UMS Concert Program, December 5, 1969: Messiah -- George Frederick Handel

Concert: 1
Complete Series: 3671
Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

The University Musical Society
of
The University of Michigan
Presents
George Frederick Handel
Janice Harsanyi, Soprano Waldie Anderson, Tenor
Rosalind Hupp, Contralto Robert Oliver, Bass
University Choral Union
Members of the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra
Mary McCall Stubbtns, Organist
Charles Fisher, Harpsichordist
Donald Bryant, Conductor
Friday Evening, December 5, 1969, 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 iniquity is pardon'd. The voice o,' 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 nations; 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--0 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, Be?hold your God! Arise, shine, for thy liiiht 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.
Christmas Concert No. 1 Complete Program 3671
Pastoral Symphony
Soprano--There were shepherds abiding 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 tidings 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 Jerusalem. Behold, thy king cometh unto thee. 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 ears 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 shall 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 burthen is light.
INTERMISSION
Contralto--He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
He gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. He hid not His face from shame and spitting.
CnoRUS--Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows. He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him.
And with His stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned ev'ryone to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
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 sorrow 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--The Lord gave the word. Great was the company of the preachers. Their sound is gone out into all lands, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Bass--Why do the nations so furiously 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.
Chorus--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--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. 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 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 wis?dom, 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.
To be sung in four parts by audience with Chorus. Please leave the music to the "Hallelujah" Chorus at the door when leaving, unless you wish to keep it.
UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION
Donald Bryant, Conductor Paul Keen an, Accompanist
FIRST SOPRANOS
Becker, Susan Beltz, Isabelle M. Bradstreet, Lola Bryant, Lela N. Carruth, Susan Clardy, Carol Clark. Rebecca Cox, Elaine Fast, Kathy Fcnelon, E. Linda Fox, Estelle Giles, Elida Gockel, Barbara Gray, Darlene Grimm, Annabelle Hanson, Gladys M. Headen, Nancy Hesselbart, Susan Hinzman, Lillian Hirth, Dana Hoover, Joanne Horst, Leslie Jacobs, Mary Ann Jerome, Ruth Johnsmiller, Betsy Jones, Jacqueline Keeler, Ann Leyh, Carolyn L. Luecke, L. Doris Malan, Fannie Belle Malila, Elida Martinez, Leslie McDonald, Ruth M. Mcrrell, Kerry Norton. Linda Pack, Beth Pearson, Agnes Pellikka, Norma Phillips, Margaret Pickett, Jean Pittaway. Louise Randolph, Susan Jo Reynolds, Doretta Robsky, Edith D. Rodgcrs. Mary Ann Schilt, Margaret Schlarman. Carol Sincock, Mary Ann Susswein, Joan Vlisides, Elena C. Waggoner. Barbara Wilson. Miriam Winston, Gail Wolff. Deborah
SECOND SOPRANOS
Beening, Catherine Burr, Virginia Buta, Lucile Carr. Xancy P. Cornell. Gai! Cutler. Christine Datsko. Doris Davidson, Margaret Dunnani. Marcia Fry. Susannah Goldman, Marsha Green, Jane Hahn, Ruth M.
Hiraga, Mary Horning, Alice R. Houser, Carolyn Keating, Patricia Kirshner, Lily Leckrone, Janet Leftridge, Sharon Lehmann, Judith Lchmann, Leslie Line, Linda Lyman, Nancy Michaels, Joanna Morgan, Suzanne Murray, Marilyn Owens, LaVonia Porter, Mary Reed. Lisa RudisiM, Jane Sexton, Ebba Jo Slee, Debora
StewartRobinson, Elizabeth Vasaris, Eileen Weigle, Nancy Weinman, Susan Wiener, Marjorie Young. Jan
FIRST AITOS
Adams, Judith Artinian, Susan Atkins, Susan Beam, Eleanor P. Birchler, Barbara Brown. Marion W. Chapman, Rebecca Cole, Patricia Datsko, Deanna Dover, Beth Evans, Daisy E. Feldkamp. Lucy Fowler. Lucille Gale, Wendy Galimberti, Claudia Gerstman, Regina Godoshian. Miriam Goodman. Charlotte Hall, Barbara Heitzman. Diedra Holland, Xancy Homer. Janis Howard. Susannah Johnston. Carol Kempton, Judith Kulenkamp, Xancy Landon, Joyce Liebscher. Erika Luckhardt. Bonolyn Main, Prudence Manson. Hinda McCoy. Bernice McXutt. Martha Meyer. Susan Elizabeth Miller, Florence Moore. Sharon Munson. Mary Murray. Virginia Nelson, Lois Schmicge, Susan Schuster. Pamela Scott, Catherine
Slee, Beth Smith, Marguerite Tandlcr, Virginia Wargelin, Carol Weaver, Kitty White, Myra Wiedmann, Louise P. Wolfe, Charlotte Wood, Jean D.
