Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22
MUSICAL MENTION.

May L. The Musical Art Society will
sing under the direction of Mr.. Herndor
| Morsell. and the concert will be given ir
the New Willard banquet hall as hereto
fore announced, unless it is found later
on that one of the local theaters car
be secured
Maunder's Lenten cantata. "Penitence
Pardon and Peace will be given at the
Church of the Good Shepherd. 9th and
streets northeast. Friday evening
March %. at 7:3O by the combined chorus
of the church-soprano soloist. Master
lin; baritone. Mr.. Henry NJ. Singleton: or
ganist and choir master, Mr.. George A
| Webster.
Miss Eva Whitford gave informa
musical at her home Wednesday evening
| last The program included a contralto
solo. 20. Rest in the Lord HandeD. by
Mrs. Ella Knight Ellis; piano solo. Left
Ha hs fS2ep MoG an by hs
Nightingale Song" CNevin) by Miss Whit
ford: violin solos. "Cavatina (SimonettD
''Adago' (Tartin). 'Serenade" Pierne)
by Mrs. Ellis: THE Earl King (Shubert-
/ I,iszD. by Miss Tozier: THE Ould Plad
Shawl Haynes,. 1.-TWO Little Irish
! Songs" Uohrn), by Miss Whitford. and
dialect songs by DIR. Morrison and Mr..
Royden Whitford
/
Temple Baptist Church. has been quite
! i'll with tonsilitis. and during her absence
her place in the quartet has been filed by
Miss Lyria Hughes, who sang as an
ciful,' by Bartlett. The anthem by the
i choir was an arrangement of the hymn.
/ Softly and Tenderly. Jesus is Calling"
| by Mr.. Harvey Murray. This morning
! the offertory solo will be rendered by Miss
| Tonk. the contralto of the quartet, and
| this evening Miss Hughes will sing Tuck
| er's setting of He Leadeth Me-" Mrs.
| Grace pufour Brown will officiate, as
| usual, al the organ.
An interesting St Patricks entertain
| ment was given last Tuesday evening at
/ the Emmanuel Baptist Church. 18th
street and Columbia road. The musical
part of the program was as follows:
vocal solo. "Asthore." by Miss YeweIl; con-
/ tralto solos. "Off to Tipperary Town
and "Shoogy-Shoo." by Miss Madge
Shawl CHaynes) and Mary Ann won
| Tilzer. by Miss Eva Whitford. Irish
| recitations were given by Miss Ada Town
send. Mr.. Faulkner and Mr.. Barber. The
accompanies were Miss Marigod Whit
ford. Mrs. Dickinson and Mr. Percy Eos
| ter.
The second ensemble recital by Mr..
Hermann c. Rakemann violinist. Mr.. Dore
WoifSteiner. celEst, and Mr.. Oscar Ga
reissen. pianist. was given last Sunday
afternoon at the Gareissen studio on Con-
necticut avenue, when delightful pro-
gram of Beethoven and Mendelssohn num-
berS was rendered. Mr. Gareissen was
the solost of the occasion. and one song
which was of special interest was entitled
I'D Live in the Heart of the Storm
the music of which was written by Mr..
Rakemann. with an accompaniment for
y,ion o,,1 on11 Ne. Del
give group of solo numbers at the next
recital, which will occur March 10
Miss Alice Barnes. soprano. and Mr..
Henry Hobart Talmadge, bass, were mar
ried Wednesday evening last at St.
Stephens Episcopal Church. 14th street.
The music for the occasion was furnished
by a vested choir of forty-eight voices.
entrance of the bridal party the choir
| sang the wedding chorus from 'Lohen-
grim which was followed by 20 Perfect
Love-" and a occasional. 1.-The Voice That
! !st and choirmaster of ST Marks Church
and a personal friend of the bridal party,
officiated at the organ. Mr.. Talmadge
has been identified with st, Stephen
choir for about twelve years past. sing
| ing with them first one Of the boy
sopranos later on the alto side and lately
with the BASES. The bridal couple were
presented by the members of the choir
with two handsome pieces of hammered
brass as a wedding gift.
Mr. Heinrich Hammer will officiate for
the first time choir director Of the
Pro-Cathedral Church today. He vii!
have associated with him as organist Miss
Francis Harrison, a musician of much
ability.
| The recital at the reading room of the
blind last week was given by Miss Mary
Tapfp and MISS Etnol
Tozier, pianist Miss Leefe was heard in
Since First Met Thee" and "Fruhling-
sanger (Rubenstein Ave Maria
1Gounod, with violin obligato by Mr..
Robert Cary stearns; 1.-The Sweetest That
Blows Wan Der Stucken). would You
(Coleman) and "Fruhlingzeit" Rhein-
| hold Becker. The instrumental numbers,
which were charmingly rendered by MISS
"Barcarolle'' in minor Rubenstein}.
Hungarian Rhapsodie" No. II GiszO,
Left Hand Nocturne" (Scriabine) and
| "Etude'' in D fiat LisZt). Both the mu-
| sicians were enthusiastically applauoeo
| and graciously responded to encores
| Mrs Somers and Mrs Hensey gave, a
| musical to the students of Mount vernon
| ceska Kaspar, the well known soprano,
| and a graduate of Mount Vernon SEMI
nary, assisted by Master Elias BreesAin.
| the wonderful little boy violinist gave
| the program MISS hdSpdT HuuiociS III
cluded Henschers Spring" Long AGO"
| (MacDowelD. Il Hid My Love- (Dordelot),
| "Stolen Wings (Willeby) and Moszkow
| skis Serenade. Master Breeskin played in
| fine style De Beriot's ninth concerto. a
serenade Drdla). Gypsy Dances" (Sara-
| sate) and Schuberts THE Bee" Mr..
| Harvey Murray was an admirable accom-
PIANIST.
A complimentary musical was given by
| the pupils of Miss Marie Becker at 1915
| Fairmont street recently. The young peo-
| pie taking part in the program were. Miss
| es Marjorie MacElwee, Grace Middleton,
Ruth Stanton, Lorena Booth. Dorothy
MacElwee. Louise Young and Masters Ell
| lis Middleton and James Young. The
program consisted of both solo and en-
| semble numbers.
| miscellaneous program was given at
| the Friday Morning Club last week and
was especially interesting. The numbers
| were as follows: Impromptu. No. 4. ale
| gretto (Schubert). Miss Wheatley adagio
| from Suite in G major. OPP. "a (Res) and
| LES Fileuses'' Hubay). Miss Koechling
| scherZo in fiat minor. OPP. 81 -(Chopn)
| Mrs. Dougall- Maroon; Floods of Spring
| (Rachmaninof), Mrs. Barnard concerto
in G minor. OPP. rs (Bruch) adagio. finale
| Miss de Guerin; "Valse Seraphique and
Masquerade Dance. No. = (Harry Pater-
son Hopkins). Mr.. Hopkins: "Ihr Bid Of.
| SchuberD. "Gesang Weyla's" (Hugo Wolf
| and "Zueignung' Orchard Strauss). MIR
| Bache.
! Mr. H. H. Freeman. organist OF ST
| Johns Church. will give an organ recital
| at All Saints Church, Chevy Chase Tues.