The Washington herald., 1912-12-22
Beautiful Programmes of Christmas Music Be Gen City Chur

''sanctus' (Field); "Agnus a. Gilbert;
Gloria In Excelsis'': ''Nunc" (Gregor-
Ian); occasional hymn. "Hark the
Herald Angels Sing: soloistH. Mrs. Helen
ID. DE 70, soprano; Miss Faye humphrey,
contralto: Mr.. Melville d. Hensey, tenor;
Mr.. Arthur II. Dubert, barytone.
The Christmas service in Trinity EpIs-
copal Church will be very elaborate and
| Will consist of Stainers tie Deum,"
4 "Benedictus'' and communion service in
A and d and an "old Carol Anthem by
Won Hoist.
Holy Comforter CEpiscopaD. Rev. H.
G. England. vicar. Christmas service:
prayer, 10 o'clock; "venite," 'Jubilate,"
''Kyrie." GLORY Tibf'; hymns. while
Shepherds Watched Their Focks by
Night" 20 Little Town of Bethlehem"
| ut Came Upon the Midnight Clear"
Brightest and Best of the Sons OF Morn
ing" Special music Sunday night by
quartet; Fisher, White, Parkman. and
SomervIlle. Sing, o Daughter OF Zion"
CNevin): ANGELS from the Realms of
cat" and 'TSunc Dimittis." CClare);
"GIorias" CMorselD. organists. Mr. Will
lam B. Atkinson. Mrs. Eleanor G. Pres
ton.
Church of the Epiphany. Christmas
Day programme. Prelude, Alteration"
from THE Holy City" CGauD; ''Te Deum
anthem. 20 Holy Night Adam): tenor,
solo and chorus. ofertory anthem.
There Were Shepherds MARTINI, So
prano solo and chorus; postlude, THE
March to Bethlehem" CBuck) Mrs
Hugh Brown. Miss Mclean, Mr.. Glider,
and Mr.. Forker will be the soloists
The Christmas services at old St. Johns
Church, Lafayette Square, will be as fol-
lows:
7:So a. m. first celebration OF the Holy
Communion. At this service old Christ
mas carols will be sung. The offertory
anthem will be: while Shepherds
Watch'd Their FIocks by Night" by w.
T. Best. The Communion service will
be in the key of B flat, by Garrett. II
a. M. morning prayer, sermon, and sec
ond celebration of the Holy Communion.
The order Of music at this service will be
as follows: TIE Deum in F. by Mosen-
thai: Jubilate Dec in fat by Havens:
introit anthem. 20 Come, Redeemer of
Mankind" by Marchant: Communion
service in B fiat. by Garrett; offertory an
them. Behold My Servant" by Cuthbert
Harris.
The choir OF Ascension Church. under
the direction of Mrs. Charles G. McRob-
erts. will sing at the midnight service on
New Years Eve. The Song OF the
Night" by Dudley Buck. The quartet
is composed OF Mrs. f. F. Van Ripper. So
prano; Miss Ida Seyboth. contralto; Mr..
Arthur Gardiner bass. and Mr.. Firestone.
tenor. Mr.. Scott Hunter is the orGanist.
Mrs. Van Ripper will sing the soprano
solos in the cantata. and Mr.. Gardiner will
sing De Koven's setting of KIpling's Re
cessional." Those ably assisting the
choir will be Mr.. Jack Bowie, who will
sing Crossing the Bar" music by Dud-
ley Buck: Miss Beatrice S. Goodwin. who
will sing Come Unto Him from the
Messiah" and Mr.. Frederick Schaeffer.
bass. The service begins at II o'clock
and will last about an hour.
An elaborate programme for the feast
OF Christmas has been prepared by the
supplied choir of the Shrine of the Sa-
cred HeaCt, Rev. Joseph MCGEE, pastor.
TO be rendered at the solemn high mass
at $50 a. m, Christmas morning. The
following is the programme and the
names of those who are to take part:
Professional. iGlory to God in The High
est (Dielman), chorus: "RSrie." from
Gounod's solemn mass CGounodO. chorus.
supplied choir: solo and chorus. Gloria"
from Leieal's mass in d LeJeaD. Mas
ter Lawrence Downey. solost solo and
chorus. "CredO." from ROsewig's mass in
CROSewig). Master Lawrence Downey.
solOist: solos and chorus. 'SanCtus,"
from solemn mass CGounodl, p. DOwney
and J. Defontes. sOloIsts: solo and chorus.
"Benedictus.' from solemn mass (Gou-
nod. Master Stephan Fogan. solOist;
solos and chorus "Agnus Del" from
solemn mass IGounOd), Masters Lawrence
Downey and Stephan FoEan, soloists;
solo and chorus, 'Adeste Fideles." Mas
ter Stephan Fegan. soloist: occasional.
Holy Night, Silent Night" chorus, sur
pliced choir.
At the Church OF the New Jerusalem
in COrcoran Street. the Christmas serv-
ice at II o'clock on Christmas day. with
Miss Maud SeWall as organist and Mr..
William Shuster Albion. director. will in
clude an organ prelude. The overture TO
the Messiah, and postlude. Rogers
Gloria in eNalses The anthem will
be Memberships And There Shall Come
Forth a Star Out of Jacob" from the
unfinished oratorio. ''Chrstus." and the
+ fiat Incarnatus. And Was Made
Flesh from Bach's great NJ minor mass.
A very enjoyable recital of compositions
of Carl Maria Won Weber. was given in
celebration OF the 10Th anniversary Of
the birth of the celebrated composer.
last Wednesday evening at the Vermont
Avenue Christian Church by 3. Frank
Gebest and pupils. assisted by Mrs. SUI
same Ruthardt, dramatic soprano: Miss
Bertha Miller. ,ColOratura soprano, and
Miss Mildred de- l. Harrison. accOmpan-
ist The following programme was pre-
scented: Overture. "OberOn'' two pianos,
eight hands,, Miss DOrtCh. Miss Hardesty.
Mr.. Bostroem, and Mr. Gebest! Grandc
POIOnaise. OPP - Miss Josephine Col
den: song. "Arie of AEathe." from Der
Freischutz," Miss susanna Ruthardt;
Invitation to the Dance" OPP. s.. Misses
Alice L. kinyoun and Edith Evermann;
ROndo Brillante. on. g., Miss Barbara
NJ Stedman; second piano. Mr.. Gebest:
song. "Arie of Aenchen," from Der
FreischutZ,1 Miss Bertha Millar: Per
petuum Mobile" from Sonata, op. "a.
Miss Selene Wilmer DOrtch: ''Jubel,"
overture for six hands. Misses Josephine
Golden, Joanna Petingale. and Phyllis
Stewart; Momento Capriccioso. OPP II,
Mr.. August BostrOem: duet Of Agathe
and Aenchen, from Der FreischuN, -
Mrs. Ruthardt and Miss Millar; Concert
stuck, OPP. 70. Mr.. B. Frank Gebest; sec
ond piano, Mr.. Bostroem.
At the weekly meeting of the Wash
ingtOn Oratorio Society on Monday even
ing last, the society unanimously decided
to present Mendelssohns Elijah" as
its next work after giving The Word
Of God on January and I.