Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-28

son Dui1n- Mr. Scholz played BONNIE
"Legende." Borowsky's Alteration and
Wieniawski's "Legende, and Mr.. Gee
played Chopin program of much interest.
These two capital artists are giving regular
which are participated in frequently by the
members of the congressional contingent In
that hotel Among the latter Representa-
tive Often is the most active. He not only
manages the recitals, but frequently takes
part in them.
Miss Margaret Hitchcock, daughter Of the
Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, will sing today in the
Church of the Incarnation. Her solos VIII
be He Shall Feed His Flock, from Han
dels Messiah, which will be followed by
Come Unto Him., the soprano aria fol-
lowing the first named, which will be sung
by Miss Constance Palmer, daughter Of
Representative Palmer of Philadelphia.
Miss Hitchcock has taken an active interest
in music for some years and has studied
during all her residence in Washington.
A new musical union mas recently been
formed here that promises to become quite
q success, as it has already enlisted the
services Of a number of the amateurs. as
well as some of the society leaders. 1t las
Keen introduced here by Mr. titzhugh
Goldsborough the violinist, and Is under
stood to be modelled on the success of SINH
lar organizations abroad. They have named
the new organization the Ensemble Lesson,
and the name is appropriate in that it tells
together to show what they can do and ind
out lots of things they do not know. The
purpose is to have one of the leading local
artists appear at each meeting and demon
strate in a practical way how the music
OF the old masters should be interpreted
Free discussion is to be allowed, and the
artist for the evening is to answer these
questions and demonstrate points upon
which there is a difference of opinion. The
very evident advantage of such series OF
meetings Is so obvious that the new CLUB
has already on its roster large numb 2r
o; the musical students of the city. The
meetings are to be held once week IN
the homes of the different members.
A series of recitaIs to be given
by Miss Margaret Veitch, soprano: MI
Johannes Miersch violinist and Mr.. Adolf
Golse. The first one will be given In MISS
Veitch's residence. 1905 p street, in the
evening of February 10. This first enter
tainment will have quaint and most IN
teresting feature, and 1t Will be given over
10 odd little ballads and old-fashioned
songs, long since forgotten. Miss Veltcn,
MI Miersch and Mr.. Close have accepted
the invitation of Mrs. Susanna Oldberg and
will give a recital in her studio in the Be
lasco Theater some time in February
There was thoroughly delightful pre-
gram given last Sunday by the choir III
Hamline NJ. f. Church. The entire program
was given by request, which shows tho
Of the church take in the work of the cholr.
Miss Amy c. Leavitt is the organist ana
director, Mrs. b. II. Smart, soprano; MRS.
+. NJ. Shore, alto; Mr.. Nj. q. Leaman, ten
or, and Mr. James S. Hicks, bass, form the
choir Their numbers were as follows:
Organ voluntary. Baptstes Communion
in D." Hammerels anthem, Hank the
Glad Tidings;" Chadwick's quartet COO
TO Whom We Look Up Blindly:. Mascag-
mis- anthem. Ashamed of jesus solo,
translation into English of the Pro Pecca-
It's from the Stabat Mater, for baritone:
trio, Mendeisshon's Hearts Feel Ihat
Love Thee sung by Mrs. Smart, Mass
Foote and Mrs. Shore: anthem, Rotolis
GLORY to God" organ postlude, ketterer
''Marche Solennelle," Miss Amy c. Leavltt.-
The one-hundred-a nd-fiftieth anniversary
of the birth of Woifgang Amadeus Mo-
Fart was recalled last evening in a most
enjoyable recital given by Miss MacRey-
nolds and Miss Koehle at 14l0 N street.
They were assisted by Mrs. Eugene De
Guerin, violinst. The program was we'll
selected and delighted the large company
of invited guests present 1t included Mo-
Zart's Sonata, c major (tirst movement,
by Mr.. William Cheney, with Miss kath-
arine MacReynolds as the accompanist.
Miss Augusta Bergman gave Mozarts So
nata, A major first movement, theme and
variations) Miss Elizabeth Wilbur gave
Stark's Romance and his Bourree with in
telligence and feeling; Miss Mary Johnson,
L
Miss Helen harrington Chopin's Mazurka
and also his valse. "Brillante;" Miss Joseph
inc Lindenkohl, Rebfelds Impromptu; Miss
Elsa Lndenkohl, Schuman's Vogel ais
Prophet Bird as PropheO, and his Auf-
schwung (Elevation); Mrs. Mabel Finch
Rawlings, Beethoven's Sonata in e major;
Miss Eugene De Guerin. Mozart's Menu
etto and Rondo, and Miss Martha Linden
kohl closed the very interesting program
with Mozart's Concerto, d minor Cirst
movemenD.
The Columbia Quartet Club gave the old
out at the Soldiers Home quite a
treat last Monday evening. They sang in
the pretty theater out there, which is said
to be well adapted for vocal music. The
club is composed of Mrs. Elsie Bond Bsch-
off, soprano; Mrs. John Humphrey, alto;
Mr.. Douglas Miller tenor, and Mr.. Her
bert Lawson, basso. They gave a varied
program, which seemed to delight their au-s
dience immensely, among the numbers
given being three new compositions of
Prof. Bischoff which We're sung for the
first time in this city early in the winter.
They were Love sings the Lark" '.Ine
Rose l Gave You and Five Little White
heads" Every one of them have that de-
lightful swing and the touch of sentiment
that is dominant part of the compositions
of recent years that Prof Bschoff has
gram included selections from Verdi Cho-
pin, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Dvorak, Wag-
ner, Close. Buelow, Singer and the local
composer, Johannes Miersch.
Mr. Harrison L. Moore gave an informal
talk and recital last Friday afternoon in
Mrs. Oldberg's studio, when he gave the
following program: Paper. Song Interpre-
sentations;' Hahn's .'L'Heure Exquise''
and Isl mes vers avaient des allies" New
ms Mon Desir;' Neidlnger's Sunshine
Song 'Laddie'' and Good night; Al
litsen's. Song of Thanksgiving" Cooks
Two marionettes.' and three Spanish folk
songs. Mr.. Moore has a remarkably sweet
voice of splendid carrying power and he
sings with rare Intelligence and good style
and accompanies himself most skillfully
Arrangements have been made for a spe-
cial choral service at Grace Episcopal
Church, 9th and ID streets southwest, this
Sunday evening at T:30 o'clock. This is a
choir recently organized, with Ernest T.
Winchester as visiting choir master and
DIR. w. f. Dales as organist, and contains
some very talented young singers The
service Sunday evening will include several
anthems and violin solo by Miss Edith
Holt The. public will be welcomed
Mr.. Rakemann's Recital
The fourth of the series of free musicals
given by the Washington College of Music
tC it's students at the Carroll Institute HAN