Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-06
CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT
PROGRAM GIVEN LAST NIGHT
IN CONTINENTAL HALL.
Interpretation Of Music Of the Com.
poser in Whose Memory Enter
tainment Was Given.

At the Grieg memorial concert giver
last night in Continental Hall the Wash.
inston Choral Society presented pro-
gram of exquisite music that was won
derfully well interpreted. considering the
difficulties under which the organization
labors and the bad acoustic properties Of
the hall. which was muffled in sombel
hangings as ii for some state funera
service
Although the amateur orchestra had haf
but ten rehearsals. and only two will
the supplementary seventeen musicians
and the drummer had not rehearsed a
all. It's performance was UNUSUAL!
smooth. even in the most difficult pass
ages Of Grieg's most difficult music. TIL,
entire program was devoted to works o.
the composer in honor of whose memory
the concert was given. and considerab BIZ
music never before given in public II
Washington was heard. Heinrich Ham
mer conducted.
Mrs. Rollie Borden-Low of New Yorl
was the soprano soloist. and won hel
audience with the intelligence and sweet
ness of her singing. especially in her in
depreciation of 'Sprngtide." followed by
"Se1vejg's Lullaby and "SOlvejg's Song.
from the Peer Gynt' music Miss Clara
Drew. the contralto. sang her difficult
solos with skill and dramatic effect
Walter Humphrey was the basso. TIL,
chorus work. especially that of the men
was we'll done.
Scenes From Olaf Trygvason' wa.
the last number of the program and tn,
most important one. In 1t appear tn,
wild songs of the pagan NOrsemen. cele
brating the rites of Thor and Odin will
festival and dance.
The remainder of the program consisted
of the prelude. intermezzo and triumpha
march from ''Sigurd Jorsalfar"; AT tn,
Cloister Gate" from "Araljot Geliine,
and Thanksgiving"
Members of Chorus.
The members of the chorus were: So
pranos - Mrs. j. r. Anderson. Mrs
Maude Anderson. Mrs. Agnes P. H. Au
hagen, Miss Charlotte l. Belden, Mrs
Maude P. Berner, Mrs. b. K. Bourgeat
Miss Ada Bowdle, Mrs. J. B. Brown
Mrs. r. p. Brown, Mrs. W. BOWER.
Paine. Miss Ellen F. Butterfield. Mis-.
Harriet X. Carey. Miss Georgina Cole
Mrs. D. S. Corser. Miss Evelyn Cowsill
Miss Julia A. Cudmore Miss Mary Cud
more. Mrs. Ellen Nj. Currie. Mrs. Dells
White Davis. Mrs. Charles B. Donch
Mrs. Arthur g. Dunn, Mrs. Daniel H
Edwards. Miss Ellen A. Featherstone
Mrs. C. Viola Fellows. Mrs j. FREQ
Gatchell Miss Lillian Graves. Mrs. Kad
Henderson. Miss Dorothea Hygen. Mrs
Albert l.. Johnson. Miss Clara Kemon
Mrs. Iva c.. McMullen. Mrs. Martha A
Miles. Miss Junita Miller. Miss Rayf
W. MOorhead, Miss Marguerite Morse
Mrs. j. Morton Miss COrdelia 3. Mote
Miss Jeanette Mudd. Mrs. w. Wallace
Nairn. Miss Helena O'Connell, Mrs. D
ME II. Plaster, Mrs. Katherine q. Pow.
ers, Mrs. F. NJ. Reed, Miss Alice c. Riley
Miss Nellie G. Ross. Miss E. A. Rueb.
sam. Miss Elizabeth Schneider. Miss
Rachel X. Sewall. Mrs. Angela J. Shack.
leford Mrs. Charles G. Smith. Mrs. How
ell Smith. Miss Minnie SpanGlar. Mrs
Alonzo Tweedale. Miss r. L. Wagner
Miss Alice H. Weaver. Mrs. Nellie v
Millar Whitney. Miss Eta H. Wilson
Mrs c. A. Wolf. Miss Marguerite Wood
ward and Mrs. Benjamin Yohe.
