51st Annual Christmas Concert, by Virginia Glee Club

51st Annual Christmas Concert

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1.	Alle, psallite cum luja 02:27		buy track
2.	O Magnum Mysterium (Victoria) 04:00		buy track
3.	O Magnum Mysterium (Gabrieli) 04:15		buy track
4.	O Magnum Mysterium (Poulenc) 02:52		buy track
5.	Ubi Caritas (Duruflé) 02:08		buy track
6.	Tota pulchra es (Duruflé) 02:11		buy track
7.	Messe "Cum Jubilo", Op. 11: Gloria (Duruflé) 05:36	info	buy track
8.	Messe "Cum Jubilo", Op. 11: Sanctus (Duruflé) 03:25		buy track
9.	Messe "Cum Jubilo", Op. 11: Benedictus (Duruflé) 01:49	info	buy track
10.	Messe "Cum Jubilo", Op. 11: Agnus Dei (Duruflé) 03:17		buy track
11.	Virginia Gentlemen - The Christmas Waltz 02:36		buy track
12.	Virginia Gentlemen - I Wonder as I Wander 02:42		buy track
13.	Virginia Gentlemen - The Twelve Days of Christmas 02:54		buy track
14.	In the Bleak Mid-Winter 03:39	info	buy track
15.	The Winter Song 01:53		buy track
16.	Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming 01:54		buy track
17.	Stille Nacht 01:10		buy track
18.	Ave Maria (Biebl) 05:51		buy track

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Recorded at Old Cabell Hall on December 7, 1991, this recording captures the Virginia Glee Club's annual Christmas concert in its first year of performance with John Liepold as conductor. Virginia Glee Club Christmas concerts have been a feature of Charlottesville holiday life since 1941.The recording was originally released on cassette without a catalog number, but was retroactively given the number VGC0002 following the release of "Music for a Noble Acoustic."

The repertoire for this performance includes a trio of settings of the "O Magnum Mysterium" and works by Maurice Duruflé, including the Deux Motets and the Messe "Cum Jubilo" accompanied by a full orchestra. Organist Yvaine Duisit studied with Duruflé and told the students stories about working with the great composer and his wife during the preparation of the concert.

The concert also features the first modern Glee Club performance of "The Winter Song," which has since become a standard of the Glee Club's performance, as well as special appearances by the Virginia Gentlemen.

This recording is receiving its first-ever digital reissue in 2022 as part of the belated 150th anniversary celebration of the Virginia Glee Club, which was founded in 1871 at the University of Virginia. The recording was sourced from the original cassette tape and transferred to lossless digital using Dolby B noise reduction. The resulting digital files were amplified but otherwise unaltered, allowing you to hear the original audio—including such traditional “live-in-concert” features as rustling, coughs, and more than a few early applauders—as it sounded on the original 30-plus-year-old cassette.

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released March 1, 1992

John Liepold, Music Director and Conductor

Poulson Reed, tenor, track 7
Matthew Benko, baritone, track 9
Brogan Sullivan, tenor, track 14

Virginia Glee Club Chamber Orchestra
Violins: Lilli Meier, Principal
Phillip Clark
Rochelle Davis
Carl Gaines
Isobel Roberts
Jeffrey Sternberg
Kari Swift-Clark
Violas: Phillips Hinch, Principal
Chris Leavell
David Thomas
Cello: Arpad Lazar, Principal
Jennifer Brunner
David Diamond
Matthew Fischer
Bass: Daniel Barolsky
Brian Moore
Trumpet: Michael Ellwood
Jeffrey Istvan
Stephen Morics
Timpani: Eric Stassen
Harp: Melba Williams
Organ: Yvaine Duisit

The Virginia Gentlemen, Matthew Benko, conductor

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Virginia Glee Club Charlottesville, Virginia

The Virginia Glee Club, founded in 1871, is the oldest musical group at the University of Virginia. Throughout its history, it has been consistently recognized as a leader among American men’s choruses, performing a variety of sacred and secular music in the classical tradition. All proceeds from Bandcamp sales go to support the Virginia Glee Club. ... more

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