Hancock Ensemble, 1947-02-13

Hancock Ensemble, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1947 February 13, 7:00-8:00 p.m. 17th Thursday broadcast, on KUSC. William E. Strobridge, conductor and announcer. George-Ellen Ferguson, soprano.CONTENTS: opening theme music ("Variation 18" from Rhapsodie sur un thème de Paganini) (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Sergei Rachmaninoff [Сергей Рахманинов]) -- Chorale prelude "In Thee is joy", BWV 615 ["In dir ist Freude"] (no. 17 from Orgel-Büchlein) (organ) (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Finale, 6th movement from Octet, F major, D. 803 (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Franz Schubert -- Marreta's song, from Die tote Stadt, op. 12 (1920) (opera) (arranged for voice and instrumental ensemble) / Erich Wolfgang Korngold -- Holy Thursday [Le jeudi saint a minuit] (1938) (piano) / Joaquín Turina -- Golliwog's cakewalk, no. 6 from Children's corner / Claude Debussy -- Mélody, no. 3 from Cinq morçeaux de fantaisie, op. 3 [Мелодия, no. 3 from Пьесы-фантазии] (piano) (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Sergei Rachmaninoff [Сергей Рахманинов] -- Silence of the secret night, no. 3 from Six romances, op. 4 [В molchanʹi ночи taĭnoĭ, no. 3 from Романсы, оп. 4] (voice, piano) (arranged for voice and instrumental ensemble) / Sergei Rachmaninoff [Сергей Рахманинов] -- To the birds, no. 10 from 20 songs [A des oiseaux, no. 10 from 20 mélodies] (voice and piano) (Eugène Adenis, text) (arranged for soprano, flute and piano) (incomplete) / Georges Hüe -- Unidentified composition (for strings) -- Unidentified composition (for piano and strings) -- Choros, no. 5 "Alma brasiliera" (1925) (piano) (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Heitor Villa-Lobos -- "Waltz" from The Christmas tree, op. 21 (opera) (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Vladimir Rebikov -- Two dances from Sahdji (ballet) (arranged by William Grant Still) / William Grant Still -- closing theme music ("Variation 18" from Rhapsodie sur un thème de Paganini) (arranged for instrumental ensemble) / Sergei Rachmaninoff [Сергей Рахманинов]).