Evening star., 1909-04-25
MUSICAL MENTION.

The Friday Morning Music Club held
its closing recital of the season FRIDAY al
the Washington Club The program was
made up principally of compositions iro,i
the modern French school. and included:
Prelude and choral Cesar FrancK'' Mis'
King. Romance DebusSy). Mrs. Fairfax;
La Ballade du Desespere tbempers''
for reader and singer. with acc'mpahl-
ment of violin, violoncello and piano.
Miss Tisdel. Mrs. Fairfax. Miss klng
and Mrs Ramsdell; "Arabesque ana
"aVlse RomantiQue' Deouss!'' MIS-
King; .'Chere Mutt Dachelep, Les
V,elles de Notre Pays Nevade) and lie
Vielle Maison Grisse' tMessager). Mrs.
Fremont; Psalm cxxxvii. by the fiVers
of Babylon Loeffler), for chorus OF
uon,en's voices. with accompaniment OF
organ. harp, two flutes and Vloionceiio-
the chorus. Mrs Robbins, Miss OIooie
and others, with Mrs Dean as director.
A distinct innovation will be heard to-
day at the Church of the covenant
one hundred and fifty children from
the Washington High Schools. undef
the direction of Mr.. Halstead +. hoover
will sing several numbers; lne,l
gram Will include The Heavens Re-
sound" arranged by Andrea Hoier.
FROM Reetboven: Trust" &C. l.. Will
liams). and Sacred Song arranged by
Edwin Stilman Kelley, from Beethoven
Second Symphony Miss Sailie Misoh
will be the accompanist
The United Singers of Washington:
Mr.. Henry Xander. director. were heard
in concert Wednesday evening at Na-
cluded. overture, "Dichtor and Bauer
won Suppe), orchestra; massencnore'
..Scha efer's Sonntagslied" tkreutzer''
and Aus der Jugendzelt tRadecksp >
Nereinigten Saenger: piano 1oi"'
.Scherzo in b moll'' tChopin). MIR: Las. :.
sale. Spier; chorus. "Heimliche Liebe
lunSsp, and "Daheim' tkuehnh olj).
Gcrma mia Mannerchor: soprano soi".
,.Fruehling" IStern), Mrs. Samuei La"
son Burton: chorus, w er ifat uas Ei
Frank Rebstock: les lIabcn Z"ei
Eluenlein Gelbluehet tSchradef) J.
Washington Saengerbund; violin soics'
"Adaeio, lRics). and ''Zapateado tSar-
asate) Mr.. Anton Kaspar' cho[uS,
| "Old Folks at Home" and My oid
Kentucky Home" arranged by Van
der Stucken. Arion GesanSNereih' pari :
! tone solo. Mr.. Roland r. Rodrick: tehv:
solos I'm Loves Garden" and My Lady
of Dreams CRoeckcD. Mr. Hernoo'
Morsell; massenchore. tue, U.s. .tps
! lied" tI<inkeD, and I'm Wald. Nefeih-
| igten Saenger.
haDpv combination was made fr!da!
evening when d trio OF Nash'!is W" o1nos' n,nu
clans were heard in concert at the Snore-
| ham. The program was gwen by MISS
| Mary Helen Leefe. soprano; MISS t.tne
Tozier, pianist. and Mr. Anton kaspal
volinst, and their numbers inSluaSG' W"i;,
..Tarantella' and ''Venisia Napon
n iszn Miss Tozler: "Arioso' tDelibesi
| Miss Leefe; Romance tWleniawsky
and .Zefir'' tHubay). Mr.: kaspar: Lift
Thine Eyes Uosan), When the Roses
Bloom iReichardt', ,.roane,,e ne w ''u
minor ,Rubinstein). sarotte tGiuck- Bra
hams, and Il Alouette' tBalakirew,
Mss Tozier; "Adasio" Cries, and ''Zara-
teado'' lSarasate,. Mr.: kaspar; aria from rom
eafe. wedding march and elfin chorus
from ..Midsummer Nights Dream
I,iszt), Miss ToZer.
THO Kneisel Quartet was heard i'm con
| oert "Wednesday afternoon at the legation
of The Netherlands, through the courtesy
Of Nine. Ioudon, and some brilliant Sc
| Iections We're given. Ii was assisted
| bv Courtlandt Palmer III lhe Ioilo"ins
/, , nr,aram. Quartet in q major. Mozart
| sileero yiyace assa': .'Menuetia. allie
gretto: andante cantab!e. motto allegro
two movements from quartet IN u minor
| claude Debussy; andantino doucemeh'
avnrasstf assez vif and bein rythme; al
iearo scherzando. from quartet in F ma
| ior (Grieg), Op. posth.; quintet for piano
two yiolns viola and cello, by Courtland'
Palmer: allegro moderate. andahtlhe
| tranquillo. scherzo. allegro con BRIO 'mah' ma
uscrlpt and given for the first timel The
quartet IS composed of Frank kneisel
first violin: julius Roentgen, second vio
lin. Louis Sconcenski viola, and Wiiheln
| Willeke, cellist.
| The Cecilia Ladies' Quartet gave ar
informal musical Wednesday evening al