Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-30


At the rehearsal of the Musurgia Club
| Tuesday four new names were presented
for membership. The rehearsal was well
tested in the selections which are being
rehearsed for the first concert, to be given
early in December. At the next rehearsal
| James S. Hicks, baritone, one of the old
members of the club, will be heard in a
| short song recital. a double quartet
from the Musurgia will assist Edgar
| Priests large choir at the musical serv-
ice attending the laying of the corner
stone of the cathedral at Mount st. AL
ban Tuesday.
At the Mount Vernon Methodist Epis-
| copal Church South today the choir will
sing at the morning service the anthem,
| Rejoice in the Lord . Ye Righteous.
by Harker. Miss Margaret Standiford
/ contralto soloist, will give THE Lord Is
| Mindful of His Own," by Mendelssohn.
and the selections in the evening will be
| the anthem, Hear Us, o SAVIOR by
unod-Ryder, and the baritone solo,
/ THE Day Is Ended, by Bartlett, sung
by Earl Carbaugh, choir director. The
members of the quartet are Mrs. Ben
Shreve. Miss Margaret Stamford and
| Messrs. William MacNichol and Earl Car
bauh.
Charles B. Xanten, one of the chorus
tenors at Old st. Johns Church. has &C
cepted a similar position at ST. Mat
thew's Church at great advance in salary.
Mr.. Xanten will be succeeded at St.
Johns by Arthur B. Entie, who is a new
conner in the city.
| The choir of the Church of the Assem-
sion under the direction of Anton Kas-
par, will sing at the evening service to-
day Marks Magnificat in d. The offer
tory anthem will be duet for tenor and
bass. $50 Thou Liftest Thy Divine Peti
tiOn, and the full chorus will render. "Is
1t Nothing to You, All Ye That Pass By
from Stainer's ''CrucifXion." The choir is
diligently rehearsing Maunders Song of
Thanksgiving" which will be given the
latter part of November.
| A pleasant event of the week was the
| musical given in the lecture room of ST.
| ing under the direction of Miss Florence
Noaek, the soprano soloist of the church
The program was as follows: Trio for
strings and piano, ALA Marcia" by
Frank p. Howard Second volim and
Miss Noack pianisD; contralto solo, Il
| Know of Two Bright Eyes by Clutsam.
and THE Dawn" by d'Hardelot. Miss
tone. Calm as the Night by Cote,
Miss NOack and Edwin Callow; violin
solo. Meditation from 'Thais," by
Massenet, and ''NLinuet," by Beethoven,
Mrs. Gusack; reading, Mr.. Callow; trio
for piano and strings, Ave Verum,' by
Mozart, and 'Minuet," by Paderewski;
soprano solo, Miss Edith Stowell; negro
monologues. j. Lewis Monayway; trio
for piano and strings. Lied by Schu-
bert, and March, by Himmel.
Nine. Won Unschuld has issued invita-
| tons to two piano recitals Thursday and
Friday evenings of this week at the
Washington Heights branch of the uni
versity. when the program will be given
by Nine. Won Unschuld, assisted by the
other members of the faculty.
Tile musical program at the First Con-
gregational Church this morning will in
| clude the organ solo, '.Intermezzo," by
Lemare; tie Deum." in T. flat, by Dud-
ley Buck, by the choir; quartet. II Lay
My Sins on Jesus by Tours, Miss Smart
phrey: tenor solo. 20 Eyes That Are
Weary" Holden Potter, at the offertory
and organ solo, "Postlude,' by Camp. In
the evening at 7:45 William Wall Whid-
Guilmant; '.Serenade'' in A, by Pierne, and
"Cantilena,' by Stebbins, on the organ,
and during the service the choir will rem
der the anthem. Praise the Lord by
Love Abiding by Pontius. Mrs. Smart
and Mr.. Humphrey and the closing num-
Der will be an organ solo, "Scherzo,' by
r. X. Miller.
A successful concert was given Friday
evening at the First Baptist Church I'M
der the direction of Miss Marian Me-
FALL who was assisted in giving the pro-
gram by Mrs. James Kerr. contralto;
Howard Butterworth. tenor of the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church; Walter
Crouch. violinist, and the Rebew Orches-
ira, ii. w. Weber, conductor. This pop
with march, ''Tippecanoe." by 6. ].
Weber, played from manuscript, and the
| overture, ''The Queen" by White. This
was followed by the duet, Hymn at
h.
and Mr.. Butterworth; cOntra1to solos,
| "Oh, Dry Those Tears" by Del Reigo,
with violin obligato by Mr.. Crouch, and
His Lullaby" by Bond. Mrs. Kerr; Sc
chestra; soprano solos "A Toi," by
Bemberg; ''Vous Dansez, Marquise, -
by Lemaire "Soft-footed Snow" by
Sgurd Lie. and Breils Song of the
Soul" with orchestral accompaniment,
| Miss McFall; caprice, Mexican Kisses"
by Roberts, and gavotte, Affair
| d'Amour," by Puerner, orchestra: duet
for soprano and alto. Wanderers
| Night Song by Rubinstein, Miss McFall
and Mrs. Kerr; tenor solos, "Ah, Love
But Day. by Beach. and 1.-THE
Pipes of Pan" by Edward Elgar, Mr.
Butterworth; American fantasia, Gems
| of Stephen Foster" by Tobani. orchestra.
| Mrs. Edmund Barry assisted as accom-
| PIANIST.
| DR.. Madeley Richardson, until last year
| OrSanlSt ana cnOlrmdSter OF the EplScOpdl
Cathedral in London, who has been play
! ing during the past month at st. Thomas
| Episcopal Church in this city, will con-
clude his engagement there with an organ
recital this AFTERNOON at o'clock. DR..
Richardson will go during the week to
| Newport, r. l., where he will play next
/ Sunday.
I II. II. Freeman, organist and choirmas-
| ter at Old st. Johns Church. Lafayette
/ Square, will give the initial recital of a
series this afternoon at o'clock, when
| he will be assisted by Anton kaspar, who
will contribute several solos and play
/ during the service with the choir.
| Charles NJ. Davidson has been engaged
| as organist of Grace Reformed Church.
and assumed his new duties last Sunday
Nation Boyce, the new choirmaster of
st. Matthews Catholic Church, enter
| tanned the members OF that organization
at his home last Saturday evening, when
| he gave an exacting pros ram of piano
numbers by Grieg, Chopin List and
lother composers.
| The illustrated solo prefacing the third
| lecture on the Passion Play to be given
/ this evening at Westminster Memorial
Presbyterian Church will be My Re-
| deemer and My Lord" sung by Miss
| Edith Johnson. The offertory number
last Sunday morning was sung by Miss
| Lucille Smith.
| Miss Mary I<iup will ba tho coIo;o>