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Enthusiastic

The audience was so enthusiastic
that Miss Nilsson performed three
encores: "Visi d'Arte" from
Puccini's "Tosca," an Italian song,
and "Vienna, City of My Dreams"
to which she gave her
characteristically understated waltz.
No one is likely to hear that much
perfect sound in University Hall. It
is good to know that Miss Nilsson, a
phenomenon of the operatic world,
filled University Hall with sound so
perfectly pure where rock groups
using thousands of dollars worth of
equipment cannot.

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Professor Donald Loach
effectively led the University of
Virginia Glee Club through its
Thirtieth Annual Christmas Concert
in Cabell Hall last Friday evening.
The house was packed, but it was
well worth standing to hear the
Glee Club briskly pace through
some very fine works by Jacob
Handel, Giovanni Palestrina, Francis
Poulenc, Heinrich Schutz, Dietrich
Buxtchude, Halsey Stevens, and of
course the traditional Christmas
carols. It was a remarkably well
balanced program, and the Club
was in excellent voice.