The 1998 Kickoff Concert of the Virginia Glee Club was conducted by Bruce Tammen as the commencement of the Glee Club 1998-1999 season. Held November 7, 1998 in Old Cabell Hall, the concert was a joint performance with the Wellesley College Choir, Brian Clarence Hulse conducting.
Program[]
Wellesley College Choir[]
- Ces trois un a po de peinne (Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300-1277))
- Ave Regina Coelorum (Guillaume Dufay (c.1400-1474))
- Kyrie from Missa Sancti Jacobi (Dufay)
- Ca' the Yowes (Scottish Folk Song, arr. Jameson Marvin)
Wellesley College Chamber Singers[]
- Qui Tollis from the Petite Messe Solonnelle (Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868))
- Alex Swartsel, Joanna Wulfsberg, Jenny Tang - piano
Virginia Glee Club[]
- Duo Seraphim (Tomas Luis de Vittoria (1540-1611))
- Glory… Only Begotten Son (Alexandre Gretchaninoff (1864-1956))
- Alleluia (Randall Thompson (1899-1984))
- Ave Maria (Anton Bruckner (1824-1896))
- Ain'-A That Good News! (African American Spiritual, arr. William Dawson)
Wellesley College Choir[]
- Tumsa Nakte, Zala, Zale (Latvian folk song)
- Jessica Lehr '99, soloist
- Wir eilen mit schwachen Schritten (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750))
- Jenny Tang, piano
- Whitman Sampler (Brian Clarence Hulse, text from Song of Myself by Walt Whitman)
- I. Talk of the Beginning and the End
- II. I Sound Triumphal Drums for the Dead
Wellesley College Chamber Singers[]
- Jitomates risuenos (Pablo Ortiz, poem by Francisco X. Alarcon)
Virginia Glee Club[]
- Shenandoah (arr. James Erb)
- Norden (The North) (Jean Sibelius (1865-1957))
- Jason Hathaway, piano
- You go to my head (J. Fred Coots (1936), arr. B. Tammen)
- All the Things You Are (Jerome Kern (1885-1945))
- Bill Bennett, baritone
- Ave Maria (Franz Biebl (1906-2001))
Virginia Glee Club and the Wellesley College Choir[]
- Os Justi (Anton Bruckner (1824-1896))
Gallery[]
Program courtesy of the collection of Jeff Slutzky.