The Washington times., 1912-12-01
Young Soprano, Greatly In
terestingM Musical World.
Sings December g.,

best sopranos Sf the last decade.
In. the role Of the little sister,
Sophie" In tho hrst performance of
"Wcrther." given by the Metropolitan
Opera Company, Alma Gluck made her
appearance. ana In single night jump.
cd into public favor unexpectedly and
nnheralded. Charm Of manner and an
exceedingly beautiful voice gained tho
admiration from the critics. though
voice such praises Of r. an % Unknown @ ~ Sifi. r.
Versatility. coupled with tho. salient
attributes Of q yrcat artist, enables Miss
tiiuck 70 Give finished. mature In.
terpretations Of the song classics.
In the ten years OF the existence Of
tho Warrington symphony Orchestra no
season has begun with such large sale
Of season tickets 40 the present one.
Although the sale opened but q few
and gallery has been reserved for the
series OF nvc concerts which begins at
the Columbia Theater on Tuesday after.
noon. December 10. For the initial con-
cert the soloist will be Charles r. Tit
mann. the counsel Of the orchestra, who
quest Of the directors Of the orgsniss.
tlon. Mr.. Tittmann's voice 10. q basso
profundo. and it's cultivation was COM
inenced over ten years ago by the late
Edward Hetmendahl. Of baltimore.
Mr.. Tittmann will sing the arlas. "Oh.
Isis and Osiris." and In dicsen heil'gcn
Hallen'' from Moxart's opera. "D!e
Zauberhote." Under the direction OF
Heinrich Hammer the orchestra Will
present Schubert's Symphony No. 8 (un-
inisheO In B minor. and as q memorial
to Jules siassenet. who died on August
u. 1912. his overture to "Phedrc." and
Scenes Hongroises," in four move-
ments. will conclude the program.
The members OF the Washington SYM
phony Orchestra are congratuiating
one of the few in this country possess
Ing woman on its roster. Since the
beginning OF the rehearsals for the
present season the second violins have
been enriched by the presence Of Miss
Lillian NJ. Milovich. musician Of superb
From the standpoint Of novelty the
most Interesting event Of the week ID
the recital to be siven BY Estelle Will
the New Willard TSursdsy evening.
Songs and dance music composed BY
Mrs. Ions viii be given by herself n'
the piano. Mise Vera Hambly. Cana :
Helen Ss snsnf Il. sn%
One OF the chief numbers OF the pro
gram. which will be given in the He'd
Room, is The Song OF the Aran Wo-
man, Wnlcn mrs. Ions Will play. THIS
women who live. of the coast Of Gal.
way. and Of whom Maude RadfOrd
Warren wrote:
ON the west coast Of Galway croucl,
the Aran Islands above Wild seas. three
are only the sea, the rocks and the 81
| lence OF God. And every year sea and
Wind take their toll Of the men. and
the women are left alone on the rocks
An Arsn woman Is hope or passion,
or any Of the brief emotions whicl,
name to life now and again In defiance
! Of hunger and the wind and sea.
In the 8; the sr, vGss. Fl rsS Sn
tian resisnat ton. but wild pagan OUT
pourings. II is u their mourning were
not for the. dead but for Il . iseives.
that they. .should be left behind In Il
ton. = ssvsr T soS: be- :n:SsTsd:" '
The contracts Of the singers engaged
for the double quartet for the afternoon
services ct the Church Of the Covenant
WIightonl becomes musical director of
the church today. lie has previously
only had charge Of the evening choir.
Tho ether musical depsrtments remain
cfptor. and Harvey Murray. orsanist
Mr.. Wrightson has disbanded the
double quartet and put IN Its place .
SoSes sss ss1ts Secn WI coek sns mS.aS aSr tss
service this afternoon.
From the, previous double. quartet he
has chosen the following singers and
re-engased Mrs. Gawler. soprano: Miss
Mr BscEins. .Is9' ,enors: walter HUM Hsmphrey asy
sss sssed M Miss Me X. Hail. ssis MISS Gsr.rsae S
Reuter-: sopranos: Miss Marian Larner.
.nosra h.: % w ienor r%er and RSsnd caT
ter bas. to complete the double sextst.
Martin McHenry Mcchord. yell
known In musical circles as an accom-
rector and orrsnist OF st. Thomas
Episcopal Church last Sunday. He was
called from Pittsburgh to take the posi-.
ton. and @ msde 2 very q: fSyorSo's LSs, impres-
Chord gave a recital and played for the
installation Of the new psstor. OF tho
First Baptist Church.. At the Thanks
giving services at st: Thomas the
mSSo,S "a; vn Snasr hs 81 sssn 1f r
city during the w!n!er:
Harry Patterson Hopkins gave the
second Of his series Of piano CONCERTS
rendered an informal reception after
ward by the members and guests.
Mr.. Hopkins used portion OF his
Baltimore program from the musicale
of the Washington College last week.
Won Tilzer's '"Parlslenne." an inter.
mexxo. and Hollander's Modern Eve"
(seiections), both new features. will he
prominent numbers In the orchestral
program at the Cosmos Theater. begin
ming At . o'clock this afternoon and.
continuing until 1880 o'clock tonight.
Titis "Tambour de 0arde" overture.
Halverson's "Entrance Of the Bojarens,"
characteristic; selections from Saint
saens' "Samson and Delilah: the Pierne
"Serenade." and Evans "Scenes In
Brittany" waltzes are among the othcr'
attractive numbers Of long and varied
list of selections to be offered.
In addition there will be brilliant
array of refined vaudeville numbers ap-
propl1ate to the occasion.
At the Short Story Club last Tues
day evening. Mrs. Alphonso q. Drake
sang "Thc Rose Give You." BY ]. W.
Bischoff: '"Mignon." by Guy d'Hardelot;
"sing Me To Sleep" by Edwin Greene.
Mrs, Drake has q clear lyric soprano
n nd RnHa with much eXDrosSiOn giving