Donald Loach, European Tour. Photo courtesy UVA Visual History Collection
The 1975 European Tour of the Virginia Glee Club saw the group performing in Zagreb, Belgrad, Budapest, Vienna, and Prague from December 24, 1974 to January 11, 1975, with additional stops in Luxembourg, Trieste, and Heidelberg. The tour was the midpoint of the 1974-1975 season and was directed by Donald Loach.
Repertoire[]
The repertoire for the tour included selections from the following:
- Lauda Sion (Dietrich Buxtehude)
- Mater patris (Antoine Brumel)
- Missa Mater Patris (Josquin Des Pres)
- Emblems (Elliott Carter)
- American Songs
- The Sailor and the Soldier
- Poor Wayfaring Stranger
- The Wife of Usher's Well
- Pat Works on the Railroad
- Summer Songs (David Davis)
- Tarantella (Randall Thompson)
- Death Be Not Proud (Fenno Heath)
- Sunt lacrimae rerum (Carl Orff)
- Geographical Fugue (Ernst Toch)
- Broken Glass (David Davis)
Tour itinerary[]
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Tour program[]
Program cover
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Zagreb concert program[]
Zagreb program cover
Zagreb program p 1
Zagreb program 2
Gallery[]
Vienna concert, courtesy John Madden
Concert photos courtesy Douglass List
Candid photo from the 1974 tour
Candid photo from the 1974 tour
Candid photo from the 1974 tour