UMS Concert Program, December 2, 1967: Messiah -- George Frederick Handel

Season: Eighty-ninth
Concert: 2
Complete Series: 3598
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1967 Eighty-ninth Season 1968
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Charles A. Sink, President Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor
Christmas Concert No. 2 Complete Series 3598
Fifty-fourth program in the Sesquicentennial Year of The University oj Michigan
George Frederick Handel
Elisabeth Mosher, Soprano Waldie Anderson, Tenor
Huguette Tourangeau, Contralto Ara Berberian, Bass
University Choral Union
Members of the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra
Mary McCall Stubbins, Organist
Charles Fisher, Harpsichordist
Lester McCoy, Conductor
Saturday Evening, December 2, 1967, at 8:30 Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
PROGRAM
In order that the continuity of the work be maintained, it is requested that the audience refrain from applause until the end of each part of 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 in?iquity 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 be 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 na?tions; and the desire of all nations shall come. The Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to His temple, e'en 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.
Chorus--And He shall purify the sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Contralto--Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Emmanuel: God with us.
Contralto--O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up into the high mountain! Lift up thy voice with strength! Lift it up, be not afraid! Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God I Arise, shine, for thy light is come; and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee!
Bass--For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people; but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Chorus---For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the govern?ment shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Ever?lasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Pastoral Symphony
Soprano--There were shepherds abid?ing in the field, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them, and they were sore afraid.
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tid?ings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying:
Chorus--Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth, good will toward men.
Soprano--Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion. Shout, O daughter of Jeru?salem. Behold, thy king cometh unto Ihee. He is the righteous Saviour and He shall speak peace unto the heathen.
Contralto--Then shall the eyes of the blind be open'd, and the cars of the deaf unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing.
Contralto and Soprano--He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, and He fhall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and gently lead those that are with young. Come unto Him, all ye that labor and 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, His bur?then 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 chastise?ment of our peace was upon Him.
Contralto--He was despised and re?jected 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 there was no man, neither found He any to comfort Him.
Behold, and see if there be any sor?row like unto His sorrow.
He was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of Thy people was He stricken.
But Thou didst not leave His soul in hell, nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy One to see corruption.
Chorus--Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in. Who is the King of glory The Lord strong and mighty in battle. The Lord of Hosts, He is the King of glory.
Soprano and Chorus--How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things.
Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Bass--Why do the nations so furious?ly rage together Why do the people imagine a vain thing The kings of the earth rise up, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against His anointed.
CnoRus--Let us break their bonds asunder, and cast away their yokes from us.
Tenor--He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord shall have them in derision.
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Chorus and Audience--Hallelu?jah I for the Lord God Omnipotent rcigneth.
The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He shall reign for ever and ever. King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.
Soprano--I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And tho' worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God! for now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.
Chorus--Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Bass--Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twink?ling 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
Lester McCoy, Conductor David W. Cornell, Accompanist
Fiest Sopranos Austin, Patricia Bradstreet, Lola Mae Burr, Virginia A. Coffman, Judith Ann Colvin, Myra Shepherd Cook, Shirley Ann Donaldson, Kathryn M. Foreman, Carol Virginia Gockel, Barbara R. Graham, Charlene Grimm, Annabelle Hanson, Gladys M. Hawk, Gloria Lee Headen, Nancy H. Heitzman, Diedra Hesselbart, Susan C. Hiett, Katherine L. Hiraga, Mary L. Hinzman, Lillian May Hoover, Joanne Elaine Howe, Joan Frances Hurst, Alice Jerome, Ruth Jones, Jacqueline Ann King, Kathleen JoAnne Lahey, Christine Susan Luecke, Doris Loretta Malan, Fannie Belle Malila, Elida M. Mason, Carol Lee McDonald. Ruth M. Mohler, Carroll Jean Myers, Melissa Barbara Park, Kyungduck Permut, Cathy Helene Pickett, Jean Ann Pierce, Judith L. Pittaway, Louise Davis Richards, Kathleen Anne Rodriguez, Karen Kay Roznoy, Melinda Marie Schon, Laura Suzanne Sincock, Mary Ann Smock, Ellen Lee Stewart-Robinson, Elizabeth Stoel, Karen Ann Thomas, Helen Marie White, Myra Whiteford White, Sally R. Wilks, Kathleen Joyce Wilson, Miriam L.
