Evening star., 1908-01-12

| party spent the evening at the Nationa
Theater.
| In compliance with numerous requests
| from members of the congr cation of tbs
| Shrine of the Sacred Heart Church
| Mount Pleasant the choir repeated las
| Sunday Karsts "Messe Solonele.' which
| it rendered for the first time at the mid
night mass Christmas. This mass was
written by Mr.. Emile Karst with a view
to meeting the requirements of the motu
proprio issued by the present pope, to b
sung by a choir of mixed voices, and can
be used instead of the purely Gregoriar
| music, which must be sung by male
voices. The quartet of the church con-
sists of Miss Mabel C. Latimer soprano;
tenor, and Mr.. Bernard F. Ryan, bass.
1t was assisted on this occasion by a large
chorus and an orchestra under the -direc-
ton of Mr.. L. E. Cannon. whose ability
as a leader brought the music OF the old
st. Matthew's choir to such high state
of perfection.
There will be a special song service by
the choir of st. Johns Episcopal Church.
Georgetown, this evening, at which the
choir will render three choruses from
Elijah under the direction of Mr..
George G. Daland.
Invitations have been issued by Mr. sgd
ney Lloyd Wrightson for his annual re-
cital in Washington. which will be given
Tuesday, January p, at Rauscher's in
the evening at $50 o'clock. On this oc-
casion Mr.. Wrightson will give program
of compositions which have not been pre-
sented N Washington before. He will be
assisted by Miss Gertrude Reuter-, who
will sing one group of songs, and will be
accompanied by a new accompanist, Miss
Donna E. Riegel of Buffalo. n. Y, who
is here this season specially engaged for
Mr.. Wrightsons recital work.
Commencing with next Friday. January
II. the Washington College of Music will
inaugurate series of seni-monthly pupils
reeitals, which will take place on every
other Friday afternoon at 4:45 O'Clock. in
the recital hall of the college. To these
events the friends and relatives of the
pupils will be admitted free.
Mr.. Sydney Lloyd Wrightson and Mr.
Charlemagne koehler recently gave a beau-
tiful evenings program at a house party
at one OF the old plantations in Virginia.
Mr.. Anton aspar will give a recital to-
morrow evening at Hollin's Institute
Roanoke, Va. He will ay a sonata by
1rleg. op. 8; Mendelssohn Concerto,
Adaslo' and Perpetual Notion" Ries
'Fantasie,' Vieuxtemps and a group of
small numbers Mr.. Eric Rath. formerly
of Washington. but now member of the
music faculty of Hollins Institute, will
assist at the piano.
Mrs. Lucille Belts was the hostess
Monday last at studio tea. Miss Estelle
Quick was the vocal soloist of the occa-
sion- Miss Marie Hansen. who was
spending the holiday season in Washing
ton, played the accompaniments for Miss
Gulick and contributed two piano solos
altz, Chopin, and by special request,
"Valse Poupee," Poldini
Mr.. Frank Shipe sang with the quartet
OF the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church last Sunday in place of Mr. w. c.
Mills, the regular tenor, who was absent
on account of illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Evans Greene en-
tertalned at a musicale last Sunday even
ing in honor of Mr.. William L. Wilson of
Atlanta, who is Mrs. Greene's brother.
and who was spending the ho iday season
here as their guest. The program was
furnished by Mr.. Greene. who was in ex-
cellent voice. A particularly pleasant fea-
ture of the music by Mr.. Greene was the
number Of new and unhackneyed seec-
tions which he presented, his rendition of
Hawley's Remember, being received
with the greatest enthusiasm Miss Grace
Adele Freely was charming accom-
panist.
Mrs. Fahnestock of New York and
Mrs Emma Pral knorr were the solosts
at earning musicale given last Thurs
day by Mrs. Lisner at her home on Mas
sachusetts avenue. The. two artists gave
musical reading of Longfelow's Evan
geline.' which is an arrangement of their
own of excerpts from the poem, set to de-
scriptive music selected from the works of
Edward MacDowelI. This arrangement is
particularly interesting. as it combines
one Of the great works of a leading Amer
lean poet with some of the most poetic
and beautiful of the compositions of
Americas greatest musical genius. many
of which were studied by Mrs. Knorr with
the composer himself.
Mr.. III. H. Freeman. organist of st.
Johns Episcopal Church. Lafayette
Square, gave the recital at st. Paul's Epis-
copal Church, on New Year eve, in place
of Mr.. Edgar Priest. He was assisted by
Mr. Joseph Matthew. whose beautiful