Christmas Concert (1954)

The 1954 Christmas Concert of the Virginia Glee Club, its 14th annual Christmas concert, was conducted by Donald MacInnis and featured an appearance by the Mary Washington College Glee Club and a prelude by the University of Virginia Concert Band, conducted by Bernard W. Busse. Held December 14, 1954 in Old Cabell Hall, the concert was part of the Glee Club 1954-1955 season.

Program[]

Adeste Fideles (Audience and combined Glee Clubs)
Slumber my Jesulein (Dutch carol) (MWGC)
All Were There (George Lynn) (MWGC)
O Holy Night (Adolf Adam (1803-1856)) (MWGC)
Coventry Carol (English carol) (MWGC)
'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime (Huron Indian) (MWGC)
Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (Appalachian carol) (MWGC)
Lullay, My Jesu (Noble Cain) (MWGC)
Angels We Have Heard On High (French carol) (MWGC)
Away in a Manger (Martin Luther (1483-1546)) (MWGC)
The First Nowell (English traditional carol) (Audience and combined Glee Clubs)
It came upon the midnight clear (R. S. Willis (1819-1900)) (Combined Glee Clubs)
Silent Night (Franz Gruber (ca. 1818)) (Combined Glee Clubs)
For unto us a child is born (from The Messiah) (G.F. Handel (1685-1759)) (Combined Glee Clubs)
God rest you merry, gentlemen (English carol, arr. M.D.M.) (VGC)
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming (Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)) (VGC)
The twelve days of Christmas (English carol, arr. S.D.T.) (VGC)
A Merry Christmas (English carol, arr. A. Warrell) (V.G.C.)
Joy to the world (Audience and combined Glee Clubs)
Deck the halls (Welsh carol) (Combined Glee Clubs)
O little town of Bethlehem (L. H. Redner, ca. 1880) (Combined Glee Clubs)
Hallelujah Chorus (from The Messiah) (G.F. Handel) (Combined Glee Clubs)
Hark! the herald angels sing (Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)) (Audience and combined Glee Clubs)