFF

V Mona Elgh, Michaela Hughes, Linda Miller, Mary Randolph,

Christine Sarry , Gwynn Taylor Brian Jameson, Charles Kennedy, Remus Marcu, Gregory Mitchell ,

George Montalbano, Jeff Satinoff

Choreography by ELIOT FUD Mllsic by ALBERT ROUSSEL Scell ery by MlNc CHO LEE

INTERM I SSION

IMPROMPTU ( 1976)

Cost um e by Wn.LA KlJIr Lighting by THOMAS SKELTON

Danced by HELEN DOUGLAS

(Pause)

CORTEGE PARISIEN ( 1970)

Choreography by ELIOT FELD Costumes by FRANK THOMPSON

Music by ElI!J\[ANUF.L CHABRIER (Fete Polona ise)

CHRISTINE SARRY MICHAELA HUGHES LINDA MILLER REMUS MARCU JEFF SATIN OFF GEORGE :MONTALBANO

INTERMISSION

A FOOTSTEP OF AIR ( 1977 )

Choreography by ELlOT FELD Music by LUDWIC VAN BEETHOVEN

(Iris h and Scottis h Folk Songs)

CHRISTINE SARRY JEFF SATIN OFF

Orches trat.ion by SOL BERKOWITZ Costumes by WILLA KIM Lighting by THOMAS SKELTON

LINDA MILLER EDMUND LAFoSSE GREGORY MITCHELL ELIOT FELD

Mona Elcrh, Kate Johnson, Elizabeth Nesi, :Mary Randolph, Gwynn Taylor, Brian Jameson, Charles Kennedy, Barry Leon, Remus Marcu

MUS1 CAL NOTE: Most of Beethoven's folk song arran gements, wlrich l1umber more than one hundred-seventy all told, were commissioned by George Thomson (1757-1839), for many years secretary 1.0 the "Board Jar tire Encouragement of Arts and j"Ianufactures in Scotland," who saw il. as his li fe 's work to collect Scottish, Irish, and Welsh folk songs . He enlisted the aid of disl.inguished poets (Burns, Lord Byron, Ho gg, Scott ) and well knowlI composers (Haydn, Koseluh, Pleyel, alld Beethovell ) . Beelhoven accepted tiris work from 1809 until 1823 in order to im.prove his fi nancial posil.ioll. In view of the simplicity of existing melodies, Beethoven was careful to keep as much variety to I he rito l'llelli and accompalliments. Thus he often took a potent motive from the melody and developed it 1.0 bol.h I.he prelude and postlude to a song. Sometimes he illustrated the meanillg of the words with melodic fi.gures of symbolic sig1l ifi cance . These songs were originally scored for violin, cello, alld piano. The co'rnpany is dan cing to a special orchestra.tion by Sol Berkowil= for chall/ber orchestra.

Yc Shcph crds of This P leasant Valc Music, Love and '

This is an Encore Company Clu.b night

Encore is the membership organization of the Musical Society. Members of the new Company Club are community-oriented businesses whose generous support helps bridge the gap between ticket revenue and the ever-increasing cost of presenting the performing arts. Ten performances are designated this season to honor them and their employees.

Tonight we especially recognize the newest member of Encore Company Club:

F. Jos. Lamb Company of Warren, Michigan

Philippe Entremont, Pianist ( replacing Laza r Berman, originally scheduled last November)

Saturday, April I, at 8 :30 in Hill Auditorium

BACH: Partita No.1 in B-f1at major BEETHOVEN: Sonata in D major , Op. 28 ("Pastorale") CHOPIN: Nocturne in D-f1at, Op. 27, No.2; Scherzo No. 2 RAVEL: Sonatine; Gaspard de la nuit

All ticke ts for the Berman recita l will be honored on April 1 ;

add itional ti ckets are ava ilable from $4 to $10.

REMAINING EVENTS

ELIOT FELD BALLET Tuesday, February 21 Choreographed by Feld: The Real McCoy (Gershwin ); Mazurka (Chopin ); The Consort (Dowland and anonymous composers) .

ELIOT FELO BALLET Wednesday, February 22 Choreographed by Feld : Harbinger (ProkofIev) ; Santa F e Saga (Gould ) ; The Consort (Dow-land and a nony mous composers) ; A Footstep of Air (Beethoven).

CARLOS MONTOYA, Guitarist Thursday, February 23 ALEKSANOER SLOBOOYANIl