The times., 1901-05-19
MUSICAL NOTES.

customed to playing before each other
and their friends. and at the end Of the
season a public recital is held, which is
always an interesting musical affair.
Mrs Otto Torney Simon, the wife Of the
well known teacher and director Of several
local musical societies and herself
pianist of no small ability will leave next
week with a party of friends to attend
the Bach Festival at Bethlehem, Pa.
S Archer Gibson. who has recently left
Baltimore to accept the post of organist
at the Brick Church, New York. with the
assistance Of John II. Duney. baritone,
gave delightful organ and song recital
at Mount Vernon Place Church last Tues
day evening MIR. Gibson is a very tai
euted organist and musician, and was
heard to great advantage in number OF
wen selected compositions for mis- instru-
ment. Mr.. Duffey, a local singer, Is the
posSessor Of a beautiful voice and gave
much pleasure by his singing, particular
Iy in the Eiiland cycle of ten songs, by
Won FieIitZ Mrs. Otto Torney simon was
an efficient accompaEist-
An enterprising town, musicaiIy' Is
bethlehem. Pa. Originally a Moravian
settlement, it has grown into a town oil
respectable proportions and has developed
= love and appreciation for real music
eaualed by few other places of its
size. or. perhaps, of any size, in the
world. 1t boasts a choir of 40 voices,
which bears the name and devotes itself
10 the study and performance OF works
of that greatest of all composers, Baeh-
A devotion of this nature proves gen
liue love of good and great music for
Zach. as he was one of the earliest, Is
one of the most classic, and certainly the
furthest removed from pcnular com
p;serS who has ever lived hlS WoIho
demand profound study, and there are
are very few singing Socletles equAl 70
this demand. had they the desire IoI -
1t is, therefore. greatly TO its cfe,ui ma tnde
a small American town not Vllls 1850 soa
a society of this nature, but has the ar
tistic enterprise and the desire OF proIhul-
eating its cult to the point OF giving aIL
annual Bach festival which is acquiring
an international reputation ms Sesll
TeS.t tivaI r,erfornances will take place May
% n >, and many music loEefS liO.lA
all parts of the country VIII pe - IA ~
tendance. The works TO pc peiioIIt tit Iiee
are the Christmas Oratorlo, us LLSt
c0r1pIete American perfOrma ncej' AHS
Passion According to st Matthew; anu
THE Mass in 3 minor. the second com
uIete American performance, IL h4EIns
been given at last years festival lhese
colossal compositions are given thoL-
OrlgbJv adeuua*e performance, the b-cl
choir being assisted by a boys choir OF
and distinguished soloists- The dlrsGtoI
and founder of the organization Is J. + ISu @ /
Wolfe who was heard here at one oA lilS
Choral SOciety's concerts IN an or
gan recital
The pupils of Otto Torney Simon gave
an enjoyable and well attended vocal re
citaI at Knabe's Hall last Monday even
ing A very interesting programme was
participated in by Ernestine Rowland,
1.refRa AnEhaT
f Roberts John DufTey, and Arthur
d. Mayo The last named contributed
several delightful piano solos. Mrs. simon
accompanied the singers sympathetlcally.
Through a remarkable as well as IN
fortunate contretemps, the audience at
the Georgetown Orchestra concert next
Saturday will be deprived OF the pleasure
of hearing Anita Cluss, the harpist, in
any solos Miss Lieberman, piano
teacher, is going TO give a monster pu-
pills recital at the National Theatre June
l. and she has engaged Miss Cluss for
several solos, under the provtso that she
is TO play 10 solos in public before that
time. Try as they have, neither MISS
Cluss nor the orchestra have been able
to overcome this clause in her contract
with Miss Lieberman, so there VIII be no
harp solos at the Georgetown concert |
and teacher Of the Virgil Clavier method !
here. gave second recital in New York
City on Friday under the auspices Of the
Virgil Clavier School. meeting with his 1
accustomed aattering success
J. s. McAH, the organist at Christ !
Church, Georgetown, will leave early IN l
June for England and the Continent.
Mrs. Florence Hill Hormess. the charm !
ing singer and well-known teacher, viii |
leave July /, with her mother, for Bar
Harbor, where she viii remain until Au-
gust Is, when she will go 10 Lake Placid,
IL the Adirondacks,
A large and appreciative audience at
tended the concert given by the Mexican
ceIlist, Senor wenceslao VnlaIpando, at
the Washington Club on Wednesday even
ing Mr.. VnIaIpando had the assistance
of Wilma WiHenbucher, soprano. and the
Rakemann Quartette. All the participants
met with much success, and encores |
abounded. 1t was a, delightful concert,
and Mr. ViIlalpando is a great acquisition
10 the ranks of local musicians
The second Of the series of concerts ar
ranged by Ernest Winchester organist
az the Pro-CathedraI. took place last
evening Mr. Winchester was assisted by
Miss Elizabeth Antoinette Stuart CON
trslto, and the Rakemann Quartette. A
large audience is assured for the other |
concerts Of the series, as the subscription
is sold &c.
DR.. z. S. KimbaH, the distinguished vo-
cal teacher, win leave July ! for New
York. where he has a large class Of pro-
fessionaI pupils, who will pursue their
studies with him during their vacation.
J Harry Oates, pianist and violinist
VIII give pupils recital carly in June at
Carroll Institute Hall.
The Doubleday Sunday Night Musical
Club viii meet this evening at the home
of its President. julius UIke. 1927 L Street /
northwest
The last concert of the Georgetown Or |
ebesJra viii be given at the National The |
atre next Saturday evening. The pro- |
grammes Of this organ anizatiou are always !
well selected, and the one to be given |
win doubtless prove no exception to the /
rule. The orchestra numbers seventy /
performers. which enables it to present |
the most elaborate compositions
For the approaching concert the follow
ing works have been selected: Beethoven, !
overture 10 "Egmont;" Vieuxtemps, con |
certo for violin and orchestra in d |
minor, played by Anton Kaspar; Felix 4
ndelssOhn-BarthOldy. symphony No. 3. /
In A minor; song. Miss Mary Helen Howe; |
Adolph Fischer. 'BarcarOlle." played in |
unison by sixty violinsi Bizet, Suite |
j Arlesienne." The orchestra, under !
Josef Kaspar, conductor. viii be assisted |
sly Mary Helen Howe, soprano5 Anton |
kt;aspar;- yiolinist: Anita Cluss, harpist; |
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