The 1957 Spring Concert of the Virginia Glee Club was conducted by Donald MacInnis as part of the Glee Club 1956-1957 season. Held April 4, 1957 in Old Cabell Hall, the concert featured appearances by the Madrigal Group, University Orchestra, and University Band.
The concert featured a performance of a setting of the fourth part of "The Waste Land" by Donald MacInnis.
Program[]
- My heart doth beg you'll not forget (Orlando di Lasso, 1532-1594)
- Come Again, Sweet Love (John Dowland, 1563–1625)
- Jesu dulcis (Luis Tomas da Vittoria, 1564–1645)
- Adoramus te (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, 1526–1594)
- "Christ lag in Todesbanden" (Cantata No. 4, for the Easter Festival, 1724) (Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685–1750)
- Sopranos: Peggy Davis, Virginia English, Elizabeth Snowden, Jo Ann Walker, Rosalyn Wallace
- Contraltos: Eleanor Dickerman, Miriam Knox, Heidi Mitchell, Carla Waal
- Tenors: Warren Brubaker, Wingfield Roberts, Barry Rogers, Palmer Rutherford, Robert Velle, Malcolm Wyatt
- Basses: Arnold Abrams, Lloyd Bird, Kenneth Bonner, Hendrik Booraem, V, Robert Deas, Benjamin Fulton, Edward Miller, Calvin Parker, Donald Ward
- Simon Legree (Douglas Moore, 1893– ) (poem by Vachel Lindsay) (soloists: Robert Deas, Wingfield Roberts)
- From The Waste Land (part IV: Death by Water) (Donald MacInnis, 1923– ) (text: T.S. Eliot)
- What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? (sea chantey, arr. Bartholomew)
- Shenandoah (sea chantey, arr. Bartholomew)
- Little Innocent Lamb (spiritual, arr. Bartholomew) (Virginia Gentlemen)
- Bonnie Eloise (folk song, arr. Robert Shaw) (Virginia Gentlemen)
- Keep in the middle of the road (spiritual, arr. Bartholomew)
- The Battle of Jericho (spiritual, arr. Bartholomew)
Gallery[]
Program p. 1
Program p. 2 and Roster