The 1981 Kickoff Concert of the Virginia Glee Club was the first concert of the Glee Club 1981-1982 season. Held October 30, 1981 in Old Cabell Hall, the concert was conducted by Donald Loach and featured a guest performance by the Sweet Briar College Choir.
Program[]
University of Virginia Glee Club[]
- Hark, all ye lovely saints above (Weelkes)
- Quatre Petites Prières de Saint François d'Assise (Francis Poulenc (1899-1963))
- O Praise the Lord of Heaven (Vaughan Williams)
Sweet Briar College Choir and Collegium Musicum[]
- Ave Maria (Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967))
- Ave Maria (Poulenc)
- Ave Maria (Johannes Brahms (1833-1897))
- Ich Will Den Herren Loben Allezeit (Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)) (Mary Jane Oliver, soprano)
- Wann Unsre Schlaffen Ein (Schütz) (Mary Jane Oliver, soprano; Christopher Winfree Ryan, bass)
- Lobe den herren (Johann Vierdanck (ca. 1608-1646))
- Three Canzone alla Francese (1596) (Adriano Banchieri (1568-1634))
- Seven Canons (Ernst Bacon (b.1898))
- God
- Sinai
- Schools and Rules
- The Pelican
- The Little Children
- Cho-Cherry
- Money
University of Virginia Glee Club[]
- Three Canzonets (Thomas Weelkes)
- The Nightingale, the Organ of Delight
- Come Sirrah Jack Ho
- No, though I shrink still
- Diverse Ballads - Virginia Gentlemen, Matthew Freeman conductor
- Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)) (Thomas C. Sutton, accompanist)
The Choir and Glee Club Together[]
- O Quam Suavis (Giovanni Gabrieli (1553-1612))
- The Good Old Song
Gallery[]
Program courtesy of the collection of Donald Loach.