On Thursday August 25, 1966, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performed at Interlochen Center for the Arts for the very first time.
The concert was conducted by the DSO's music director Sixten Ehrling.
The program included Maurice Ravel's "La valse," Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring," "Markings" by Ulysses Kay and a Sinfonietta for String Orchestra by Boris Papandopulo.
It was billed as the "Joseph E. Maddy Memorial Concert" and presented by the Michigan State Council for the Arts.
Hear selections from this DSO concert on demand in this episode.
Program details
Ulysses Kay, Markings
Boris Papandopulo, Sinfonietta
Maurice Ravel, La Valse
Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring
The archival recordings heard on this program are supported in part by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Classical Music Preservation Grant, Interlochen Public Radio's generous listeners and the Hamer D. and Phyllis C. Shafer Foundation.
Michael Culler provided audio engineering support.
Eileen Ganter provided research support.
