Evening star., 1902-02-22


posed of Mrs Gage, Miss Burkhardt. Mrs
Daigleish and Miss Tyler. will sing aIph
ring Legends" and the Saengerbund will
be heard in two selections, Sits "Aenn-
chen lteb Aennchen Traut' and Radecke's
Aus der Jugendzert."
The securing by the Musical Art Society
of the services of Mr.. W. Edward Heinz
endahl as musical conductor in place of
Mr.. Simon, resigned, insures the contin.
ued advancement OF the high standard OF
excellence in ensemble singing already at
tanned. Mr. Heimendahl is well and most
favorahly known In professional mus cal
circles here as we'll as In Baltimore. where
he Is the conductor OF the Peabody SYM
phony Orchestra. The personnel of the So
ciety Is substantially unchanged. The new
singers secured are Mr.. Otto J. J. Lueb-
kert Of Epiphany choir. Mr.. NJ. Harry
Stevens Of st. Paul's Rock Creek choir.
Mr.. b. Frank Meyers OF ST. Thomas choir.
formerly of the First Baptist choir. and
Church choir. The other singers of the
society are Mrs. W. L. Wilson of Calvary
Baptist choir. Miss Lillian HALEY OF Epiph-
any choir, Mrs. Ivy Herriott Shade. Mrs.
choir; Mrs. Fanny Alice Gage OF ST.
Andrews choir. Miss Eleanore Simonds,
late OF Epiphany choir. Miss Edna Scott
A. Rosalie Hoiberg. Sacred Heart choir:
Mr. Horatio A. Kench OF ST. Thomas
choir. Mr.. Frank s. Pierce of New York
avenue PresDyterian choir. Mr.. Melville ID.
Hensey of St Patrick's choir. Mr.. Chas
w. Moore OF Christ Church lAIexandria,
choir and Mr.. Eugene f. Stevens. late of
church OF New Jerusalem choir.
The second organ recital at the Ascen
sion Church will take place this AFTERNOON
at 4:3o O'Clock. Harry w. Stratton, the or
Beatrice Seymour Goodwin, soprano. and
Howard O. Cook. tenor Miss Goodwin
will sing Gounod's 20 Divine Redeemer''
and MI Cook viii give the aria from Men
delssohns "Elijah''-"Ye People Send Your
Hearts" The organ numbers will be Par
kers concert piece In E fiat. Baellmann's
suite GothiQue and Bosses Etude SYM
phoniaue.
An interesting piano recital by the pu-
pills OF Miss Virginia Bestor was given
last saturday evening at her studio. The
program was we'll arranged and the per
formers acquitted themselves creditably.
Mrs. Ivy Herriott Shade. who so success
fully assumed the character of the singing
Eymph In the benefit for the Junior Repub-
nc az the Grand Opera House last Monday
evening. has been re-engaged to sing the
same part In Baltimore March 1.
Perhaps no phase Of Mr.. Paderewski's life
mas received more emphasis than his status
OF friendship with royalty. The late Queen
victoria was wont to place her armchair
beside the piano to listen to his playing:
the Princess Beatrice amused herself by
drawing his head: Carmen sylvia, the poet
queen or Roumania. has drawn him into
her intimate circle. and the cordial friend
ship of the King of SaXony affords him a
nrm footing III the most musical court or
Germany.
1t seems to be popularity of royalty
that 1t loves to reach out and draw muSi-
cal genius into close relations with Itself
There was Farinelli, the confidential ad-
wiser OF two Spanish monarchs. and Handel.
the favorite of George III. The intimacy
n pVn rr-ift h. Taka TO-
varia is recalled and Liszt's afectionate
friendship with Pope Leo Kill and there.
too, is Mozart'S Eiectress.
The management Of the Raleigh has ar
ranged for series of sacred concerts in the
banquet hall on Sunday evenings. the first
of which will take place tomorrow night.
when Jaspar Dean McFal will furnish the
program. assisted by Arthur D. Mayo. ac-
companist. and Schroeder's orchestra. Mr.
McF'an will sing PRO Peccatis' frcm Ros-
swered." Masckeronis For All Eternity"
Adams Holy City and Dudley Bucks
'salve Regina" and Fear Not Ye, Is
rael. The orchestra will play the Ray
mond overture and Schrener's paraphrasa
of The Last Rose of Summer"
Much interest is felt in musical circles
In the Victor Herbert suite Woodland
Fancies.' two movements of which are T.
be played at the next concert of the Pitts
burg orchestra. The suite has four move
ments. but the last two-"Twilght'' and
Autumn FrolicS''-arc oniy to be given
In both the orchestration is strikingly de-
scriptive of the subjects and the themes
are melodic and worked out in musicianly
manner.
The kneisel Quartet will give one more
concert here this season, their last appear
ance to be on March IS, when they will be
assisted by other members Of the Boston
symphony Orchestra in the celebrated sex
tet OF Beethoven for violin, viola cello
dcuble-bass horn. clarionet and bassoon
Miss Emma Houchen has been engaged
as alto soloist at Christ Church. Alexandria,
Va. Miss Houchan sang Morseli's 20 Lord
Abide With Me-. very effectively at last
Sunday evenings service. and gained many
new admirers of ker beautiful voice. Two
ether Washington singers are soloists at
the same church. namely, Mr.. w. f. Birch
and Mr.. Chas. W. Moore. tenor and bass
respectively, both gentlemen having helped
very materially 90 make this church choir
a very good one. Miss Mai Greenwell of
Alexandria,. Va. is the soprano and fills
out splendid quartet.
Nine. Schumann- Heink. In speaking of
tft great musical composers recently said:
II am who believes Wagner is Wag-
rer. Beethoven is Beethoven. Mozart is Mo-
Zart, and the great geniuSeS of composition
stand undsfigured by any modern enlight-
erment or new composers. God lets tho
great. towering genius of literature music
or art come into the world only after
lapse of many years. Consequently there
is room for Wagner. Beethoven, Mozart
and all the great men in musical compost
ton. 1t Is folly to talk Of one school or
&C mposer eclipsing another. There are ele-
ments of mortality in the greatest which
will make their work shine with undying
luster as the years pass. Do not think L
and am constantly studying new ones