YALE UNIVERSITY

OLD CHRISTMAS MUSIC

PERFORMED BY THE

YALE GLEE CLUB AND FRESHMAN CHORUS

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF

FENNO HEATH AND SARAH MEAD

BATTELL CHAPEL

THURSDAY, 11 DECEMBER, 1975, 8:00 P.M.

*This is the sixty-third annual program in the series founded by Edward Bliss Reed in 1913 and sponsored by the New Haven Carol Society from 1926 to 1946.*

PROGRAM

PRELUDE

PARTITA on "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland," op. 81A

Hugo Distler
1908-1942

I. Toccata

II. Choral with Seven Variations

III. Chaconne

IV. Toccata

From the *Orgelbüchlein*:

Johann Sebastian Bach
1685-1750

"Nun komm der Heiden Heiland"

"In dulci jubilo"

Organ: SUSAN HEATON

I

1. RESONET IN LAUDIBUS

Resonet in laudibus, cum jucundis plausibus
Sion cum Fidelibus: apparuit quem genuit Maria.
Sunt intpleta quae praedixit Gabriel: Eia, Eia,
Virgo Deum genuit, quod divina voluit clementia.
Hodie apparuit in Israel, ex Maria virgine est natus Rex.

Jacob Handl

2. AVE MARIA

Ave Maria gratia plena: Dominus tecum:
Virgo serena, ave, coelorum Domina,
Maria, plena gratia coelestia, terrestria
Mundum replens laetitia. Ave, cujus nativitas
Nostra fuit solemnitas ut Lucifer lux oriens.

Verum solem praeveniens! Ave, pia humilitas, sine viro Fecunditas,
Cujus Annuntiatio nostra fuit salvatio. Ave, vera virginitas;
Immaculata castitas, cujus Purificatio nostra fuit purgatio.
Ave, praeclara omnibus angelicis virtutibus, cujus fuit
Assumptio nostra glorificatio. O Mater Dei, memento mei. Amen.

Josquin de Pres

3. THE SHEPHERD'S CAROL (Shiloh)

William Billings 1746-1800

Me thinks I see an heavenly Host of angels on the wing;
Me thinks I hear their cheerful notes, so merrily they sing.

Let all your fears be banished hence, glad tidings I proclaim;
For there's a Savior born today and Jesus is his name.

Then learn from hence, ye rural swains, the meekness of your God,
Who left the boundless Realms of Joy to ransom you with blood.

Exult ye oxen, low for joy, ye tenants of the stall;
Pay your obeisance; on your knees, unanimously fall.

To God the Father, Christ the son, and Holy Ghost ador'd;
The first and last, the last and first, eternal praise afford.

4. A VIRGIN UNSPOTTED (Judea)
William Billings

A virgin unspotted by prophet fortold
Should bring forth a Savior which now we behold
To be our Redeemer from Death, Hell and Sin,
Which Adam's transgressions involved us in.

Then let us be merry, put sorrow away,
Our Savior, Christ Jesus, was born on this day.

God sent down an angel from heaven so high,
To certain poor shepherds in fields as they lie,
And made them no longer in sorrow to stay,
Because that our Saviour was born on this day.

Then, presently after, the shepherds did spy
A number of angels that stood in the sky;
They joyfully talked and sweetly did sing
"To God be all glory, our Heavenly King!"

To teach us humility all this was done
To learn us from hence haughty pride for to shun.
The manger his crad'e who come from above,
The great God of mercy, of peace and of love.

YALE GLEE CLUB

5. "Gloria" from the
Mass for Four Voices
William Byrd, 1543-1623

Gloria in excelsis Deo, et in terra pax hominibus
bonae voluntatis. Laudamus te, benedicimus te,
adoramus te, glorificamus te. Gratias agimus tibi
propter magnam gloriam tuam. Domine Deus, Rex
coelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens. Domine Fili
unigenite Jesu Christe. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei,
Filius Patris. Qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere
nobis. Qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem
nostram. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere
nobis. Quoniam tu solus sanctus, tu solus Dominus,
tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe. Cum Sancto Spiritu
in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.

