1959 Eighty-first Season 1960

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Charles A. Sink, President Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor

Christmas Concert No.1 Complete Series 3276

m~ssiah GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL

SARAMAE ENDICH, Soprano GLADYS KRIESE, Contralto

CHARLES O'NEILL, Tenor YI-KwEI SZE, Bass

UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION MUSICAL SOCIETY ORCHESTRA

MARY McCALL STUBBINS, Organist LESTER McCOY, Conductor

SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, I959, AT 8:30

HILL AUDITORIUM, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

PROGRAM I" order that the continuity oj tlte work be ",aintained, it is requested that the audience

rejrain jrom app/ame ""til the end oj each part oj the program.

OVERTURE

TENOR-Comfort ye, My people, saith your God; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her in­iquity is pardon'd. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Every valley shall he exalted, and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked straight, and the rough places plain.

CHoRus-And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

BASS-Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: Yet once a little while, and I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and

the dry land; and I will shake all na­tions; and the desire of all nations shall come.

The Lord whom ye seek shall sud­denly come to His temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; Behold, He shall come, saith the Lord of Hosts.

But who may abide the day of His coming and who shall stand when He appeareth? For He is like a refiner's fire.

CONTRALTo-Behold! a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name EMMANUEL: God with us.

CONTRALTO AND CHORUS-Q thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain I Lift up thy voice with strength I Lift it up, be not afraid! Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! Arise, shine, for thy light is come; and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

CHORus-For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the govern­ment shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Ever­lasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

PASTORAL SYMPHONY

SOPRANo-There were shepherds abid­ing in the field, keeping watch over tbeir flocks by night. And lo! tbe angel of the Lord came upon them, and tbe glory of tbe Lord sbone round about tbem, and tbey were sore afraid.

And tbe angel said unto tbem, Fear not: for bebold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, wbicb sball be to all people. For unto you is born tbis day in tbe City of David, a Savior, wbich is Christ the Lord.

And suddenly there was with tbe angel a multitude of tbe heavenly bost prais­ing God, and saying:

CHORUS-Glory to God in the highest, and peace on eartb, good will toward men.

CONTRALTo-Then sball the eyes of the blind be open'd, and ea.rs of the deaf unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sball sing.

He shall feed His flock like a shep­berd, and He shall gather the lam bs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

SOPRANo-Come unto Him, all ye that labor, ye that are heavy laden, and He will give you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

CHORus-His yoke is easy, and His burden is light.

INTERMISSION

CHORus-Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the cbastise­ment of our peace was upon Him.

And with His stripes we are healed. And the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of LIS all.

CONTRALTo-He was despised and re­jected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

TENOR-Thy rebuke hath broken His heart; He is full of heaviness; He looked

for some to have pity on Him, but tbere was no man, neitber found He any to comfort Him.

Behold, and see if there be any sor­row like unto His sorrow.

CHORUs-Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates, and be ye li ft up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory sball come in. Who is tbe King of glory? Tbe Lord strong and migbty in battle. Tbe Lord of Hosts, He is the King of glory.

BASS-Thou art gone up on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, and received gifts for men; yea, even for Thine enemies, that the Lord God might dwell among them.

CHORus-The Lord gave the word: Great was the company of the preachers.

SOPRANO-How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things I

CHORus-Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words unto the ends of the world.

CHORUS and AUDIENCE-HALLELU­JAH! for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth.

The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever.

SOPRANO-I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth; and though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.

For now is Christ risen from tbe dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.

BAss-Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twin­kling of an eye, at the last trumpet.

The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

CHORUS-Worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and hath redeemed us to God by His blood, to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. Blessing and honor, glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, forever and ever. AMEN.

UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION

FmST SOPRANOS

Adler. Maryann L. Albright. Joyce E. Allen. Wendy Jean Alt. Lois Wilma Arment. Julia Marie Atkinson. Jeanne O. Bennett. Virginia C. Bilotti. Antoinette M. Bird. Ellen Anne Bradstreet. Lola Mae Burr. Virginia A. Deeg. Katie H. Dierking. Sharon Lee Elder. Joan Louise Evatt. Margaret K. French. Nancy Alice Hanser. Roberta Ann Hanson. Gladys M. Hiraga. Mary L. Huber. Sally Anne Ishell. Melinda O. Jensen. Karen Fay Jerome. Ruth O. Jones. Russelle L. Keck. Nancy Joan Luecke. Doris L. Louch. June D. MacLaren. Helen Malan. Fannie Bell Marsh. Jean A. McDonald. Ruth M. Patton. Beatrice M. Pratt. Alice O. Quayle. Joy Elaine Robinson. K. Lisa Schroeder. DeeAnne Sevilla. J osefina Z. Skinner. Elizaheth B. Smith. Judith Jean Stevens. Ethel Crozer Titterton. Mary Edith Whitbeck. Miriam L. Winn. Elinor Joyce Wright. Jean Elizaheth Youkilis. Elaine R. Cordero. Sonia Ragan. Sally

