The Washington herald., 1911-11-12

companist. The programme is as follows
Quartet. Song Of the vikings'' Fannins
Violin solo "Andante Mendelssohn
Madeleine Michigan.
Bass SOLO Three for Jack Thomas
Frank Comfy.
Soprano solo, Thou Brilliant Bird" ........David
Elsie North.
Piano solos-
Cb ..NIroross Marion W. Rose
William Silvauo Thunder.
COntnto solo, GoOd-by Tosti
Bessie Leonard
Tenor SOLO For All Eternity ..........M Mascheron
Wilbur Hcryig
Violin solo AuegrettO'
Madeleine McIiuigan.
Quartet from 'RgnlCttO Verdi
Lecture by Nine. DE La Vie.......................
Health and Besuty Culture
The first public rehearsal of the season
Of the Rebew Orchestra, under the d.
rection of H w. Weber. took place
Monday night in the lecture room Of
the Keller Memorial Church before a
very large audience. Miss Mabel Louise
Benzler, soprano. and Mr.. William H.
winChcole, tenor, were the soloists.
Miss BenzIer made an excellent impress
sion with her clear voice and distinct
cnunciatiOn, her numbers being "A May
Morning Denza) and The Song of the
SeashelI' CEIiotD. Mr.. Winchcole gave
a fine reading OF Roeckers Angus Mac
donald" responding to an encore with
Annie Laurie" The following pleasing
progra mme of orchestral numbers was
rendered: March, True to the Flag
Won RlonJ: overture. Poet and Peas
ant (Von Suppe); "Geuee" waltzes: Sc
lection from Martha Flotow): a Sc
lection of southern Melodies" Nampe),
and ION Parole" march.
The Friday Morning Music Club had
an interesting programme of the COM
positions of Johann Sebastian Bach last
Friday at the Washington club. The
programme notes were by Miss Sewall,
and the programme was as follows:
Soprano aria. oontraIto aria THO from The
MagnihCat'D
Miss Lucy Brickensten. Mrs Day. and Miss Rachel
SewaII.
Bourree arranged for piano from sec6nd violin
sonata) feTley
NV Heart Ever Faithful Scllly
Prelude. gavotte. air on string from sixth
violin Sonata) )........... MIS- raulNtet ~
Concerto in major utalian'. allegro andante,
presto Day
Miss Marion McFam. soprano soloist
of the First Baptist Church; Mr.. w. ].
Weber, organist of the Keller Memorial
Church. and the Rebew Orchestra, d.
rected by H. w. Weber. will give con-
cert Friday night in the Gunton-Temple
Memorial Presbyterian Church under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid Society.
Miss McFall will sing Sunlight lMare)'
lean" (Sproff). ''Corne" (d'Harde-
lon: Mr.. Weber will play Mendelssohn's
.'Rondo Capriccioso." and the orchestra
numbers will include TRUE to the
Flag" march; overture from Poet and
Peasant: The Spring Maid" selection;
Sounds from the Valley, waltz; gems
from. stephen Foster" and Durch
Kampfzum Sieg." march.
On Sunday evening November % lne
WASHINGTON Saengerbund will present us
first public concert Of the present season
at the New National Theater under the
direction Of Heinrich Hammer. The So
IoIsts will be Nine. Alice Merritt-Coch-
ran. soprano, of New York, and MISS
Roberta Amies, pianist, of this city. Az
ditional interest will be added to the per-
formance by the appearance of the entire
Washington Symphony Orchestra, Whlch
is also under the direction OF Mr. ham,
mer
The programme, which follows. is COM
posed entirely OF LISTS numbers, as
this concert is given in honor Of his one
hundredth birthday, which occurred last
month. Les Preludes," orchestra; Die
LoreIef," soprano solo; "Nereins Lied
chorus: Der Konig Won Thule, "Ce6er
allen gipfeln ist Ruh." and 20 Lieb."
sonrano solos; Hungarian Rhapsody, No.
49, piano solo, and "Allmacht, chorus
At the morning service Of the First
Conversational Church to-day the chorus
choir will sing the anthems From All
Thy Saints" by Matthews, and "Jerusa-
lem the Golden" by Lewis. Miss Edna
Scott Smith, the contralto soloist Of the
choir, will sing the offertory solo. VIII
lam Wall Whiddit, the organist and choir
director. will play "Cantabile," by Loret.
and a march by Costa. At the evening
service Mr. whiddit will play "Toccata,
by Dubois: "Intermezzo," by Lemare, and
the march. Die Koeniginvon SABA by
Gounod. The choir will sing Fear Not,
O Israel. by Spicker: King All Glori-
GUS" by Barnby, and the choir hymn,
unaccompanied, Some Blessed Day
The Music Study Club held its last
meeting at the home of the treasurer,
Mrs. o. B. Drown, on Monday afternoon.
Mrs Drown read paper on THE devel-
opment of song" Mrs. c. r. Wentz, vice
president, sang Margaret at the Spin
ming Wheel" by Schubert. Miss Mabel
Roberts sang Guy d'Hardelot's THE
Dawn" Robert Schumann's "Du Bist VIE
Fine Blume" and ''Widmung." also by
Schumann. The next meeting win be on
Monday, November 20. at the home OF
Miss Brooks. The musicale which had
been planned for tomorrow evening has
been postponed until Monday evening,
November q, in the studio of the Virgil
Clavier Piano School. in H street.
The mandolin. banjo. and guitar play
ers OF Washington were given a rare
musical treat last Saturday evening in
the way Of concert by the three great
est artists on these instruments in the
world-william Foden, guitarist; Fred
eriok Bacon. banjoist, and Giuseppe Pet