Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-15
THE CHORAL SOCIETY.
Its Plans for Concerts This Season
RehearsinG the ..Messinh.o

Its Plans for Concerts This Season
Rehearsing the '.Messiah.'
The Choral Society, one of the oldest and
most favorably known Of the various
musical organizations with which this city
Is favored, is now hard at work upon the
material for its regular series of concerts.
The first concert of the season will be
the presentation of Handlers Messiah"
Tuesday, December Is, thus keeping up the
established practice Of the last five years,
which practice has also been widely adopt
ed in other cities by similar organizations,
Of rendering this work during the Christ
mas holidays. There seems to be an es-
pecial fitness in the rendition of this mas
terpiece of oratorio music at that time.
The society hor- that a considerably
augmented chorus may be secured for its
presentation. There is still room for few
more voices. particularly tenors and altos.
New members have been taken in at every
rehearsal, but the Messiah" is most eff
fectively presented by a very full chorus
and an increased membership is desirable
Rehearsals are held every Monday night
from 1880 to $50 O'Clock at Sheldon's Hail.
and 18th streets, and all who desire to join
the society should present themselves at
any regular rehearsal. No initiation fee
is required at present.
AhC "oIh VI Tie SOCitty tnlS season, up 10
the present time, has been confined to a Few
of the numbers for the second. or American
Composers concert, but this evening the
first rehearsal of the Messiah" will take
place, and all of the remaining rehearsals
up to December g. the date of its rendi-
ton, will be devoted to that work; and II
would be well for those prospective MEM
bers who have been waiting for the Mes
siah" rehearsals to begin to join the So
ctety next Monday night II possible, or IL
not at the earliest possible date thereafter.
The names of the soloists who have been
engaged for the Messiah concert coupled
with the fine chorus work for which this
society Is SO famous, insure a production
of this oratorio which will not be inferior
to that given in any other city this year.
The soloists will be as follows: Nine. de
Diaz-Albertfni. soprano: Miss Fielding
Roselle, contralto: Mr.. E. c. Towne, tenor;
Mr. Ericsson Bushnell, bass.
Nine. Albertini's fine voice has been
heard at private musicales In many of the
best known houses of Washington during
her residence here for the past few years
The society has felt much pleasure in in
ducing her to favor its subscribers by Civ
ing them the benz { of her highly culti-
waited voice and dramatic method I'm this
part
Miss Roselle is now a resident of New
York, but formerly lived in Washington.
While favorably known in local circles be-
fore leaving this city. during her residence
in New York opportunities for concert
singing not enjoyed here have been inn
proved, and the Choral Society takes great
pleasure In reintroducing Miss Roselle to
her friends and acquaintances In WASH
fngton under circr instances in which she
may justify the favorable comments which
her singing in New York and elsewhere
has uniformly aroused.
Mr.. Towne has sung with the society on
number Of former occasions, and will be
particularly remembered for his highly
artistic performance Of Siegmund In
Bruch's "Arminius," at the last concert of
the society in May, 1897.
Mr.. Bushnell Is "A universal favorite in
Washington. His rendition Of the Mes
siah." like that OF the title role in Elijah"
has marked him as second to no basso In
America in oratorio singing, and no singer ,
OF this country has ever gained such dfs-
tinction In either OF these parts as he and
his annual rendition OF the Messiah here
has come to be one OF the regularly ex-
pected musical events OF the season.