Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-16
IN MUSICAL CIRCLES
The Choral Society Probably to Give the
Messiah on Sunday Night
No Satisfactory Arrangements to Be
Made for a Weekday Performance
-Other Items Of Interest.

performance
Other Items of Interest.
While no definite decision has yet been
made 1t looks as If the Choral Society
would have to give the Messiah" on Sun
day night and at one of the theaters. The
board of directors feel that every effort to
effect an arrangement for a week night has
been exhausted. and that it Is impossible to
secure a hall sufficiently large to accommo-
date chorus, orchestra and an audience big
enough to pay at the prices that have OBJ
tanned for the past three years.
No general expression has been had from
the honorary members upon the proposed
change, but some who have been spoken to
believe that oratorio may be properly given
on Sunday night, and the fact that it Is
given in theater will not impair the lofty
and these include clergymen, who no
matter how liberal they may be in their
views generally. must, of necessity. object
to anything which in their opinion invades
the sanctity of the Sabbath-regret the cir
cumStances that seem to compel the giving
| of the oratorio on Sunday night and are
willing to add to their subscriptions II that
will obviate the difficulty. How large this
latter class is has not yet been ascertain
ed, but 1t Is not the opinion Of the direct
ors of the Choral Society that it Is suffi-
ciently great to put up money enough to
buy off any attraction during the week of
December 90.
The directors feel that now is the time
for the friends of the Choral Society to
come forward and aid in the erection OF a
properly equipped music hail. in which ora
torios could be given at such dates as
would be satisfactory. If steps were taken
now and the money subscribed such hall
next session, and then the present diff
Guilty could be obviated. The Choral So
ciety has now been in existence sixteen
years. 1t has done better work than any
organization of its kind ever known here,
and it has been an educator to the comm'l-
nifty in fostering love for the highest and
most exalted form of musical expression
Oratorio. 1t would, it is believed, be
to work because it cannot find hall in
which to give its concerts on week day
night Its friends feel that the society
deserves the support of the entire commun-
| If 1t has to give one oratorio on Sunday
night and in an opera house.
The choir at ST. Peters Church will to-
| morrow give ar elaborate program at high
mass, which will begin at 1870 am. and
will inaugurate a forty hours devotion. The
ky1ie, Sanctus and Agnus Del will be from
| Mario, the Gloria and Credo from Gounod
| and at the offertory an Ave Vernu. A
quartet adapted from Ryder will be sung.
| The solo quartet is Miss H. Richie, So
prano; Miss r. Baptista. contralto; Mr.. r.
w. Devereaux, bass. The chorus is COM
prised of the following:
| SCprani-Mrs. Mayhler, Misses A. BaptiS-
! ia, Catherine Allen. Mabel Stuart, N. Bolger
E. McCaffery, NJ. Mcmahon, NJ. Daily, NJ
| Began; alti, Misses L. Arendes, A. Scott c.
| Merritt, NJ. Dooley, A. Rogers. L. Shelley
Atchison, Y. Coleman. NJ. Early, l. L. John.
| son, ]. ]. Heating, assisted for the occasion
| by Messrs. Heath, Hight, Smith, Cromelein
| Cain and Brosnan Mr. Eugene French is
| ha nd NiSSN ea mis- Of
| The Washington String Orchestra, under
| the direction of Mr.. Ernest Lent, is making
| rapid progress in ensemble playing and will
| make a good appearance at the first concert
| which will take place at MetZerott Hall De
| cember Z. The sale OF tickets for the two
| concerts announced by this organization Is
| already quite large, and it Is expected thai
| nearly all the seats will be sold. Good solo
| lists will aid the orchestra at each concert
| and the program will be attractive to every
| shade Of musical taste.
| Paderewskrs first recital here will be De
| Cember IL at MetZerott Hall, and will be al
| night, instead of a matinee. as was at frs
| contemplated. 1t is understood that his
| program will include Brahms variations In
a Handel theme, Beethoven's Sonata, No .
| Schumann's F sharp Minor Concerto noe.
| turne and two studies by Chopin, two chants
| polonais, Chopin and List; Rubenstein's
study on false notes and Valse Caprice. and
his own Legende. No. 2. The great Polish
| pianist is creating as much of a furore now
| as during his last engagement and he is
said to be playing in splendid form.
1t will be gratifying news to the lovers
of Wagner to know that Mr.. Walter Dam
| rosch will bring his great German Opera
Company to this city and give four per-
| formances at Aliens Grand Opera House
| during the month Of January. The final
arrangements were completed yesterday by
! Mr.. H. G. Snow, who says that it will be
| the first time that Wagnerian opera has
| ever been presented with such complete
| ness in this city, or, in fact, anywhere out
| side of New York
The principal prima donna will be Fri.
| declares to be the greatest Wagner prima
! donna living, and Fri. Johanna Gadski,
who, with Mr.. Damrosch, last year created
| such sensation. Max Alvarz, the famous
| tenor, SO well known by reputation to mu-
| siciaEs all over the country, is the leading
tenor Of the company, which also inclu:es
Emil Fischer, the eminent baSso. This
| company enjoys the distinction of having
seven members who sang at Beyreuth
| under the direction of Wagner himself or
| of Fri. Wagner after his death.
Mr.. T. Williams Pearman announces a
| series of popular concerts at the Church of
| Our Father, the first of which will take
place Tuesday. the Goth instant, when he
ganist: Eugene Coffin, saxophone soloist
| Mrs Hattie Meads Smith, Miss f. Bond
| Mrs. Morgan d. Lewis and Miss Florence
McNelly Mr.. Pearman has acquired a
high reputation as singer, and those
| whom he has secured to appear on this
| there should be no doubt of the concerts
| success. The dates fixed for the remainder
| Of the series are: Monday, December %,
| carol concert: Tuesday. January 81, 1896,
| song recital; Tuesday, February D. popular
vocal and instrumental concert, and Tues
| day. March "a, sacred concert.
! The Ostrich Harm