1952-1953 Season
March 7, 1953 St. Paul’s Cathedral
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus, K.618
Mozart – Requiem, K.626
Buffalo Oratorio Chorus, Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Buffalo Chamber Music Society Orchestra, Josef Krips, guest conductor
Florence Ralston, soprano
Florence Ann Ried, contralto
John Priebe, tenor
Herbert Jones, bass
March 26, 1953 Kleinhans Music Hall
Beethoven – Leonore Overture, No.3, Op.72
Verdi – Requiem
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, William Steinberg, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum, Cameron Baird, director
Frances Yeend, soprano
Margery Mayer, mezzo-soprano
John McCollum, tenor
Nicola Mosona, bass-baritone