Hancock Ensemble concert, 1943-10-13

Hancock Ensemble concert, Hancock Auditorium, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1943 October 13, 8:30 p.m. Only the Ernst Toch Poems to Martha was broadcast on the radio, 1943 October 16. Hancock Foundation Trio (Anton Maaskoff, violin; John Crown, piano; Stephen De'Ak, violoncello); Edwin Dunning, baritone; Lisa Minghetti, violin; Cecil Bonbalot, viola. ❧ CONTENTS: Piano trio, op. 1, no. 3, C minor (piano, violin, violoncello) / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Poems to Martha, op. 66 (2 violins, viola, violoncello, piano, baritone) (world premiere) (Joseph Haft, text) / Ernst Toch -- Piano quartet no. 1, op. 25, G minor (piano, violin, viola, violoncello) / Johannes Brahms. ❧ Announced in Southern California Trojan (1943 October 11): p. 2. See http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/p15799coll104/id/60600/show/60599 . Reviewed in Isabel Morse Jones "Hancock Trio plays outstanding program" Los Angeles Times (1943 October 14): p. I:13.