CORO POLIFONICO
della
YALE UNIVERSITY
diretto da
FENNO HEATH

Il programma di questo concerto è quanto di meglio si possa ascoltare da una compagine polifonica nel repertorio classico e contemporaneo. Da Bach agli « spirituals » la polifonia ci viene presentata stasera in un arco ideale che nella suprema universalità del canto accomuna le laudi sacre del Cinquecento al più puro folklore negro-americano.

Quasi come un devoto ossequio al sommo padre della musica, il concerto si apre con Giovanni Sebastiano Bach. E continua con la polifonia quattro-cinquecentesca di Orlando di Lasso, Pierluigi da Palestrina, Joseph Handl.

Si alterna quindi un nutrito gruppo di musicisti moderni e contemporanei, dei quali possiamo gustare alcune delle più belle pagine: sono Kodaly, Heath, Hindemith, Ives e Thompson.

In una felice parabola di tempo e di gusto, si giunge infine al jazz, al canto di dolore, di amore, di gioia dello « spiritual ».

Un'ottima scelta di autori e di brani, un banco di prova non indifferente per una compagine polifonica che può così porre in risalto la duttilità delle sue voci, della sua preparazione, del suo repertorio.

programma

YALE CHAMBER CHORUS

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH

— Lobet Den Herrn

YALE GLEE CLUB

GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA

— Tenebrae Factae Sunt

JOSEPH HANDL

— Repleti Sunt Omnes

ZOLTAN KODALY

— Mountain Night

FENNO HEATH

— Vigil Strange I kept on the
Field one Nights
Poem by Walt Whitman
Baritone solo: PAUL GUIDA

ORLANDO DI LASSO

— Matona, Lovely Maiden

— Mon Coeur, Se Recommande a Vous

YALE CHAMBER CHORUS

PAUL HINDEMITH

— Six Chansons

1. La Biche

2. Un Cygne

3. Puisque tous Passe

4. Printemps

5. En Hiver

6. Verger

CHARLES IVES

— Processional

— Serenity

— Psalm 67

RANDALL THOMPSON

— Alleluia

YALE GLEE CLUB

Er Is Een Kindeke (arr. Fenno Heath)
Tenor solo: MERCER SULLIVAN

Ride the Chariot (arr. Smith)
Tenor solo: MERCER SULLIVAN
Baritone solo: PAUL GUIDA

Guide my Head (arr. Fenno Heath)
Baritone solo: DAVID SAUVAGE

In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin' (arr. Fenno Heath)
Baritone solo: Richard Peiser

YALE CHAMBER CHORUS

My Lord, What A Mornin' (arr. John Work)
Soon - ah Will Be Done (arr. William Dawson)

cenni sullo YALE GLEE CLUB

Lo Yale Glee Club può essere considerato uno fra i più prestigiosi gruppi corali degli Stati Uniti. I giovani studenti della Università di Yale che lo compongono basano la loro preparazione, di altissimo livello professionale, su un'esperienza musicale che vanta oltre un secolo di vita e si è affinata nel tempo anche per metrito degli insigni musicisti che hanno dirretto il coro dall'anno della sua fondazione.

Lo Yale Glee Club debuttò ufficialmente nel lontano 1861, con un concerto tenuto il 27 febbraio a Guilford, sotto la direzione del noto musicista bavarese Gustav Stoeckel, le cui composizioni ed i cui arrangiamenti sono tuttora popolari e di frequente esecuzione.

A Stoeckel successe Thomas Shaperd e quindi Frank Gocdale, che guidò il coro fino al 1921, quando ne divenne direttore Marshall Bartolomew.

Con Bartolomew si ha una svolta decisiva nella storia del Yale Glee Club. Sotto la sua guida il gruppo corale acquista fama nazionale, vincendo numerosissimi concorsi musicali ed esibendosi in quasi tutte le maggiori città degli Stati Uniti. Il nome di Yale Glee Club diventa così sinonimo di eccellenza e raffinatezza musicale.

