Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14

Thy Sacred Presence" Mrs. Bayly. So
prano. will sing Dudley Bucks My Re
by special request IF Were Voice." and
the Rebew Orchestra, which will assist win
play number of appropriate selections
The choir is composed of Mrs. Charles b.
Bayly, soprano; Mrs. D. Ohm Leech, con-
tralto; Mr.. Harrington Barker, tenor and
Mr.. A. Owen Penney, basso. Mr.. Thee
ingalls, King is the organist and director.
This morning the choir will sing Wagner's
'"Te Deum," arranged by Holden, and Mrs.
Leech viii sing a solo.
Mrs. Mabele Stems has returned from
her summer outing and is settled for the
season in Mount Pleasant
Mrs. Jenkins, gifted dramatic reader.
will give recital in the Eastern PreSby-
terrain Church on the 26th of the month and
will be assisted by the choir of the church
and Miss Irene Orndorff, soprano, under
the direction of Mrs. Lucille l. Belts. One
of their numbers wifi be the ''Wynken'.
Blnken' and Nod" of Nevin's. with Miss
Orndorff singing the solo.
Mr. George Hawthorne Of London has
recently written a delightful setting of
Jesus. Lover of My Soul for Miss Ber-
tina Hansen, soprano soloist In the choir
of the Eastern Presbyterian Church, and
she will sing it this morning in that church.
The song is a good one, and has an espe-
cially attractive accompaniment for the
organ.
Mrs. Vivian Wood. a dramatic soprano,
who has not been heard very frequently In
public as yet, sang the incidental solos in
Gounods Jerusalem last Sunday in Trim
ity Protestant Episcopal Church. Oscar
Franklin Comstock, organist. and choir
master Mrs. Woods voice and singing
were much admired, her tones were uni
formly good and pure, and she sang with
much warmth and feeling.
The first musicale of this season of tho
Saengerbund will be given next Sunday
evening. when exceptionally good pro-
gram has been arranged and an suspicious
opening Of the musical season of this Or
ganization is promised. Miss Harden
Hickey, soprano, will be heard, and Mrs.
Annie Lillibridge Goodhue. Mr.. s. M. Fa-
bian, pianist; Mr.. Ernest Lent, violOncellist,
and MI Henry Jaeger, hutist; viii an con-
tribute to the program. Mr.. Henry Xander,
musical director of the Saengerbund.
makes every effort to have the Sunday
evenings interesting and creditable. The
programs will begin at $50 o'clock and are
supposed to last from an hour to an hour
and quarter. The artists for the first
public concert, November %, In the Ma
tional Theater, will be Miss Blanche Duff
field soprano, and Mr. Max Bendix. violin
list. An innovation in the arrangements for
the public concerts will be observed this
season, when certain number of reserved
seats will be sold for each concert.
Miss Harden Hickey, soprano soloist In
the choir of the Calvary Baptist Church.
mas returned 10 tUc CITY lOI TIC SedSOL,
from Rockville, Md. and will spend the
winter at 2474 Ontario road. Miss Harden
Hickey's health. which has been frail for
six months past. has greatly improved dur
ing her stay In the country, and she is In
splendid voice this fall.
Mr.. Theo ingalls, King, organist in Wes-
ley Chapel, played an interesting program
of music preceding the Warn-VeerhoH
wedding on Wednesday evening. when his
selections included Dudley Bucks Annie
Laurie 1.-THE March Of the Priests" from
Mendelssohn's "Athalie." and a charming
pastQrale by Arthur Whiting the eminent
American composer.
Mr. William H. Scholz. the well-known
yiolinist an active worker in the cause OF
music in this city, left Washington last
week for Connecticut to complete arrange
ments for his proposed trip abroad. He ex-
poets to sail on October e on a business
trip which will consume perhaps a year.
Although engaged in business with a large
company his gifts as a musician had much
to do with his appointment, as he will be
associated with men of large means who
will travel considerably, and who are much
interested in music and have some cultiva-
ton themselves. Mr.. Scholz. returned
only last year from a two years absence
in the Philippines.
Miss Mary E. Finney. contralto soloist in
the choir of the First Presbyterian Church,
has returned to the city after long visit
in Ohio and Michigan. which was under
taken for the benefit OF the singers health.
She has recovered entirely and has resumed
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