Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-26
MUSICAL MENTION.

The rehearsal Of the inaugural chorus on
Wednesday night at Carroll Institute Hall
showed an attendance of about 400. The
soprano part is substantially complete. but
good voices are still needed in the tenor,
bass and alto chairs, the needs being great
est in the order named. There is a surpris-
ingly good volume of tone, due TO the fact
that about a fourth of the chorus is from
the Choral Society and many others from
leading city .choirs. The director, Mr.. Percy
S. Foster took up Eicheberg's "To Thee
o Country" keller's National Hymn, Chad
wick's new Hail Columbia De koven's
Song of the Flag" and Gounod's Unfold
Ye Portals and under his skillful control
excellent progress was made. MIR. Foster
has the happy faculty of keeping the chorus
constantly interested. so that they attain
command of the music almost WITHOUT real
izing that they have been doing serious
work. Applicants can enter the chorus at
the next rehearsal, subject to the directors
approval. Rehearsals are held on Wednes-
day nights at s, but on account of the en-
gagement of Carroll Institute Hall next
Wednesday next weeks rehearsal there Will
be on Tuesday at L
The rehearsal of the Choral Society on
Monday evening was rendered much more
interesting by the Interpolation of a chart
explanation by Mr.. Thomas G. Alvord of
the Library of Congress of the poem 'Hora
Novissma.'' the subject of the oratorio to
be given in February. He sketched the life
of Bernard de MorlaiX, the author of the
poem, and told of the circumstances of its
composition, giving also some account of
the numerous hymns in common use today
founded on this poem. Mr.. Alvord will give
another talk on the composer of the orato-
rio Prof. Horatio Parker, on February +.
The program arranged by Mr.. Henry
Xander the musical director of the Wash
ington Saengerbund, for the musicale at
the club house tomorrow night is a most
attractive one. The soloists are Mrs.
70 yfh 1y1H Itch, zn,,tr
sing Tunison's Dying Rose and Haynes
The Ould Plaid Shawl Miss Mabel c.
Latimer, soprano who will be heard in
Dana's Ave Maria and Bartlett's "A
Dream" Mr.. Anton Kaspar. violinist, who
Will play WieniaWsk's ''PolOnaise;" Mr.
Horation Rench, tenor who will sing an
aria from! "Mignon:" Mr.. James Nolan. bari
tone. who will sing Bucks Sunset and
there will be two trios. one from Haydn
Creation and the other Curto's 'Salvum
fac Populum,' sung by Miss Latimer and
Messrs H. o. Cook and 7. y. Murray. The
bund will sing two choruses = Voigt's
'Mutterl!ebe' and kirchrs ''Rothhaarig list
Mein Schaetzein.''
Miss Vlrg ME Bestor and her pupils will
give piano recital at her studio, SO Nth
street this afternoon at 4:3O o'clock when
an attractive program will be presented.
Some weeks ago Messrs. Chickerng &
Sons manufacturers OF the Chckering
piano, offered prize of $500 for the best
design tor a permanent program cover for
opened in Boston. An enormous number of
designs were submitted, and the judges
who We're the artists Mr. Frank Benson,
Mr. Dwight Bianey and Mr.. Robert s. Pea
body OF Peabody and Stearns, architects,
nave awarded the prize to Miss Jessie Will
cox Smith of Philadelphia. The design is
10 make It's first appearance on the pro-
gram OF the opening concert, to take place
on February s.
The program of the third and last con-
cert OF the Philharmonic Club Wednesday
night, February g. at Luther Memorial
Church Is as follows: Pizzi, prelude Ca
briella,' for trio, Beethoven; string quartet
op. Is No /, Alard; Faust, fantasia for
violin, Arensky; trio for piano, violin and
violoncello, Schumann; finale from the
Auntet, op- A, Mrs. Ernest Lent, piano;
Mr.. Anton kaspar. violin; Mr.. Robert
Stearns, violin: Miss Florence Stevens, vio-
lin; Mrs. Josef Finckel, viola; Mr.. Ernest
Lent, violonce,lo Tickets to the fourth
concert will be redeemed or exchanged at
Ellis music store.
Miss Mary Agnes Browne, organist of
the Soldiers Home Chapel, will have the
assistance of Mrs c. NJ. Baden. who tomor-
row morning will sing Weigand's Ave
Maria