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

tons to three lecture recitals TUESDAY,
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons at
S:0 O'Clock. The recitals will be given
| by Henry W.. Hart of New York and
VIII take place at 132S + street The
subject each afternoon treated by the
lecturer will he the opera 10 he given the
same evening by the Manhattan Opera
Company-Tuesday. That's tMassenep:
W eonesday. lie Jongleur de Notre
Dame tMassenet. and Thursday. THE
Tales OF Hoffman" Onenbachp.
The Students Club of the Washington
College OF Music viii give a musica |
next Saturday evening. for which inyi-
.ations Will be issued during the week
Inc program will include piano compost
ions by Beethoven. Liszt and Chopin,
and vocal compositions by Landon Ron
aid. Jessie Gaynor. Pierne. Tosti. d'Iiar-
oeiOt and others. Tie occasion will also
serve to introduce TO the public "A new
hoy soprano. Master Sydney Meredith
Wr,shtson. son of Mr.. Sydney Lloyd
Wrightson. Others taking part will he
Miss Loretta Shea. Miss ErmeIl Cohen
cious. Miss Eva Phelps Mr. William a
Engel. tr., Mr.. Brewster Reamey. Miss
Roberta Amies. Miss Fay humphrey. Mr..
Fabian and Mr.. wrightson
The Mems Club of Trinity Church gave
Ladies Night last Tuesday when
] the parish hall was well filled with tn,
members and their friends. general
| invitation was extended to the conrre-
CATION and. despite the unpleasant wealth
er. there was a good attendance. The
program consisted of a solo by Mrs
Charles Denhardt, duet and solos
by Messrs. r.. Woodland Gates and Earl
GarnauSh and violin selections by Mr..
William Beck.
The fourth Sunday evening concert OF
the Washington Saengerbund will be
given this evening under the direction
or Henry Xander at the hall OF the Bund.
The program will be as follows: Choir
| uses Froehliche Armuth." (kremser,,
and Santa Lucia" arranged by Juengst.
Saengerbund: piano solo. ''Gnomen-
reigen,' Liszt). Miss Ethel Tozier: con-
| Mrs. Mabel Owen Beard: choruses.
"Heimlicha Liebe." tJuengstD. and 'Oes-
terrechisches Volksled," dKremserl.
Saengerbund: tenor solo. aria from La
Gates: contralto solo, THE Mighty
Deep Jude), Mrs. Frances VAIN
wright: vocal trio. from Faust" tGou-
nod. Messrs. William q. Atherholt. Carl
Xanten and Thomas A. Murray
Miss Clara Drew was heard Tuesday
evening In the first Of her winter series OF
recitals. The program was we'll chosen,
the most important feature being a group
of songs In manuscript by Mr.. Oscar SON
neck, director of the music department VI
the Library of Congress. The songs
were entitled Natures Lullaby The
Dying Soldier and "A Summer Idyl."
Mr.. Sonneck assisted at the piano. with
the other numbers was a group from the
Weihnachtsleder - Christmas songs - by
Cornelius. which were sung by special re-
quest. and The Two Mothers. music 10y
Paul Bliss of Cincinnati and words by
Miss Edith Brownell of this city. The
program included. s.des. "L'Esclave"
Lalo). "Colinette'' tolG Pr, ichp. eur
American Indian songs tCadmanb, From
the Land Of the Sky-blue Water" .'The
White Dawn is Stealing Far or Hear
Lovers Lutte and The Moon Drops
Low. .'Punchinello'' tMolloy) and From
Under the Mask tBalakirew). Miss
Pearl Waugh played the accomplishments
distinct innovation will be made by
DR.. Wood at the Church of the Covenant
this evening when the preliminary must
cal program will be given by a large
chorus of children from the Armstrong
Manual Training School. under the III
rectiOn of Ernest r. Amos, with Mary
L. Europe accompanist. The selec-
tions will consist largely of old panta-
ton hymns. such as were given by the
Fiske Jubilee Singers for several years at
the First Congregational Church. The
numbers will include Swing Low. Sweet
Chariot" Nobody Knows de Trouble I
See. Lord I'VE Are Climbing Jacobs
Ladder" STEAL Away to Jesus. Lord.
I Want to be Christian in My Heart"
and Handlers Largo"
At the Washington Heights Prasby-
terrain Church today Mrs. Blanche Mi
Dalgleish will be heard at the morning
service In the contralto solo 20 Lord.
Rebuke Me Not and in the evening
20 God, Be Merciful." by Brown
Miss Esther Taylor. soprano; Mr.
Thomas Evans Greene, tenor. with Miss
Grace Adele Freely. accompanies. re-
turned last week from a visit TO southern
Maryland. where they were heard in con-
cert at the Auditorium at Cambridge. Their
program included the duet from the first
act OF Carmen" (Bizeu, Micalea, Miss
Taylor and Don Jose. Mr.. Greene: The
with the Delicate Air tDr. Arne. l7lOp:
la Donna e Mobile from 'Rigoletto"
(VerdD. Mr.. Greene: willamette del
Acqua), Miss Taylor: duet from the gar
den scene Of Faust" tGounod). Mar
guerite. Miss Taylor. and Faust. Mr..
Greene: Der Nussbaum" tSchumann,.
"Wiegenlied" Lowe) and Amour Dis Moi
(Weckerlin). Miss Taylor: Irish songs Thy
request), Mr.. Greene: Bell Song" from
''Lakme" tDelibes), Miss Taylor. planta-
ton songs (by special requestD. Mr..
Greene. and .Miserere' from "Trova-
tore" WerdD. Leonora. Miss Taylor, and
Manrico. Mr.. Greene.
The musical at the Friday Morning
Club last week was made of Russian
compositions. and was more than
usually interesting. Among the numbers
were .'Barcarole i'm c. tRuainsten):
1.-The Night ngale'' russian mel dy ar
ranged by Liszp. Miss McCarty. The
Dew Is Sparkling ORubinsteinl. Mrs.
LIE Roy Mark: Romance. from ID Con
certo. OPP. % CWieniawskD. and Petit
Caprice" Cesar Cub, Miss Roberta AL
len: valse. in A fat. Op 20. No. tkar-
ganoffl, and "Polonaise' in f fiat, OPP. )
(PachuiskD, Miss Bestor; '.Volga' tFolk
song): Cradle Song" DargomyZsky).
Page in an Album (Aranns'.y): From
Under the Mask H3alakirewl and
Across the Dom and ''Hopak'
(Moussorgsky). Miss Clara Drew. The
first group of songs by Miss Drew was
sung in Russian, one of them being given
without any accompaniment. In the sec
ond group she gave them with English
words. her own translation from the
Russian.
Master Samuel Leech. the boy soprano
of ST. Johns Church. made his first APP
pearance on a professional stage re-
Gently, taking a small part in Herod.
and singing very Successful y two solD
numbers, with harp accompaniment.
The preliminary musical program at the
Church of st. Michael and All Angels
will begin this evening at 7:4o O'Clock and
will include some unusually attractive
prelude and introduction to 1.-THE Daugn-
ter of Jairus' tStainer,. organ solo; an
them "Praisa Ye the Father" C;ounodD.
baritone solo, Redemption tStultsl.
William w. Mundell; duet. Radiant
Morn Has Passed Away" tAndrews).
Miss Florence Girouard and Mr. J. Tay-
lor: soprano solo, ''Jesu Miserere"