Christmas Concert (1978)

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