1955-1956 Season
December 16, 1955 Kleinhans Music Hall
Handel – Messiah
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Willis Page, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum, Hans Vigeland, director
Adelle Addison, soprano
Eunice Alberts, contralto
David Lloyd, tenor
Mac Morgan, baritone
January 22, 1956 Trinity Church
Mozart – Requiem
Mozart – Organ Sonata, No.15, K.336
Florence Ralston, soprano
Mary Beth Festing, contralto
John Priebe, tenor
Herbert Beattie, bass
Reed Jerome, organ
Buffalo Oratorio Chorus
Trinity Choir
Chamber Music Orchestra
Cameron Baird, conductor
April 28, 1956 Eastman Theater
Mahler – Symphony No.8 (Symphony of 1000)
Dolores, Whyt, soprano
Nancy Cringoli, soprano
Patricia Berlin, contralto
Charlene Chadwick, contralto
William Duvall, baritone
John Vickers, tenor
Ray DeVoll, tenor
Herbert Beattie, bass
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Hans Vigeland, conductor
Guido Male Chorus,
Herbert Beattie, conductor
Monroe County Boys Symphonic Choir
Charles Fowler, conductor
Rochester Oratorio Society
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Theodore Hollenbach, conductor