Second Sopranos Baker, Laura Barter, Patty Ruth Bernstein, Judith Burmeister, Patricia A. Cameron, Lorna Lee Cannon, Kathy Deanna Cazepis, Helen Cornell, Gail Ann Cuadrado, Pepi Datsko, Deanna Kay Datsko, Doris Mae DeVries, Janice Faye Ford, C. Gay Fry, Susannah Brown Giles, Nancy Stagner Horning, Alice R.
Johnson, Gail Lisbeth Karapostoles, LaVaugbn Keating, Patricia Jean Kellogg, Merlyn Lucille Kontny, Elizabeth Jane Larsen, Mary Kristin Leftridge, Sharon L. Lehmann, Judith T. MacDonald, Alice Frances MacLennan, Barbara Ann McAdoo, Mary C. McMaster, Carolyn J. McNall, Marcia Leigh Miller, Joyce Ann Murray, Marilyn Ramona Ncedham, Martha Lynn Neuman, Judy Noble, Donna Marie O'Connor, Barbara A. Ogilvie, Joan H. Oyer, Thelma Marie Petty, Eleanor Slee, Beth Ellen Sice, Debora Ann Smith, Ann Elizabeth Stegink, Eileen Storm, Cheryl Ann Swap, Susan McAllister Vlisides, Elena C. Weaver, Kitty P. Wickens, Linda Karolyn Widiger, Susan J. Young, Ethel Louise
First Altos Abrams, Gloria Sandra Adams, Carol B. Aptekar, Lucille Joy Baker, Jean Marie Beam, Eleanor P. Beemer, Sharon P. Bernstein, Linda Booth, Constance Brown, Marion W. Carr, Nancy P. Cole, Patricia J. Crawford, Margaret E. Daverman, Virginia Lynn Dejonge, Elizabeth A. Eastman, Berenice M. Eiteman, Sylvia C. Esch, Martha Joan Evans, Daisy E. Feldkamp, Lucy G. Feldman, Susan Eleanor Heyn, Carla Ann Hill, Susan Kay Hirshfeld, Lucy Ward Hogan, Sharon Anne Kimmel, Helen G. Kister, Susan S. Klein, Linda Sue Konrad, Martha Ruth Lane, Rosemarie Leonard, Wendy Lee Marsh, Martha M. Martin, Sarah Jane Mathews, Margaret Emily Mayer, Carol Ann McCoy, Bernice I.
Mehler, Hallie Jane Newton, Hollis II. Pfennigstorf, Heika Rasmussen, Velma E. Reidy, Dorothy Elaine Rubinstein, Sallie Scott, Linda Theresa Segal, Deborah Aviva Smith, Marguerite Stark, Roberta, R. Swinford, Georgiana Tomory, Mary V. Voigt, Maryanne Waage, Jean K. Wendt, Christine Ann Wiedmann, Louise P. Wolfe, Charlotte Ann Wood, D. Jean Young, Barbara Ellen
Second Altos Arnold, Helen Marcella Asmus, Susan Marie Baird, Marjorie A. Bedell, Carolyn P. Benet, Sandra Hertz Blake, Susan Jane Bogart, Gertrude J. Brandt, Xancy Jean Cangin, Linda Beth Clayton, Caroline Swain Coleman, Mary F. Cross, Joyce Ann Crossley, Winnifred M. Day, Mary Luz Eisenhardt, Elizabeth Enkemann, Gladys C. Erlich, Sandra Sue Forsyth, Ilcne H. Gales, Dolores I. Gault, Gertrude W. Gottlieb, Bonnie Susan Haab, Mary E. Haskins, Margaret Gwinn Jenkins, Bernice Madeline Johnson, Elizabeth Judson Johnson, Katherine A. Johnston, Theolia C. Katz, Suzi L. Knight, Mona Jeanette Kubiak, Donna Louise Lavine, Molly Beth Lidgard, Ruth Miriam Lovelace. Elsie W. Lovitt, Elaine Blossom Mas tin, Neva M. Mencher, Lcnore S. Miller, Rene S. Mills, Donna Jeanne Murphy, Rosaline E. Oehler, L. Eileen Olson, Constance Kay Parker, Fannie R. Payne, Ruth Pratt, Barbara Rakoff, Leslie Karen Raymond, Deborah Ann Richardson, Gloria Jean Roeger, Beverly B. Rubenstein, Lisa Kate
Slater, Beverly N. Stebbins, Kathryn J. Taylor, H. Alicia Thomas, Carren Ann Van Meter, Roberta Gay Van Nuis, Hermine J. Wilke, Mary Lou Williams, Nancy P. Wilson, Johanna K.
