1964 Eighty-sixth Season 1965

UNIVERSITY MUSICAL SOCIETY THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Charles A. Sink, President Gail W. Rector, Executive Director Lester McCoy, Conductor

Christmas Concert No. Complete Series 3450 ~ssiah GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL

HELEN BOATWRIGHT, CHARLES BRESSLER,

JEAN SANDERS, HOWARD NELSON,

UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MARY MCCALL STUBBINS, Organist ELWOOD DERR, Harp sichordist L ESTER McCoy, Conductor

SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1964, AT 8:30 HILL AUDITORIUM, ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

PRO G RAM 111 order that the cOllti""ity oj the work be mailltailled.itis req"ested that the a"diellce reJr aill Jrom applallSe ,,"til the elld oj eac h part oj the program.

OVERTURE the dry land; and I will shake all na­ tions; and the desire of all nations TENOR-Comfort ye, My people, saith shall come. your God; speak ye comfortahly to But who may abide the day of His J eru salem, and cry unto her, that her coming and who shall stand when He warfare is accomplished, that her in­ appea reth? For He is like a refiner's fire . iquity is pardon'd. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye CnoRus-And He shaH purify the the way of the Lord, make straight in sons of Levi, that they may offer unto the deselt a highway for our God . the Lord an offering in righteousness. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill made low; the CONTRALTo-Behold, a virgin shall crooked straight, and the ro ugh places conceive and bear a Son, and shall call plain. His name EMMANUEL: God with us. CHoRus-And the glory of the Lord CONTRALTo-O thou that tellest good shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see tidings to Zion, get thee up into the it together; for the mouth of the Lord high mountain! Lift up thy voice with hath spoken it. strength! Lift it up, be not afraid! Say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your BAss-Thus saith the Lord of Hosts: God! Arise, shine, for thy light is come; Yet once a little while, and I will shake and the glory of the Lord is risen upon the heavens and the earth, the sea and thee! CHORus-For unto us a Child is horn, was no man, neither found He any to unto us a Son is given, and the govern­ comfort Him. ment shall be upon His shoulder; and Behold, and see if there be any sor­ His . name shall be called Wonderful, row like unto His sorrow. Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Ever­ He was cut off out of the land of the lasting Father, the Prince of Peace. living: for the transgression of Thy people was He Stricken. PASTORAL SYMPHONY But Thou didst not leave His soul in SOPRANo-There were shepherds abid­ hell, nor didst Thou suffer Thy Holy ing in the field, keeping watch OVer One to see corruption. their flocks by night. And lo! the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the CHORus-Lift up your heads, 0 ye gates, and glory of the Lord shone round about be ye lift up, ye everlasting door them, and they were sore afraid. s, and the King of glory shall come And the angel said unto them, Fear in. Who is the King of glory? The Lord not: for behold, I bring you good tid­ strong and mighty in battle. The Lord ings of great joy, which shall be to all of Hosts, He is the King of glory. people. For unto you is born this day BAss-Thou art gone up on high, in the City