1966-1967 Season
November 6, 1966 Saint Matthew's Church
Prayers for Peace - Festival of Music
St.Thomas - Processional Hymn
Malcolm Boyd - Prayers
Thomas Tallis - Rise, God, Judge Thou the Earth
Charles Ives - Serenity
Haydn - Mass in Time of War: Agnus Dei
Holst - Hymn Anthem
Billings - David's Lamentation
Thomas Weelkes - When David Heard
Handel - Saul: Lament for Gilboa
Wallingford Riegger - Who Can Revoke
Bach - Mass in B Minor: Dona Nobis Pacem
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Robert Beckwith, conductor
November 24, 1966 St. Matthew’s Church, Buffalo
2nd Annual Festival of Music sponsored by the Catholic-Protestant Clergy Group
Broadcast over WBEN-FM, Thanksgiving Day
Prayers for Peace: Festival of Music
St. Thomas – Processional Hymn
Malcolm Boyd – Prayers
Thomas Tallis – Rise, God, Judge Thou the Earth
Charles Ives – Serenity
Joseph Haydn – Agnus Dei from “Mass in Time of War”
Holst – Hymn Anthem
Billings – David’s Lamentation
Thomas Weelkes – When David Heard
Handel – Lament for Gilboa from Saul
Wallingford Riegger – Who Can Revoke
Bach – Dona Nobis Pacem, “Grant us Peace” from Mass in B Minor
Squire Haskin, organ
John Barth, reader
Rev. Philip Smith of Calvary United Church of Christ
Rev. Paul Fager of Bishop Turner H.S.
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Robert Beckwith, conductor
December 26, 1966 Kleinhans Music Hall
Menotti – Amahl and the Night Visitors
Scott McCarthy, Amahl
Anne Graff, Mother
Warren Hoffer, King Kaspar
Laurence Bogue, King Melchoir
Robert Beckwith, King Balthazar
Samuel Herr, Page
Richard Edelman, Director
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Robert Beckwith, conductor
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Ronald Stoffel, conductor
January 29, 31, 1967 Kleinhans Music Hall
Castiglione – Concerto for Orchestra
Mozart – Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622
Mussorgsky – Boris Goudunov: Scenes
Richard Dufallo, conductor, clarinet
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass-baritone
Warren Hoffer, tenor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum and SUNYAB Chorus
Robert S. Beckwith, director
April 6, 1967 Memorial Auditorium
Handel – Saul: Episodes from the Life of the Psalmists
Billings – David’s Lamentation
Reiger – Who can Revoke
Holst – Turn Back O Man
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Robert Beckwith, conductor
April 23, 1967 Temple Beth Zion
Herman Berlinski – Prelude to Rosh Hashonah
Dietrich Buxtehude – Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne
Darius Milhaud – Pastorale
Cesar Franck – Chorale III in A Minor
Darius Milhaud – Cantata from Job (World Premier)
This cantata was commissioned for the Dedication of Temple Beth Zion
and is dedicated to the blessed memory of Nellie B. and Eugene Warner
by their children and grandchildren.
Buffalo Schola Cantorum, State University at Buffalo Chorus
Hans Vigeland, Organist and Choirmaster, Temple Beth Zion
Robert S. Beckwith, conductor
May 14, 1967 Temple Beth Zion
Psalms for the Temple
Darius Milhaud – Cantata from Job – first public performance of this piece
Solmon Rossi – Psalm 58
Lukas Foss – Psalm 23
Handel – Saul: Episodes in the Life of the Psalmist
Hans Vigeland, organ
Shaul Ben-Meir, flute
Jan Valerio, soprano
Charles Harrigan, tenor
Laurence Bogue, baritone
John Thomas, countertenor
Sebastian DiTondo, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Robert S. Beckwith, conductor