Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08
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The Rubinstein Choral Club will give
sits first recital the last Wednesday Oh
November in the ballroom of the AIRING
ton before the associate and honorary
members. The opening number VIII De
sung by the club, and other selections
on the program will be contributed py
Miss Ethel Lee. cellist. who will play
movement from Goltermann's concerto IN
G major; Miss Margaret OToole. harpist.
and Mrs W. W. Burdette, pianist, all
of them honorary members of the ciup
Vocal solos will be given by Individual
members of the club.
Mr.. Otto Torney Simon, who has re-
Gently returned from his usual summer
trip abroad, has been invited TO ftts-
burg the early part of December 10 give
before the Art Society of that city his
lecture on "Beethoven-The Man. his
Art and Ethics The lecture will be
musically illustrated on the plano ny
Mrs Simon, and on the violin by MT
Anton Kaspar. and will be free Ad-
mission by card.
Mr.. Samuel Wood Ira NJ, Aim
C.M, organist of st. Marks Episcopal
Church. gave recital "Wednesday. wneh
the following program was heard: RE
ludium RoTnantico (Ravenello }. Sonata in
G minor (MerkeD. Prelude and Fugue
in u major BACH. Entr' Acte (Ambrose
Thomas), and March Meyerbeer).
The Musureia Club has engaged Miss
Gertrude Lonsdale. the English contralto.
who is making her first tour of the Unit
ed States. for it's first concert. which
will be held in the new Masonic Audi
torium The club will not appear at the
religious services of the Y. NJ. c. A.
today as the hour set by the association
is not a convenient one for large num-
Der of the men in the club who sing
at the afternoon services in various
churches The club will send Mr.. Henry
W. Jaeger. jr.. tenor. and Mr. Edwin
Callow, baritone. to sing for the \. NJ
O. A. in its stead, and they will be heard
in duets and solos. Mr.. Edwin Callow
Club, st. Peters Church, Baltimore. last
week. and there sang group of English
songs The club will give an informal
Ladies Night about the middle of the
month, when the members will furnish a
program of songs. duets and glees. Mr.
Fred Ollie. monologist. will contribute
one number to the entertainment This
will be the clubs first open ladies
Night" and ii Is expected that large
number of it's friends will be present
on that occasion.
Mr.. Oscar Franklin Comstock will give
his November recital tomorrow evening
in his studio. The program will include
groups of songs by Mr.. Comstock. Miss
Helen w Bane and Mr. L. Il. David
son. Miss Mabel Harnden singing with
them in a song cycle for four voices.
Fairy Dreams UeonD. Miss Marguerite
Williams accompanying.
The Madrieal Quartet. Charles r. Bart
lett director, has resumed reilearsals for
the season. The members of the quartet
are as follows: Messrs. Joseph L.
Matthew. first tenor: Leroy A. Glider.
har ritz nd
Theodore T. Apple bass. The quartet
rehearses twice week at the home OF
the director.
The ofertory soloist last Sunday morn
ing at the First Congregational Church
was Mrs Mary NJ. Scott, who sang Bis
otioff's Teach Me. o Lord" very ac-
ceptaDly. Mrs. Bischoff sang the soprano
part in the quartet substituting for Mrs.
b. II. Smart. the regular soprano.
Mr.. John b. Bovello. conductor of the
Greater Washington Band. who has been
for the past two months touring In
Europe sailed October 10th. from Naples
for New York. on the KONG Albert of the
North German Lloyd line. and Is due 70
arrive in Washington about the 18th In
slant.
Miss Katherine McNeal. pianist. gave
a recital in Baltimore last week before
large audience. Her program included
the sonata. "Appassionata" {Beethoven)
the prelude known as 1.-The Raindrnp'
(Chopin) Impromptu in G minor LisZt)
Polonaise in E major u-iszp. Prelude
tRachmaninofD. Poupee Valsante tPoi-
dinD, La Campanella (Paganini-LisZt),
and Rhapsody No. disZtl.
Miss Eva whitford mezzo- soprano and
dramatic reader. is spending a short time
in Schenectady.
The second public recital OF the Rebew
Orchestra will be held tomorrow night In
the lecture room of the Keller Memorial
Church. In addition to the regular