"Mache dich auf, werde licht"
from Weihnacht (1958)
Heinz Werner Zimmermann

(soprano, alto, and bass) Mache dich auf, werde
licht, denn dein Licht kommt und die Herrlichkeit
des Herrn geht auf über dir!

(tenor) Das ewig Licht geht da herein, Gibt der
Welt ein neuen Schein!

(soprano and alto) Siehe, Finsternis bedeckt das
Erdreich und Dunkel die Völker.

(tenor) Es leucht wohl mitten in der Nacht
Und uns des Lichtes Kinder macht.

(bass) Herr, dein Wort ist meines Fusses Leuchte
und ein Licht auf meinem Wege!

(soprano, alto, and bass) Aber über dir geht auf der
Herr und seine Herrlichkeit erscheint über dir!

(all) Kyrieleis!

YALE GLEE CLUB CHAMBER SINGERS
EDWARD LUNDERGAN, DIRECTOR
JOSEPH RUSSO, CONTRABASS

6. WASSAIL SONG Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

Wassail, wassail all over the town,
Our bread it is white and our ale it is brown;
Our bowl it is made of the green maple tree;
In the wassail bowl we'll drink unto thee.

Here's a health to the ox and to his right eye,
Pray God send our master a good Christmas pie,
A good Christmas pie as e'er I did see.
In the wassail bowl we'll drink unto thee.

Here's a health to the ox and to his right horn,
Pray God send our master a good crop of corn,
A good crop of corn as e'er I did see.
In the wassail bowl we'll drink unto thee.

Here's a health to the ox and to his long tail,
Pray God send our master a good cask of ale,
A good cask of ale as e'er I did see.
In the wassail bowl we'll drink unto thee.

Come butler, come fill us a bowl of the best;
Then I pray that your soul in heaven may rest;
But if you do bring us a bowl of the small,
May the Devil take butler, bowl and all!

Then here's to the maid in the lily white smock
Who tripped to the door and slipped back the lock;
Who tripped to the door and pulled back the pin,
For to let these jolly wassailers walk in.

## II

I Sing of a Maiden
(15th century text)

Martin Shaw

I sing of a maiden
That is makèless (matchless);
King of all kings
To her son she chés (chose).

He came all so still
Where his mother was,
As dew in April
That falleth on the grass.

He came all so still
To his mother's bowr,
As dew in April
That falleth on the flower.

He came all so still
Where his mother lay,
As dew in April
That falleth on the spray.

Mother and maiden
Was never none but she;
Well may such a lady
Godès mother be.

Adam lay ybounden
(15th century text)

Boris Ord

Adam lay ybounden (bound),
Bounden in a bond;
Four thousand winter
Thought he not too long.

And all was for an apple,
An apple that he took,
As clerkès finden (find)
written in their book.

Ne had the apple taken been,
The apple taken been,
Ne had never our lady
À-been heavenè queen.

Blessèd be the time
That apple taken was,
Therefore we moun (must) singen,
"Deo gracias".

The Holly and the Ivy

arranged by
Benjamin Britten

The holly and the ivy
Are trees that's both well known;
Of all the trees that grows in woods,
The holly bears the crown.

The rising of the sun,
The running of the deer,
The playing of the merry harp,
Sweet singing in the choir.

The holly bears a blossom
As white as any flower;
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
To be our sweet Saviour.

The holly bears a colour
As green as any tree;
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
To set poor sinners free.

The holly bears a berry
As red as any blood,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
To do poor sinners good.

The holly bears a prickle
As sharp as any thorn'
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
At Christmas day in the morn.

The holly bears a bark
As bitter as any gall,
And Mary bore sweet Jesus Christ
For to redeem us all.

The holly and the ivy, (etc.)

## FRESHMAN CHORUS

## III

Five Dances From *Banchetto Musicale* (1617)

Johann Herman Schein
1586-1630

1. Padouana

2. Gagliarda

3. Courente

4. Allemande

5. Tripla

Randall Cook

Lucy Heath

Margaret Johnston

Sarah Mead

Jane Vaughn

## VIOLS AND RECORDERS

YALE GLEE CLUB OFFICERS FOR 1975-6:

<table><tr><td>Randolph Wentworth '76</td><td>President</td></tr><tr><td>Mark Dollhopf '77</td><td>Manager</td></tr><tr><td>Alexander Murphy '77</td><td>Manager</td></tr><tr><td>Anita Scheff '77</td><td>Historian</td></tr><tr><td>Leslie Fitzpatrick '77</td><td>Accompanist</td></tr><tr><td>Henry Jones '78</td><td>Accompanist</td></tr><tr><td>Sarah Mead '75</td><td>Assistant Conductor</td></tr></table>

YALE GLEE CLUB CONCERT 1976

presented by

THE YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF MICHIGAN, INC.

