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

parish hall and over 300 were turned away.
| II has therefore been decided to limit the
attendance next Friday strictly to thosa
| who possess cards
splendid compliment was paid St
| Faui choir last Sunday night. and Ii will
please the singers and their friends to hear
| OF II An Englishman who had heard the
| work sung by many of the best choIrs In
| this country and England told Mr. Harry
| Boss, the chief usher at ST. Paurs that
ne had never heard the work artistical-
| iy rendered. except once and that was
| when he heard Sir John Stainer's own choir
| sing 1t in London, with Stainer at the
| organ.
! An elaborate musical service was given
| last tuesday evening at the Church of the
| Ascension, 18th street and Massachusetts
avenue. 1t was to many positive revelation
| TO hear Chevalier Garginlo play Handlers
| Largo and Chopins .'Nocturne'' on the
mandolin. He was accompanied on the
organ by Mr.. O. F. Comstock. organist
| OF the church.
The last Bischofr concert of this season
at the Congregational Church will take
PiaSe Wednesday evening. April Is. and
py Haydn This being probably the first
pubic performance OF the work in Wash
lngton makes it an unusually interesting
event to music lovers In this city ..The
seasons is one of the latest IL not the
last, or Haydn's great works. having been
written in the year 1890. about two years
/
| While not in as grand a style as that
| oratorio 1t is work replete with melodic
beauty. and with many Intricate passages
| In the courses.
Franz Josef Haydn was born In Rohrau.
Austria. March 81, 1872. and died in Vienna
| May 81. 1900. He was one of the most
eminent of the CLASSICAL composers and Gre
| ator OF the symphony in its present form
| Chef among his compositions are the
elghty three string quartets that are with
| out rivals. His numerous other works con-
of hi -,
| are THE Creation" and THE Seasons
| fne symphonies masses and other church
music; concertos for various Instruments;
| cantatas sonatas and other pianoforte
| compositions. songs etc.
The Seasons" will be rendered on this
occasion by the full choir of the First Con-
gregatonal Church. sixty-five voices the
solo parts being taken by the church quar-
tet, Mrs. Hattie Meads Smith, soprano;
MISS Edna Scott Smith. contralto. Mr.
| Douglass G. Miller. tenor and Mr. j Wal
| ter Humphrey. bass accompanied on two
| pianos and organ by Mrs. Elsie Bond
Bischof and Miss Lena Woodruff plan
istes, with DR.. ]. w. Bischoff at the organ
| The attendance at the rehearsal of Car
| roll Institute choir last Wednesday even
| ing was the largest of the season. and the
| chorus did excellent work on Rossini's
| mass and Moderatis vespers, which are to
| be sung at its musical on April 20. The
best singers of nearly all the church choirS
in the city belong to this new organiZa ton.
| and fine treat is in store for the public.
The soloists at the last rehearsal were
| Misses Lucy E. Smith Mary Lansdale
| Margaret WEIGH and Mr.. T. a. Murray
In accordance with custom. Trinity
] Church choir will give oratorio appro-
pirate to the season on Maundy Thursday,
/ April .. at pm. This year a compilation
| has been made from 'Gethsemane" by
c. Lee Williams and The Man of Sor-
| rows by Prof. kirkpatrick. organist and
choirmaster of the church. The whole is
given under the title of "Gethsemane." 1t
| is believed that this will be the first pre-
sentation of Mr.. Williams work in this
! city Admission will be by card only. which
| will be issued without charge applica-
ton to the rector or to the choirmaster and
members of the choir
| The holy week and Easter music at ST.
| Aloysius Church will be unusually inter-
| esting. On Good Friday Mercadantes
| solemn Three Hours Agony service
! from IL to 3 pm. This service will be
| sisted by string orchestra. The Liszt
mass which was sung for the first time
| in this city by St. Aloysus choir last
Christmas will be repeated Easter Sun
day. 1t will be with full orchestral and
| organ accompaniment. Mr.. Josef Kaspar.
| the director of the Choral Society. will d
| rect the mass and Mr.. 8. ]. KubeI, the
regular organist and director of the choir.
| will preside at the organ. The mass writ
| ten in 1858 by Franz List is a work of
| wonderful beauty, solemnity and strength.
| and is interesting probably the earliest
| example of the ''Ieft motiv" now so well
known through Richard Wagners works.
| Whilst the mass is seldom rendered on &C
count of its difficulties of proper interpre-
| tation, it is singularly satisfactory a
study. and is without doubt. in its religious
expression, the peer of all masses.
| The solo, quartet and chorus numbers are
| wonderfully indicative of the varying
| phases of the sublime tragedy expressed in
| the sacrifice of the mass, and in several
| portions of the work the climaxes are stu
l. nendOnS lOnp1
ciety will give this mass a concert rendi-
| ton. st. Aloysius choir for some years
past has produced annually two
| new masses. Among these Rheinberg
| er'S and PiZZi'S MsSa Solennelle.
| Pizzi's mass was produced for the first
| time in America by st. Aloysius choir, on
| Christmas. 1901, and since that time it has
been added to the repertoire of several of
! the largest churches in New York
An intermezzo by Emilio Pizzi will form
| one of the orchestral interludes at St
| Aloysius Church Easter Sunday.
An entirely o Salutaris, written by
Amilio Pizzi and dedicated by the COM
| poser to the choir of st. Aloysius Church.
| is now in press and will shortly be rem
| dered at this church.
| A large number of guests assembled at
| the Laise-Phillips School Wednesday even
| ing to hear piano recital given by Mr.
| B. Frank Gebest, assisted by Mr.. Anton
| Kaspar, violinist; Miss Margaret l.. Veitch,
| soprano, and Miss Julia Goodall. accom-
| PIANIST. The occasion was very enjoyable.
| Mr. Gebest, who is one Of our best-known
| local teachers. played with feeling, dis
elimination and brflliancy. Mr.. Kaspars
two numbers were given with his accus-
| toned style and finish, and Miss Veitch
| was very pleasing in two songs, and re-
| sponded to encore. Following Is the
| program: Sonata. LAurore, (a) Allegro
con brio, o. Adagio motto. (c) Rondo ale
| gretto moderate, Beethoven; Air Varie
Vieuxtemps: Nocturne, Valse, Polonaise,
Chopin I Love You, Sobeski: Deserted.
Mcdowell: An den Fruhlng, Papillon:
Voglein, Grieg: Les Sylvains. Chaminade:
F'ruhlingsrauschen, Sinding; Romance from
Second Concerto. Wieniawski; Ideal
d'Amour, Bendel; Impromptu. Reinhold:
Gavotte. Wilson G. Smith dedicated to
Terese Carreno)
Mr.. William T. Carleton, the baritone
will give recital of Rudyard Kiplings
Barrack Room Ballads and other songs
at the WaShingtou Club Friday afternoon