SECOND SOPRANOS

Altmiller. Jane C. Arnold. Carol Bertha Blashfield. Jean F. Burke. Sheila Mary Carland. Grace F. Carlberg. Jean Rae Chatfield. Susan M. Christie. Judith K. Curtis. Margaret L. Cohen. Nan Dykhouse. Delphine A. Fournier. Edith L. Green. Etta M. Guenther. Kay A. Hakken. J ane Hall. Mary Ellen Heemstra. Lois Sue Jones. Marion A. Jordan. Phyllis A. Karapostoles. La Vaughn

LESTER MCCOY, Conductor JAMES FRAZIER, Accompanist

Katchmark. Helen E. Keller. Suellen Kellogg. Merlyn L. Klopfer. U1rike Knollmueller. Elizaheth Kramer. Chris M. McAdoo. Mary J. Merrill. Maxine J. Myers. Sandra Fay Nobilette. Dorothy Over·lI. Eleanor Peterson. Jo Helen Savage. Marilyn T. Shedd. Betty J. Sleet. Audrey M. Soucek. Barbara A. Spoor. Lorelie Thomms. Carole L. Trautwein. Janet L. Vlisides. Elena C. Warren. Mary E. Waterhouse. Hattie R. Wolfe. Charlotte Ann Wylie. Winifred J . Young. Margaret Joan Webb. Cheryl Marie

FmST ALTOS

Anderson. Selma E. Andrews. Joyce M. Adams. Karen Sue Axenfield. Ellen Kay Baker. Janet Kay Beam. Eleanor P. Birch. Dorothy T. Blanchard. Lauralyn W. Brashares. Jeanette R. Bross. Joan Allison Darling. Persis Ann Evans. Daisy L. Ewing. Judith C. Fillmore. Lucille R. Fulk. Mary Barbara Goetz. Sandra Lynne Greene. Carol P. Gross. Ruth A. Harris. Margaret J. Herrick. Sonnie Jo Hodgman. Dorothy B. Horn. Anna W. Irwin. Nancy Kay James. Innez Lucille J ennings. Kathleen E. Jones. Mary M. Joslyn. Carol Sue Kilgour. Katharine V. Kirchman. Margaret M. Lane. RoseMarie Lehiste. lI se MacGregor. Barbara R. Marsh. Martha M. McCoy. Bernice Mehler. Hallie Jane Nelson. Sally Jo Noseworthy. Darla J. Olmstead. Kathryn l. Olsen. Mary Ann Parshall. Persis A. Reck. Sarah Dickson Robertson. Susan W.

Saphire. Marilyn S. Sawyer. Sally Jo Sayre. B . Jean Schurmans. Marilyn J. Shingledecker. Janet Starsky. Hinda Swenson. Judith Ann Townsend. Mary E. Weggel. Wilma Emma Wentworth. Elizaheth B. Westerman. Carol F. Whitaker. Margaret C. Wiedmann. Louise P. Zeeh. Helen R.

SECOND ALTOS

Ahaecherli. Carol F. Adams. Sharon C. Arnold. Helen M. Anderson

j Ellen L.

Bakker. 0 Beardsley. Grace C. Beauchamp. Diane L. Bell. Marilyn Jane Bishop. Mary Rachel Bogart. Gertrude J. Crossley. Winnifred Cummings. Ann Dykhouse. Thelma F. Enkemann. Gladys C. Farnsworth. Martha S. Gault. Gertrude W. Garrick. Anne P. George. Betty Rose Groff. Linda J. Haeger. Ellen D. Harris. Barbara Anne Hecklinger. Ellen L. Hindley. Louise R. Huey. Geraldine E. Johnston. Theolia C. Katz. Jeanette B. Keeler. Sue S. Kish. Camille Knight. Mona J. Kraus. Virginia H. Levine. Judith Ann Liebscher. Erika Lovelace. Elsie W. Mahurin. Joan Meyerson. Linda E. Minton. Barbara J. Oppenheim. Myrna J. Peterson. Carol G. Pfeffer. J ean Adele Phillips. Priscilla F. Robinson. Patricia Ann Ruby. Jean Kemp Rummel. Sally Lynne Schoon. Carol J. Schwartz. Sue Shaw. Carole Sue Shortino. Dominie M. Slater. Beverly N. Stringer. Ruth M. Thomas. Nancy Elsie Thompson. Allyn J ean Thompson. Carol June Toles. Alberta C. Warner. Darliene Williams. Nancy P.

