Evening star., 1909-02-14
MUSICAL MENTION.

| Sea" and Where Cora1s Lie" edward
Eisar. 1851; a Love symphony and
"A Wild Rose" Jcsef Holbroole, 1879
Song of the Genie" Granville Ban
took, 1863, ''Venevil'' and Cradle Song
| Frederick Delius, 1853,
The semi-annual musical examination OF
the advanced classes of Holy Cross Acad-
| einy took place Thursday evening in the
form of recital. when the following
program was given: Piano solos, "Valse
caprlce' tNewland). Miss V. Mallet;
Miss f. Amman: violin solo. Gypsy
| Dance ErnsD, Miss NJ Bernhardt, with
] Miss f. Pace at the piano: piano solos
Rondo. op II (Mendelssofn). Miss Isa-
belie aausler; 'Polonaise,' op. 5% (Cho-
! PM. Miss |. Speers: Invitation to the
! Dance tWeher-Taussig). Miss ]. Am
man. violin solo "Reverie'' CVieuxtemps)
Miss l. schaefer. with Miss X. Schaefer
at the piano; piano solos. ''Valse'' (Rubn-
steln), Miss Madalin Bernhardt: ''Fugus'
tRheinhergep Miss f. Leuitaud: "Rhap-
sodle' No. 6 UiszD. Miss NJ. Esher;
"Polonaise' NiszD, Miss S Yerby; vocal
solo. Samson and Delilah" tSaint-
Saensl. Miss f. Brown. with Miss G. Mac
Donald at the piano: piano solos. "Fanta-
| sic lmpromptu'' Chopin. Miss H. Swart:
| .W1tchs Dance MacDowelD, Miss d.
Shiffman: harp solo. 'Danse de Fees
| (Parish-Alvers,. Miss s. Yerby: 'Rhap-
| sodie,'' No IL u.Iszn. Miss F. Pfuger:
/ J.,
| Miss Macdonald. with VIOLIN cello and
piano accompaniment Miss |. Harms vio-
lin. and Miss 6. lIchhorn. cello: piano
solo. False.' op. - (MoszkowskD. Miss
thoven). Miss /. Harms: "Staccato Etude''
| tRubinsteinI. Miss Marguerite Curtis:
chorus. The Rosary tNevin with vio-
lin obligato, Miss karns, Miss Schaefer
and Miss Bernhardt
The choir of the First Congrega tionaI
Church. under the direction of DR.. ]. w.
Bischoff. will give u choral service this
evening devoted to the works of Mendels-
sohn. and instead of the sermon DR..
Woodrow will deliver address on the
life and works of the composer. The en-
semble numbers to be given will include
Thanks Be to Cod from Elijah:
How Lovely Are the Messengers" from
| ''St. Paul, ~ Waited for the Lord. -
from The Hymn of Praise" and "Oh.
for the Wings of a Dove The solo
numbers will be soprano, Hear Ye. Is
rael." from "E.lijah"; contralto, But the
Lord is Mindful of His Own; tenor, BE
Thou Faithful Unto DEATH" and bass 20
God Have Mercy all from the oratoro
st. Paul The solos will be sustained
by Mrs w. II. Smart soprano: Miss Edna
tenor: Mr.. j. Walter Humphrey bass
The organ numbers will be selections
from the Mendelssohn sonatas and Mrs
Bischoff will accompany the numbers on
as usual at the organ
Mr.. Stanley Olmstead returned to New
York Tuesday. closing a twC-Week visit
here by giving lecturerectal Monday
evening at the Washington Club. Addition
al interest was lent to the affair by the
brief remarks given from time to time
by Mr.. Omstead explanatory of the pur-
pose of the recital, which was to empha-
size and illustrate the difference between
the classic and modern sonata form
Friday afternoon. Lincoln's birthday,
Mr.. Sydney Lloyd WriShtson gave a
pupils recital at the Washington College
of Music. which was well attended by the
friends OF the students. They We're as
sisted by Miss Roberta Amies pianist in
the following program: The Tramp
frrotere), Mr.. George II. Miller; ''Vilan-
quartet. The Night Has Thousand
Eyes tNevin), Miss Riegel Mrs Henney.
Mr.. Backing and Mr.. Wrightson: Tile
Light That Guides Thompson. Miss
Fay humphrey; RESIGNATION 1Roma,,
Miss Gertrude Reuter-; "Valse" ,Mosz-
kowskD, Miss Roberta Ames: When
With Doubling and Dreadina'' Crostn:
An Offering" (Johnsonp, Mr.. Richard p
Backing; Loves Messengers Gohr) and
Lullaby Carrie Jacobs BondD, Mrs.
Charles Hennay; A Fairy song crrev
alsap. Miss Donna f Riegel: mighty
LAX Rose (Nevnl. Messrs Backing
WriShtson. Regel and Miller The ac-
companists were Miss Regel, Miss HoI-
lenbaush and Mr.. Wrightso SON
The annual musical by prominent local
talent for the entertainment of the guests
at the Methodist Home look place last
Monday evening, Dr. y. II. Riggs being
in charge of the program. Among those
contributing TO the pleasure of the oc-
casion were Miss Leeds. pianist. who gave
En- Route tGodardl; MIR. Arthur Del
bert. bass. who sang 'rhA Wind Mill
ffemperlyt and "Circes Garden ,Oley
Speaks. Miss Lillian koechlinS. NicIiniS:.
who gave ''Adoratio tBoroWSkil. Der
..t.IISe-. NIISSnl aSSiSfed nA Miss Leeds