SECOND ALTOS
Arnold, Helen Bagby, Peggy Baird, Marjorie Bedell, Carolyn Chilman, Jeanne Clayton, Caroline Crossley, Winnifred Donaldson, Kathryn Douglass, Christine Duncan, Mary Eisenhardt, Elizabeth Gates, Dolores Goldfarb, Anne Haab, Mary Hagerty, Joan Hanson, Bernadine Huizenga. Jeanette Johnson, Elizabeth Johnson, Katherine Kruska, Cindy Lidgard, Ruth Lovelace, Elsie McBride, Florence Miller. Rene Murphy, Rosalind Newton, Dorothy Newton, Hollis Norris. Eleanor Olson, Constance Pinsent. Margaret Pratt, Barbara Pratt. Susan Rector, Ellen Richardson, Gloria Robberson. Kay Roeger. Beverly Schenck. Mary Stcbbins. Kathryn Steele. Donna Thomas. Carren Williams. Nancy Wilson. Johanna
FIRST TENORS
Baker, Hugh Burch, Christopher Cathey, Owen Goldberg, Helga Hannigan. Jayne Jech, Carl L. Leckrone. Gerald Lehmann. William Nitzberg, Frances Reidy, James Reineck, Charles Schultz, Stanley Scott. Phillip Trager. Natalie Wigdortz, Jera'd
SECOND TENORS
Aptckar, Kenneth Barrett, Martin Brokaw, Norman Carnes. Richard C. Casai, Tim Clark, Harold R. Clow, Daniel Dilworth, Kirby Galbraith. Merle Girod, Albert P. Glazier, Edwin Guthrie, Thomas Haines, Michael Haworth. Donald Hmay. Thomas Hyde. Peter KelloRR, Larry Knapp, Robert Lancy, Steve Lindemann, Michael MacGregor. Robert Newton, Clyde A. Preston. Thomas Repola, Kenneth Schilling. Jesse W. Warren. James Weamer, Alan Wheeler, David
FIRST BASSES
Austin, James Bagby, Lewis Hailard. Gary Barber, Edwin L.
Bash, Paul Beam, Marion Benes, James Bennett, Richard Brueger, John Burr, Charles F. Buttimore, Nigel Carruth, Hayden Casparian, Robert Clayton, Joseph Conners. John Currie, William Dill. David Garvey, James Gottfried, Ralph Haserty, Thomas Haynes, Jeffrey Herren, Donald Hill, James Hoag, Edwin Hochstettler, Thomas Holly, Tom Huff, Charles Kays. Warren Kissel. Klair McBride. David McDonald, James McWhorter, G. Martinez. Douglas Morris. Robert Munson. Fred Pearson. J. Raymond Petty. Mark Schmitt. Karl Seifert. Kelvin Stewart. Jeff
Tepoot, Pablo Unnewehr, David Weaver, David Weaver. Richard Wendt, Timothy
SECOND BASSES
Bartlett, William Baskerville, Andrew Birkmeyer, Clement Blake. Rowland Cutler, Norman DePuit, Gerald Dicey, Bruce Johnston, H. D. Lam, Samuel Lehmann, Charles Loukotka, Joseph McAdoo. William McMurtrie. James Miller, Warren Mueller, David Oberhausen, Richard Potter. Kim Powell. GreRR Reineck, Roman Schonschack, Wallace Slee, Vercil
Sommcrfeld. R. Thomas Stesler. Richard Stcinmetz. Georse Strozier. Robert Tickton. David Wyche, DonaM Zimmerman. Eric
MEMBERS OF INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY ORCHESTRA
FIRST VIOLIN
Michelle Makarski, Conccrtmistress
Dana Edson,
Asst. Coiicrrlmistress
Ann Leathers
Amy Teare
Carol Anderson
Susan Conner
Laurel Wells
Ann Ourada
Frank Schwarzwalder
Scott Towne
SECOND VIOLIN
William Patterson,
Principal Elizabeth Rice James Krehbiel Judith Csik Eric Xilsson Pamela Peeters
Janice Bares Leslie Stewart
VIOLA
Jeffrey Stewart. Principal James Van Valkenburg Cheryl Micrs James Doversberger Katherine Kramer Joanne Mulder
CELLO
Eric Kcydel, Principal Jeffrey Szabo James Tennant Blythe Tretick Michael Meade Elizabeth Zander Zee
DOUBLE BASS
Carol Osterhouse, Principal
Daniel Stabler Jonathan Jensen Mark Mathias
OBOE
Elaine Douvas Cynthia Wheeler David Schinbeckler Anne Bartholomew
BASSOON
Martha Drigfcs Lawrence Probes
TRUMPET
Edward Carroll Randy Bennett
TIMPANI
Kenneth Broadway
UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gail W. Rector, President
Roscoe O. Bonisteel, VicePresident
Erich A. Walter. Secretary
E. Thurston Thiume, Treasurer
Douglas D. Crary Robben VV. Fleming Harlan Hatcher
Paul G. Kauper Wilbur K. Pierpont Daniel H. Schurz Stephen H. Spurr