Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-09
MUSICAL MENTION

The class conducted by Mr. Oscar Carols
sen for the serious and systematic study Of
the various operas has been holding its
meetings since November l. It Is not Mr..
Gareissen's purpose to have this class give
a public operate performance this season,
but to have it study the works thoroughly
and their construction both unsteady and
dramatically. The opera under considera-
ton at the present time in Gluck's Or
pheus, and in January the class will take
up Weber's beautiful work "Oberon.'
The cantata "Song of Thanksgiving" by
]. H. Maunder, was sung by the choir Of
st. Johns Episcopal Church. 10th and H
Streets on Tuesday evening, December 4,
under the able direction of Mr.. Henry H.
Freeman, organist and choirmaster. The
soloists were Mr.. Anton Kaspar, violinist;
Miss Flora A. Jackson, soprano; Mrs.
Charles H Henney, 'contralto; Mr.. B. Allen
Terrell tenor, and Mr.. L. H. Payne, bass.
The work was under rehearsal for some
time, with most satisfactory results, the
choruses being rendered smoothly and with
great precision.
To the youth Of this country the visit of
Camille Saint-Saens, the foremost figure
in French music for nearly two genera
lions, Is of the most vital interest. All his
life Saint-Saens, in his writing and in his
music, has been an inspiration to youth.
He has always stood for beauty and char
ity and simplicity in IN age threatened by
brutal virtuosty and vagueness of express
sion. In his own work the youthful quality
is as apparent now, at the age OF seventy
one as it was forty years ago, when his
'Noces de Promethe' carried of the ex-
position prize and he himself was pro-
claimed by Beriloz one of the greatest mu-
sicians of his epoch. No virtuoso has
kept the piano close to the highest ideals
Of beauty as has Sant-Saens. To him 1t Is
an instrument of inexhaustible nuances and
noble aims. OF his recent appearance in
New York as a pianist w. ]. Henderson
writes in the Sun: ''The composer is far
from being young man, but his finger and
wrist technique has all the elasticity OF
youth. Fluency of manner and beauty OF
tone were the characteristics of his per-
Torrance. The dainty crispness of his
touch in the ballet music was particularly
notable, while the elegance and purity of
his style throughout should have afforded
valuable lesson to young pianists."
their annual musical entertainment on st.
Cecelia's Day, when the following inter-
esting program was presented: Hymn to
St. Cecilia. by the vocal class; Rustic of
Spring" Sinding. piano solo, by Miss Violet
solo, by Miss Suzanne Yerby; De koven's
Lullaby" vocal solo, by, Miss Louise
Brinker; "Valse," Moskowski, piano solo,
by MISS marguerite GURUS Love SlnBS the
Lark" Bischoff, vocal solo, by Miss Agnes
Downey; Autumn" Thomas, harp solo,
by Miss Marguerite O'Toole, and "Sit
Nomen Domini," sung by Misses A. Downey,
L. Brinker and G. Mcdonald.
The first of the artists recitals for the
season 1867 was given at the University
of Music and Dramatic Art on Friday even
ing. The program was arranged by Miss
Edith Pickering who was fortunate in
having with her on the program Mr.. Van
A Potter, baritone, formerly Of this city,
and now the solost in the st. Paul Meth
odist Church in New York. The singing Of
these two artists was the source of sincere
delight to the large audience which COM
pletely filled the parlors.
The saengerbund, Mr. Henry xander,
director, will give a musicale this evening
at the hall of the society, when the follow
ing program will be rendered: Choruses,
I'm Field des Morgens fruh, Burkhardt,
and "Sandmannchen," Slit, by the Saenger-
bund piano solos. "Loreley," Seeing, and
scotch Poem" Mcdowell, by Mr.. Norman
DAILY; soprano solo, "Chanson Provencale, -
Deli Acqua by Miss Amelia B. Fisher:
tenor solo, "Once More" Chaminade, by
Mr. Herndon Morsell; contralto solo,
"Hosanna," Granier, by Mrs: William T.
Reed, and bass solo, Prologue from