of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Thou hast led captivity captive, and And suddenly there was with the received gifts for men; yea, even for angel a multitude of the heavenly host Thine enemies, that the Lord God might praising God, and saying: dwell among them. CHORus-Glory to God in the highest, SOPRANO, CONTRALTO, AND CHORUS­ and peace on earth, good will toward How beautiful are the feet of him that men. bringeth glad tidings, tidings of salva­ tion, that saith unto Zion: Thy God SOPRANo-Rejoice greatly, 0 daughter reigneth! of Zion. Shout, 0 daughter of J eru­ Break forth into joy, glad tidings, thy salem. Behold, thy king cometh unto God reigneth! thee. He is the righteous Saviour and He shall speak peace unto the heathen. TENOR-He that dwelleth in heaven shall laugh them to scorn; the Lord CONTRALTO AND SOPRANo-Then shall shall have them in derision. the eyes of the blind be open'd, and the Thou shalt break them with a rod of ears of the deaf unstopped. Then shall iron; Thou shalt dash them in pieces the lame man leap as an hart, and the like a potter's vessel. tongue of the dumb shall sing. He shall feed His flock like a shep­ CHORUS AND AUDIENCE-HALLELU­ herd, and He shall gather the lambs with JAH! for the Lord God Omnipotent His arm, and carry them in His bosom, reigneth. and gently lead those that are with The kingdom of this world is become young. Come unto Him, all ye that labor the kingdom of our Lord and of His and are heavy laden, and He will give Christ; and He shall reign for ever and you rest. Take His yoke upon you, and ever. learn of Him, for He is meek and lowly of heart, and ye shall find rest unto your SOPRANo-I know that my Redeemer souls. liveth, and that He shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And tho' CHORUS-His yoke is easy, His bur­ worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh then is ligh t. shall I see God; for now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them INTERMISSION that sleep. CHORus-Surely He hath borne our BAss-Behold, I tell you a mystery; griefs, and carried our sorrows; He was we shall not all sleep, but we shall all wounded for our transgressions; He was be changed in a moment, in the twin­ bruised for our iniquities; the chastise­ kling of an eye, at the last trumpet. ment of our peace was upon Him. The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and CONTRALTo-He gave his back to the we shall be changed. smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; He hid not His CHORUS-Worthy is the Lamb that face from shame and spitting. He was was slain, and hath redeemed us to God despised and rejected of men; a man of by His blood, to receive power, and sorrows, and acquainted with grief. riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. Blessing TENOR-Thy rehuke hath broken His and honor, glory and power, be unto heart; He is full of heaviness. He looked Him that sitteth upon the throne, and for some to have pity on Him, but there unto the Lamb, forever and ever. AMEN. UNIVERSITY CHORAL UNION LESTER MCCOY, Conductor GARY RELYEA, Accompanist FIRST Globe, Carlotta Kimmel, Helen G. Arentz, Joan Carol Goodman, Charlotte Low, Mary Elizabeth Baum, Barbara Joan Hall, Patricia Sue Manson, Hinda Bradstreet, Lola Mae Hall, Sara J ean Marsh, Martha M. Burr, Virginia A. Hendrickson, Marianne McAdoo, Harriette Courtney, Jean Louise Holod, Olga Renata McCoy, Bernice I. Dettling, Mary