Evening star., 1898-12-01
AMUSEMENTS.

MIR. AND MRS. LENT'S CONCERT
MIR. and Mrs. Ernest Lent gave the first Of
| a series of three concerts at the Univer-
salist Church last evening They were as
sisted by Leonora Won Stosch, or Mrs. How
land as she is known in private life, the
brilliant young violinist, a native of this
city, who has been studying in Europe for
the past four years. That they were years
well spent was amply proved by her per-
formance last night. Her playing was re-
| markable for purity of tone, brilliancy and
generally precision of technique. Her in
terpretations were intelligent and her com
| plete mastery of the violin displayed with
ease. There were moments, however, when
she betrayed too much self consciousness,
a fault of which the perfect artist Is never
guilty. She gave Wienawskis polonaise in
d major, romance by Lalo and Zeno
Hubay's CSardaS scene. Besides the ensem-
BILE work of Mr.. and Mrs. Lents playing 1t
| is useless TO speak in terms of added praise.
Their work is well known in Washington
| and fully appreciated. Mrs. Lent assisted
| in every number. and her personality was
| manifest throughout the evening. She sus-
tanned the onerous task marvelously well.
although it must have been severe tax
| upon her powers Alone she gave Chopin's
| Berceuse and his splendid polonaise in A
| fiat major. With Mr.. Lent, Beethoven's
| famous sonata for piano and cello in A
major and Max Bruch's "Kol Nidrei." an
| old Hebrew melody, which was most inter-
esting and specially adapted to the cello.
Mr.. Lent's own composition, a largo for
| piano, cello and violin, was very beautiful.
and his own Interpretation of it was fully
appreciated. fhe audience was large and
enthusiastic Miss Won Stosch being called
on for two encores, and Mr.. and Mrs. Lent
gave the beautiful Traumerei.
COLUMBIA LODGE ENTERTAIN
| MENT-Columbia Lodge. No 10. l. o. o.
| F., will tomorrow night give an entertain
| ment at Odd Fellows Hall. 7th street
northwest. the proceeds of which are to be
| devoted to the relief of the widows and or
| phans of Its deceased members. 1t has
been the habit of this lodge to give enter
| tainments yearly for this worthy purpose,
| and it is striving to make this one great
| success The famous Burnt Cork Club has
| been engaged to render the performance
| Aside from the worthness of the cause the
| performance Will be well worth the price
| of admission.
| CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY. - The
| first recital by this organization occurs
| this evening at the Universalist Church,
| 18th and l. streets northwest. The pro-
| gram offered will prove a treat. the con-
| certed numbers being played for the first
| time in Washington. The many friends of
| Mr.. Goetzner will be glad to once more
| enjoy his careful and always artistic work
| at the piano Mr. Anton Kaspar. the vio-
| linst of the society, at once proved his ca
| pabities his appearance last spring,
| after absence of several years abroad.
| Mr.. Naver Reiter, whose reputation is that
| of the foremost player in this country on
| the French horn, is the assisting artist He
| will be heard in a Brahms trio, and for
| solo will play the andante from the Strauss
| concerto for waldhorn. An interesting anec-
| dote is told of Mr.. ReiterS advent IN New
| York. Before a musician can join the Mu-
| steal Union of that city he has to pass an
| examination before a committee. Another
noted horn player had been put through an
| examination and rejected. Reiter was
| called. and. not caring what he played. he
| put his high B-fat horn In the doorway Of
| the committee room and played SleSfried 3
| call as no one else can No questions were
| asked-the union rose as a man and called
| him brother.
TESTIMONIAL. CONCERT TO PROF
| JOHN T LAYTON.-The friends of Prof
| John T. Layton in this city and Alexandria,
| Va, will tender him testimonial on Fri
| day evening o'clock, at Metropolitan A.
| NJ. Z. Church, NJ street between 10Th and
| 18th streets northwest. The object of this
| entertainment is to express the apprecia-
| tion of the people for his labors for many
| years in the advancement of all good OBJ
jects. The following Well-known persons
| will take part in the concert: DIR. Geo. w.
| Walter, organist of the Jewish Synagogue;
| Mr.. Joseph H. Douglass, violinist; Madam
| Selika and Signor Velosko, Mrs. Martina
| Irving of st. Augustines choir, Miss {. A
| Patterson, soprano; Mr.. Winston Payne
| tenor; Prof. J. T. Layton, basso; the Am
| phion and Orpheus Glee Clubs: the Aeolian
| Mandolin Club. DIR. w. Napier, director;
| senior and junior choirs of Metropolitan
| Church; chorus of 200 voices from the
| leading choirs of the District and AleXan-
| dria, all under the control of Major c. A
| Fleetwood, manager.
| ST ANDREWS PARISH HALL.-The
| attention of the public is invited to very
| attractive program Of a musicale which
| will be given tomorrow evening d o'clock
| at St. Andrews Parish Hall, corner 14th
| and Corcoran streets. Some of the best
| known local artists will take part, among
| them being DIR. and Mrs. Bschoff, Miss
| Virginia Powell Goodwin, Prof. Leo Wheat
| and Mr.. Douglas Miller, AS the proceeds
derived from the concert will be devoted to
| the vested choir, It is hoped that it will be
| largely patronized, not only by Episco-
| palians. but by the public generally.