The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
WITH THE MUSIC LOVERS
Philadelphia Orchestra VIII Give Concert Tuesday-Mss
Kaspar to Be the Soprano Solost

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Gang "Nirvana." by Adams
Edwin II. Callow gave monologue,
and for encore told humorous stories.
Master Roswell E. Boothby. soprano
soloist of St Paurs Episcopal Church,
sang Governs Swallows" For encore
he sang Robinson's The Night With
Silly Silence Comes"
The Musurgia Club is an organization
only eight months old Mr Edgar Priest.
ehoirmaster of ST. Paurs Episcopal
church. Is director. ]. II. Cheney. jr., is
accompanist.
The club will give another concert
about the middle of the month.
Miss Eva Whitford mezzo-soprano. a
member of one of David Belasco's COM
Danies. who is spending few weeks with
her parents in Washington, gave a song
recital on Thursday afternoon in the
reading-room for the blind in the Library
of Congress. She was assisted by Miss
Jessamine Lewton. pianist. and accom-
panied by Mrs. Charles p. Ramsdell.
Her songs included dHardelot's BE
cause. Brahms 'Serenade,' Dvorak's
Aus die alte Mutter." Governs "A Birth
day. Tschaikowski's "Ye Who Have
Yearned Alone" Nevins Nightingale
Song" Tosti's Gould 70" Nevln's Mon
Desir," ''Habanera," from Carmen"
and Behrend's Daddy"
Miss Lewton's solos were Godard's "Au
Matin," Schumann's "Reverie" Schu-
mann's 'Warum and Romance" IAN der
Fruhling. "Voglein." and "Papilion." by
Grieg; Rams Spinning Song" Chopin
Nalse, and Paderewski's "Polonaise."
Mrs Sallie Bradley McDuhie will give a
studio musicale for hey pupils on March
10.
Edwin Hughes. piapist. OF Washington.
now IN Vienna studying with Leschetizky.
had the distinction TO be among the So
loists who played at the first class
given by that master this season. Those
who appear at this performance each
year ara pupils who have been studying
several seasons. whereas Mr.. Hughes has
been there only this winter He played a
Chopin ScherzO and one OF Leschetizky's
own compositions.
He was one OF the soloists at an even
ing's entertainment recently Ia The, United
States Embassy in Vienna.
Miss Irene Dieterich. OF this city. who
has met success in the Merry Widow. "
in New York. in the few weeks she has
been on the professional stage, went to
Detroit last week. where she became the
under-study for Louise Cunning ia Tom
Jones" She will remain there for three
weeks and then go to Chicago for an
other three weeks. Miss Dieterich is a
daughter OF Frederick Dieterlch, OF this
city.
Mrs. Barbour Walker. of the Cathedral
School for Girls, who had cards out for
recital by Miss Ella Stark for March ?.
has recalled them on account Of the death
of the Bishop of Washington.
The tenth season OF the Lenten organ
recitals by Henry r. Freeman, in Old
ST Johns Episcopal Church. on Lafayette
Square, will begin on Saturday afternoon
next. at 4:45 o'clock. This will be the
hfty-fifth recital Mr. Freeman, assisted
by the men of st. Johns choir. will play
a programme Of entirely new numbers. |
including FauIkes' Concert Overture In !
E fat; Borowsky's Spring Song. Gull /
mants FUgUe in T major. opus -. No. s.: !
llJinsky's Berceuse. arranged for the or |
gan by Mr.. Freeman; Manney's Capriccio. |
and Dubois POstlude in A major.
pear in the series of recitals will be stan |
ley Addicks and William StansheId. Of I
Philadelphia. and DR.. J. W. Bischon. i
or6anist in the First Congregational /
Church. in this city. The visiting soloists |
viii be Ernest Lent, violoncellist; Anton /
Kaspar, violinist; male chorus. composed /
Of the men Of the choir of s.. Johns,
Harry Mitchell. basso; Joseph Matthew. |
tenor, and Master Daniel Wnkerson, |
Mrs. Lucille I. Belts and Miss Bertha /
the young soprano, have returned /
from New York. where they spent ten
days recently. Miss Hansen sang before /
the director of the Choir Club. Carlos 1
Curtis Her songs were Liszt's Die /
Lorelei' and Dennee's Lullaby.
Miss Ella Stark. the young German
pianist. who has made reputation in |
her short residence in Washington gave /
d Chopin recital last Monday evening in |
The Cathedral School for Girls. where she
IS the head Of the piano department. She /
was assisted by Miss Norton, soprano. l
4 pupil in the Cathedral School.
Miss Stark opened the programme with |
The Fantasie in T minor Her second
number was made up Of six Etudes. A fat
major. c sharp minor, T minor, c minor.
and + major. all Opus 2 and z major.
Opus 10. Miss Stark also gave the Flu
neral March" the "Berceuse." and the
Ballade in A fiat major
Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee. director of the
Washington Branch Of the ogden-Crane
school Of Opera, Of New York. gave a
recital with the pupils of the school last
Tuesday evening in the ballroom of the
Raleigh Hotel She was assisted by Prof
Charlemagne KOehler, stage director. and
Julian Brylawski. business manager. The
)ne-act oDeretta, Love and Whist " On !
he programme for repetition. was aban-
ioned' owing 10 inroads grip had made
n the cast. s. NJ. Fabian, the local
pianist, and Mrs. Jonas substituted on
snort notice. Mr.. Fabian played Chopin's
A nat Polonaise. His other numbers /
we're two Etudes and waltz Of Chopin.
.a ,nu tor an encore the Schubert-Liszt
'soiree de Vienne."
Mrs. Annie B. Gardner. widow of Dr
Frank A Gardner, a conspicuous figure
a the musicaland social life OF Washington
OF some years. is spending the winter
Boston She has not been heard in
'uohc since the death of DR.. Gardner.
the oratorio, Mendelssohns Elijah -
VIII De given by the choir Of Trinity
Episcopal Church next Friday evening in
nat church. under the direction Of the
.hoirmaster and organist. oscar Franklin
,Omstock.
1ne part OF Elijah will be sung by
frederick A Fletcher; the Widow will he
'ung by Mrs. Ernest G. Atkins. IAN
Angel. by Miss Helen ". Rane. and Oba-
liah by T. Barton Easily. The minor