Nel periodo di Bartolomew, le numerose tournées all'estero, cinque in Europa, una nell'America del Sud, una nei Caraibi, aggiungono alla già larga fama nazionale il prestigio dei successi internazionali. Oltre a dirigere il coro, Bartolomew si preoccupo di arricchirne il repertorio con vari suggestivi arrangiamenti di musiche folkloristiche americane.

Nel 1953 sale sul podio dello Yale Glee Club Fenno Heath, che tuttora lo dirige. Seguono nuove tournées in Europa, anche nei paesi dell'Est: Polonia e Cecoslovacchia. Nel 1963 il coro si esibisce per la prima volta in Italia, a Torino. Dopo altre visite all'estero, nel 1965 in Estremo Oriente ed in Russia, nel 1968 in America Latina, lo Yale Glee Club ritorna oggi di nuovo in Europa.

Per la prima volta nella storia del coro, fa ora parte del complesso anche un gruppo di studentesse. La formazione mista si esibisce col nome di Yale Chamber Chorus; il solo coro femminile viene dirretto dal maestro Bruce E. More.

concerto del coro
della yale university

CHIESA DI S. DOMENICO

mercoledì 15 luglio 1970 - ore 21,15

azienda autonoma di turismo, prato

Stampa RINDI Via Franchi, 21 PRATO

L'AZIENDA AUTONOMA DI SOGGIORNO E TURISMO DI COMO invita ad assistere al concerto del coro americano « YALE GLEE CLUB AND CHAMBER CHORUS », diretto da Fenno Heath, che avrà luogo alle ore 21,15 di domenica 12 luglio, nel salone d'onore di Villa Olmo.

LE SYNDICAT D'INITIATIVE DE COMO Vous invite au concert du choeur américain « YALE GLEE CLUB AND CHAMBER CHORUS », dirigé par M. Fenno Heath, qui sera exécuté dimanche le 12 Juillet à 21h.15, dans la grande salle de Villa Olmo.

THE TOURIST OFFICE OF COMO invites you to the concert of the american choir « YALE GLEE CLUB AND CHAMBER CHORUS », conducted by Mr. Fenno Heath, which will be held on Sunday, July 12th, at 9,15 p.m., in the Villa Olmo Hall.

DER FREMDENVERKEHRSVEREIN VON COMO ladet Sie zum Konzert ein, welches vom amerikanischen Chor « YALE GLEE CLUB AND CHAMBER CHORUS » am Sonntag, den 12. Juli um 21,15 Uhr, im Ehrensaal der Villa Olmo ausgeführt wird. Das Konzert wird von Fenno Heath dirigiert.

Invito
Invitation
Einladung

Ingresso libero
Entrée libre
Free admittance
Freier Eintritt

Mandag den 29. juni 1970

YALE GLEE CLUB
og
YALE CHAMBER CHORUS

Dirigent: Fenno Heath

Kl. 20

1. J. S. Bach: Lobet Den Herrn
Yale Chamber Chorus

2. G. P. Palestrina: Tenebrae Factae Sunt
J. Handl: Repleti Sunt Omnes

3. Zoltán Kodály: Mountain Nights
Fenno Heath: Vigil Strange I kept on the Field one Night
Poem by Walt Whitman
Baritone Solo: Paul Guida

4. Di Lasso: Matona, Lovely Maiden
Di Lasso: Mon Coeur, Se Recommande a Vous
Yale Glee Club

5. Paul Hindemith: Six Chansons
1. La Biche
2. Un Cygne
3. Puisque tous Passe
4. Printemps
5. En Hiver
6. Verger

6. Charles Ives: Psalm 67
Randall Thompson: Alleluia
Yale Chamber Chorus

7. Arr. Fenno Heath: Er Is Een Kindeke
Tenor solo: Mercer Sullivan
Arr. Smith: Ride the Chariot
Tenor solo: Mercer Sullivan
Baritone solo: Paul Guida
Arr. Fenno Heath: Guide my Head
Baritone solo: David Sauvage
Arr. Fenno Heath: In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin'
Baritone solo: Richard Peiser
Yale Glee Club

8. Arr. John Work: My Lord, What A Mornin'
Arr. William Dawson: Soon-ah Will Be Done
Yale Chamber Chorus

Gratis adgang

Torsdag den 2. juli kl. 20

5. SYMFONIKONCERT (forstærket orkester)
Dirigent: Aksel Wellejus
Solist: Edith Guillaume (alt)
Carl Nielsen: »Pan og Syrinx«
Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo, balletsuite
César Franck: Symfoni, d-mol
Billetter à 4, 6 og 9 kr.

