Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

the chief attractions of the New Year
festivities at the y. NJ. c. a., both aft
ernoon and evening. Beginning at )
O clock there was recital by the Asso-
citation Mandolin Club, Walter T. Holt,
director on the third floor of the asso-
citation building. The program included
'-Tannhauser Overture" Wagner), Flight
Of the Birds tRice), Moon Song
(Sloanel, Faust" lGounodp, banjo solo,
Mr.. Roy B. Gordon: THE Pied Piper Sc
lections'' tklein), La Flouretts'' CWelles-
ley), Souvenir de France" lBeilenghil,
Soul Kiss Selections LevD and -Ro-
nance OF a Rose (O'Connor In the
gymnasium, from to $50, the associa-
ton orchestra gave a program. under the
direction of Mr.. John b. Mcleod, their
numbers including: March, The Fighting
Hope" selection. The Glow Worm
G.inke); overture. Morning, Noon and
Night in Vienna tSuppe>: ..yal.e
Lente" CDelibes); Hungarian Dance"
(Brahms); IN the Clock Store ,Orth);
The Jolly Widow" Iehar), and finale,
''Old Faithfui'' tHolzman). In the even
ing a concert was given by the Finsten-
Leas Concert Company, composed of
Miss Gertrude Finsten, violnist, Mrs.
Pearl LedS reader, and Mr.. Dewitt Leas,
cornetiSt.
Its program was a varied one and
the numbers received with enthusiastic
APPLAUSE. The selections included cor
net solo "Concertino'' Crooks. Mr.. Leas
Nieuxtemps), Miss Finsten; reading
'Mince Pies" Mrs. Leas; violin solo
Romance" [Svenden), Miss Finsten;
reading, "Happiest Time CCutting), Mrs
Leas: cornet solo. Romance" Mr.: Leas:
reading with music. Lady of shallot'
CTennyson). Mrs. Leas; violin solo,
Gypsy Dance" (Nachy) Miss Finsten;
reading, THE Surrender Phelps), Mrs
Leas.
Miss Clara Drew has issued invitations
for recital Tuesday evening at her stu
dio, when she will sing compositions by
Cornelius. Lalo, Cadman. Bliss, Maloy and
Balak1reW. The special feature of inter-
est " the program will be three songs.
compositions of Oscar G. Sonneck, which
Miss Drew will sing from manuscript. be-
ing assisted by Mr.. Sonneck at the piano.
Miss Pearl Waugh will play the accom-
panimentS for the other numbers.
The special musical program prepared
by the quartet for the Christmas service
at the Mount Vernon NJ. E. Church South
will be repeated today. 1t will include at
(Horseman); anthem, There Were Shep-
herds" Dudley Buck), by the quartet;
contralto solo. 20 Little Town of Bethle-
hem (Schnecker), Mrs Thomas Hullfish;
l.. Wood, by the quartet; postlude, march
and chorus from 'Tannhauser'' (Wagner).
At the evening service the numbers
Will include: Prelude .Andantino', de
Those Holy Voices?' (NeidlingeD, by the
quartet; soprano solo, Mrs. A. G. Will
marth; anthem, While Shepherds Watch
ed Their Flocks' tNeidlinger), by the
quartet. and postlude, Russian March
(scotson Clark. The personnel of the
quartet Is fOtloyUS. MrS A q Will
marth. soprano; Mrs Thomas Hullfish
contralto, Mr.. Clifton p. Clark, tenor,
and Mr.. Earl Carbaugh. baritone, with
Mr.. Donald Freeze, organist.
Miss Katherine Lee Jones, contralto
soloist of Epiphany Church. and Mr..
Harry Paterson Hopkins, director of mu-
sic at Washington College were the as
sisting sOloists at the concert of the
Monday Morning Club last week Miss
Haydn). Die Nacht" and 'Zueignung"
(Strauss). "Ariette" (VidaD. "Canzonetta"
VannuccinD, and Let Miss Indy Pass
CIV. L. >Rogers), in which she scored
very pronounced success. Mr.. Hopkins
added to the favorable impression that he
has already made in previous recitals in
a group of numbers, including Prelude. in
r Minor (MacDowelD, Magic Fire Mu-
sic" (Wagner), Caprice Espagnole"
(MoszkowskD. One of the most delight
full numbers was the trio. Song of the
Rhine Maidens" (Wagner,. sung by Mrs.
Woods, Mrs. Hooe and Miss Harlan, and
the club numbers, christmas Greeting"
by Elgar; Day Is Departing" by Half;
Faithful and True from ''Lohengrin''
(WagneD. sung with much finish and
spirit under the direction of Mrs. A. NJ.
Blair, completed one of the most at
tractive programs given here this season.
The. accompaniments, by Miss Lucy Brick
enst'ein. were played with much skill and
sympathy.
feature of the concert by the Rubin
stein Choral Club last Wednesday even
ing was the contralto solo by Mrs Will
liam T. Reed incidental to the chorus
Water Nymph," by Rubinstein, which
failed. to receive public announcement
on the printed program through some in
advertence in the hurry of its prepara-
ton. Mrs. Reed is an important men,
Der of this organization. and her work
Wednesday evening added to her distnc-
ton as an artist.
The music which was sung at the mid
night mass at the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart will be repeated today at the IL
o'clock service.
Marcos mass will be sung, the solos
throughout being sustained by Miss
Mabel {. Latimer. soprano; Miss Mar
garet Sweeney, alto: Messrs. John r.
soiidl pc ~ 1dlIdl, tenOTS, MeSSfS.
James Nolan and l.. E. Cannon. bassos
veni Creator lMarzo).. tenor solo; Of
fertory, 20, Holy Night (Adams):
Adeste Fidelis (Novello), will be sung at
the conclusion Of the service.
The personnel of the choir is as fol-
lows: Sopranos. Miss Latimer, Mrs.
Oscar Schmidt Mrs. George H. Demonet,
Mrs. Defontes, Mrs. l.. +. Cannon and
Miss Bausket: altos, Miss Sweeney, Miss
Arendez, Miss Matchison anu Miss
Darby, tenors, Messrs. Sharpe, Callan.
Defontes and Burger; bassos Messrs
Nolan Atchison, Kennedy and Donnelly
l.. p. Cannon. director, with Miss Mar
guerite O'Toole at the organ.
A pleasant event of the week was the
trio recital by the Misses kieckhofer,
now of New York. but formerly of Wash
lnston, given Friday morning at the
Washington Club before the members of
the Friday Morning Music Club. The
program opened with a trio for violin,
cello and piano. by Hoffman, op. IS, from
which they played one movement. the
allegro con fuoco. This was followed by
the solos for violoncello, .'Serenade"
(Squire) and Scherzo Van Goens), Miss
Marie Kieckhofer; trio, Larghetto from
clarinet quintet (Mozart; "Souis Bots"
tBoisdeffre), the Misses Kieckhofer; vio-
lin solos, En- resardant lie ciel' (Godard)
and ''Calabrese" BazznD. Miss Anna
kieckhofer; trios, 'Serenade" (Widor),
Norwegian Dance (Grieg), "Rondo''
CHaydn). the Misses kieckhofer: trio, op
& I5argieD. adagiO-allegro energico, an
dante sostenuto. presto and allegro con
fuoco, the Misses kieckhofer
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