Evening star., 1908-01-26

IoyIe Goldsborough will give a joint re-
cital early in March at the Columbia
| Theater.
Mr. William d. Mcfarland. tenor. made
MS frst public appearance since his recent
illness with the Apollo Quartet Wednes-
Masonic visitation. Columbia Chapter
He will resume his duties in the choir
OF the Calvary Baptist Church on the
first Sunday in February
Miss Henrietta r. smedes. organist and
choir director of the Church of ST. Mi
chael and All Angels. has arranged a
festival song service for the combined
choirs of Grace Church, Georgetown and
St Michael and All Angels The pro-
gram was most successfully rendered on
/ Thursday last at Grace Church, and will
be repeated this evening at the Church of
st Michael and All Angels The musical
numbers on the program include anthem.
Seek 1e the Lord" g. " Roberts,. Miss
Josephine Madison and chorus; aria. If
with All Your Hearts" (Mendelssohnl.
Miss Madison, anthem. 90 Pray for the
Peace of Jerusalem" James c. Knox.
Mr.. Lewis and chorus; soprano solo.
Fear Not Ye, o Israeli DUDLEY Buck).
Miss Lillian Lewis; anthem. 20 Zion That
Eringeth Good Tidings" (Stainer); solo.
20 Holy Night" tAdams). Miss Lewis: Of
fertory solo with chorus. Nazareth
tGounodl. Mr.. Lewis; anthem, 'Sng, Q
Dec" Franz Schubert. arranged by Dud-
ley Buck; recessional Ie Jeune).
Mr.. George F. Daniels, president of the
Handel and Haydn Society OF Boston was
in town last Monday, and attended the re-
hearsal of the Choral Society in the even
ing. He was much interested in the work
done by the society, and was very much
impressed by tie fine qualities of Mr..
Hammer as conductor. The Handel and
Haydn Society of Boston were the fist
to give a presentation of Gounod's Re
demption" in the United States.
Miss Clara Drew has sent out invita-
tions to an informal lecture on the art
of Expression" by Mrs. NJ Landon Reed.
Wednesday morning next at IL o'clock, at
her studio, 90 14th street.
Mr.. Jaspar Dean McFall. baritone. and
Mrs. George f. Hebbard, soprano, gave
a well selected program at their recital
on Friday evening at the studio of Mr..
McFall on 10th street. Mrs. Hebbard sang
The Slave Song CDel Riego); "A Sum-
mer's Night tGoring Thomas; Love Is
a Bird del Riego): die Lotas Blame. "
"Waldesgesprach'' andr''Widming" (Schu-
mann); Il Feel Thy Angel Spirit"
(Grabeau- Hoffman,: duet by Mrs. Heb
bard and Mr.. McFall. 1t is the purpose of
Mr. McFall to give semi-monthly recitals
presenting one of his more advanced
pupils on each occasion At the second
one on February Z. Miss Emily Blazer,
contralto. will furnish the program
Mr.. John Philip Sousa and his popular
band of musicians are booked for a con-
cert at the New National Theater some
time in February
Miss F'ranceska Kaspar has returned to
the city from 'Hagerstown. Md, where
she sang in recital on Thursday evening.
Notwithstanding the disagreeable weather
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hall to overfiowing, and local musical
critics We're most enthusiastic in their
praise both of her voice and her artistic
singing.
Miss Lila Ormond, contralto, one of the
soloists at the last musicale at the White
House, was the guest during her stay
in Washington of Mrs. Thomas Nelson
Page. Before leaving for her home in
Boston she visited the Home for Incur
ables and gave an informal recital for the
inmates, repeating several of the numbers
which she rendered so charmingly at the
White House, among them being a group
of English songs, He Loves Me" and
"DanZa,' by Chadwick, and Back to
Ireland" by Huhn. Miss Ormond is the
tralto voice, which has been well culti-
waited.
Miss Marie Gryce Young will give pu-
apartment in the Ethelburst.
The King Memorial Chorus will repeat
the cantata. king Renes Daughter
(SmarD. February u. at Wesley Chapel.
The proceeds of the concert will be used
to erect a memorial tablet to Prof. Theo-
dore Ingalls, King, who is we'll remem-
bered here in both musical and church
circles. The solos in the cantata will be
given by Mrs. Arthur Dunn. soprano, of
ha Pan OF n
Stowall of the First Baptist Church and
Mrs. Stiers. Mrs. Grace Dufour Brown
will assist at the piano, and Miss Jessie
Young will preside at the organ. The
organization is under the direction of
Mrs. Charles B. Bayley.
Miss Lillian Chenowth was the offer
tory soloist last Sunday at the Mount
Vernon NJ. z. Church. her selection being
Abide With Me- by Ashford.
The music at the funeral of Mrs. Bris-
tol, mother of Rev. DIR. Bristol of the
Metropolitan ii. Z. Church, Wednesday,
was rendered by a quartet composed of
Mrs, Dayell Taylor WEIGH, Mrs. Dana
Holland, Mr.. Roland Roderick and Mr.
Dana Holland. They sang two selections.
Peace, Perfect Peace" and abide With
Me"
Much surprise has been caused in mu-
sical circles recently by the announce
ment that the present choir of ST. Alloy
siuS Church, which for more than gem
Grafton past has had more than a local
reputation will be permanently disbanded
the Sunday before Easter, and in it's
place a sanctuary choir of fifty men and
boys will be installed. The new male
choir has been under training for some
months past. Mr.. Stephen ]. Kubel will
ofticiate as organist and will direct the
male choir at the Services Sundays 1t
is expected to have the formal inst ALA
tion of the choir in June in the presence
of . his eminence the cardinal but the
choir will actually begin furnishing the
music at high mass Easter Sunday, at
which time the apostolic delegate will be
approval and compensation of the in
stallation of the male choir and the adop-
ton of the Gregorian music
The program of music to be given at
the Wesley Chapel today will be as fol-
lows: Anthem by the quartet, THE VIII
derness." Goss; bass solo, Sound the
Light of Day" Hamer, and while Thee
| Seek Cant The quartet consists of
Mrs. e. b. Bayley, soprano; Mrs Olin
ID. Leech. contralto: Mrs. Harrington
Barker. tenor, Mr. f. Owen Penny, bass
and Miss Jessie Young. organist.
Mrs. Richard Gay and Miss Eliza Gel
larius, accompanied by their mother lett
yesterday for New York. Mrs. Gay will
return at the end of the week. but Miss
Cellarius will remain in New York
throughout the season. and will be busily
engaged adding to her already generous
repertoire of Italian operas. She made
her debut last February as Pamina in
Mozart's Magic Flute" very excep-