SPONSORS

Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ford III
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore A. McGraw

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Parcells
Dr. Vera Wyche

CONTRIBUTORS

Mrs. James J. Austin
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ford IV

Mr. Joseph L. Hudson, Jr.
Mr. Peter Norris Robertson

OFFICERS OF THE ASSOCIATION

H. Curtis Wood, III, '54, *President*
Lloyd A. Semple, '61, *Secretary*
Roland R. Likert, Jr., '50, *Vice President*
J. William Justusson, '66 Phd., *Treasurer*

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

John K. Cannon, '54
Michael O. B. Cherry, '59
Michael W. R. Davis, '53

John B. Ford, IV, '71
Francis Giammattei, Jr., '51E
Randolph B. Schiffer, '69

ASSOCIATION OF YALE ALUMNI (AYA) REPRESENTATIVES

R. V. Dietrich, '50 M.S., '51 Phd.
G. Bretnell Williams, '51
William R. Ralls, '61

ALUMNI SCHOOLS COMMITTEE

Gilbert H. Pearsall, '48

GLEE CLUB CONCERT COMMITTEE

John B. Ford, IV, '71, *Chairman*
John K. Cannon, '54
J. William Justusson, '66
Lloyd A. Semple, '61
H. Curtis Wood, '54
William Y. Gard, '49

1976 Christmas

Fenno Heath
James Swishe

The YALE GLEE CLUB PROGRAM will be chosen from the
following repertoire:

<table><tr><td>O Filii Et Filiae</td><td>Volckmar Leisring (-1637)</td></tr><tr><td>Tenebrae Factae Sunt</td><td>Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1526-1594)</td></tr><tr><td>Resonet In Laudibus</td><td>Jakob Handl</td></tr><tr><td>Fa Una Canzone</td><td>Orazio Vecchi (1550-1605)</td></tr><tr><td>Gloria (from Mass For 4 Voices)</td><td>William Byrd</td></tr><tr><td>Trois Chansons</td><td>Claude Debussy</td></tr><tr><td>Der Geist Hilft Unsrer Schwachheit Auf (The Spirit Also Helpeth Us)</td><td>Johann Sebastian Bach</td></tr><tr><td>Alleluia</td><td>Randall Thompson</td></tr><tr><td>Ears In The Turrets Hear</td><td>Fenno Heath (1975)</td></tr></table>

Poem by Dylan Thomas

Piano: Henry Jones, '78

Soprano solo: Hedda Rubenstein, '77

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the Whiffenpoofs of 1976

Ride The Chariot
Tenor solo: Richard Granger, Grad.
Negro Spiritual arr. William Henry Smith

Ca' The Yowes
Soprano solo: Hedda Rubenstein, '77
Scottish Folk Song arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

Wassail Song
This Train
Baritone solo: Mark Dollhopf, '77
Negro Spiritual arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

Wondrous Love
Mezzo-soprano solo: Marcia Vimer
Southern Shape Note Hymn arr. Fenno Heath

Ain'a That Good News!
arr. William Dawson

'Neath The Elms
arr. Gustave Stoeckel

Eli Yale
Baritone solo: Randolph Wentworth, '76
President of the Yale Glee Club

Medley of Football Songs
Bright College Years
arr. Fenno Heath

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The Whiffenpoofs of 1976

When five Yale Glee Club undergraduates decided to pass Monday evenings at Mory's Temple Bar in 1909, probably not even the most optimistic of them envisaged the Whiffenpoofs as they thrive today. Fourteen members of Yale's Senior class, selected from the informal singing groups, carry on the name and ever-increasing musical repertoire of one of America's finest singing traditions. As the sixty-seventh group to bear the name, the Whiffenpoof of 1976 have strong ties with their predecessors based on the common bond of close friendship through good song.

