Evening star., 1902-02-15

sorry to lose him. But Mr.. Graham felt II
his duty to sing in his own church. where
his voice Is much needed and Is a great
acquisition.
At the recent annual choir festival of the
Pro-Cathedral valuable gold medals were
presented To Randolph Titus, Walter Bar
mum and Sidney Gross for long and faithfui
service in the musical work of the parish
The medal for voice Improvement and gem
eral good work was awarded to oscar Her
ring who Is the possessor of beautiful
voice and genuine musical temperament
Gold medals were also bestowed upon
Misses Lillian Fonda and Beulah Luxen or
st. katharine's choir Tor falthtu ana
efficient work AT this service the com
bined choirs of the parish, numbering
eighty-five voices. sang a superb program program
of rich, churchly music, which lncluued
Parker's motet 'The Redemption, ana
GauIs List. the Cherubic Host"
MIR. otto Torney Simon hes resigned from
the directorship of the Musical Art Society
and also severed his connection with the
executive board of that organization. He
claims that some Of his associates on the
board wished to lower the standard of
membership ~ presenting persons whose
voices, in his expert opinion. would mar me
tonal beauty of the ensemble work.
A private home concert was given at the
]. orv;lle Johnson studio by Mr.. Rudolph
+. Won Nagle. A large audience appre-
ciated the talent on piano, essays, vocal ana
harp selections. Mr.. Won Nagle holds MS
audience with marvellous fascination Miss
Louise Williams and Mr. Harry G. Bushby
gave five solos. Refreshments were served
The annual Lenten organ recitals free
To the public. at St Johns Church VIII be-
gin this afternoon at 4 40 o'clock, imme-
diately following the regular evening ser
vice. and will continue every Saturday
afternoon until Easter. These recitalS
were first introduced in St Johns Church
by Rev. DR.. MackaySmth when he be-
came rector of the parish, in 1893, and they
have been continued each Lenten season
without any interruption. Churchly and
dignifed compositions only are used at
these recitas, which have become very
popular with the public.
At the recital today Mr. H. II. Freeman
the regular organst and choirmaster Of the
parish. will be assisted by Messrs. Ernest
Lent, voloncellist, and Charles F. Roberts,
baritone. Miss Bertha Lucas. yiolinist,
will assist at the second recital
''In a Persian Garden the famous song
cycle from the Ruhaiyat of Omar Khay-
yam. with music by Liza Lehman, is now
being rehearsed under the musical direc-
tion of Mrs. II. Fl. Mills. The soosts will
be Miss Lillian HALEY, soprano sooist of
the Epiphany Church choir; Miss Eleanore
Simonds. formerly contralto soloist of the
same choir; Mr.. Horatio Rench, tenor so
loist of St Thomas Church. and Mr.. s. p.
Thompson, baritone soloist of st. Paul's
Church The pianoforte accompaniment
viii be by the pianola. which was used so
successfully at the Waldorf-Astora, New
quartet was composed of star soloists.
It will be remembered that Mrs. Mills
was the director at the production Of IN Il
Persian Garden in this city in May, 1S:,S
This was the second time that In Per
sian Garden" had been produced in this
country, the first performance having been
given in New York, and it seems Il little
strange that, Notwithstanding its signal
success here and the fact that more than
1000 presentations of the work have been
given In other parts of the country it has
fgsI h9pp Tral in oft
The Ladies' Mandolin Quartet misses CO.
hen. Wiley. Sprngssuth and Skidmore>. I'M
der the direction Of Prof. \. y. Holmes,
gave concert for the entertainment of the
blind on "Wednesday afternoon fast at the
Congressional Library, and delighted an au-
dience which filled the reading room to it's
doors. The program consisted of selections
Of unusual excellence, each number being
artistically rendered and receiving un-
stinted applause. The quartet was assisted
by Mr.. Arthur T.. Middleton. whose splen-
did bass voice for him a most enthu-
siastic encore III his rendering Of he ko-
ven's Gypsy Love Song
Tie Lenten organ recitaIs will commence
at the Church Of the Ascension this after
noon at i::b0 o clock and continue until Eas-
ter. by Mr.. Harry W. Stratton organist of
the church. This afternoon Miss Virginia
Powell Goodwin, soprano. and Chas. Me
Robe rtS. baSSo, will be the sO,0ists TIE
program vii include Sonata No 2 Mendell-
sohm; Il Will Extol Thee" Costa, Miss
Goodwin; Cantabiie, Loret; Nachstuecke
Schuman: peace Of God" Guonod Mr.
McRoherts; 'Marche aux FIambeaux,"
Gui.mdnt.
TIL" second acoian and pianoa recital
this season was given at Knabe Hall last
night, Mr.. III. Higginbottom giving a pro-
gram that was entertaining to a large num-
Der Of invited guests. Mrs. Wilson Young,
soprano. sang four numbers all with pia-
nola accompaniment, and was heartily APP
plaUded.
The Ladies String Quartet is preparing
an interesting program. including string
quartets by Beethoven. Tschaikowsky and
Stearns. two violin solos and two harp
solos. concluding with Schuhert's Ave Ma
ria for harp and strings The quartet is
composed of Misses Florence Stevens
Marie Bastianelli. Mabel Montgomery and
Florence Weser. who under direction of
Ernest Lent, have reached a high grade Of
eESe mble work Miss Anita CluSs Will be
the harp Soloist.