The 12th Intervarsity Choral Festival: BRISBANE, 23 May - 1 June 1961
Camp Venue: Tallebudgera National Fitness Camp, Gold Coast<
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Participants: AUCS, MUCS, NEUCS, QUMS, SUMS, TUCS
=== COMMITTEE ===
QUMS Committee<
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Secretary: Lindsay Kerr<
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Camp Officer: Dave Hawkins
=== CONCERT ===
8pm, 31 May, Brisbane City Hall<
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Conductor: Lewis Dawe; Gordon Spearritt; Antony Newman; Bryan Dowling; Gordon Spearritt; Bryan Dowling; Bob Donnelly; Donald Thornton<
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Program: Morley ''Now is the month of maying'', ''Sing we and chant it'', ''My bonny lass she smileth'' (AUCS); Josquin ''Ave Maria'', Sweelinck ''Hodie Christus natus est'' (QUMS); Monteverdi ''Lasciate mi morire'', ''Ohime se tanto amate'', Bennet ''All creatures now are merry minded'' (SUMS Madrigal Group); Beethoven “Prisoners’ Chorus” from ''Fidelio'', Mussorgsky “Coronation Scene” from ''Boris Godunov'', Britten “Old Joe has Gone Fishing” from ''Peter Grimes'' (MUCS); Bach ''Come, Jesu, Come'' (combined); ?Merulo ''Quand’io pens’al martire'', G. Gabrieli ''Quand’io ero giovinetto'', Vecchi ''Fummo felici un tempo'' (MUCS); Britten ''Hymn to St Cecilia'' (SUMS); Vaughan Williams ''Festival Te Deum'' (combined).<
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Notes: Piano: Nola Young; Org: Noel Clark<
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Review: William Lovelock, “University choral night ‘encouraging’ “, Courier-Mail, 1 June 1961. “The singing at the twelfth Inter-Varsity Choral Festival … showed not only promise, but at times considerably accomplished performance … The fact that the festival continues and progresses shows the interest that is taken in actual music-making in our universities … While there were occasional weaknesses, the general standard of performance was good, and it was evident that all concerned had worked to the limit to achieve the best of which they were capable … The outstanding work of the evening – and it was really outstanding – was the Sydney University Musical Society’s performance of Britten’s ‘Hymn to St Cecilia’.”
=== OTHER COMMENTS ===
QUMS performed Mikado at a camp concert. Articles: “University students in choral festival”, Bulletin, 31 May 1961; “Varsities hoist ‘flag’”, Courier-Mail, 22 May 1961; “Twelfth Inter-Varsity Choral Festival”, Music and Dance, vol.51, no.12 (June 1961), p.16.
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