First Tenors Baker, Hugh E. Brandt, Carl Donald Cathcy, Owen DeVries, Robert Lee Dihvorth, Gary D. Dimkoff. Graydon W. Foor, Michael Joseph Franke, George Marshall Lowry, Paul T. Meininger, James Harold Newton, Clyde Alfred Reidy, James Joseph Riethmiller, Michael K. Rottschafer, J. Mark Salvner, Ronald J. Schultz, Stanley T. Smith, Gregory Lynn Tillson, Edward Westenhofer, Lee Alan Wilks, Graham
Second Tenors Austin, Robert Allen Auten, Gerald Earle Barrett, Martin Alan Beyer, Herbert Bikle, Charles Henry Boushner, Donald F. Clark, Harold R. Clow, Daniel Fox Coscia, Arthur F. Delp, T. Jeff Enns, Philip G. Feldman, Robert Larry Galbraith, Merle G.
Haines, Michael Curtis Humphrey, Richard Jones, Charles E. Labrecque, Gaston Lindemann, Michael Brian Repola, Kenneth Louis Smith, Douglas I. Starring, Robert J. Thorne, George R. Weamer, Alan Philip
First Basses Barritt, Loren Spencer Beam, Marion L. Benet, Charles Henry Brueger, John Martin Burr, Charles F. Clayton, Joseph Frederic Cross, Harry Lee Damborg, Mark J. Eisenhardt, G. Harris Fitzgerald, John D. Jr. Ha.erty, Thomas F. Haslett, Stephen Lynn Haviland, Robert Wesley Haworth, Donald Lyle Herren, Donald C. Hoover, William F. M. Huff, Charles R. Jones, John David Kays, J. Warren Kissel, Klair H. Lanini, Kent Paul Lohrmann, Robert R. Luria, Eric Walter Miller, Dean F. Overbey, Kent Douglas Rasmussen, Paul G. Risenhoover, Morris Roach, James Warren Savory, James Eugene Seybold, David Norman Smethurst, Everett W. Steele, Ron Stenvig, Thomas Edward
Thomas, Merrill Dean Troutman, Thomas B. Waldrcn, Ray Allen VVeigl, Robert Curt Wickens, Christopher
Second Basses
Acker, Robert Lee Barrett, Larry Boyd Bartlett. William R. Carpenter, Robert D. Cutler, Norman Joel DunninK, James E. Farris, Lawrence White Forsyth, James D. Gates, Frederick K. Goodwin, Carl Harold Grimmett, Howard Hill Gross, Carey C. Herner, Robert T., Jr. Horwitz, Steven Cary Hunscbe, David Frederick Layher, Thomas Adolph Lehmann, Charles F. Lohr, Lawrence L., Jr. Loukotka, Joseph J. Mardinly, A. John Mastin, Glenn G. McAdoo, William Pass Miller, Glenn E. Mindell, Paul David Morris, John A. Mueller, David James Oberhausen, Richard Peterson, Robert Ross Petty, Mark A. Pike, Lawrence Lee Preston, Robert Eyre Randolph, David Glenn Schonschack, Wallace Slee, Vergil Nelson Steinmetz, George P. Swad, Walter Charles White, Donald E. Zimmermann, Eric H.
MEMBERS OF INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY ORCHESTRA
Violin I
I Fu Wang, Concertmaster John Kochanowski James Dunham Peter Sparling Kathryn Appleby Elsa Kilsson Maria Mykolenko Frank Huybrcchts Jo Ann Redmon Stephanie Tretick
Violin II
Kristin North, Principal Geri Tata Linda Nichols Susan Light Joan Skelley Stephen Hartman Leslie Stellman Sarah Megee
Sharon Tarson Lizbeth Brown
Viola
Kim Kashkashian, Principal Peter Bankoff Deborah Dansby Barbara Pressler Shelley Holland-Moritz Dikran Kashkashian Ellen McKinney Irene Barinoff
Violoncello
Siri Edwards, Principal Eric Keydel Craig Weaver Jeffrey Szabo Randall Trainer Monica Pignotti James Tcnnant
Double Bass
Robert Barney, Principal Christopher C. BroNvn Corrine Lyon William Strait
Oboe
Richard Skidmore Elaine Douvas
Trumpet
William Moore Timothy Slayman
Bassoon Martha Driggs Barbara Wurman
Timpani Eugene Sittenfeld