50 ØRE

TIVOLI
KONCERTSALEN

Mandag den 29. juni 1970

Dirigent: Fenno Heath

Kl. 20

1. La Biche

2. Un Cygne

3. Puisque tous Passe

4. Printemps

5. En Hiver

6. Verger

Gratis adgang

Torsdag den 2. juli kl. 20

5. SYMFONIKONCERT (forstærket orkester)
Dirigent: Aksel Wellejus
Solist: Edith Guillaume (alt)
Carl Nielsen: »Pan og Syrinx«
Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo, balletsulte

César Franck: Symfoni, d-mol

Billetter å 4, 6 og 9 kr.

50 ØRE

BEHRNDT OFFSET

THE WHIFFENPOOFS OF 1970

Standing, left to right: David C. "Keemo" Sauvage, F. Russell "Hippopot" Thomas, Richard B. "Neglish" Hays, Philip K. "Deefla" Howard, Richard C. "Allday" Zuckerman, Albert L. "Hunni" Sokol, Richard B. "Whenadamoonhitzayoureyelikeabigapizza" Peiser, Scott D. "Dreffin" Drum.

Seated, left to right: Orrin "Doublejeh" Persky, William F. "O.K." Corell, Richard A. "Popocatepetl" Alfieri, C. William "Pitchpipe" Harwood IV, Gerard G. "Box" Cameron II, Lawrence L. "Tooblest" Eyre.

When, in January, 1909, five Yale Glee Club undergraduates decided to pass Monday evenings at Mory's Temple Bar, it is doubtful that the most optimistic of the group envisaged the Whiffenpoofs as they thrive today. Fourteen members of Yale's Senior Class, selected from the Glee Club and the six additional Yale informal singing groups, carry on the name and ever-increasing musical repertoire of one of America's finest singing traditions. As the 61st group to bear the name, the Whiffenpoofs of 1970 have strong ties with their predecessors, based on the common bond of close friendship through good song.

This year's group came into existence on Tap Night, 28 April, 1969, an exuberant and costumed trek through the colleges in which the selected juniors were dragged from their rooms and initiated into the group with song and celebration. Serious rehearsals began in early September, when the group met in Nonquitt, Massachusetts, for two weeks of extensive practice, interspersed with pre-season drills for their unbeaten Touch Football team. Although the season has barely begun, the Whiffs have an impressive list of concert appearances, including the world premiere of the movie, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Coming up will be the sixth annual Whiffenpoof Jamboree in Woolsey Hall, the Christmas Tour with the Glee Club, and two weeks at Bermuda's Castle Harbor Hotel, not to mention television shows, countless concerts at Yale and other universities, alumni gatherings, appearances at restaurants such as New York's "Twenty-one Club," and numerous private parties at country clubs and hotels.

The Whiffs of 1970 are taking an active interest in campus life at Yale. Although we probably will not see a Whiffenpoofess in the near future, the group is actively exploring the possibilities for small group singing presented by the advent of coed-

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Yale Glee Club Personnel

Christmas Tour 1969

OFFICERS

JAMES K. WEBER '70, New York, New York, President

STEVEN WAGENSEIL '70, Newton, Connecticut, Manager

MARK L. FULFORD '70, Baltimore, Maryland

CHARLES R. GATES '70, Earleville, Maryland, Tours Managers

WILLIAM S. STOCKHAM '70, Birmingham, Alabama, Historian

BERNT K. SANDEN '71, Darien, Connecticut, Stage Manager

ROBERT J. CAMARGO '70, New York, New York, Publicity Manager

ROBERT M. BONDS, '71, Norfolk, Virginia

RICHARD B. PEISER, '70, Dallas, Texas, Accompanists

PERSONNEL

ALEXANDER, VINCENT C. '71, Lebanon, Ind.

