The 1949 Virginia Glee Club Concert at Sweet Briar was part of the Glee Club 1948-1949 season. Directed by Henry Morgan, the concert was held March 19, 1949 at Sweet Briar College and was a collaboration with the Sweet Briar Glee Club and Sweet Briar College Choir.
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- Now let every tongue adore thee (from the Cantata Sleepers Wake) J.S. Bach, 1685-1750) (VGC/SBGC)
- O, rejoice ye Christians, loudly (from the Cantata He is Risen) (J.S. Bach) (VGC/SBGC)
- My Spirit be joyful (from the Cantata My Spirit Be Joyful) (J.S. Bach) (SBGC/SBCC)
- Ave Maria (Zolton Kodaly, 1882-) (SBGC/SBCC)
- Veni Creator Spiritus (arr. Ralph Downes) (VGC)
- O, Isis and Osiris from The Magic Flute (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791) (solo by Thomas Burchett, Jr., duet by Thomas Jefferson Smith, III and Richard S. Kephart) (VGC)
- Lasciatemi morire (Claudio Monteverdi, 1567-1643) (VGC)
- Your voices raise (George Frederick Handel, 1685-1759) (VGC)
- Four Choruses from the "Medea" of Euripides (Virgil Thomson, 1896-) (SBCC)
- Five Choruses from "The Peaceable Kingdom" (Randall Thompson, 1899-) (VGC/SBGC)
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