Jane J ewell , Lois Ann Mehler, Hallie jane Dewsbury, Joyce Ruth J ones, Marion A. Neal, Marcella E. Fish, S. Leslie Kellogg, Merlyn L. Nelson, Sandra Lee Greenslit, Carol Ann Klock, Rebecca Anne Petersen, Sharon Lou Hanson, Gladys M. Landman, Marguerite J. Plewes, Nancy A. Hawk, Gloria Lee Lessner, J anet Eleanor Rehberg, Ruth Ann Henes, Karen Kay Lyman, Frances J . Reider, Linda H . Housekeeper, Judith K. MacCallum, Carol D. Ring, Betty L. Howe, J oan Frances McAdoo, Mary C. Roberts, Claudia Beth Huber, Sally A. McGrath, Ruth Mary Royal, Betty Lou J erome, Ruth Owens McLester, Celess B. Rubinstein, Sallie Julien, Charlotte J. Morton, Patricia Ann Salmeen, Linnea R. Knighton, Dapbne M. Munson, Elizabeth B. Sarber, Nancy S. Lofland, Nancy W. Needham, Martha Lynn Schaafsma, Diane Lee Losy, Susan Carol Nemacheck, Nancy Smith Schroeder, Joy Ann Luecke, Doris L. Nolen, Bonnie B. Swenson, Judith Ann Martin, Donna Jean Papke, Bonnie Jean Swope, Fay the C. McDonald, Ruth M. Poschel, Rose Marie Walter, Nessena Lee Minyard, Lucille L. Reading, Melissa M. Wargelin, Carol G. Minyard, M. Louise Reynolds, Susan Lynn Wentworth, Elizabeth Montgomery, Patricia Richards, J ean D. White ,Arlene Ruth Newcomb, Alice R . Ridley, Charlene Ann Wiedman, Louise P. Owens, C. Jane Rosenbaum, Stepbanie Wolfe, Charlotte Ann Pearson, Agnes I. Schumm, Barbara L. Worley, Judith Ann Plekker, Judith E. Scott, Elaine Alma Zeemering, Ina G. Politis, Clara Skibbe, Joan Margaret SECOND ALTOS Porter, Mary Burke Surbrook, Barbara Lee Arnold, Helen M. Ramee, Dorothy W. Sandman, Rita Marie Barber, Marjorie S. Ramee, Joan Carol Sweet, Deborah Page Barnett, Elizabeth G. Reddick, Bella M. Thomas, Anne Edna Blackmon, Carol Lee Robinson, Jane M. Vlisides, Elena C. Blake, Susan J ane Rulfs, Mary K. Waters, Deborah Ann Bogart, Gertrude J. Sanford, Phyllis E. Wilson, Miriam L. Brink, Virginia Ruth Sevilla, J osefina Wylie, Winnifred J. Cole, Mary Katbleen Shimmin, Susan A Yoder, Edith Clayton, Caroline S. Sommerfeld, Martha FIRST ALTOS Crossley, Winnifred M. Steere, Judith E. Abrams, Gloria S. Deming, Caren Joy Stevens, Ethel C. Ashby, Lynne Anne DeMarco, Anita Mary Waite, Mary Lucile Beam, Eleanor P. Drew, Wendy Jean Weston, Lynda R. Bobbitt, Susan D. Eisenhardt, Elizabeth Woodward, Carol L. Brown, Marion W. Enkemann, Gladys C. Y oon, Soon Young S. Brown, Susan Lee Gamble, Carol Elizabeth Yang, Susan Helen Byle, Ellen Beth Gault, Gertrude W. Zander, Judith Ann Clohset, Carol M. Haab, Mary E. SECOND SOPRANOS Dawson, Shirley M. Hondorp, Joan Arlene Balysh, Pat Jane deBoor, Matilda F. Jenkins, Bernice :oM. Bartsch, Rhonda L. Eastman, Berenice Johnson, Grayce E. Brown, Susannah E. Eiteman, Sylvia C. Johnston, Theolia C. Buchanan, Gale Frances Evans, Daisy E. Kero, Ruth Burns, Cheryl Anne Flanagan, Carole J. Kendall, Gail Marie Caster, Carol Ann Garner, Penny Ann Knight, Mona J. Clague, Rosemary T. Heyn, Carla Ann Knowlton, Jeanne A'1ne Cornell, Gail Ann Hellstedt, Linda F. Lane, Rosemarie Dallavo, Virginia E. Hinterman, Ellen Kay Lidgard, Ruth M. Danforth, Ruth E. Hodgman, Dorothy B. Liebscher, Erika M. Douglas, J ean C. Huber, June Moore Lovelace, Elsie W. Douglas, Susan J. Johns, Mary Margaret Luton, Jane Elizabeth Edwards, Virginia M. J ones, Carol Louise Malmstrom, Florence L. Feast, Patricia M. J ones, Mary McCullough Miller, Carol L. M ill er, Joyce E. Corzine, Gordon Lewis Rietz, Peter J. Miller, Rene S. Fidler, William F. Roach, J