The Washington herald., 1908-04-12

Palm Sunday and Easter Week Make This Busy Time
for the Choral Societies.

direction OF Mr.. A. G. Eldrege, the or
ganiss and choirmaster of that church,
tonight at O'Clock. The soloists will
be Mr. J. l. Battle, tenor; Mr. J. Wal
ter Humphries, barytOne. and Mr.. Charles
Moore, bass.
The choir OF St. Andrews Episcopal
Church, under the direction of Mr.. J.
Isle Apple, viii give stainer's Cruel
fixion" at S o'clock on the evening OF
Good Friday. The music for this morn
ing will consist Of a solo by Mr.. Apple
and the same anthems they sang last
Sunday.
The Washington Choral Society cor
daily invites all interested IN music and
the work of the society to attend the re-
hearsal on Monday evening. April 1S. al
the George Washington University. It is
believed the good work now being done
and the instructive manner in which Mr..
Hammer conducts the rehearsals. will be
found interesting to those who care for
music.
Nr. 7. Berton Easily. who has made
& good reputation here as tenor. lately
in Trinity Church, hes moved TO New
York for business reasons. He expects
70 return to his former position in st.
Thomas Chapel In that city.
Mrs. Frank Byram sang Home Love-
At the Westminster Church Memorial last
Sunday, and Home, Sweet Home" was
sung by the quartet composed Of Miss
Whitlock. first soprano: Miss Miller. sec
ond soprano; Miss NimmO, first cOntraltO.
and Miss Ballard. second cOntraltO. All
OF the music was accompanied by ap-
propriate Illustrations
Mr.. Oscar Franklin Comstoeks latest
composition. the "song of Penitenee. D.
was sung with good style recently in
Trinity Church by Mr.. Frederick A
Fletcher.
The choir of ST. Thomas Church Will
give Sir John Stainer's THE Crucifxion"
on the evening of Good Friday The
choir is composed of thirty-six voices. and
Is conducted by Mr. Edmund A. Varela.
The s0loists for this occasion will be Mr.
Harry Stevens. tenor; Mir William D.
Hoover, bass. and Mr.. R. Lee Cox. barry
tone. The sOl0ists of the choir are Miss
Nina MeEwan, soprano. Mrs. A L. Day.
oontralto' Mr. Harry Stevens. tenor. and
Mr. William .. Hoover. bass.
The music at the Westminster Church
Memorial this morning will be 20 Pray
the Peace of Jerusalem" with Mr.. Yer
million singing the opening solo. and this
evening they win sing Jerusalem. by
Parker, MIR. Charles singing the opening
solo.
Misc Rfaba1 r4o~a5o-, - ,.,...-- -
OF this city. sang There Is a Green Hin
Far Away" by Gounod, last Sunday in
Trinity Church, At the evening service
Mrs. Vivian Wood sang Bucks Fear
Not, Ye, o Israel"
The annual concert OF the Y. NJ. c. A.
Orchestra, under the direction of Mr.
Donald B. Macleod. was given in the
gymnasium of the association building
last Thursday night Mrs. William Keye
Miller, soprano, sang Becher's "Fruh-
ingszeit," with an orchestra accompani-
ment arranged By Mr.. Robert Cary
Stearns. and for an encore she sang
Nevin's Rosary" Mr. Harry Wheaton
Howard, pianist, played Nevin's 1T Was
a Lover and His Lass and Chami-
nades "Lisonjera.' responding to the ap-
plause with Nevin's 'Narcissus.
Mrs. Richard c. Dean, musical director
of the Friday Morning Music Club for
the remainder of this season, has her sis
ter, Mrs. Woodard. of st, Louis with her
for this spring Mrs. Dean was formerly
Miss Salie Bingham, of indianapolis. a
singer with an enviable reputation. who
spent many years in Boston studying
music
Mrs, Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, soprano
solost in the choir of Calvary Baptist
Church, will sing this afternoon in the
Church Of the Covenant. substituting for
Mrs. H. Clay Browning, who is the So
prano Of the quartet which is heard al
the afternoon service Mrs. GawIer will
sing the solo. These Are They" from
Gaul's Holy City
Mrs. Louise Carson Hill, who has lived
IN Chicago since her marriage two years
ago, viii visit her mother in this city for
some time. Mrs. Hill is an accomplished
violinist, having studied abroad with the
best masters before her marriage. She
developed a contralto voice after her re-
turn here, and was heard frequently at
concerts. playing the violin obligato TO
her own songs.
Mr.. Felix Garziglia, the French pianist
who played for the first lecture Of Mrs.
Lucia Gale Barber at the home OF Mrs.
Efoulke. on Thursday morning, gave a
programme OF particularly good and IN
usual numbers. Among them were
Gounod's Lullaby" Hollanders 'Fri-
umphal March, a lullaby written espe-
Cially for Mrs Barber by the late Miss
Gardner: Nevin's "Gondolerl." Gounod' 5
Spring" Chopin's Prelude No. 20. Grieg' 5
Morning. from the Peer Gynt Suite,
and the Spinning Song from Wagner's s
Flying Dutehman."
The seventh semi monthly pupils re-
cital of the Washington College OF Music
was given on Friday afternoon. in the
recital hall Of the college. The pro-
gramme was by some of Mr Wrightson's s
pupils, assisted by Miss Hollenbaugh, Of
the violin department, and closing with a
group Of songs by Mr.. Wrightson.
The fifth and last concert Of the Wash
ington Choral Society viii take place on
Tuesday evening, May 8, in the D. A. r.
Hail, It viii be a Grieg memorial con-
cert. tribute TO the memory OF that
great composer. An interesting pro-
gramme has been arranged, consisting
entirely of Grlegs works. The choral
numbers will be "Olav Trygvason," AT
the Klostergate," 'Landciting, and
fSigurd Josalfar" Mrs Rollie Borden-
Low, from New York, will sing the
soprano parts in "Olav Trygvason" and
AT the Klostergate, and also three
songs by Grieg with orchestral accom-
panlment. The other sol0ists VIII be Miss
Clara Drew, contralto, and Mr.. J. Walter
Humphrey, barytone.