The 1968 Openings Weekend Concert of the Virginia Glee Club was the first concert of the 1968-1969 season. Donald Loach conducted the concert, which featured the University of Pittsburgh Men's Glee Club, Philip S. Cavanaugh, director. The concert was held November 15, 1968 in Old Cabell Hall.
A recording of this concert is available at the University of Virginia Library. The recording features excerpts from the concert.
Program[]
University of Virginia Glee Club[]
- Hark, all ye lovely saints above (Thomas Weelkes (1575-1623))
- Here is the god who looks both ways (John Crawford (b.1930))
- My heart doth beg you'll not forget (Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594))
- Thy word is a lantern (Fenno Heath (b.1927))
- Coronation Scene from the opera Boris Godounov (Modest Petrovich Mussourgsky (1835-1881)
University of Pittsburgh Men's Glee Club[]
- Sing to the Lord (Trappistine Nun)
- O Saviour so sweet (Samuel Scheidt (1587-1654))
- A Dirge for two veterans (Gustav Holst (1874-1934))
- Back and side go bare from the opera "Sir John in love" (Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958))
- Winter Song (Frederic Field Bullard (1864-1904))
The Virginia Gentlemen[]
University of Pittsburgh Men's Glee Club[]
- Drinking song (Zoltan Kodaly (1882-1967)
- Do—don't touch-a my garment (arr. Robert Shaw)
- Ta'ra tantara teino (Philip Gordon)
- Orpheus (Harry Robert Wilson)
- The Monarch wine (Frederick Marschner)
- The Shadow of your smile (Johnny Mandel)
- Hail to Pitt (Lester Taylor)
The Pitt Trio[]
University of Virginia Glee Club[]
- Stomp your foot! from the opera The Tender Land (Aaron Copland (b.1900))
- soloists: Stephen Lane, William David Hasty, Jr.
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. Fenno Heath)
- soloist: Edward P. Nolde
- Father William from "Alice in Wonderland" (Irving Fine (1914-1962))
- soloists: James F. Jones, Stephen Lane
- Shenandoah (arr. Marshall Bartholomew)
- Vir-ir-gin-i-a (melody by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), arr. Donald Loach)
- A new song by Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr., class of 1917, Professor Emeritus of English, dedicated to the Jefferson Society, April 11, 1968
- Old King Cole (arr. Milton Okun, rev. with interpolations by Donald Loach)
Combined Glee Clubs[]
- The Alma Maters
Gallery[]
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