The Amherst Sound

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ASMC Festival Concert '60

ASMC Festival Concert '60 - Front Cover  ASMC Festival Concert '60 - record disk
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Side I:
1. Overture to The Magic Flute ... W. A. Mozart [MP3]
Symphony Orchestra – Fred Mirliani, Conductor
2. O Magnum Mysterium ... Tomás Luis de Victoria [MP3]
Chorus – Fred Mirliani, Conductor
3. How lovely is thy dwelling place ... Johannes Brahms [MP3]
(Wie lieblich sind Deine Wohnungen from Ein Deutsches Requiem in English translation)
Chorus – Fred Mirliani, Conductor
4. Somebody Loves Me ... George Gershwin (Arr. ??) [MP3]
Chorus – Fred Mirliani, Conductor
5. The Gandy Dancer's Ball ... P. M. Howard/P. Weston (Arr. ??) [MP3]
Chorus – Fred Mirliani, Conductor

Side II:
1. Serenata ... Leroy Anderson [MP3]
Symphony Orchestra – Fred Mirliani, Conductor
2. + 3. Universal Judgment ... Camille De Nardis [MP3] [MP3]
Concert Band – John Corley, Conductor
4. God of Our Fathers [MP3]
Honors Band – Chorus – John Corley, Conductor

Recorded on August 6, 1960 in the Student Union Ballroom, University of Massachusetts

(A big hug and kiss go out to Sara Hoenig Pitts who bought this record on Ebay, had it digitalized, put it on a CD, and sent it to the site admin, all at her own expense, refusing any reimbursement. Thank you Sara!)

The Amherst Sound for '65

ASMC Festival Concert '60 - Front Cover

We don't have this record yet, but we're trying to get it.

The Amherst Sound for '73

The Amherst Sound for '73 - Front Cover  The Amherst Sound for '73 - Rear Cover
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(The contents is quoted as printed on the record jacket.)

Side I: Symphony Orchestra – Donald L. Zimmermann, Conductor
1. Carmen Suite (Excerpts) ... Bizet [MP3]
2. Ruslan and Ludmilla Overture ... Glinka [MP3]
3. New World Symphony (4th mov.) ... Dvorak [MP3]

Side II: Concert Band – Morton Gold, Conductor
1. Symphony in F Minor, Finale ... Tschaikowsky [MP3]
2. Proud Heritage (March) ... Latham [MP3]
3. Song of Wales (Suite in Three Movements) ... Davis [MP3]

Side III: Chorus – Gregory Goida, Conductor
1. Magnificat (Selections) ... Vivaldi [MP3]
2. A Jubliant Song ... Dello Joio [MP3]
[uncredited piano accompanist: David Newberg]

Choral
3. Te Deum (First Movement) ... Mozart [MP3]
4. Exultate Justi in Dominum [sic!] ... Viadana [MP3]
5. All Ye Who Music Love ... Donato [MP3]
6. Song of Galilee ... Chajes [MP3]
7. Three Hungarian Folk Songs ... Bartok [MP3]

Side IV: Chamber Music
1. Concerto No. 3 for Horn (Allegro, Robin Kuropatkin, Soloist) ... Mozart [MP3]
2. Concerto in D for Piano and Orchestra (Steven Datlof, Soloist) ... Haydn [MP3]
3. Divertimento No. 1 in D Major (Allegro, Andante) ... Mozart [MP3] / [MP3]

The Amherst Sound for '74

Already recorded, coming soon.
The Amherst Sound for '75

The Amherst Sound for '75 - Front Cover  The Amherst Sound for '75 - Rear Cover
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(The contents is quoted as printed on the record jacket.)

Side I: Symphony Orchestra – Murray Glass, Conductor
1. Overture: »The Barber of Seville« ... Rossini [MP3]
2. Concerto for Piano in A minor, Opus 64 ... Schumann [MP3]
    (Soloist: Andrew Litton)
    (The bump about halfway through the piece is due to a skip on the record, sorry)
3. Russian Sailor's Dance ... Gliere [MP3]
    from »The Red Poppy«

Side II: Concert Band – Morton Gold, Conductor
1. English Suite ... Grundman [MP3]
    The Oak and the Ash (17th Century)
    Bab'ra Allen (Old Tune) [uncredited trumpet solo: Roland Dube]
    The Girl I Left Behind Me (Old English)
    The British Grenadiers (16th Century)
2. Rondo in E♭ for French Horn K.V. 447 ... Mozart [MP3]
    Concerto No. 3, 3rd. Movement
    Soloist: Beth Glass
3. Overture Solonelle »1812« ... Tschaikowsky [MP3]

Side III: Chorus – Ellen Barefield Johnston, Conductor
Joyce Gilbert, Accompianist – Dorothy Hansen, Harpist
Requiem ... G. Faure
    Introit and Kyrie [MP3]
    Sanctus [MP3]
    Pie Jesu – Susan Winsor, Soloist [MP3]
    Agnus Dei [MP3]
    Libera Me – Charles Bailyn, Soloist [MP3]
    In Paradisum [MP3]

Side IV: Chamber Music
1. Cello Quartet ... Kousnetzoff
    Andantino [MP3]
    Vivo [MP3]
    Steven Datlof, Eugene Carr, Ira Henig, Ellen Westermann
2. Pastorale ... Persichetti [MP3]
    Martha Shattuck, Flute; Ellen Sherman, Oboe
    Bela Schwartz, Clarinet; Beth Glass, French Horn
    Frederick Phillips, Bassoon
3. Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, Opus 115 ... Brahms [MP3]
    Bela Schwartz, Clarinet; Stephan Schwanauer, Violin
    Fran Tannenbaum, Violin; Leonard Schranze, Viola
    Eugene Carr, Cello

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Here's a little extra: the music to Harry Huffnagle's Lord, make me an Instrument of Thy Peace, also known as »the ASMC hyme.«
• print version as [complete PDF]  ASMC song
(individual pages:) [1]  [2]  [3]  [4]  [5]  [6]
(Courtesy of Andra Marx)

(Here's a quick and easy [midi file] of the SATB vocal parts, without the piano accompaniment. This is a raw midi version, straight tempo, no dynamics, which is especially painful in the last few bars. If any ASMC'er can use the data to make a more appealing rendition or re-do it entirely, please do.)