Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-20
MUSICAL M ZEN TON

The announcements Of the Choral Society's
| concerts can now be made in full, includ-
ing all the soloists. Mr.. Josef Kaspar will
continue as director and DR.. Anton GloetZ-
| ner as piano accompanist. The first con-
| cert will be a song recital by Nine. Schu-
| mann-Heink, Wednesday, December B. This
| will be followed by a performance of Han
| del's Messiah" on Tuesday, December 30.
with the assistance of the following solo,
| lists: Soprano Mrs. Hissem De Moss; alto.
| Mrs Hamlin rutland; tenor, Mr.. Nicholas
| Douty; bass Mr.. Ericsson Bushnell; or
ganist, Mr. Ernest T. Winchester.
The next concert will be a presentation
of Mendelssohn's "St. Paul." Tuesday,
February 10, with the assistance of, So
prano, Mrs. Seabury c. Ford; alto, Miss
Leila L. Morse; tenor, Mr.. Edwin c..
Towne; bass. Mr.. David Bispham, and or
ganist, Mr.. William A Kirkpatrick.
A song recital by Anton Van Rooy will
be given on Friday. March ID. The season
will close with the first performance here
for nearly ten years of Haydns Crea-
tion," Tuesday. April 81, in which the fol-
lowing soloists will appear: Soprano, Miss
Charlotte Maconda; tenor. Mr.. Nicholas
Douty; bass, Mr.. Gwilym Miles, and organ
list, Mr.. Harvey Murray.
Mr. Percy s. Foster, who was the director
of the Moody choir of this city during its
entire existence, has received a letter from
Mr.. Moody's son acknowledging the receipt
of check for the balance upon the treas
urer's account Mr. Moody adds: Il feel
especially appreciative of this kindness
the Moody choir in Washington was pecul-
iarly dear to my father. Always after that
winters work in Washington he would
often refer to your choir in terms of high
appreciation, and remark upon the power
with which it sang 1t seemed to be the cri-
terion in after years by which he compared
all choirs.
Not only did he appreciate the services
rendered, but the kindness and sympathy
shown by individuals of the choir in him
personally, and in his work, was always re-
membered with deep gratitude. May /.
therefore. ask you to extend to the choir
our hearty thanks for this contribution. and
assure the friends that We thank them, not
merely for the gift itself. but for all the
of us and our work.
Miss Mary Kimball, who has been spend
ing the summer abroad in travel and study
with her former teachers, will arrive home
next Thursday.
Mrs. Olive Dryer Jonas, the pianist and
composer has been quite ill, but Is now
on the road to recovery. Those who nave
attended Mrs. Leightons receptions have
come to recognize Mrs Jonas ability as
performer. but few even of her as COM
poser She has published several of her
compositions, which have met with decided
success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Torney Simon are now
at their home. 1920 P street northwest.
after spending the early summer in Vir-
ginia and the remainder of the warm sea-
son at Lake George.
Josef Siivinski, the Polish pianist, will
return to this country early in November
and will leave at once for the Pacific coast,
opening his tour in San Francisco.
Pugno, the pianist will begin his tour of
this country on October Ii, when he VII
be the soloist at the first concert of the
Boston Symphony Orchestra in Boston. On
Tuesday evening, October 81. Mr.. Henry
Wolfsohn introduces him in New York with
an orchestr concert in Carnegie Hall, as
sisted by Walter Damrosch and his orches-
ira. He will subsequently go on recital
tour. playing twenty rec.tals in the princi-
pal cities
While in Prague last winter Kocian, the
young Bohemian violinist. in company with
a friend, Baron Won Stern. happened to
drop I'M at music store, the proprietor
Of which, a well-to-do individual, was the