FmST TENORS

Baker, Hugh E. Beck, David Read Bennett, Gene Lake Cooley, David Bruce Crawford, Franklin A. Dunn, Roger Allan Ebner, Jerome M. Edmiston, James Eick, John David Gaffney, James B. Greenberge r, Allen J . Haering, Emil E . Hobbs, Arthur M. Heuser, William A. Horn, Roger G. Johnston, Glen R. Lowry, Paul T. Mustazza, Antonino Snortum, Niel K. Soucek, Dale L. Strote, Joel R. Tamura, Hirokuni Thompson, Frazier

SECOND TENORS

Beaman, William S. Burroughs, Daniel L. Carpenter, Gerald R. Christie, Eugene F. Clements, Peter John DeJong, Garrett E . Dennison , Terry K. Folsom , George B. Frazier , J ames Gaskell , Jerry T . Gerrard, Allen G. Humphrey, Richard Kunsmann, Peter W.

Manning, Gerald R. Noparstak, Irwin H. Pemberton, Tommy W. Petersen, Bernard C. Reinke, David Lee Robbins, Delmar H. Rubinstein, Dr. Oswaldo Spooner, Thomas E . E. Stevens, Jack Alan Thomson, J ames W. Tibbits, John A. Toles, Harvey J. , Jr. Walker, Ronald James Warthman, Forrest D .

FmST BASSES

Bates, Herman Dean Beam, Joel Ferris Beam, Marion L. Beauchamp, Robert H. Beck, Charles B. Blanchard, Dr. Bradford Bower, Bruce Chapman Burr, Cbarles F. Clemens, Earl Colburn, Russell J . Collins, Marcus H. Crane, Bradford H. Crout, Vernon J. Damouth , David Earl Dwyer, Donald Harris Garrels, Robert F. Hall, Lawrence Ellis Hartwig, C. Dean Kays , J. Warren Kissel , Klair Klinesteker, Chase F. Long, Jerry Roger Meader, Robert E.

Millard, Wayne A. Perkins, Joseph P., Jr. Pullen, Franklin D. Quayle, Robert G. Schteingart, Dr. David Suydam, Ronald Giles Trautman, Thomas B. Zentmyer, Milton Lee

SECOND BASSES

Beardsley, Richard K. Baker, Alan Drew Bird, Richard Nixon Brown, James W. Campbell, Thomas A. Church, Thomas C. Cook, Stephen Arthur Crosman, A. Hurford Dykhouse, David Jay Geisendorfer, Henry A. Haylonen, Wayne 1"'1. Harary, Frank Headings, Verle E . Huher, Franz E. Ingersoll, Royal E ., II Kincaid , William H. McAdoo, William P. Mitchell, Peter DeLancey Natanson, Leo Nauman, John D. Parlette, Alan Shearer, Thomas C. Shingledecker, Richard Sorensen, Nels Pete Steinmetz, George P. Totten, Charles F . Travis, Howard Paul Walker, Ben Wanstall , George E.

MUSICAL SOCIETY ORCHESTRA

FIRST VIOLINS

Green, Elizabeth C oncertmas ter

Dunne, Kathleen J ones, Roland Joseph, AI ice Merte, Herman Peretda, Cynthia Rupert, Jeanne Thompson, Donna

SECOND VIOLINS

Tirrell , Louise Pri1lcipal

Elicker, Joan Jaress, Virginia P a rsimmen, Suzanne Rainaldi, Mary Tate, Barhara Weise, Carolyn Zentmeyer, Carol

VIOLAS

Wilson, George Pritlcipal

Lillya, Ann Mihalyi, William Muell er, Blanche

Pappalardi, Felix, Jr. Ungar, Edward

CELLOS

Grove, Jean Principal

Allen, Ann Amos, Connie Dunne, Thomas Goldberg, Carl Kessler, Linda Merrill , Eli zabeth

STRING BASSES

Wolfe, Roberta Principal

Blubaugh, Sally McCullough, Diane

FLUTES

Jones, Nathan Durbin , Jane Martin , P a tricia Rearick, Martha

OBOES

Moyer, Mark Eitel , Eleanore

CLARINETS

Powell , Ross Lewis, N. Deligbt

BASSOONS

Scribner, William Smith, Don

HORNS

Drew, Donald Dunn, J ames T.

TRUMPETS

Stollsteimer, Gary Tison, Donald

TROMBONES

Grove, Gayle Waldo , Gary York , Richard

TIMPANI

Jones, Harold

MANAGER & LmRARIAN

York, Richard