The 2019 Virginia Glee Club Tour of the Northwest, which lasted from March 10 – March 17, 2019, was conducted by Frank Albinder as part of the Glee Club 2018-2019 season. The tour included performances in Salem, Oregon, Seattle, West Seattle, Bellevue, and Vancouver, Washington.
The tour included performances of Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven) with the Northwest Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Anthony Spain, with Alexandra Picard, soprano soloist, Nerys Jones, mezzo soprano Soloist, Tim Janecke, tenor soloist, Charles Robert Stephens, bass soloist, and ChoralSounds Northwest, Concord Chamber Choir, Con Brio Women’s Choir and Cantabile Youth Vocal Ensemble.[1] The March 15 performance featured a guest appearance by voice actress Ellen McLain, who voiced the character GlaDOS in the video game Portal. Frank Albinder chronicled the tour on his tour blog.
Itinerary[]
- March 10: Columbia Presbyterian Church, Vancouver, WA
- March 12: Williamette University, Salem, OR with Male Ensemble Willamette
- March 15: Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA with Illumni Men's Chorale; special guest appearance by Ellen McLain
- March 16: Holy Rosary Catholic Church, West Seattle, WA, performing Beethoven's 9th with NW Symphony Orchestra
- March 17: Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, performing Beethoven's 9th with NW Symphony Orchestra
Program[]
- Alilo (Carol, Republic of Georgia)
- Blessed be the Lord (Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), ed. Walter S. Collins)
- Medieval Gloria (Vijay Singh (b. 1966))
- Panis Dei (Sandra Milliken (b. 1961))
- Spaseniye sodelal (Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944))
- Ave Maria (Angelus Domini) (Franz Biebl (1906 – 2001))
- Which is the Properest Day to Drink? (Thomas Arne (1710-1778), Arr. Marshall Bartholomew)
- Matona, mia cara (Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594), arr. Archibald T. Davison)
- Down Among the Dead Men (Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams)
- Kwmbayah (American Spiritual, Arr. K. J. Dinham)
- I Have Had Singing (Ron Jeffers (1943-2017))
- Selections by the Gleemen
- Shenandoah (American Folksong, Arr. James Erb)
- Virginia Yell Song (Linwood Lehman ’15)
- The Cavalier Song (Fulton Lewis, Jr. ’24, Arr. Daniel Hine)
- Virginia, Hail, All Hail (John A. Morrow ’21, Arr. M. Donald MacInnis, rev. Donald Loach)
- The Good Old Song (Traditional)
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