Evening star., 1902-03-22
M USICAL MENTION

| On Good Friday night the choir Of Trim
ity Church will sing two oratorios The
Man of Sorrows anJ The CruCifixIon-
William A Kirkpatrick, organist and choir
| master at Trinity Church is also an am
bilious composer. and his latest work The
Man of Sorrows" Will be sung for the first
time at this recital. 1t Is intended as a
preliminary or introductory oratorio com
mencing with the Psalmst's prophecies OF
Gethsemane and leading up to the great
Stainer's conception of Calvary. There Is
| an especially beautiful though very short
trio. 'All We Like Sheep Have Gone
Astray." and good Rejoice chorus The
last part of the work is largely male cho-
rus and recitative. Both the professional
| and recessional hymns are MIR. Kirk
| patrcks compositions. All the hymns in
! The CruCiiiXion'' Will be omitted. The So
loists will he Miss Woodward. Mrs. Kirk
patrick, Mr.. Stevens and Mr.. Hoover.
Miss n. Theodore Wight gave a song re-
cital Thursday evening at her residence.
No. lill Hopkins place. She was assisted
| by Mrs May Pomeroy-Graves and Miss
| katherine II. McReyn0lds at the piano
aud Miss Fanny Hedwig koehle and Mr.
| II. Acita 'kala'Ze on the violin. The
program included seven songs by Miss
| Wight. one number by Mrs. Graves. three
violin solos by Miss Koehle. two by Mr.
Lit kala he. and for the final number Rein
eckes Spring Flowers" by Miss Might.
with violin obligato by Miss Koehle.
The fourth and last lecture-recital of
this season given by the Misses McRey-
| nolds and hoehle took place last Saturday
| evening. 1t was considered to be one OF
the most interesting of the series. the sub
ject being Composers Either of or Intiu-
| enced by the French School" The COM
poSerS under consideration were Chopin
Gounod, GODDARD. Saint Saens Wieniowski
yet md iaitv NJ
Reynolds and koehle were assisted by Mr.
Lee Jewett Cox, baritone. who sang two
numbers. "Dio Possenti." from Gounod's
Faust" and the Toreador song from
| BiZet'S Carmen
| The Washington Saengerbund will give
another musical entertainment at it's club
house tomorrow night. Mr.. Henry Xander.
| the musical director, has prepared the fol-
lowing interesting program: Choruses, taD
"Wenn Nicht die Liebe War" Ullrich; Oh
Saengerbund. Soprano solos. (a) why
Love is King" (b) I'm May Time Dudley
bBuck. Miss Ancela B. Fisher. Tenor solos.
la) 'Pastorale." Mawson Marks; OBJ My
Sweet" Morsell. Mr.. Herndon Morsell.
Violin solos, ta) "Romanza Andaluza." Sar-
asate: Cb) ''Mazurka." Zarzycki, Miss Min
ma Heinrichs. Contralto solos (p Good
bye. Robin" Moir. Co 'The Pretty Crea-
ture." Wilson. Mrs Blanche Muir Dal-
gleish. Bass solo. Il Fear No Foe" Pin
sutti. Mr.. John Nolan. Vocal quartets. ta)
Annie of the Vale" Atkinson: (b) Annie
Laurie Dudley Buck Messrs Mosher
Morsell, Kaiser and Nolan.
The free organ recital at the Church OF
the Ascension by Mr.. Harry Stratton this
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock will be interesting
| Mr.. Stratton will play Salome's ''Menuet
| Symphonique.' Brewers An Autumn
Sketch" Cesar Franks Pastorale in f and
| Vests Allegro Pomposo from Sonata in ID
minor. He will be assisted by Messrs, r.
| P. Currie and II. s. Whitney. both bassos
| The former will sing Handel's recitative
Thus Hath the Lord" and aria. But Who
the latter will sing Van de Waters The
| Publican"
Paderewski is said to be at work on an
| other opera, which is to be distinctly Polish
in its character. and is to bring out forci-
bly, the sentiments. melodies and character
| of the Slavonic people. He has the scheme
of the opera and the melodies nearly all
complete. and is now searching for suit
| able libretto to harmoniZe with the music.
| The artist. it is said. has taken note of all
| suggestions made by the critics of
| ''Manru" and the new opera will show
| further development of the pianist a
composer.
The only organ rec.,al Of the .4enten sea
son in the Church of the Covenant was
| given Monday night by the organist Mr..
| Murray. assisted by Mr.. Anton Kaspar.
| viOliniSt. A large audience was present to
| ENJOY the music, Wnicn was OF Il commend
| able character. Mr.. Murray is an organist
| of high accomplishments and Mr.. Kaspar's
| reputation violinist extends far beyond
the District OF Columbia.
John Philip Sousa is about concluding his
| twentieth Semi-annual concert tour with
| his great band. This tour has been some
| what remarkable for the manner in which
| SouSa has covered vast territory in a
very limited time. Sousa was heard here
! but eight weeks ago. and he then only
| in the second fortnight of his extended trip.
| which has embraced 132 towns in eighty
| two days extending from Portland. Me. in
the east to Lincoln. Neb.. in the west: from
| Galveston, Tex. in the south, To Duluth.
! Minn in the north. necessitating 15.oD
| miles of travel in all kinds of weather and
diverse climates
| Beginning two days after his concert here
| Mr. Sousa viii enjoy a six weeks vacation.
| after which he takes his band to Canada.
where il Will be conspicuous in the empire
! day celebrations On Decoration day the
| band will commence its second annual
| gagement at Willow Grove Park. Philadel-
! phia, and late in June will go to TiIlyous
| pier at Atlantic City for sixtysix days at
the greatest certainty ever paid for sum-
! mer concerts. Following this season will
| comes the annual engagements at the Pitts
burg exposition and the Indiana state fafr.
| and late in September Sousa sails again for
Europe for his third foreign tour. This
| tour. which will last for eight months. will
! extend through GREAT Britain and Ireland
land the continental countries where Sousa
| has already played and will also include
| Russia. Austro-H Hungary and Italy. The
band will therefore be absent from America
all next season. and the coming concert
! here will be Sousa's farewell for two years.
Sousa's fourth foreign tour. which will
| come in three years from now. will extend
around the world. This final concert will
be given at the National Theater on Easter
Sunday night. March 30
Mrs. Vim. Reed contralto soloist of St
Nichaels and All Angels sang the follow
ing interesting program at the studio OF
Mrs. H. H. Mills yesterday afternoon:
::Bedouin Love Song" ''Du bist vie cine
Blume." Chadwick: 80. Thou That Tellest.'
Handel; Der Tod das list die Kuhie
Nacht'' Allitsen: LA Chanson des Rails
ers" Bemberg: MY Desire Nevin; THE
Message" Allitsen. Mrs. Reed has fine
contraIto voice. which won many compli-
ments for her work from the musical
audie nee present.
Josef Hofmann the pianist. in a recent
interview said: Il: has always seemed to
ma a great impertinence to infiict upon an
audience soullsss thing that has no beau
ty and which they cannot love. In order to
amaze them by a display of mere manual
dexterity 1t s as IL painter were to