Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-10
MUSICAL MENTION

Its fourth musical entertainment this sea-
son at its club house on c street tomorrow
evening. An excellent program has been
arranged by Mr.. Henry Xander, the musi-
cal director. The soloists will be Miss Re-
becca Behrend, PIANIST, who will play Sind
ing's "Fruehlingsrauschen," Mrs. Blanche
Muir Dalgleish. contralto. who will sing
two songs by Nevin-"My Desire" and 1.-THE
Woodpecker;" Miss Rubie Stanford. violin
list, who will play a Raft cavatina; Miss
Emily S. r. Glover, soprano, who will sing
Wekerlin's 1.-The Nymphs of the Rhine"
with violin obligato by Miss Stanford; Mr..
Frederic Seibold. tenor. who will sing Mas
cheroni's my Dream and L." Mr.. Otto
Luebkerk. baritone, whose numbers are
Won Fiel1tZ's 'Das Kraut Vergessenheit"
and Minetti's Come Live with Me- and
Mr.. Otto Lehnert, trumpeter, who will play
Hoch's Hungarian Phantasy."
The program will also include a duet by
Miss Glover and Mrs. Dalgleish-Abts
Harp Of the Winds" q horn quartet by
Messrs. F. Hoefer, ]. Schulz, A. Lehman
and c. Neumann, and the bund will sing
two selections-Xander's "Heimweh' and
Mendelssohn's Der Jaeger Abschied."
The s. Coleridge-Taylor Choral Society,
which includes in its membership the best
singers among the colored people of Wash
1hgton, has been rehearsing "Hiawatha"
for several months. and have decided to
render it about April 1 next The place and
exact date will be announced later. This
will be this choral societys first concert,
and every effort is being made to have it
a success. To this end the chorus is re-
hearslng regularly every Tuesday evening.
1t Is the intention to have the very best
singers of the colored race to sing the solo
parts. with suitable orchestral accompan-
iment.
Mark Hamburg, the eminent Russian
pianist, will probably return to Washington
the last Of this month for a piano recital
at the Columbia Theater 1t will be re-
memoered that this great artist appeared
here few weeks ago as soloist with The
Philadelphia Orchestra. Hamburg is with
out question one Of the very greatest pia-
nists that has ever visited us and this reci-
ence.
Nine Blauvelt. who closed her English
engagements a little earlier than she had
intended because Of slight bronchial trou-
BILE, has been resting at her home in New
York since her return, and, having fully
recovered, begins her last American con-
cert tour next Monday. when she appears
Tor Mr.. Bagby at his Waldorf Astoria
morning recital. to be followed by a short
trip south. She will sing with the different
orchestras and clubs and in recitals until
about April 10 when she returns to London
Garden. but will not be heard in America
again for several years.
Mr.. George Lawrence has resigned from
the leadership Of the choir of the First
Presbyterian Church, to take effect on
February 1. He Is considering several Of
fers from churches, but has not yet come
to any decision.
THE one thing that pleases me-" said
Mr.. Herman Rakemann. the concert master
Of the Washington Symphony Orchestra, 'ts
the interest the members take in the work
at rehearsals. 1t Is not merely the fact
that each rehearsal means so much money
to them, but every section Of the men
strives to improve. OF course, while I am
interested In the general success of the
whole force, my first care is for the strings
hold special rehearsals for them and have
got them to play In good unison and to bow
in unity. I never saw body Of men more
In earnest in their efforts in my life Each
seems anxious to do his best for the general
good and to play as the conductor desires
No one knows the hard work that Is done
better than I, for I sometimes rehearse
either section or the whole orchestra for
an hour before Mr.. De Koven arrives, and
l know the labor to accomplishing a par
t1cular phrase of a symphony, for Instance
and of getting perfect unity in a difficult
passage: l think the people of Washing
ton ought to be proud that there is such a
band of musicians who have shown that
they are competent to do good work and
who may be expected to improve at each
public appearance"
Rehearsals are in progress for a concert
to be held at Carroll Institute Hall by Mr..
George Lawrence, assisted by his pupils.
the latter part of this month, in aid Of the
Sixth Circle Of Kings Daughters
Nine Eugene Mantelli, whose singing at
Chases this week has been greatly enjoyed,
has added to her repertoire a charming
ballad by Marie B. Scnrader of this city
entitled IF l Were King