1978 Christmas Concert poster, courtesy Spec Coll
The 38th Annual Christmas Concert of the Virginia Glee Club was held on December 1 and 2, 1978 in Old Cabell Hall. The concert was conducted by Donald Loach as part of the Glee Club 1978-1979 season.
A recording of this concert is available at the University of Virginia Library.
Program[]
- Alle, psallite cum luya / anonymous
- Egredimini et videte / Andrea Gabrieli
- Sicut cervus / G. P. da Palestrina
- Memento salutis auctor / William Byrd
- Hodie apparuit / Orlando di Lasso
- Natus est nobis / Jacob Handl
- Laetentur, coeli / Hans Leo Hassler
- Gloria in excelsis deo / Giacomo Carissimi
- Hark! the herald angels sing / Adapted from a chorus by Felix Mendelssohn
- What tidings bringest thou, messenger? / 15th-c. carol
- O magnum mysterium / an ancient Latin responsary
- Hail, comely and clean ; Hail, sovereign savior ; Mary's blessing and farewell / from the the townely second shepherd's play
- The magi and King Herod / tr. Robert Graves
- Lully, lulla / from the pageant of shearman and taylors
- All poor men and humble / tr. by K. E. Roberts
- Wonder tidings / Sussex carol
- Twelve days of Christmas
- A merry Christmas