The 1963 Virginia Glee Club Concert at the National Gallery of Art was held December 15, 1963 in the East Garden Court of the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.[1] The concert, conducted by David Davis, was part of the Glee Club 1963-1964 season. The National Gallery of Art music program is the oldest continuous series of free weekly concerts in Washington, DC, beginning in 1942.[2]
The concert was broadcast on station WGMS on 570 AM and 103.5 FM.
Program[]
- March of the Kings (French carol, arr. Alice Parker/Robert Shaw)
- A virgin most pure (English carol, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958))
- Personent hodie (from the plainsong "Piae cantiones")
- In dulci jubilo (Chorale, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Donald MacInnis)
- Breakforth, O beauteous, heav'nly light (Chorale, J.S. Bach, arr. Archibald Thompson Davison)
- Three Lauds (Anonymous 15th century Italian, arr. Henry Mishkin)
- Ave coelorum Domina (Josquin Des Prez (1450-1521), arr. Randall Thompson)
- Adoramus te (Orlando di Lasso (c.1530-1594), ed. Archibald T. Davison)
- Hodie apparuit (Orlandus Lassus, arr. Walter Williams)
Vocal ensemble: Jerry Lee Coffey, Gene McCullough, Wesley Garvin, Geoffrey R. Baer, Henry Bartlett Weir, Jon G. Walker, Elbert Gary Cook, Frank McLeod, James E. Wintermeyer, Jan G. Owen, Douglas Miller, William Butler Guffey
- Jubilate Deo (Motet, Giovanni Gabrielli (1557-1612), arr. Archibald T. Davison)
- Carol for Christmas Day (William Byrd (1543-1623))
- O Thou, the Central Orb (Verse anthem, Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625))
- Zion hört die Wächter singen (Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707), ed. Hugh Clough-Leighter)
- Your voices raise (George Frederick Handel (1685-1759), arr. A.T. Davison)
- God rest you merry, gentlemen (English carol, arr. M. Donald MacInnis)
- Mizerna Cicha (Polish carol, arr. Henry Mishkin)
- I saw three ships (English carol, arr. David Davis)
- O Tannenbaum (German carol, arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw)
- La virgen lava panales (Spanish carol, arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw)
- Coventry carol (English carol, arr. Stephen Tuttle)
- Les anges dans nos campagnes (French carol, arr. A.T. Davison)
- Wassail, Wassail (Gloucestershire Carol, arr. Stephen D. Tuttle and David H. Davis)
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ "Program: 935th Concert, Virginia Glee Club" (PDF). National Gallery of Art. https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/gallery-archives/concertprograms/1960-1970/1963-1964/15A4_69521_19631215.pdf. Retrieved 2021-03-23.
- ↑ "Concert Program Archive". National Gallery of Art. https://www.nga.gov/research/gallery-archives/concert-programs-archive.html. Retrieved 2021-03-23.