Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-18

illness of Mr.. Henry xander, the musical
| director. Mr.. Xander has now recovered
and has arranged a very attractive pro-
gram The evening will also be the ffty-sec-
ond anniversary celebration of the society.
The program will open with Hela- Belas
overture "Lustspiel' by Donch's orchestra.
and the orchestra will also be heard
companist to cornet duet in Faust's con-
cert polka We Two the cornetiSts being
Messrs. Lehnert and Hama. The bund will
be heard in Mr. handlers "Du hist vie elm
Blunce." Bentes "Minnelied'' and 'Zum
Stitiungsfest''
The solsts will be Miss Mae Woodward.
soprano, who will sing the well-kuown
aria from Linda" Melville d. Hensey
tenor, who viii sing Denzas The Star of
My Heart James Nolan. baritone. Shell
leys Ever True Sol Minister. violinist
who win play Borowsky's Alteration" and
+. M. Bechtet. who will give English
norm SOLO; Mascheronis For All Eternity
mere VIII be two addresses, one in Ger
man by President Frank Claudy, and one
in English by Mr.. Simon Wolf.
Carroll Institute choir is putting the fin
lshing touches to the sacred music it will
render at its first musicale on April % next
rather Stafford was noticed among the
audience at the rehearsal on Wednesday
evening iast and seemed to be very much
Pleased with the good work of the chorus
Inc iirst musicale of the choir will be given
a. its nan on the 18th instant. when an ex-
| ceient program will be presented consist
ing OF selections from Rossini's '.Messe
| Solennelle." and other well-known com
| posers among the solsts will be Mrs.
Rogers, Mrs. Grant, Messrs Myers Finne-
| gan. Rebstock and Goodchiltb
Next Wednesday evening Mr. John +
| Miller, one of the founders of the American
| Guild of Organists, and for the mast tan
| years organist and choirmaster of Christ
| Church, Norfolk, Va, will give recital at
| 81. PauIs Episcopal Church. He will be
tralto. ' Nm
| rL Inc Easter music will be repeated at St.
Ihomas Church tomorrow The fun cho-
raj service was used for the first time
| Easter Sunday night. and although IT was
prepared with only two rehearsals, it was
rendered in a remarkably smootb uoppar
| At the 8 o'clock service the fun choral
service will again be sung and, in addition
| .ne following anthems: Magnificent and
Nunc DlmlttiS in G, c. Lee Williams.
Christ. Our Passover, Schilling: Awake In
| My Glory, Barnby -
The rehearsals for Rossini's celebrated
| Stapat Mater are progressing nicely The
| chorus Is increasing at each rehearsal The
| soioists-the quartet of ST Patrick's
Gnureh, consisting of Mrs. Annie Grant
trst soprano; Miss Elizabeth Tyler. con-
| traito' Mr. Melville D. Hensey tenor: Mr.
Charles Goodchld, baritone-are well I'M in
| their parts, having sung the work on Palm
SUNDAY evening at st. Patrick's Church
| Mr. Almond Gumprecht will preside at the
| organ and Mrs s. T. Reed at the piano,
The other artists who will appear are Miss
ANITA Ciuss. harpist: Ernest Lent. 'cellist;
the Lad1es' String Quartet and Marie Bas-
| tinelli. There will be a chorus of fftv
| voices. '
MI Charles Raybold. whose fine baritone
voice mas been enjoyed much here in re-
citaIs, Will sing with the choir of St
stephens 2. E. Church tomorrow morning
at the IL O'Clock service, when the Easter
| music will be repeated with few changes
| Inc vested choir of forty voices rendered
| an excellent service on Easter day The
| principal numbers of the program (Which
| has not been published) were TIE De,m in
| Il fiat, Lutkin; Jubilate, in E Barnby. In
| tro1t anthem, Behold the Angel of the
Lord Tours; kyrie, Gloria Tibi; CredO
ana sanctus, Custance, and for the offer
| from Memberships st Paul" Ali the
music was well executed but the St Paul
NUMBER deserves especial mention. as it
| IS not an easy chorus even for adults but
| the boys sang it in good tune and styIe
| throughout. rejecting great credit on the
| rector, Rev G: F. Dudley who so ably
! for his solo tomorrow morning The
trumpet Shall Sound" from the Messiah"
Miss Lillian Lewis has been leading So
| prano for several years. In addition To ,
| strong. clear high voice she reads we'll
| ana has been great help in the success
! 1ul work of the choir After May Mrs
aerDert r. Dlil, who will be pleasantly re-
| membered here Miss Theresa Dudley
| sister Of the rector, expects to make
Washington her home and her strong. well
! trained contralto voice will be another at
| tractive feature of the music
The Lyric Quartet and the Ladies' String
quartet will give the last of their course of
a anree concerts on Tuesday evening. April
~. at the Washington Club. String ouar-
tets by Beethoven and Rauchenecker and
vocal quartets by Chadwick, Schumann,
Lent, Emery and Pinsuti as well az a nun1
Der OF vocal and instrumental solos are on
| the program. "
Rosslnis celebrated Stabat Mater will
De given at the Church of our Father on
FRIDAY evening, May 1. with a large chorus
and the quartet from St Patricks Churcb
consisting of Mrs. Annie Grant Fright so,
prano Miss Elizabeth Tyler, contraIto: Mr.
Melville D. Hensey. tenor, and Mr. c,bas,
Goodehild. baritone; Mr.. Almond Cum
precht. organist; Mr.. George Lawrence. di-
| rector The following weli-known soIoists
VIII appear in a short program of solos
ana concerted numbers: Anita Cluss
harpist; Ernest Lent, 'celIist. The I'adieS:
string quartet: Marie Bastinelli violinist:
Armond Gumprecht, organ soloist