Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12

Hospital. The lady managers have ar
ranged concert for each afternoon and
rendered the use Of her drawing rooms for
| 1t. Among the artists will be Nine. de
Blanpre, wife Of the naval attache Of the
Herr oberstetter. tenor, who has p' been
heard in private houses with great success
| this spring, and who has a distinguished
operatic record, and M. de Thai, secretary
OF the Russian embassy, really excellent
pianist.
Mrs. Joseph Finckel, who was formerly
recital last Week in her home. One Of the
features OF the program was q group Of
Mcdowell songs and piano solos. also a
biography OF that composer. prepared and
read by Mrs. Finckel. The young artists
who took part in the program were the
Misses Josephine Brown. Josephine VOL
haupter, Florence Evans, Kitty Washing
ina Misses eor
Finckel, Pearl Merriott and Mrs. Daviette
Ficklen. They were assisted by Miss
Grace Alden, who sang some charming So
played some delightful violin numbers.
This program and an Evening of Grieg,"
| which Mrs. Finckel gave recently, were so
| request that Mrs. Finckei should repeat
them. and she has consented to give the
Grieg program over again.
turned to her home in NJ street last week,
from concert trip in Ohio and Illinois,
and assisted Mr. Edwin Hughes In his
piano recital In the Washington Club. It
and critical audience. Both artists were in
good form, Miss Kaspars voice showing
to advantage and Mr.. Hughes technique
winning for him enthusiastic support. Miss
Kaspar's songs were Bemberg's "Nymphs
and Fauns,' Gounod's serenade. Obey
Speaks "'Tis May Time.' Haydn's my
Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair and Mr..
Hughes own composition, Song of Pier
Kaspar sang them dalntlIy ana with ex-
cellent style. Mr.. Hughes numbers in
cluded the Bach-Tausig Toccata and
Fugue: Beethoven's Polonaise. in major;
gen." q group Of Chopin. including pre-
ludes in 6 major, A major and C minor;
Etude in A fiat. valses In D fiat and G fiat,
and Scherzo from opus 35: Liszts Cam
tique d Amour, and the players own con-
cert paraphrase on Johann Straus' Wiener
Blut' waltzes. This last number showed
skill as concert composer, and the num-
Der was eminently successful. Mr.. Hughes
method and lack of mannerism were de-
lightful He is young pianist OF I'M
questionable promise. The only encore al
lowed during the evening was a repetition
of Mr.. Hughes song.
Miss Vera lone Murray, pianist. and Mr..
Herman c. Rakemann, violinist, will give
the program in the Congressional Library
on the afternoon Of May 10.
Mr.. Thomas Evans Greene. tenor. has
been engaged as a soloist at the May fes-
tival in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Greene will ac-
company him on his trip there. He will
have a part in the new opera La Corsi-
cana," which is to be produced there in
concert form. Other soloists will be
Schuman-Heink. Campanari and George
Hamlin. After the engagement in Atlanta
Mr.. Greene will sing in Memphis, where he
will give song recital and appear once in
opera.
Mrs. Eleanor Spencer Baker, contralto:
Miss Grace Beelman, cornetist; Mr.. B. AL
len Terrell, tenor, and Mrs. William Ham,
ing recital in the reading room for the
blind in the Congressional Library on
Thursday afternoon. They had what all ar
lists have on these occasions, q large and
appreciative audience. Their program in
ciuded: Duet. "serenata Veneziana." Mas.
Tannhauser. b) "All Through the Night"
contralto solos, "Raphsodia Primaverile,"
Leoncavallo; ''Ninon," Tosti: Two Songs"
MacDowell; tenor solos, ''Where'er Ye
Walk" Handel; Spring Song" Ellen
solo, AVE Maria" Schubert; tenor solos,
"a Night in Spring" Bohm: "Oh, Thou
Art Like Flower" List; "Forget-me-not"
Hoffman; "Entreaty," Bohm; contralto So
los, Ruth and Naomi" Ries: Two Songs"
Clayton Johns; duet. Children Pray This
Love to Cherish" Spohr.
A new musical organization was incor-
porated last Wednesday evening which will
be known as the Dumbarten Avenue M r.
Church Choir Society. 1t Is composed OF
about sixty voices, with Mr. VIM. T. Glover
as director and Mrs. Isaac Birch as pianist.
It is the outcome of the recent successful