Hancock Ensemble, 1948-01-19

Hancock ensemble, Hancock Auditorium, Allan Hancock Foundation Building, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1948 January 19, 8:30 p.m., broadcast on KUSC. Hancock Ensemble; William E. Strobridge, conductor; Stephen De'Ak, violoncello; George-Ellen Ferguson, soprano; Sterling D. Smith, flute; William E. Strobridge, commentator.CONTENTS: Excerpt from Il rè pastore (opera) (arranged for soprano and instrumental ensemble) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Gavotte (violoncello and piano) (arranged for soprano and instrumental ensemble) / David Popper -- Serenade in C minor (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Prelude in D (piano) (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Sergei Rachmaninoff [Сергей Рахманинов] -- En route, no. 12 from Nouvelles études artistiques [New artistic studies], op. 107 (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Benjamin Godard -- intermission "News of the world" -- Il dolce suono [The sweet sound], from act 3, scene 1 of Lucia di Lammermoor (opera) (arranged for soprano and instrumental ensemble) / Gaetano Donizetti -- Silent noon, no. 2 from The house of life (voice and piano) (Dante Gabriel Rossetti, text) (arranged for soprano and instrumental ensemble) / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- unidentified composition / Heitor Villa-Lobos -- Kaleidoscope suite, op. 19a (orchestra) (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Miklós Rózsa -- other unidentified works.