Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-04-04
MUSICAL MENTION,

Far Away. and Miss Preston will he
heard in He Was Despiscd'' UiandelD
The sixth and final organ recital of zoe
I1enten series al St Johns Church. La
IaEette Square. was given yesterday by
Mr. Stanley Addicks. oreanist and choir
master of the First Presbyterian Church
at Germantown, Philadelphia. Pa. Mr..
Addlcks was assisted by the men of St
Johns choir, in the following program:
fugue in minor (Bach, Largo Grom
the New World Symphony. Dvorakl !:
mems voices, "Oh. Saving Victim. Slain
for U.s. CGounod): organ. Death of
Ase." from the Peer Gynt Suite tGrieeD
Madrisal uemareD. and festival march
tBesD: mems voices. "Oh. Savior of the
World (GauD. and Now the Day Is
Over. Night Is Drawing Nigh" Linders,
organ. Nocturne in \ tFaulkes), and
Toccata. from the sixth organ symphony
Widor)
The Stage Fright Club held session
last Monday evening at the studio of Miss
Alice Burbage. The meeting was devoted
to the study of Bach. and Miss Burbage
presided and read a sketch of the COM
poser's life and works. Each member of
the club related some incident of his life,
some serious and some humorous. but all
of them interesting. The musical illus
tfatonS were given by the members as
follows: Three part invention in +. Miss
Cory: two "Three Part Inventions Mr.
Eric Schiling; prelude and fugue. from
the Well Tempered Clavichord," Miss
Florence Hermann: Italian concerto and
prelude and fuSue from The Well Tenn
pered Clavichord," Miss Burbage. who
also gave closing number Bach's
dramatic composition, The Chromatic
Fantasie' and fugue. arranged by Won
Euow. The next meeting will be devoted
to the study Of Handel and Gluck:
The choir Of the Church OF the Ascen-
sion. under the direction of Mr. Heinrich
Hammer. will give Stainer's "Crucifixion''
Tuesday evening at y o'clock The quar-
tet is composed of Miss Flora A. jackson
soprano; Miss Anna r. Brett centralto;
Mr. Arthur L. Simpson. tenor and Mr.
Arthur y. Gardner, bass. Miss Frances
G. Harrison will preside, as usual, at the
organ.
Gaul's passion service was sung by the
choir of Epiphany Church. under the di-
rcction of Mr.. James q. Trayler. Friday
evening. The service opened with an
organ voluntary Andante Religoso,
Third Sonata 'Mendelssohn), by Mr. Otis
d. SWEET. The choir is composed of
soloists: Soprano. Miss Lillian HALEY;
tenors, Mr.. Richard p. Backing and Mr.
Barnes; contralto. Mrs. Il. F. Gilmore:
bassos. Mr. Roberts and Mr. Conwell
The chorus Is composed of: Sopranos,
Mrs. J. w. Anderson. Mrs. w B. Pat
terson, Misses Ada Bayard. Clara Dav-
export. May Davis. Nellie Davis. Lenore
Gerlach, Frances Goldsborough, Ethel
Grimes. Lillian HALEY. Mamie Hennen.
Olga krumke. Grace Lind. Margaret
Marean. Veazie Metzel. WiIhelmina Muel-
Ter. Edith Mckee and Ruth Saffold con-
traltos, Mrs. +. G. Bimore. Mrs John
Lloyd. Misses Nina Chamberlin Marian
Larner. Emile Smedes and Henrietta
Smedes: tenors. Messrs. H. J. DAILY. c.
f. Latimer. George Scharf, Jacob Scharf
f. L. Springer and J. G. Traylor; bassos.
Messrs. Joseph D. Dixon, Albert Hale.
J. c. Howell. Henry G. Isel. John Lloyd
G. +. Roberts and W. II. Waters
The Monday Morning Music Club, Mrs
\. NJ. Blair. director. was heard i'm re-
cital last week at the Gareissen studio
assisted by Mrs. William Reed. contral-
to- and Miss Ethel Lee. cellist The
program opened with ii choral number.
Spring (Gaston Borch). This was fol-
lowed by piano solos. ITO Wild Rose"
and Poem Macdowelp. Miss Jane
Sands: contralto solos. "Autumnal Gale"
(GriegD. encore. Itch Liebe Dich"
tGrieg,. Mrs Reed: violin solos no
nance from Second Concerto tWieniaw-
SKID and "Mazur' tMlynarskD. Mrs. Con-
ner: chorus, "Barcarolle" ,Offenbach:
soprano solos. Il Am Titania" from
"Mignon' tThomasl. encore Believe Me
If All Those E.ndearing Young Charms
Mrs. Arnold: cello solos. ".Andante."
from Concerto Opus II (Golterman), Am