ANDERSON, DAVID G. '71, Akron, Ohio

ANDERSON, RICHARD W. Grad., Belvidere, Ill.

ANDREWS, GREGORY E. '71, West Hartford, Connecticut

BABST, JAMES A. '71, New Orleans, La.

BABST, GERARD E. '72, New Orleans, La.

BARDACH, CLIFFORD J. '71, Great Neck, N.Y.

BALES, MICHAEL G. '71, New York, N.Y.

BELL, ROBERT F. R. '71, New Haven, Conn.

BERGER, ROBERT G. '72, Orange, Conn.

BRIND, JOEL L. '71, Laurenton, New York

BURKE, JOHN B. '72, Rye, New York

CHU, JAMES A. '72, Chappaqua, New York

CONE, JOSEPH S. '71, Hamden, Connecticut

COHEN, MARK S. '71, Newton, Mass.

CONNER, WAYNE M. Grad., Morton, Pa.

CURCHACK, WALTER H. '72, Cedar Grove, N.J.

DODGE, WAYNE T. '72, Tacoma, Wash.

EDELMAN, FREDERICKS '70, Levittown, N.Y.

FRANKLIN, GERALD O. '70, New York, N.Y.

FREEDBERG, LOUIS '72, Claremont, Capetown, So. Africa

GOODMAN, DANIEL B. '70, Caldwell, N.J.

HABERKORN, CHARLES M. '70, Garden City, New York

HARDY, GEORGE D. '72, Washington, D.C.

HARWOOD, CHARLES W. '70, Richmond, Va.

JOHNSON, PAUL A. Grad., Valley Storm, New York

LEWIS, MARSHALL E. '72, Silver Spring, Md.

MCKINNEY, DOUGLAS B. '71, Pleasantville, New York

MORE, BRUCE E. Grad., New Haven, Conn.

MROZ, EDMUND A. JR. '70, Stoneham, Mass.

MYERS, CRAIG A. '71, Syracuse, New York

PERSINGER, PHILIP O. '70, St. Albans, W.Va.

PROTTER, PHILIP E. '71, El Cerrito, Calif.

REIDER, BRUCE '71, Edison, New Jersey

RUTTENBERG, EDWARD A. '72, Norwalk, Connecticut

SAUVAGE, DAVID C. '70, Fair Haven, N.J.

SCHNEIDER, LAWRENCE A. '71, Cincinnati, Ohio

SCHNEIDER, PAUL D. '70, Yonkers, N.Y.

SCHONFELD, JONATHAN F. '72, New Rochelle, New York

SMITH, DOUGLASS D. '70, New York, N.Y.

SOMERVILLE, JAMES H. '71, Baltimore, Md.

SIMPSON, SCOTT M. '70, Palos Verdes, Calif.

SULLIVAN, MERCER L. '71, Rome, Georgia

VIETS, RAYMOND B. '71, Huntington, N.Y.

WILSON, JAMES P. '72, Dayton, Ohio

WILSON, RICHARD R. '71, Pasadena, Calif.

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IV. Now Is The Month Of Maying ....................THOMAS MORLEY (1557-1603)

Mon Coeur Se Recommend A Vous ....................ORLANDO DI LASSO (1532-1594)

Matona, Lovely Maiden ............................ORLANDO DI LASSO (1532-1594)

SEMI CHORUS

V. Er Is Een Kindeke (Dutch Carol) ....................ARR. FENNO HEATH, '50

Tenor soloist: ROBERT CAMARGO, '70

There is a child born on the earth. He comes to the earth for us all.

There is a child born in the straw. He lies in a crib covered with some hay.

All night long there are three angels keeping watch. They rock the child and He sleeps peacefully.

He comes to the earth for us all. He wishes us a blessed new year.

Er is een kindeke geboren op d'aard. 'Tkwam op de aarde voor ons allegar.

Er is een kindeke geboren in't strooi. 'Tlag in een krebbe gedekt met wat hooi

Daar zijn alle nachten drie engelkens bij, zij wiegen het kindje en't slaapt er zoo blij.