ames Warren Morri on, lVIay Franklin ,Lindsay Donald Schumacher, Hermann Murphy, Rosalind E. Gaskell , J erry T . Smethurst, Everett W. Olson, Constance Kay Gibilisco, Fred Thomas Swanson, Landon H. Peterson, Sara R. Gunning, Stephen H . Tobin, Aubrey T. Pflieger, J anet B. Humphrey, R ichard Troutman, Thomas B. Price, Mary E . Johns, Chester S. Wilkins, David G. Prout, Eve Anna J ohnson, Paul A. Richardson, Gloria J . Lindemann, Michael SECOND BASS Roeger, Beverl y B. Malkowski, Anthony E. Bartlett, William R. Slater, Beverly N. May, Wolfgang W. Barton, Ben F. Thomas, Patricia Oltrogge, David Beltz, Douglas M . Weber, Lois J ean Parker, Roger Allen Bowman, Brian L. Wendt, Christine Ann Pflieger, Ronald E. Brodt, E. William Williams, Nancy P. Schultz, Stanlzy T. Bush, Richard J ames Wissman, Mary Carolyn SeIter, Lawrence F. Dalley, Edward O. Wolf, Mona G. Settler, Leo Henry Fielding, David A. Zi mmerman, Susan Ann Waite, J on R. Lloyd, Stephen E. FIRST FIRST BASS Forburger, Dean Charles Baker, Hugh E. Beam, Marion L. Ford, Gary Kendrick Batch, Nicholas C. Berzins, Janis Theodor Goodwin, Carl Harold Bernstein, Paul Bloom, Henry Robert H errmann, Lothar Bowman, Victor Brueger, John M. Huber, Franz E. Cross, Harry Lee Buresh, David R. J obnson, David A. Dallavo, William G. Burr, Charles F. Jones, H . Ralph Estes, Robert A. Clayton, Joseph F. Keller, Jacob Boyd Freed, Robert L. Clegern, Will iam H. Lane, Leroy Edward Gree nberger, Allen J ay Damborg, Mark J. LaZar, Ross Allen Hayn, Robert T. Eisenhardt, Georae H. McAdoo, William P. Irwin, Paul Curtis Fedchenko, Robert E. Mead, Douglas Allan Kunsmann, Peter W. Ferrell , Winfred D. Patterson, Robert Malm strom, Robert W. Hebert, Ernest Clifford Peterson, Robert R . McCoy, E ugene B. Kaplan,Kenneth Franklin Petters, Robert B. Moore, George William Kays, J. Warren Resnick, Lewis D . Patino, Humberto Kissel, Klair H. Schick, H elmut Patterson, Bernard N. Kreizelman, David Schroeder, Dale E. Ramee, All an L. Lanini, Kent P . Steinmetz, George P . Reidy, James J. Litton, Glenn B. Travis, Lawrence W. Schell, Alden N . Mallen, Robert G. Vander Lugt, Bud Smith, Baltin T. McCarty, T homas G . Vreeland, Robert G. Tillson, Edward E . McWilliam, Leslie G. Wall , Ralph J. White, Melvin A. Palicz, Robert J . Wilcox, Allen James Zabn, William B. Pearson, John Raymond Wobst, Martin Hans SECOND TENORS Pickut, Guenther Wolfman, Jay Beyer, Hilbert Ransford, James Lee Wyche, Donald W. Members from the UNIVERSITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA of the University School of Music FIRST VIOLINS VIOLA OBOE Pepper, Ronald, Skelton, Philip, Principal Gosman, James Conc ertlllaster Beeton, Maureen Picken, Sarah Adams, Barbara Congleton, Jennie Capalcli, Pamela Denner, Nancy BASS.oONS . Dodez, Paula Haan Joanne M iller, Nell Huttuia, J ean MacNeal, Sara Nelson, Susan Lamb, Susan Wepman, Robert TRUMPET LeVeck, Thomas Wilso n, Nancy Warsop, Philip Shapiro, Linda CELLO Horton, Dennis Whipple, Julie Levine, Daniel, Principal Zaret, Peter Asch , Ellen TIMPANI SECON D VIOLINS Cooper, David Hulet, Ginger Riccardo, J ames, Principal Donaldson, Sally Cameron-Bailey, Cairn Fine, Karen ORCHESTRA MANAGE R Christenson, Sally Stanton, Kathy Skelton, Philip Duthie, Virginia BASS LmRARIAN Eddy, Catherine Miller, John, Principal LeVeck, Thomas Ferguso n, Nancy Gee, Brenda Menominee, Byron Wight, Karen EQUIPMENT MANAGER Schryer, Diane Womack, Richard Horton, Dennis