Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-25
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
Anton Seidl to Give a Series of Concerts
Here.
"Jack the Giant Killer" to BE Seen q,
Albaugh's-St. Johns ChOir's
Annual Outing.

/ cluded plotting the Howe-Lavin Concert
/ Company. passed through Washington Sat-
| urday, and in the course of conversation
stated that a number of New York capital
| lists have agreed to back Seidl and his or
! chestra for the next season in the same way
as the Boston Symphony Orchestra has been
/ backed by Col. Higginson. This places the
Seidl organization upon a permanent foot
/ ing. and there will be distinctive series of
/ concerts given in all the large cities next
winter. the same as is given by the Boston
/ Symphony Orchestra One of the results of
this arrangement will be to bring the Seidl
| Orchestra to this city for a series of con-
| certs. the first of which will be given on
| October q. The guod work that was done
| by this orchestra when 1t came here last
winter is well remembered. and every lover
of music will welcome the information that
| 1t is to be heard here next season.
Jack the Giant Killer" the juvenile
| opera by Prof. Harry Wheaton Howard,
| which was so successfully given at the Gen.
trail High School last spring, will. 1t is I'M
| derstood. be presented at Albaugh's Opera
House at a matinee the day after Thanks
giving. Those who saw this opera when 1t
was given by the pupils of the Phelps School
building Will be glad to know that 1t is to
/ be presented on large stage and with all
the accessories of scenery and stage proper
ties 1t is stated that the chorus will be
dIsHlelteU 10 ABOUT trOf. Howard has
been retouching the opera and has written
In secondary part for the chorus voices,
which will make the choruses much more
attractive. AS was stated at the time 1t was
! flrSt produced, this opera is one of the best
compositions for purely Juvenile voices that
| has ever been heard here. The performance
at the opera house will be given for the
benefit of the Teachers Aid and Annuity
Fund and will be under the personal direc-
| ton Of the composer.
The Washington Mask and Wig Club in
| tends next season to give a series Of per-
formances. which. Ii Is believed, Will eclipse
| even the excellent representation of 'The
/ Mikado," which this organization gave for
| the benefit of the Ladies of the Loyal Le-
| gion. The success of those performances
developed the fact that Washington has
| among its male musicians as much musical
| and acting ability as Is found in the Univer-
| sity Of Pennsylvania, and there Is no reason
| why the Washington Mask and Wig Club
| should not be fully as popular and fully as
successful as is the Philadelphia organiza-
ton, which makes an annual visit here and
always plays to crowded houses This COM
munity will always encourage home talent
when its ability is fully demonstrated
In the notice of the Bischoff concert
credit for an excellent contralto solo was
given to Miss "Reu" Reuckert. The young
lays ne me should have been Miss Blanche
L. Rueckert. The work that she did on
that occasion indicates not only the possess
sion OF voice Of good quality and range.
but the result of careful study and an in
telligent comprehension Of the selection in
terpreted.
Mr.. Eugene Stevens. whose work with
the Choral Society has been so valuable
and efficient and who is coming to be rec
ognized as bass singer Of excellent prom
Use. has been engaged In the choir of the
Church of the Reformation
Miss Atlee, whose solo at the musicale of
Mrs. H H. Mills was SO we'll given. and
who was one of the cast at the original
presentation of the opera OF the Three
Dukes has become the leading soprano
of the Metropolitan Baptist Church.
The Misses Leech. who made such hit
at the Fencibles' benefit at the Academy OF
Music in plantation melodies, with banjo
accompaniment. are the daughters of Mr..
| Daniel Leech. who was for so many years
corrected with the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. and nieces of the former director Of
| the mint. They have a large number Of
| friends in this city v no would be gratfed
at their success in unique form Of enter
! tainment.
The annual outing Of st. Johns choir will
! commence week after next. The boys will
go to Piney Point. and will be accompanied
by the Philharmonic Quartet. On the night
of the Fourth Of July there will be a musi-
| Gale. in which both choir and quartet will
participate, The director of the choir, MIR.
VIM H. Daniel. WILL look out for the well
fare of the boys.
1t Is rumored that Mrs Perkins, the So
prano at All Souls Church. has resigned.
The annual musicale of Mr. George w
Lawrence will take place at the Universal
list Church. corner 18th and L streets north
west, tomorrow evening. when his pupils
Will De neard IN Well-Selected program.
Mr.. Ludwig Lindheimer of this city,
whose progress at the RAN Conservatory Of
Music at Frankfort-on-the-Main has al
ready been noticed in these columns. grad
uated from there at the recent commence
ment with high honor. All the papers of
that city speak in terms of warm common
dalton of his work, the Zeitung saying that
Mr.. Lindheimer, through his vocal powers,
as well as knowledge Of stagecraft Is a
valuable addition to the operatic stage
The Journal thus speaks: "a brilliant per-
Torrance was the Figaro Of Mr.. Ludwig
Lindheimer from Washington. Possessed
of strong. well-cultivated and expressive
voice, the young artist unites with 1t a
routine of stage technique which induces
the belief that one Is listening to an artist
matured by years of experience" The
General Anzeiger says that FIRST mention
must be made of the admirable rendition Of
the principal role, Figaro, in the hands Of
Mr.. Lindheimer from Washington. 1t
seered as though he had taken the great
d'Audrade for his model. The part Is we'll
suited to him. He uses his voice in an ad-
mirable manner. eEunciates splendidly, acts
the part with facility and understands how
to make his points with great cleverness."
1t is pleasant to note the success Of this
Washington young man. and his many
friends her hope to, ere long, have the op-
portunity OF hearing his splendid baritone
voice In this city.
Has Been Disbarred.
1t has been ordered by the Secretary of