The 1984 Renaissance Festival of the Virginia Glee Club was the second time the Glee Club mounted a several-day multidisciplinary festival. Held as part of the Glee Club 1983-1984 season, the festival spanned March 30-31, 1984.[1]A recording of this concert is available at the University of Virginia Library.
Events[]
March 30, 1984[]
- 1:00pm – 5:00 pm: Outdoor Fair in the Amphitheatre
- 7:30pm: Lecture on Renaissance Philosophy
- 8:30pm: Concert
- Harvard Glee Club, Steven Samitz, conductor
- Christ Church Men & Boy's Choir, Robert Tate, director
- University Glee Club, Donald Loach, director
March 31, 1984[]
- 1:00pm – 5:00 pm: Outdoor Fair in the Amphitheatre
- 7:30pm: Lecture on Renaissance Philosophy
- 8:30pm: Concert
- Christ Church Men & Boy's Choir, Robert Tate, director
- University of Virginia Collegium Musicum, Barbara Barclay, director
- University Glee Club, Donald Loach, director
Program[]
- Reel 1. Hodie nobis caelorum ; If ye love me ; Sanctus from the mass for four voices ; Lamentations of Jeremiah / Thomas Tallis (Harvard Glee Club)
- O primavera / Luzzasco Luzzaschi (Christ Church Chamber Choir)
- Piu d'orn'altro Clori ; Fantasia a duo voci ; Il bell-umore / Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (Christ Church Chamber Choir)
- A dolente partita! / Giaches Wert (Christ Church Chamber Choir)
- Missa brevis / Andrea Gabrielli (Christ Church Chamber Choir)
- Tu solus qui facis mirabilia ; Ave verum corpus ; Benedicta es, caelorum regina ; Allegez moy ; Vous l'arez, s'il vous plaist ; Cueurs desolez par touted nations ; Basiez moy / Josquin Desprez (The University of Virginia Glee Club)
- Motet for double chorus. Haec est dies / Jacob Handl (The Glee Clubs together)
- Reel 2. Sing joyfully / William Byrd (Christ Church Chamber Choir ; Collegium Musicum)
- Magnificat ; Nunc dimittis / Orlando Gibbons (Christ Church Chamber Choir ; Collegium Musicum)
- fChrist rising again ; Christ is risen again / William Byrd (Christ Church Chamber Choir ; Collegium Musicum)
- Hosanna to the son of David / Thomas Weelkes (Christ Church Chamber Choir ; Collegium Musicum)
- Exalta regina galliae! / Jean Mouton (University of Virginia Glee Club)
- La guerre: escoutez tous gentilz / Clement Janequin (University of Virginia Glee Club)
- Lord for thy tender mercies' sake / Richard Farrant (University of Virginia Glee Club)
- Almightly and everlasting God / Orlando Gibbons (University of Virginia Glee Club)
- Call to remembrance, o Lord / Richard Farrant (University of Virginia Glee Club)
- O Lord, increase my faith / Henry Loosemore (University of Virginia Glee Club)
- Ave verum corpus / William Byrd (University of Virginia Glee Club)
- Come again: sweet love doth now invite ; Flow my tears ; Now, o now I needs must part / John Dowland (David Quittmeyer, countertenor ; Barbara Barclay, harpsichord)
- My bonnie lass / Thomas Morley (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
- The silver swan / Orlando Gibbons (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
- April is in my mistress' face / Thomas Morley (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
- Lady, your words do spite me / John Wilbye (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
- Strike it up, Tabor / Thomas Weelkes (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
- Sing a song of joy / Thomas Campian (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
- Never weather-beaten saile / Thomas Campian (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
- Fine knack for ladies / John Dowland (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
- Lo country sports / Thomas Weelkes (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
- Weep, o mine eyes / Francis Pilkington (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
- Now is the month of maying / Thomas Morley (Christ Church Chamber Choir and the Glee Club)
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ "University of Virginia Glee Club's Second Renaissance Festival". Cavalier Daily: p. 11. March 26, 1984. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wushAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1HEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5866%2C6638398.
Program courtesy of the collection of Donald Loach.