Performances, Films, and Exhibits

The Department of Music presented the first Noonday Concert of the 1971-1972 academic year in Memorial Hall in Old West. Members of the student body and the faculty performed such pieces as George Philip Telemann's "Concerto for flute, horn, bassoon, and harpsichord", Bela Bartok's "Three Dances for Recorder Ensemble", a selection of Lieder by Franz Schubert, a selection of Lieder by Robert Schumann, and Dietrich Buxtehude's "Aperiti mihi portas justitiae". 

The College Choir, accompanied by the Amado String Quartet, presented An Evening with Mozart at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They played Mozart's "Benedictus sit Deus", "String Quartet in C Major", "Four Nocturnes: 346, 438, 549, 437", "Regina Coeli", and "Placido e il mar" and "O Voto Tremendo" from Idomeneo, Re di Creta.

The College Choir and Collegium Musicum performed with the Heinrich Schuetz Singers of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges in an Anniversary Concert at 8:30pm in Roberts Hall on the Haverford College campus. The concert celebrated the 450th anniversary of Josquin des Prez, the 350th anniversary of Michael Praetorius, and the 350th anniversary of Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and thus featured music by all three composers. They sang de Prez's "Tu solus qui facis mirabilia", "Fama malum", "Agnus Dei", "Kyrie", "El Grillo", "Mille Regretz", and "Scaramella".

The Department of Music presented the seventh Noonday Concert of the 1971-1972 academic year in Memorial Hall in Old West. Students and faculty performed such pieces as Thomas Morley's "Springtime mantleth every bough" and "O fly not, love", Michael Fast's "Follow me, sweet love", Aaron Shearer's "Moorish Dance", Ferdinando Carulli's "Waltz", Frederic Chopin's "Nocturne No. 1", Hector Berlioz's "Le Jeune Patre Breton", Claude Debussy's "La Cathedrale Engloutie" and "Minstrels", and Heinrich Schutz's "Von Aufgang der Sonnen". 

The Department of Music and the Collegium Musicum presented Songs of Love, Death, and Spring at 3:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They began their program with four madrigals by Don Carlo Gesualdo: "Luci serene e chiare", "Ecco morio dunque!", "Io tacero", and "Moro lasso". They continued with Luis Milan's "Fantasia", George F. Handel's "Pensieri notturni di Filli", William Byrd's "This Sweet and Merry Month", Thomas Weelkes' "Cold Winter's Ice is Fled", and John Wilbye's "Oft Have I Vowed" and "Flora Gave me Fairest Flowers". 

The Department of Music presented the College Choir and the College-Community Orchestra in a concert at 8:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. The orchestra opened the show, playing George F.

The Department of Music presented the sixth Noonday Concert for the 1971-1972 academic year in Memorial Hall in Old West. Students and faculty performed such pieces as Francois Couperin's "Concert a deux bassons"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Flute Concerto" and "Piano Sonata"; Johannes Brahms' "Die Mainacht", "Immer leise wird mein Schlummer", and "Meine Liebe ist grun"; Gabriel Faure's "Clair de lune", Sergei Rachmaninov's "Vocalise", and Walter Piston's "Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon".

The Department of Music presented the fifth Noonday Concert for the 1971-1972 academic year in Memorial Hall in Old West. Students and faculty played such pieces as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Piano Sonata", Ludwig van Beethoven's "Sonata for Cello and Piano", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Gottlob! Nun geht das Jahr zu Ende", and Mozart's "Sonata for Piano, Four Hands". 

The Department of Music presented the College Choir and College-Community Orchestra in a concert at 3:00pm in Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium. They performed Johann Sebastian Bach's "Singet dem Herr'n" and Ludwig van Beethoven's "Mass in C Major".

The Chapel Choir presented a sacred concert at St. John's Church in Larchmont, New York at 9:15am. They sang an assortment of psalms and hymns including Nicaea's "Holy, Holy, Holy", Sweelinck's "Orsus Serviteurs du Seigneur", Morlet's "Out of the Deep", Pepping's "Herr, neige deine Ohren", Palestrina's "Sicut Cervus", and Thomson's "My Shepherd will Supply my Need". 

The Music Department presented the fourth Noonday Concert for the 1971-1972 academic year in Memorial Hall in Old West. The program featured students and faculty playing music such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Divertimento No. 1", George F. Handel's "Lascia ch'io pianga", Georges Bizet's "Seguidilla", Franz Schubert's "Der Tod und das Madchen", three Handel duets arranged by Esther Mayhem, Bizet's "Ouvre ton coeur", Henri Duparc's "Chanson triste", Camille Saint-Saens' "Une flute invisible", and Mozart's "Divertimento in F major". 

Laurance H. Hart, professional impersonator of George Washington, performed at the chapel service of Thursday, January 19, 1933.  His wife acted as a modern reporter and questioned Hart, who responded using only quotes from Washington.  The interview covered Washington's life and career and his opinions on modern economic and social problems.

The German Club presented the film A Waltz by Strauss in the Strand Theatre on Wednesday, January 18, 1933.  The film was an all-sound German musical.  It was preceded by clips of German scenery and folk music.  Proceeds from the screening were devoted to the German Scholarship Fund.

The Gift of Montezuma was shown at a meeting of the Mohler Scientific Society through the generosity of the Hershey company.  The film showed the cultivation, harvesting, shipping, and processing of cocoa beans, the methods of manufacture of Hershey candies, and the town of Hershey.  It was notable for being all-sound and for containing color scenes.

The Mohler Scientific Society and the German Club jointly presented a showing of the film The Building of the Bremen in the Orpheum Theatre on Wednesday, December 7, 1932.  The Bremen was a famous German ocean liner.

A Shakespearean company headed by James Hendrickson and Claire Bruce presented Hamlet in Bosler Hall on October 18, 1932.

A Shakespearean company headed by James Hendrickson and Claire Bruce presented The Merchant of Venice in Bosler Hall on October 17, 1932.  The audience consisted mostly of townspeople and high school students.

The Branko Krsmanovich Chorus of Yugoslavia performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee at 8:00pm in the Carlisle Senior High School Auditorium. 

The Metropolitan Opera Studio Ensemble, a quartet of young opera singers, performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the Carlisle Senior High School Auditorium at 8:00pm. 

Pianist Robert Goldsand performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee at 8:00pm in the Carlisle Senior High School Auditorium. 

Folk Singer Odetta Gordon performed a Christmas concert as part of the Cultural Affairs Program in the Carlisle Senior High School Auditorium at 8:00pm.

The Mario Maya Flamenco Troupe performed in a show presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the Carlisle Senior High School Auditorium at 8:00pm. 

The Dave Brubeck Jazz Quartet performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the Carlisle Senior High School Gymnasium at 8:00pm. 

British pianist John Ogdon performed in a concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee in the Carlisle Junior High School Auditorium at 8:00pm.

The Temple University Orchestra performed in free concert presented by the Cultural Affairs Committee at 8:00pm in the Holland Union Social Hall.