The 28th Intervarsity Choral Festival: CANBERRA, 20 August-3 September 1977 Patron: Dr H.C. Coombs, Sir John Crawford<
> Chorusmaster: Brian Hingerty<
> Camp Venue: Rosnel Guest House and others, Bundanoon<
> Participants: SCUNA, NEUCS, NUMS UNCS, MMM, QUMS, TUMS, FUCS, MonUCS, SUMS, MUCS, AUCS, PUCS, LaTUCS === COMMITTEE === Convenor: Rik Allen<
> Secretary: Janet Spry<
> Treasurer: Alison Whish<
> ConMan: Richard Dixon, Ann Hoban<
> Publicity: Christine Kallir<
> Librarian: Laurel Burns<
> Camp Officer: Robert Taylor<
> Transport/Billeting: Alison Currie<
> Social Sec: Robyn Bennett<
> Fundraising: Colin Loughhead<
> Participants’ Secretary: Robi Bennett<
> General Ass: Rosemary Mattingley, Phillip Linford === CONCERT 1 === 3pm, 28 August, University House, ANU<
> Conductor: Brian Hingerty; Judith Clingan; Bevan Leviston; Nicholas Routley; Brian Hingerty; Bryan Dowling; Charles Coleman, Faye Dumont<
> Program: Gregorian chant ''“Victimæ paschali laudes”'', ''“Cantemus Domino”'', ''“Alleluia: Pascha nostrum”''; Morley ''Sweet Nymph'', Viadana ''Missa sine nomine'' (''Kyrie''), Bartók ''Ritornelle'', Holst ''If you love songs'', Schubert ''The Lord is my shepherd''; Henry VIII ''Pastime with good company'', Josquin ''Guillaume'', Bevan Leviston ''Choral Study No.12'', Toch ''Geographical Fugue''; Janequin ''Le chant des oiseaux'', Lassus ''La nuit froide et sombre'', Sermisy ''Puisqu’en amour'', Lassus ''Sauter, danser'', Debussy ''Trois chansons de Charles d’Orleans''; Gregorian chant ''“Dies iræ”''; Britten ''Choral Dances from ‘Gloriana’'', Poulenc ''Four Christmas Motets''; Spirituals ''“O Mary”'', ''“Honor, Honor”'', ''“Dis Ol’ Hammer”'', ''“Ain’t Got Time to Die”'', Simon & Garfunkel ''Flowers Never Bend in the Rainfall'', Victor Young ''When I fall in Love'', Kirby Shaw ''Opus I''.<
> Notes: Afternoon Prom. Concert. Result of workshops during camp. === CONCERT 2 === 8pm, 3 September, Auditorium [Llewellyn Hall], Canberra School of Music<
> Conductor: Brian Hingerty<
> Soloists: Margaret Sim, Lois Bogg, William Bamford, Barry Skelton, Geoffrey Brennan, Bryan Dowling<
> Program: Monteverdi ''Vespro della Beata Virgine'' (1610)<
> Notes: Orchestral arrangement by Andrew D. McCredie. Supported by the Peter Stuyvesant Trust.<
> Review: Ken Healey, “Wonders of a rarely-heard masterpiece”, ''Canberra Times'', 5 September 1977. “At interval on Saturday night I was still looking for things to praise about this year’s Intervarsity Choral Festival performance. Fortunately, by the end of the evening there had been enought moments of satisfying performance to warrant the encouraging remarks that I had come hoping to utter. The annual festival, held in a different capital city each year, and preceded by a week’s intensive rehearsal camp (this year at Bundanoon) is not comparable to any other musical event I know of … But with a moment’s thought, I find it far more to the point to remember the towering chorus ‘Lauda Jerusalem’ just before interval, and the exultant sound of the choir in full voice at the beginning and end of the final ‘Magnificat’ …The girls had the purity of tone of trebles, the men sang with … strength and an almost religious fervour, dispelling much of the dullness that had gone before … I applaud the visit of this festival to Canberra, and thank the organisers for giving us the change to savour some of the wonders of a rarely-heard masterpiece".<
> Rob Goodrick, “Monteverdi’s Flying Vespers”, ''Canberra Programme'', n.d. “Although they seemed under-rehearsed at times[,] and there were the odd unwanted syncopations and wobbly attacks, the presentation was on the whole a great success … The small choir which sang in the Sonata on ‘Sancta Maria ora pro nobis’ and elsewhere … was particularly good … All in all[,] however, it was an effective performance of a magnificent work and a fitting conclusion to the Intervarsity Festival”. === OTHER COMMENTS === Also Individual items concert at camp on 22 August. ---- ||'''Previous festival: [[HIV1976]] Next festival: [[MIV1978]]'''|| <>