The 1995 Kickoff Concert of the Virginia Glee Club was conducted by John Liepold as the opening performance of the Glee Club 1995-1996 season. Held October 21, 1995 in Old Cabell Hall, the concert was the first collaboration between the Glee Club and the newly reformed Virginia Women's Chorus; the first Virginia Women's Chorus performance conducted by Donna Plaskett; and the Glee Club's first performance in Old Cabell Hall since 1993 following the conclusion of the hall's restoration.
A recording of this concert is available at the University of Virginia Library.
Program[]
- Locus iste / Bruckner
- Lift thine eyes / Mendelssohn
- Adoremus Te / Palestrina
- Den Tod ; Wir eilen / Bach
- El yivneh hagalil
- Hear my prayer / Purcell
- Quatre prières de saint François d'Assise / Poulenc
- This train / Heath
- Serenity / Ives
- How excellent thy name / Hanson
- Alleluia / Thompson
- Stopwatch and an ordnance map / Barber
- Shenandoah / Erb
- Behold, I build a house / Foss
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Program courtesy of the collection of Jeff Slutzky.