Evening star., 1912-01-28

peclauy TO preside at the organ dt TIC
presentation of his new cantata, THE
Word of God" which will be sung Tues
day evening by the choir of Foundry
Methodist Church, under the direction OF
Mr.. Wrightson. Mr.. Spross will also
take part in the final rehearsal tonnor-
row evening. Tuesday afternoon Mr..
| Wrightson will give a luncheon at the
New Willard. at which Mr.. Spross will be
the honor guest. The program Tuesday
evening will include, beside the cantata,
a group Of organ solos. two movements
from Mendelssohn's Second Organ
Sonata" Handers Largo" prize -song
from "Die Meistersinger," and Schubert's
"Serenade." played by Walter c. Arm
Thee from ''Elijah," and 20 Lord,
Most Holy" by Abt, sung by Miss NJ.
lsooel hs and at the c9nelusor 9of Of
the Messiah will be sung by the reg
ular choir eighty-three voices, assisted
by Miss Hall. Miss Faye humphrey and
Messrs: sT.ss J. Klein; G D. Church; ". $:
and w. c. Mills. The solos in the cantata
will be sustained by Miss Reuter-, Miss
| Hall, Miss humphrey and Mr.. Peter.
Those who have invitations must present
| them at the door Of the church not later
than o'clock to guarantee the holder
seat. After that hour the church will
be open to the public.
| A notable event of the week was the
| appearance here in recital of Fraulein
| Hermfne Luders, who played an exacting
| program OF piano numbers Wednesday
afternoon to representative audience
| or music lovers that taxed the capacity
| OF the auditorium at Rauscher's. Frau
| lein Luder is q pupil of Liszt, and the
| program was made up entirely of his
compositions: She was assisted by Miss
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| Die Loreley, King Leise. Mein Lied
breathe gently. my song), "Freudvoll
und Leidvoll Joyful and woefuD, in
Liebeslust" Un loves delight), and made
Luders' numbers included several not
often given on concert programs. among
them ''Sursum Corda" and "Sposalizio,"
from "Anness de Pelerinage. Italie';
soir' Two Legends" st Francis of
Assist Preaching to the Birds and est.
Francis de Paule Walking on the Waves"
| Concert Study in D Flat" Les Cloches
No. 49," (Fraulein Luders delighted her
audience with interpretations of the
widely contrasting numbers and dis
played in all of them a well balanced
tone and splendid technique
folksong program arranged by Mrs.
Charles W. Fairfax for the musical at
the Friday Morning Music Club last week
proved novel treat. Mrs. True opened
the program with two negro melodies,
rican dance), both by Coleridge-Taylor;
Howard Butterworth, tenor, sang songs
of the Irish harpers -(collected eighteenth
century,. My Thousand Times Beloved"
Girl" The Foggy Dew and Farewell,
Ny Gentle Harp; Mrs. Faulkner played
| "Fantasie on Russian Themes" by Rim
sky-korsakow; Mrs. Fairfax was heard
l in hfa fro6 of fha I'm he
Festive Sun Dance" and the Great
Rain Dance of the Zunis." harmonized by
Carlos Troyer, and Mrs. Day gave
'"Tchibuzzhi," by Arthur Farwell; Indian
Face to Death" THE Domain Of Hura-
KAN" containing three Indian melodies,
'Vancouvre G..me Song" Song of the
Pawnees' and might Chant of the
| Navajos."
| The evening choir of the Church of the
Covenant. OF sixty voices. Otto T. Simon,
director. with Harvey Murray at the
from Mendelssohn's oratorio. st. Paul"
this evening. beginning at 7:3O: ITO God
on High. ITO Thee. God, Yield MY
Spirit" 20 Be Gracious. Ye Immortals."
How Lovely Are the Messengers, and
Sleepers. Wake. Voice Is Calling"
During the offertory will be sung THE
Reproaches." from Gounod's "Redemp-
ton" and after the benediction the
Il
jah" and Judas Maccabeus'' are in prep
aration and will be given in the near
future
B. Frank Gebest entertained last
| evening at a studio musical. present
ing some promising young pianists in
| an exacting program The students
| were assisted by Miss Vera Hambly,
soprano. who pleased the audience with
her singing Of still vie die Nacht,"
L hSyP P<t To Mnr hxy
Lemaire; Bon Jour. Suzon," by Pes
sard; folk songs, "Mavourneen, Heart
of Mine" and MY Laddie." Other
numbers on the program were the Peer
Bsatn sq suite asa by Grisg Morning. in
the Hall of the Mountain King" ar
ranged for two pianos, eight hands.
and played by the Misses Hardesty
Colleen, Stewart and Maxam; piano
solos: Schubert's 'Impromptu." opus
nance" in y fiat, by Rubinstein. Miss
Elizabeth Tabler Petingale; THE Two
Larks." by Leschetizky. Miss Mary
Maxam; "Nocturne." opus Is, No. 8.
Miss Phyllis Stewart; .Marche Mill
taire." by Schubert. arranged for two
and Joanna Petingale. Hazel Munger
and Helen Berber: "Why?" and
"Whims." by Schumann, Miss Irene
Hardesty; "Valse Impromptu," in A fiat.
ny AlSZt. MISS Josephine dOlQen,
"Rhapsodie," No. 6, by Liszt. Miss 8.
Wilmer Dortch, and "Polonaise,' in A
fiat, by Chopin, Mr.. Frank Gebest.
The music at the First Baptist
Church has been attracting much at
tentiOn OF late, and this evening there
Will be a special program, which will
take the place of the regular service.
Mrs. Albert Johnson, mezzo soprano,
and Miss Lillian Koechling, violinist,
will assist the regular choir, the per-
sonnel of which includes Miss Marion
McFall. soprano; Mrs. James Kerr. con-
tralto; w. H. Winchcole. tenor. and Z.
II. Mclaughlin. bass. with Mrs. Ed
mund Barry organist The program is
as follows: Anthem. still. Still With
Thee" by Lansing: trio. Hearts Feel
That Love Thee" by Mendelssohn,
sung by Miss McFall. Mrs. Kerr and
Mrs. Johnson: anthem, Awake. Ny
Soul" by Schneider; violin solo, THE
Swan" by Saint-Saens; trio, Now
lAbideth Faith. Hope and Love-" by
Shelley; soprano solo, Ave Maria" by
lGounod, with violin obligato; anthem,
| "The Shadows of the Evening Hours"
by Shelley: trio. How Pleasant, How
Divinely Fair" by Mendelssohn.
recent event OF interest was the
| song recital by Mrs. Elizabeth Smith
| Maxwell, soprano. at the Luxor, in which
| she was assisted by Miss Kate Alderman,
pianist. Mrs Maxwell was we'll re-
ceived after each of her numbers
Gounod's Sing Smile. Slumber," being
especially popular ~ith the guests.