Altos-Miss X. B. Baird. Mrs H. L
Barrick. Miss Blanche Beckham. Mis-
Mabel H. Drummer. Mrs. M. Vande Cas-
tie. Miss Harriet NJ. Cheney. Miss Flor
ence NJ. Cook. Mrs. Harriet e. Covert
Miss Margaret H: Craig, Mrs. Rolla F
trude Davis. Miss r. Fissell, Miss M
Adelaide Foster Mrs. c. NJ. Gallagher
Miss Florence Gallagher. Mrs. Zell Weav
err Jayne. Miss Eva Jackson. Miss Emm'
Elizabeth Morse. Miss Marie Louise Mass
Mrs. Agnes G. Russell. Miss Mildred NJ
Saunders. Miss G. Schwannecke. Miss Id,
Seyboth. Mrs. Deborah K. Sharp. Mis-
Annie E. Smith. Mrs. A. F. Tennille. Mis-
Cora E. Trozell. Miss Jeanette Wagner
ters.> Mrs W. P. White. Mrs. Joseph 3
Wilson. Mrs. w. c. Woodward. Mis-
Jeanette Louise Young. Miss Maude A
Young.
man. c. w. Bridweli. Norman H. Camp
J. w. Chambers. Henry J. Daily. H. r
Dooley, Frederick Hirst. H. A. Howell
Ernest P. Hutchinson. William T. Hutch
inson. Charles Jackson. George c. John
ston. Robert L. Lawburgh. David Mead
Lea David NJ Maclean. Stasins Meade
r. L. Moore. Guy A. Ourand. William G
Penney. Robert 8. Pierson. L.. W. Sar
gent Harry F. Smith. George P. Tucker
Urban Wagner. George A. Webster:
Joseph A. Carey. E. V. Castle. G. c. Co
vert. J. r. Cox Rolla P. Currie. c. 3
Dooley. E. r. Ernst. W. A. Cannon. r.
CARRIER. H. S. Garner. G. 8. Herfurth. A
J. Osgood. John Roberts. H. r. Smith
II. Schneider w. c. Taber. w. p. White
Percy Wilbourne. J. r. Wilson. c. A
Wolf. Dr. r. 3, Gibbs and DR.. Edwin A
Hill.
The Orchestra.
The amateur members of the orchestr,
were:
First violins-Miss Eda Bowers, Mis-
Mary Remey. Miss Chittenden. Miss Bal
lev, Miss L. NJ Fairow Miss H. Powers
Mrs. E. X Ellis. Mark Lansburgh. A. H
Ranal. Thomas e. Rogers.
Second violns-Miss L. Milovitch, Mis-
J. Gloetsner, Miss Eddie T. Lyon. N.
Terrio. Tom Robinson. III. c. Burrbus
Robert Cohen. H. Ramsdel. r. Feather
stone.
Violas-Miss E. B. Harvey Miss Maut
Sewall, Miss j. Clements. Miss C. e. Al
den. J. like, G.. D. Mitchell.
Cellos-Miss Ethel Lee. Paul Finkle. A
c. Mason. DR.. Bruce L. Taylor.
Flutes-H. w. 7. Jenner John Just.
Oboe-J. A. Brearley.
Clarinets-H. C. Black. F. w. Guilford
Bassoon-A. l.. Bodwell'
Trombone-Frank 8. Cheney.
Double bass-W. F. Doyle.
Drum-O. G. Sonneck.
Hotel Arrivals.
Arlington-E. T. Brooks, Providence. r
l.: B. B. Lewis. New York; Carroll Hutch
ms, Boston; Mrs. ]. NJ. Grant. Atlanta
Ga. Miss Rodney. Germantown, Pa; Mrs
E. B. Purcell. Manhattan. Kan.
Raleigh-W. A. Lane. New York; ]. l.
McLaurln. South Carolina; A. Linck. New
York: ]. H. Re9an, New York: c. L
knight. Akron. Ohio.
New Willard-W. Z. Raby. New York
c. NJ. Hill, Springfield. Mass: r. Robert.
and Mrs. Roberts, Burlington. VT; +. l.
Pryor and Mrs. Pryor Newark, N. J.
John Mckeefrey. LatOnia. Ohio.
Normandie-Bert Scott. Boston: NJ D
Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin, Connecticut
w. H. Gross and Mrs. Gross. Philadel