The 1956 Fall Concert of the Virginia Glee Club was held November 9, 1956 in Old Cabell Hall. Conducted by Donald MacInnis, the concert was the first performance of the Glee Club 1956-1957 season.
Billed as the "Annual Football Concert," the performance for the fourth year featured the University of North Carolina Glee Club, Joel Carter conducting. UVA won the game against UNC the following day by a forfeit.[1]
Program[]
University of North Carolina Glee Club[]
- Carolina Loyalty Song (Haesche-Carter)
- To Thee We Sing (from the Russian liturgy) (Peter Tkach)
- Requiem (Robert Louis Stevenson) (Granville Bantock)
- One Kiss (from the operetta "New Moon") (Sigmund Romberg)
- Italian Street Song (from the operetta "Naughty Marietta") (Victor Herbert) — Soprano soloist: Donna Patton
- A Little Close Harmony (Geoffrey O'Hara)
- De Animals A'Comin' (arr. Marshall Bartholomew)
- Almost Like Being in Love (Frederick Loewe)
- Collegium Musicum (R. English)
- March of the Musketeers (R. Friml) — A Baker's Dozen
- Brothers, Sing On! (Edvard Grieg)
University of Virginia Glee Club[]
- Wie lieblich sint deine Wohnungen (from Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45) (Johannes Brahms, arr. Treharne)
- Jesu dulcis (Ludovico da Vittoria, arr. Archibald T. Davison)
- Charlottown (Southern folk song, arr. Bryan)
- Gently, Johnny (English folk song, arr. Bingham)
- Set Down, Servant (Spiritual, arr. Robert Shaw) — soloists: Palmer Rutherford, Edward Miller)
- Old Man Noah (Traditional chantey, arr. Marshall Bartholomew)
Combined Glee Clubs[]
- May God smile on you (from Wedding Cantata, no. 196) (Johann Sebastian Bach)
- The Last Words of David (II Samuel XXIII: 3,4) (Randall Thompson)
- Hark, the Sound of Tar Heel Voices
- Virginia, Hail, All Hail
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ "All Time Results". Virginia Sports. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180626142326/http://www.virginiasports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/all-time-results.html. Retrieved 2018-06-11.