This year's Whiffs came into existence on Tap Night, in April, 1975, an exuberant and costumed trek through the colleges in which the chosen Juniors were dragged from their rooms and initiated with song and celebration. Serious rehearsals began in early September when the group met for two weeks of intensive practice. Then the comrades returned to Yale for a season of constant concerts, among them the annual Whiffenpoof Jamboree, numerous appearances with the Yale Glee Club, two weeks in Bermuda, countless concerts at Yale and other universities, including the Sherwood Jamboree at Cornell, and the usual round of alumni gatherings, restaurants, and private parties at country clubs and hotels.

Standing: Michael K. Martin, Bass; Thomas S. Leatherbury, 2nd tenor; David F. Peters, 1st tenor; Miles Watson Leverett III, 1st tenor; Richard S. Wood, Baritone; George A. Dagon, Jr., 2nd tenor; Lancelot Oliver Alexander, 1st tenor. Seated: Sean R. Kelly, Baritone; Richard T. Kagan, Bass; John B. Madden, Jr., (Manager) 2nd tenor; James G. Glicker (Pitchpipe) Bass; F. Richard Pappas, Baritone; James Lee Edward Osborne, 2nd Tenor. Missing: Ed Gates, Bass.

YALE-HARVARD ANNUAL FOOTBALL CONCERT

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1975

8 P.M. WOOLSEY HALL

YALE GLEE CLUB
Fenno Heath, Conductor

HARVARD GLEE CLUB
F. John Adams, Conductor

I

Ante luciferum genitus
Widerspruch
Dum transisset sabbatum
Two choruses from *Fidelio*

Jacob Handl
Franz Schubert
John Taverner
Ludwig van Beethoven

THE HARVARD GLEE CLUB

II

Walking On The Green Grass

Michael Hennagin (contemporary)

THE YALE FRESHMAN CHORUS

Sarah Mead, '75, Conductor

III

O Filii Et Filiae
Tenebrae Factae Sunt
Ears In The Turrets Hear

Volckmar Leisring ( -1637)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1526-1594)
Fenno Heath (1975)

Poem by Dylan Thomas

Piano: Henry Jones, '78

Der Geist Hilft Unser Schwachheit Auf
(The Spirit Also Helpeth Us)

Johann Sebastian Bach

THE YALE GLEE CLUB

INTERMISSION

IV

THE WHIFFENPOOFS OF 1976

V

Men of Harlech
Glorious Apollo
You May Bury Me in the East

arr. Archibald T. Davison

Samuel Webbe

arr. John W. Work

Tenor solo: Stephen Denenberg

Casey Jones
Old Folks at Home

arr. Edward B. Lawton
arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

Baritone solo: Kenneth Williams

Shenandoah
Harvard Songs

arr. Marshall Bartholomew

THE HARVARD GLEE CLUB

VI

Ride The Chariot

Negro Spiritual

arr. William Henry Smith

What Wondrous Love

Southern Shape Note Hymn

arr. Fenno Heath

Mezzo-soprano solo: Marcia Vimer, Grad.

This Train

Negro Spiritual

arr. Fenno Heath

Medley of Football Songs

arr. Fenno Heath

THE YALE GLEE CLUB

VII

Fair Harvard

Bright College Years

THE YALE AND HARVARD GLEE CLUBS

THE YALE GLEE CLUB 1975-1976

Fenno Heath, Conductor

Randolph Wentworth, '76, President

Mark Dollhopf, '77, Manager

Alexander Murphy, '77, Manager

Anita Scheff, '77, Historian

Leslie Fitzpatrick, '77, Accompanist

Henry Jones, '78, Accompanist

Soprano I

Phyllis Benjamin, '76

Catherine Calhoun, '78

Bonnie Garland, '77

Diana Harmon, '78

Lucy Heath

Mary Kellogg

Jennifer Lattin, '77

June Melchior, '78

Elizabeth Michaud, '77

Hedda Rubenstein, '77

N. Darby Tench, '78

Lee Woods (Grad.-Med.)

