The Washington herald., 1911-11-19


pastor, Rev. Earle .Wilfrey. will deliver
message to, the congregation on the
subject, "A call to service" In the even
ing the eightieth anniversary Of the birth
or James A. Garfield will be celebrated,
and an appropriate address will be de-
ivered by the pastor. The Garf1eld-Power
Memorial Glass of young men of the Bible
school will attend in a body and partici-
pate in the exercises. The new quartet,
which has sung so acceptably the past
few weeks, will render special music.
The Motet choir of 100 voices, directed
by Otto T Simon, will give its first in
vitation concert of this season on Decem-
ber Is in Memorial Continental Hall. The
work done by this organization has made
an exceptional impression in the concerts
given the last two years, not only from
the classical character of the programmes
but by the unusual quality and control
of the chorus tone, the result of direct
application of breathing principles in the
preliminary work at each rehearsal.
Especially have the pianiss1mo effects
been commended
The programme of this first concert is
interesting, as it includes the music OF the
three epOchs of iife-musiC of the natlV-
fly, music of the marriage, and music
for the dead. The significance of the
last named music will be brought out in
the "Agnus Del" from the Requiem Mass
by ASger Hamerik. Hamerik is of Danish
birth, and is now living in Copenhagen.
He was the only pupil for a number of
years of the great French composer, Hec-
tor BerliOz, and has been knighted by the
King of Denmark for his musical compo-
sition. For twenty-five years he was di-
rector of the Peabody Conservatory in
Baltimore. 1t was there under Mr.. ST.
mons direction that the Requiem Mass, a
work of great technical difficulty, was
brought out on the occasion of the Tooth
anniversary of the birth of George Pea
body, philanthropist and founder of the
Peabody Institute
The following programme will be giveI
at the next concert:
Motet-Nsericordias Domini Durante,
16S4-1755); two chOruses-(a) Awake, the
Dawn is Near" Chorale from Die Meis-
tersinger." (b) Bridal Chorus from 'Lo-
hengrin'' CWagner); chorus for women S
voices Entrance of the Gods Into Wal
haIla" from "Das Rheingold" CWagner);
Chorus-"Agnus Die" from Requiem Mass
in c minor CHamerik); ChOTus-'The
Three Ships" composed for Eton College !
Musical Society, Christmas, 1909 tColln
TAYLOR; motet-"En natus est Emanuel
CPraetorius, l51-l62D; chorus-'Weih-
nacht" German Christmas song. ar
ranged by Damrosch); chorus 'Sanctus"
Bach.
A piano and string trio, with Mrs.
Simon at the piano, Anton Kaspar, vto-
lin, Ernest Lent cello, will also be given
The officers of the Motet Choir are:
Edgar R. S. Embrey, president; Jean
c. Stier, secretary; Charles L. Smell,
treasurer; Robert H. Atkinson, librarian.
John G. Klein has resigned his posi-
ton as tenor soIoist and director Of mu-
sic of the First Methodist Protestant
Church, to accept a similar position at
the Waugh Methodist Episcopal Church. |
Mr.. Klein will enter upon his new duties |
to-day.
Mrs. Albert L. johnson entertained the
executive board Of the Rubinstein Club |
Of which she is a member, at musicale
and Dutch supper on Thursday even
ing at her home, 12O1 Clifton street. The
supper was preceded by a programme of
music given by Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
T. Apple who were special guests.
The supper was a typical Dutch az
fair, and the favors were miniature in
struments appropriate to the individual
Mr. Will Engel. greatly admired as a
pianist last season in the musical circles
of Washington, has ben abroad for sew
eral months. Recently in Berlin he
gave a couple of selections on the piano
on the occasion of a reception at the
United States Embassy and received spe-
cial mention by the press.
At the morning service of the First
Church to-day, Mr. Will
lam Wall whiddit, the organist and
choir director, will play a 'pastorale'
by Chadwick and a postlude by Selby.
The choir will be heard in the anthem,
Praise the Lord, o Jerusalem" by
MinshaIl, and the quartet will sing the
Friend Who Waiteth Nigh by Macy.
Mr.. J. Walter Humphrey will sing the
offertory solo. In the evening, Mr.. Whid-
dit will play Prelude by Rachmaninoff;
PILGRIMS Chorus" by Wagner. and a
march by Buck. The choir will sing
Il Am Alpha and Omega by Barnby.
and the choir hymn, unaCcOmpanied,
Some Blessed pay" Mrs. Smart, Miss
Smith, and Mr.. Ogden will sing for the
offertory. the trio, 20 Holy Father" by
Owen.
The choir of st. Paurs Episcopal
Church, Twenty-third street and Wash
ington circle, will give a special Service
Of music, under the direction of James
F. Bagey, organist and Choirmaster,
this evening at O'Clock. The service
will include a number of standard all
thems in addition to the regular choral
evensonE.
The order of service is as follows
Professional hymn, Holy Father
Great CTea ,or," Smart; anthem. Like
as the Hart" Hayte (solo Master Les
ter Lawrence: psalter, seventeenth Sc
lection, Anglicans; ''Magnificat" in F,
Tours: 'Nunc Dimittis" in F, Tours;
anthem, The Day Is Past and Over"
Marks (solos and duet DIR. Henry w.
Jaeger and Master Lester Lawrence);
anthem. Gloria" Twelfth Mass. Mozart;
offertory The Lord Is Ny Light"
Allitsen CNr. II. II. Tallmadge) bene-
diction anthem. Tighten Our Darkness"
Macleod: occasional hymn, Il Heard
the Sound of Voices" Storer.
The programme at the concert last | ,
evening for the benefit of the Presbyte-
rian Home for the Aged was given by
a number of the best local talent Miss
Katherine Brooks, the brilliant young pi-
lniste. played, in her usual artistic style |
Autumn" by Chaminade, and ''Fantasie |
Tmpromptu," by Chopin. Miss Edith '
Fitch, of the Rubinstein Club, sang the I
'Carmencita Waltz Song" Charles B. I
known throughout the country :
-or his splendid interpretations of Shake 7
;pearean roles, was heard in several dra- !
matte readings. a finely selected quar- g:
ct from the Rubinstein Club, under the
direction of Mrs. Blair, gave a new and
most charming arrangement of Annie
.aurie" Others who were heard were
Mrs. Anita Dietrich Kneipp, soprano:
Mr.. Borchardt, violinist who played