The 51st annual Christmas Concerts of the Virginia Glee Club, held December 6-7, 1991 in Old Cabell Hall, were conducted by John Liepold as part of the Glee Club 1991-1992 season. The first Christmas concerts conducted by Liepold, they featured the Virginia Glee Club Chamber Orchestra and a guest appearance by the Virginia Gentlemen, as well as a joint performance of the Rutter Gloria with the University Singers.
The concerts were recorded and released on cassette tape as 51st Annual Christmas Concert, minus the Gloria performance.
Program[]
Virginia Glee Club[]
- Alle, Psallite Cum Luja (Medieval conductus)
- O Magnum Mysterium (Tomas Luis de Vittoria (c.1549-1611))
- O Magnum Mysterium (Giovanni Gabrieli (c.1557-1612))
- O Magnum Mysterium (Francis Poulenc (1899-1963))
- Deux Motets, Op. 10 (Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986))
Virginia Glee Club with the Virginia Glee Club Chamber Orchestra[]
- Messe "Cum Jubilo", Op. 11 (Duruflé)
- Kyrie
- Gloria - Poulson Reed, tenor
- Sanctus
- Benedictus - Matthew Benko, baritone
- Agnus Dei
Audience Carol[]
- Angels We Have Heard on High
Virginia Glee Club, University Singers, University Brass Ensemble[]
Donald Loach, conductor
- Gloria (John Rutter (b.1945))
Virginia Gentlemen[]
Matt Benko, music director
- The Christmas Waltz (arr. Cheryl Brown-West)
- I Wonder As I Wander (Niles/Norton)
- The Twelve Days of Christmas ((Not So) Traditional)
Audience Carol[]
- The Twelve Days of Christmas
Virginia Glee Club[]
- Two Winter Songs
- In the Bleak Mid-Winter (Holst/Woodgate) - Brogan Sullivan, tenor
- Winter Song (Frederic Field Bullard)
- Two German Carols
Gallery[]
Program courtesy of the collection of Jeff Slutzky.