Concert at Longwood College (1939)

The 1939 Virginia Glee Club Concert at Longwood College was held on April 18, 1939 at the Virginia State Teachers College (now Longwood College) in Farmville, Virginia. A joint performance with the Longwood College Choir and Glee Club, the concert was conducted by Harry Rogers Pratt as part of the Glee Club 1938-1939 season.

Program

Part I

Junior A Cappella, Frances Bryan (student director)

• Jesus, Jewel of My Faith (Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Beautiful Savior (arr. Wallinford Rieggers)

Wilson Angel, baritone

• Green Pastures (Sanderson)
• I walked today where Jesus walked (O'Hara)
• The Blind Ploughman (Coningsby Clarke)

University of Virginia Glee Club

• To God on High (Decius - ca. 1541)
• Lullaby (Johannes Brahms)
• Hospodi Pomilui (Lvovsky)

Irene Leake, soloist, Senior A Cappella

• Panis Angelicus (César Franck)

College Choir

• The Lord's Prayer (Malotte)
• Let their Celestial concerts all unite (Samson) (Georg Friedrich Handel)

Part II

Junior Quartette, Forrestine Whitaker (student director)

• The Silver Swan (Orlando Gibbons)
• Say love if ever thou dids't find (John Dowland)

Wilson Angel, baritone soloist

• In questa tomba (Ludwig van Beethoven)
• Caro mio ben (Giordini)
• Plaisirs d'amour (Martini)
• The Floral Dance (Moss)

University of Virginia Glee Club

• Eight Bells (arr. Marshall Bartholomew)
• Old Man Noah (arr. Marshall Bartholomew)
• Landsighting (Edvard Grieg)

Wilson Angel

• To a Hill-Top (Cox)
• My Lord, what a morning (Dawson)
• Singin' a Song (Brown)
• American Lullaby (Rich)
• Chumleigh Fair (Holliday)

College Choir

• Prelude (from Cycle of Life) (Ronald)
• The Bells (Prelude in C sharp minor) (Sergei Rachmaninoff)

University of Virginia Glee Club — College Choir — Choral Club

• Soldiers Chorus (Faust) (Gounod)
• America (Bloch)

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