The 1955 Virginia Glee Club Concert at Sweet Briar was conducted by Donald MacInnis as part of the Glee Club 1954-1955 season. Held March 4, 1955 in Manson Hall at Sweet Briar College, the concert was a collaboration with the Sweet Briar Glee Club and Sweet Briar College Choir, Edmund P. Allison conducting.
A recording of this concert is available at the University of Virginia Library.
Program[]
Sweet Briar Glee Club[]
- Sound the Trumpet (Henry Purcell (1659-1695))
- Glorious Apollo (Samuel Webbe (1740-1816))
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men (Ralph Vaughan Williams (b.1872))
University of Virginia Glee Club[]
- Chorus of Peers, from Iolanthe (Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900))
- To All You Ladies Now On Land (John Wall Callcott (1766-1821))
- Tarantella (Randall Thompson (b.1899)) — George Silvernell, pianist
Combined Glee Clubs[]
Sweet Briar College Choir[]
- O Lord, My God, Forgive Me (Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750))
- Regina Coeli (Opus 37 Number 3) (Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)) — Jeanne Lee Applequist and Dorothy Engh, soloists
- Benedictus qui venit in Nomine Domini (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594))
University of Virginia Glee Club[]
- The Battle of Jericho (arr. Marshall Bartholomew)
- Down in the Valley (arr. George Mead)
- Kansas City from "Oklahoma!" (Richard Rodgers)
- The Hunting Song (Tom Lehrer)
Combined Glee Clubs[]
- Liebeslieder Waltzes (Opus 52 and Opus 65 No. 7) (Johannes Brahms) — Carolyn Westfall and G. Noble Gilpin, pianists
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Sweet Briar rosters
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