1977-1978 Season
March 12, 1978 Merton P. Corwin Auditorium, Jamestown
Thompson – Peaceable Kingdom
De Morales – Misa “De Beata Virgine”
Bach – Mass in B Minor
Palestrina – Hodie Christus Natus Est
Thompson – Alleluia
Copland – I bought Me a Cat
Fine – Alice in Wonderland, Father William
Handel – Messiah; Glory to God, Hallelujah, Worth is the Lamb, Amen
Billings – When Jesus Wept, Chester, Modern Music
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Donna Mathewson, conductor
April 14, 1978 Kleinhans Music Hall
Rodgers & Hammerstein – Overture; Getting to Know You, All at Once you Love Her, Keep it Gay
Rodgers & Hart – There’s a Small Hotel, My Funny Valentine, This Can’t be Love, I Could Write a Book
Rodgers & Hammerstein – Waltzes; A Fellow Needs a Girl, Hello Young Lovers, I Whistle a Happy Tune
Rodgers & Hart – With a Song In My Heart
Rodgers & Chanin – I Do Not Know a Day I did Not Love You
Rodgers & Hammerstein – My Favorite Things, Do Re Mi, Sound of Music, I Enjoy Being a Girl, Climb Every Mountain, Oklahoma
Gail Nelson, soprano
Paul Spencer Adkins, tenor
David Evitts, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Perret, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Donna Mathewson, Acting Director
May 14, 16, 1978 Kleinhans Music Hall
Ives – Thanksgiving Day from Holidays Symphony
Beethoven – Symphony No.9 in D Minor, Op.125
Susan Davenny Wyner, soprano
Rose Taylor, mezzo soprano
Joseph Evans, tenor
Malcolm Smith, bass
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Donna Mathewson, Acting Director
June 7, 1978 Kleinhans Music Hall
Lerner & Loewe – Camelot
Lerner & Loewe – Paint Your Wagon
Lerner & Loewe – Gigi
Lerner & Loewe – Brigadoon
Lerner & Loewe – My Fair Lady
Julia Lovett, soprano
Frank Pullano, baritone
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Peter Perret, conductor
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Donna Mathewson, Acting Director
August 20, 1978 Chautauqua Amphitheater
Dr. Ralph W. Loew, Director, Department of Religion presiding
Tchaikovsky – Vesper Service No.8
Handel – Coronation Anthem No.4
Vaughan Williams – Toward and Unknown Region
Buffalo Schola Cantorum
Donna M. Mathewson, conductor