Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-09

A specia; program OF music has beer
prepared by both choirs of st. Patrick:
Church to be given at the II o'clock mas:
this morning in celebrating cardinal:
day. which has come to be an annua
event Of Importance in the parish. TIL,
program will include: Prelude, "Exults
Sion" ". HammereD. mixed choir; pro
cessional, 'Hark, Hark. My Soul (Rich
ardson), sanctuary choir; introit tSiiby)
sanctuary choir: ''Kyrie" Haydn No. q
mixed choir: Gloria Haydn No. y
mixed choir: Gradual and .Alluluia'
(Silby). sanctuary choir: 'Versicule' IAN
dreas); Gradual" motel, "Adoramustt'
Christie" Palestrina): 'veni Creator
Carey. sanctuary choir; ''Credo' (Beeth
ovenD in c, mixed choir: offertory proper
(Silby): offertory motel '.Adeste Fideris'
(Novello), sanctuary choir; "Sanctus.
"Benedictus.' Agnus Dei' Haydn NO
sanctuary choir: 20. Holy Night" adam
Buck), mixed choir; occasional. "Faitt
of Our Fathers tGannsD. sanctuar,
choir: postiude. "Adeste Fidelis' -. Bar
rett,. The mixed choir will be assisted
by full orchestra under the urectior
OF Armand Gumprecht. with DIR. Anton
Gloetzner at the organ and the sanctuar,
choir will. as usual, be directed by X
Mills Silby.
The Coming of the King by Dudle,
Buck, was sung Wednesday evening b,
the choir of Trinity Episcopal Church
Mrs. Charles Denhardt. soprano: Mis-:
Helen W.. Bane, alto: Mr. Frederick
Sillers, tenor, and Mr.. Frederick Fletcher
bass. sustained the solo parts In highl,
satisfactory manner. Mr.. Oscar Franklin
Comstock accompanying effectively OF
the organ. Owing to the inclemen'
weather and almost impossible walking
the work will be repeated by request
with the same sololsts. next Thursda.
evening at o'clock. and the public il
invited to attend.
At Calvary Baptist Church this morn
ing Miss Ada Birch. soprano. will sub
stitute for Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler
vino is detained at home on account OF
Illness in the family. The quartet will
sing Grant Us, o Our Heavenly Father
Parsons), and Mrs. Ralph Barnard vii
contribute at the offertory the contraltt
evening service the anthem will be u
Heard a Great Voice. (Johnston) and
Now the Day Is Over" tMarks), with
Mr.. Mayo at the organ.
The choir of Dumbarton NJ. E. Church
under the direction Of william T. Glover
will sing Adam Geibers cantata, THE
incarnation" tomorrow evening at
o'clock, and the public is invited to at
tend. The solos will be sustained by
Houghton. alto: Mr.. Richard p. Backing
tenor. and Mr.. John NJ. Waters. bass
and Mrs. Isaac Birch will pres de at the
organ. The personnel of the choir is al
follows: The Misses Leila Bogley. Nellie
Sebastian. Virginia Houghton. Mabe
Darcy. Louise Darcy. Lily Wade. Molly
Wade. Lillian Gossage. Maud Allen. Ma
rian Dyer, Mrs. John NJ. Waters, Mrs
Bell Calver. Mrs. Arthur Houghton. Mrs
Alvin Miller and Mrs. Leroy Birch. So
pranos; Miss Nett.e Craig. Mrs. Louis
jackson. Mrs. Hattie Roach, Miss Laura
Wade. Miss Clara Dyer. Miss Ella Allen
altos; Messrs. William Adreon. Isaac
Birch, Robert Beckham, Dallas Tucker
Albert Holton, w. T.. Glover. Schwurt'
fagger and Thayer; tenors; Msssrs, 10 70
Wade, S. Thrift. E. Randall and Leroy
Birch, bassos.
Mr.. Oscar Franklin Comstock has re-
turned from New York where ne spent
part of his Christmas holidays. During
his stay there he had the pleasure o
hearing the new organ in the Hotel Astor
one of the largest and finest Instrument
in this country.
Mrs. A. NJ. Blair, musical director of the
Monday Morning and Rubinstein clubs
left Friday for a visit to her old home
in st. Louis. During her stay there sne
will be entertained by the Monday Morn.
ing Choral Club of that city. musical
society organized by Mrs. Blair many
years ago on similar lines to the Rubin
stein Club OF this city. She will attend a
concert given by the club at the Odeon
Tuesday evening in her honor and VIII
be entertained at a reception on Wednes'
day evening. She will return to Wasning-
ton the last of the week.
The third monthly musical by the choir
of ST. Marks Lutheran Church will De
given next Friday evening. at SD o CLOCK
Quartet numbers will be sung by the
Misses Florence Noack. Fannie Noack
and Messrs. F. Leonharde and Edwin Cal
low. Miss Grace w. Beelman will con-
tribute a cornet solo. Mrs. Willard ).
King. some contralto solos; MI. CailoW
baritone solos: Miss Florence Noack Will
be heard In soprano solos. and several
string quartets by Messrs. f. Howard,
C.. Me.ninger, Paul Rooster and Prof.
Raphael Rooster will complete the
program.
The fourth public rehearsal of the
Rebew Orchestra. under the direction OF
H. W. Weber, was given Monday evening
In the lecture room of the Keller Me-
mortal Church. The program opened with
a march, THE Brownies" by the late
DR.. ]. w. Bischoff. This was followed
by overture, king Of the Gnomes" (Rol-
linson): soprano solo, "Parla" Cardiff.
Miss Ethel Johnson. with Miss Mabel
y at the piano waite
Balmy Nights" (Ziehrer). orchestra
piano duet, "Lustspiel' tKeler-Bela). Miss
Mabel Daily and Mr., W. ]. Weber. en-
core. Blake's transcription Of old Oaken
Bucket; selection. "Mikado" 'Sullivan),
orchestra: soprano solo. The Shadow
Song (Meyerbeer). Miss Ethel Johnson.
encore "Rosalie'' (de Koven): patrol.
America" (Meacham). orchestra.
Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee. organist and
choir director of the Church OF st. Mich
ael and All Angels. returned last week
from a brief visit to Philadelphia. where
she attended three performances or grand
opera During her stay there she hae
an interview with the blind Organist and
composer. Adam Geibel. who has recent.
" Completed a cantata, entitled Light
out Of Darkness" Mrs. Mckee has Sc
cured the privilege of the first public
production Of the work here In Washing
ton. 1t will be given by the choir OF st
Michael and All Angels and the com
poser will come to Washington and per.
sonally conduct the work.
The Monday Evening Music Club. un.
der the direction of Miss Alice Burbage
resumed the meetings last week which
had been interrupted by the holiday sea
son. The subjects taken up for study
at the meeting by these ambitious young
students were THE Greek Tonal Sys-
tenn and Its Later Adaptations, Inc
Music OF the Early Christian Church.
Tho Abrosian and Gregorfan Modes
and the work of Hucbald. Guido D'Arez-
20, Franco OF Cologne and the early at
tempts at musical notation. insect
Ianeous program was given by Misses