Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-15
MUSICAL MENTION

ready good impression which they have
made. Two of the young artists were Ill
and did not appesr-Miss Lucille Markham
and Miss Margaret Wilson. The others
played the following program: Handefs
Preludie. Minuetto and Corrente. Miss Rosa
McClees. very young girl. with a clear.
clean technique and excellent tone: Heilers
Study No. is and Chopins Mazurka in
fiat major. Miss Lucille Compton, who has
pretty, delicate touch and played with
much grace: Chopin's Walls opus a. No. /.
very well played by Miss Katherine SILL
man, young miss with excellent tone and
style and good interpretations; MacDoweI1s
Improvisation, Chopin's Prelude No. y and
Nocturne opus So No. l. Miss Grace STRAIT
ton, who played with much spirit. excellent
tone and technique and good style; Schu-
mann's 'Warum' and Chopin's Mazurkas
opus and opus 6S. Miss Katharine May
Brooks, who showed artistic iempera-
ment, good tone and good legato; Mendels-
sohns Song Without Words, Nos. o. 6 and
is. and Chopin's .Eccossaise' Miss Eliza
beth Defandorf. who displayed much talent.
warmth and good tone, and Heller studies
Nos. IA and 10. which she played with ma
ture style and force and showed very en-
phauc talent, temperament and good tech
nique. All the young artists played from
memory and made very specially good use
of the pedals.
Mr.. Josef Kaspar is spending the Easts.'
holidays on his farm near Bluemont, Va.
The choir of Mt. Vernon M. E. Church,
corner 9th and K streets, will render the
cantata, From Sepulchre to Throne this
list Mr.. ]. Edgar Robinson, assisted by
Mrs. Bessie Stewart at the piano. The
soioists will be: Miss Fannie Shreeve So
prano: Miss Lillian Chenoweth, contralto;
Mr. Frank Barr, tenor, and Mr.. Francis
Hartsill. bass.
There will be special praise service this
evening by the choir of the Metropolitan
Church. on Capitol Hill, when the follow
ing program will be given Christ the
Lord Is Risen Today Porter; "Hosanna."
Granier: THE Morning Kindles All the
Sky Adams; THE Lord Is My Light
Allitsen, and the Festival Te Deurn in f
fiat" Dudley Buck. The music at the morn
ing service will include Schiling's Christ
Our Passover" DR.. Bischoff's Christ Is
Risen and Holden's Angels Roll the
Rock Away" The solo parts will be sung
by Miss Edith Pickering soprano Mrs J.
w. Humphrey, contralto; Mr.. Thomas l..
Hopkins bass. Mrs. Jessie B. F. Grant
will be at the organ:
Miss Amy Leavitt repeated the reading
of her paper on the Passion play at ODER
ammergau Tuesday evening In her studio
at the request of many friends who have
heard it before. Mrs. Patterson sang sew
eral numbers, including "A tie accanto," by
I'm Sunderland and cover the Hill re-
markedly well for small artist Mr..
Leaman, tenor Solofst in the choir of Ham
line NJ E. Church, sang several of DR.. j.
w. Bischoff's songs.
The Washington Saengerbund will cele-
brate its fifty-ffth anniversary April y.
with an appropriate program of music and
speeches. in the club house.
Mr. Henry Xander has again been elected
director of the United German Singing So
cieties of Washington. which includes the
Saengerbund, of which he is also director;
the Aron and the Maennerchor. They are
now rehearsihg volume of compositions
for the great saengerfest. which will take
place IN Newark June 80. and last until
July 3. There will be q huge male chorus
of COCO voices, of which the Washington
singers will form part They will also
compete for prize, and it will be we'll re-
membered that they brought home one OF
these. bronze bust of Handel, from the
saengerfest in Baltimore two years ago.
Mr.. B. Frank Gebest gave an interesting
pupils recital in his studio with the fol-
lowing program: Spanish Dance. No. g.
Moszkowski, Misses Grace Adams and NIL
dred Thwing; a. "Once There Was a Lit
tie Princess b. THE Clock" Kuliak, Miss
Bertha Love; Minuet, Delahaye, Miss MIL
dred Thwing; a. The Birding" b. The
Butterfly Grieg. Miss Grace Adams; THE
Palms tmandoiin and piano.. Faure,
Misses Gladys and Bertha Love; Rondo in
G Major, Beethoven. Robert Bond Gotta
Nocturne in Major. Chopin, Vivian
Church Matson; Preludes, G minor. B-fat
major, F major, Chopin. Miss Freda Egg
bert: Funeral March. Chopin. Miss Scene
Dortch; ErZahlung am Xavier Schar-
wenka. Miss Alice Lanahan; Rhapsodie
Hongroise, No. G, List, Miss Clarine Nc
Carly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Evans Greene will
sail for Europe early in June They will
civ l-C in hpf nf han
studying there. and then go to Paris,
where they will continue their studies.
They will spend some time in Berlin before
returning to their home in this city.
Arrangements have been made for n week
of summer opera In the National Thea ter In
May. under the management of Mrs Katie
Wtlson-Greene. The operas TO be given are
bohemian Girl" III Trovatore" and
"Chmes of Normandie." with Thomas
Evans Greene, late of the Savage Opera
Company. in the leading tenor roles. The
operas will be given in their entirety. with
a full orchestra and chorus of sixty voices,
all local musicians. MIR. Greene has not
been heard in opera in this city since his
appearance with Lillian Russell five years
ago, but until the last two seasons has
been singing grand opera with the Savage
Opera Company, the Castle Square Opera
Company. the Tivoli San Francisco, and
others.
The Thursday evening receptions of Mrs.
Herbert Wadsworth, which during Lent
have been converted into musicales are es-
pecially delightful. At the last one Miss
Leila Livingston Morse, contralto, and Mr..
Oscar Garessen. baritone, gave a beautiful
program of songs, assisted by Miss Alice
Burbage at the piano. Miss Morse repeated
former triumphs. and Mr.. Gareissen also
added to the already splendid reputation
he has as a lieder singer. Mr.. Care ssen
and Miss Burbage repeated the Schubert
"Erl King" which made so much success
at the concert of Mr.. Fitzhugh Goldsbor-
ough, vioinist. a few weeks ago in Rau-
Schers.
Miss Florence Herman, one of the young
pianists of the city. gave an excellent pro-
gram in the reading room for the blind In
the Library Of Congress. She was assisted
by Mrs. Walter E Hilton, soprano, and
they received the most enthusiastic praise
for their good work. The program was
follows: Rondo Nield). Warum and Auf
schwang (Schumann), Miss Herman songs.
my Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair
Qaydn) and Der Asra' Rubinstein), Mrs.
Hilton.
The Rebew Orchestra has arranged
very attractive program for its forthcoming
concert in Odd Fellows Hall. to be given
on the evening of Auril is. 1t will include
king of the Knomes." by Robinson;
waltz, Les Patineurs." by Waldtenfel;
Idyle. Smiles and Caresses.' Benedix;
overture, 'Erminie.' and part of Haydn's
Symphony In d Major The sooists will be