'Tkwam op de aarde voor ons allegar. 'Twenscht ons een zallig nieuwe jaar.

Shepherds Rejoice ....................................ARTHUR FRANCKENPOHL

Words from a shape-note book,

The Social Harp, Philadelphia, 1868

INTERMISSION

VI. The Whiffenpoofs of 1970

VII. Mountain Nights ....................................ZOLTAN KODALY (1882-1967)

Ride The Chariot (Negro Spiritual) ....................ARR. WM. HENRY SMITH

Baritone soloist: BRUCE E. MORE, grad.

Tenor soloist: MERCER SULLIVAN, '71

Guide My Head ............................................ARR. FENNO HEATH, '50

Baritone soloist: DAVID SAUVAGE, '70

In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin' (Negro Spiritual) .ARR. FENNO HEATH, '50

Baritone soloist: RICHARD PEISER, '70

VIII. Eli Yale ....................................................Traditional

Medley of Football Songs

Bright College Years ....................................CARL WILHELM

Words by H. S. DURAND, '01

*A stereo recording of THE YALE GLEE CLUB IN CONCERT, recorded live in 1967 at Symphony Hall, Boston, will be available for sale by Yale Glee Club members in the outer lobby after the concert for $5.00.

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PROGRAM

I. Mother of Men .................................... SETH BINGHAM, '04

Words by BRIAN HOOKER, '02

II. Tenebrae Factae Sunt ............ GIOVANNI DA PALESTRINA (1526-1594)

Darkness had fallen when they crucified Jesus of Judea. And around the ninth hour Jesus cried in a loud voice, My God, why hast thou forsaken me. Jesus crying in a loud voice said, Into Thy hands I commend my spirit. And he bowed his head and gave up the ghost.

Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent Jesum Jedaei. Et circa horam nonam, exclamavit Jesus voce magna; Deus meus, utquid me dereliquisti. Exclamans Jesus voce magna ait: in manus tuas, Domine, commedo spiritum meum. Et inclinat capite emisit spiritum.

Repleti Sunt Omnes ....................... JACOB HANDL (1550-1591)

They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, Alleluja. And began to speak the wonderful works of God, Alluluja.

Repleti sunt omnes Spiritu Sancto, Alleluia, et coeperunt loqui magnalia Dei. Alleluja.

III. Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night (1969) .... FENNO HEATH, '50

Poem by WALT WHITMAN

Vigil strange I kept on the field one night;

When you my son and my comrade dropt at my side that day.

One look I but gave which your dear eyes returned with a look I shall never forget,

One touch of your hand to mine O boy, reach'd up as you lay on the ground,

Then onward I spend in the battle, the even-contested battle,

Till late in the night reliev'd to the place at last again I made my way,

Found you in death so cold dear comrade, found your body son of responding kisses, (never again on earth responding,)

Bared your face in the starlight, curious the scene, cool blew the moderate night-wind,

Long there and then in vigil I stood, dimly around me the battlefield spreading

Vigil wondrous and vigil sweet there in the fragrant silent night,

But not a tear fell, not even a long-drawn sigh, long, long I gazed,

Then on the earth partially reclining sat by your side leaning my chin in my hands,

Passing sweet hours, immortal and mystic hours with you dearest comrade— not a tear, not a word,

Vigil of silence, love and death, vigil for you my son and my soldier,

As onward silently stars aloft, eastward new ones upward stole,

Vigil final for you brave boy, (I could not save you, swift was your death,

I faithfully loved you and cared for you living, I think we shall surely meet again,)

Till at latest lingering of the night, indeed just as the dawn appear'd,

My comrade I wrapt in his blanket, envelop'd well his form,

Folded the blanket well, tucking it carefully over head and carefully under feet,

And there and then and bathed by the rising sun, my son in his grave, in his rude-dug grave I deposited,

Ending my vigil strange with that, vigil of night and battle-field dim,

Vigil for comrade swiftly slain, vigil I never forget, how as day brighten'd,

I rose from the chill ground and folded my soldier well in this blanket,

And buried him where he fell.

Walt Whitman                                     1865

Baritone soloist: RICHARD ANDERSON, grad.

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