Alto I

Gloria Ashland, '77

Josephine Hitchcock, '78

Rebecca Jones, '77

Margaret Levine, '78

Molly McNamara

Elaine Rubinstein, '76

Shelly Schaenen, '78

Kitty Schenck, '78

Marsha Vimer (Grad.)

Linda Waldman, '77

Fay Young, '77

THE YALE FRESHMAN CHORUS 1975-1976

Sarah Mead, Conductor

Sopranos

Anne Claunch
Jessica Furer
Marcia Greenberg
Sylvia Holt
Laura Kidd
Suzanne Kopple
Leslie Lipton
Shelley Looter
Julia Poirier
Kathy Rabin
Susan Vernon
Yvonne Williams
Sarah Young

Tenors

Nolard Chang
John DeLuise
Tom Levin
Chih-ping Lin
A. Scott Ogden
Alex Okun
Eric Peters
Rick Westerfield
Ned Kaufman
Craig Wilson

Altos

Liz Alt
Cynthia Blake
Lauren Bloom
Patricia Granger
Sarah Hall
Liz Leonard
Barbara Milrod
Laura Rose
Diana Schacht
Jennifer Spratt
Shari Weinger
Erica Weiss
Julie Yamaguchi

Basses

Bill Albrecht
Tom Bartell
Craig Fitt
Bill Glew
Jim Kearny
Charles Kim
Kerro Knox
Howard Runyon
Keith St. John
Michael Wing
Richard Pien

Program

BAND PROGRAM

I.—BRITISH EIGHTH MARCH Zo Elliott

II.—SECOND SUITE FOR MILITARY BAND

IN F MAJOR Gustav Holst

I. March

II. Song without words "I'll Love my Love"

III. Song of the Blacksmith

IV. Fantasia on the Dargason

III.—BEGUINE FOR BAND Glenn Osser

IV.—CHORLE AND ALLELUIA Howard Hanson

ORCHESTRA PROGRAM

DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NURNBERG Richard Wagner
Introduction to Act III
Dance of the Apprentices
Procession

DANCE OF THE BLESSED SPIRITS (from Orpheus) Gluck

DANCE OF THE FURIES (from Orpheus) Gluck

TWO DANCE EPISODES FROM "RODEO" Aaron Copland
Saturday Night Waltz
Hoedown

CHORUS PROGRAM

HOW LOVELY IS THE DWELLING PLACE Johannes Brahms

ALLELUIA Randall Thompson

LA BICHE / UN CYGNE Paul Hindemith

HE WATCHING OVER ISRAEL Felix Mendelsohn

SOON AH WILL BE DONE arr. Dawson

THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD arr. Dawson

RIDE THE CHARIOT arr. Smith

Accompanist — Doris Galinsky

DIRECTOR FENNO HEATH'S BIOGRAPHY

Since becoming director of the Yale Glee Club in 1953, Fenno Heath has established his talent both as a conductor and as a choral composer and arranger. The Glee Club's thriving state is largely due to his expert direction and leadership. He has always been an enthusiastic diplomat on concert tours, both at home and abroad, forming lasting friendships with leaders of other organizations.

Mr. Heath's background makes him most suitable to carry on Yale traditions as Professor of Choral Music at the School of Music and as Glee Club director. He was an undergraduate at Yale, Class of '49, where he sang in the Glee Club, the Spizwinks, and the Whiffenpoofs and directed the Apollo Glee Club. While completing his Master of Music degree at Yale, he assisted Marshall Bartholomew, the director at that time.

Mr. Heath follows his predecessor in keeping a wide variety of classical, modern, and folk music in the Glee Club's repertoire. He has arranged numerous folk songs; these four have recently been added to the Yale Glee Club series.

*In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'
The First Noel
Er Is Een Kindeke (a Dutch carol
done during his sabbatical in
Holland)
Guide My Head
and
Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit.

His original compositions include many settings of psalms and poems, such as Vachel Lindsay's *General William Booth Enters Into Heaven*, John Donne's *Death Be Not Proud*, three poems by William Blake, Rainier Maria Rilke's *Love Song*, Walt Whitman's *Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking*, Dylan Thomas' *In The Beginning*, an a capella Mass, and his newest, an oratorio, *The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me*, from the Gospel According to St. Luke.