Concert Programs
Manila Symphony Orchestra Program (June 1945)
From 1939-1971, Dr. Zipper was Conductor and Artistic Director of the Manila Symphony Orchestra. The Zipper’s lived there from 1939 (Trudl since 1937) to 1946 but returned every summer until 1971 to oversee their summer programs.
The Manila Symphony Society
1945
Second Symphony Concert
The Manila Symphony Orchestra
Herbert Zipper
Conductor
Basilio Manalo
Soloist
Seven o’clock
Thursday evening, June 14
Rex Theater
Premiere of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra Program (March 1949)
In 1947 the Zippers moved to Brooklyn, New York. At the behest of Brooklynite soldiers who knew him from Manila, Maestro Zipper revived the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra.
BROOKLYN ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Wed., March 16, 1949, 8:30 P.M.
Brooklyn Technical High School, Sun., March 20, 1949, 3:00 P.M.
Premiere Concert of the
BROOKLYN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
HERBERT ZIPPER
Conductor
BEETHOVEN
Fifth Symphony
Allegro con brio
Andante con moto
Allegro
Allegro
Intermission
VERDI
Don Carlos
Act IV, Part 1
Aria of Philip
Philip and the Grand Inquisitor
Scene and Scarlet (Elizabeth, Eboli, Rodrigo, Philip)
Elizabeth and Eboli; Aria of Eboli
Elizabeth of Valois
BRENDA LEWIS
Princess Eboli
REGINA RESNIK
Philip II
OSCAR NATZKA
Rodrigo, Marquis of Posa
FRANK GAMBONI
The Grand Inquisitor
GEORGE TOZZI
R. STRAUSS
Till Eulenspiegel
Chicago Business Men’s Orchestra Program (May 2, 1959)
Dr. Zipper assumed the conductorship of the Chicago Businessman’s Orchestra in 1955 and held the position until 1967. The orchestra was founded in 1921 by businessman George Lytton and is now known as the Chicago Metropolitan Orchestra.
A SYMPHONY and OPERA CONCERT
ORCHESTRA HALL
Saturday, May 2, 1959 at 8:15 p.m.
by the
Chicago Business Men’s Orchestra
Founded 1921 by George Lytton
Basilio Manalo
Soloist
Seven o’clock
Thursday evening, June 14
Rex Theater
Dr. Hebert Zipper
Conductor
Trudl Dubsky Zipper
Opera Production
PROGRAM
Overture, “The Gypsy Baron”
Johann Strauss
Waltz Dream Selections
Oskar Strauss
Waltzes from “Der Rosenkavalier”
Richard Strauss
Waltz, “Wiener Blut,” Op. 354
Johann Strauss
Intermission
Selections from the Opera “The Bartered Bride”
Bedrich Smetana
Overture and Dances for Orchestra
Vocal numbers with costume and action
CAST
Marenka
Prudencija Bickus
Jenik
Rolf Bjoerling
Ketsal
Michael Bondon
Ludmila
Blanche Lewis
Hata
Evelyn Reynolds
Krushina
Edward Sepanik
Misha
Richard Best
Sylvan Ward
Assistant Conductor
USC, School of Performing Arts Orchestra 77 Concert Program (March-April 1977)
Dr. Zipper pioneered the idea of bringing professional musicians to schools rather than having the children visit the concert hall where he believed they would be distracted by their surroundings. By bringing the music to them he believed they would be freed to focus more on the music. Dr. Zipper brought music to schools in Brooklyn, Manila, Chicago, and Los Angeles where this program comes from.
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra Program (August 1981)
A program from Dr. Zipper’s first trip to China. In this concert the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra performed Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Overature, Mozart’s Violin Concerto in A Major, and Brahm’s First Symphony.
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra
Concert
Special Guest Conductor
Famous American conductor, educator and composer – Herbert Zipper
1981.8.Guangzhou