The Washington herald., 1912-02-18

the direction OF Henry Purcell veazie,
will be heard in a special Lenten musical
service. The work presented Is a can
tata. "Penitenc4. Pardon and Peace" for
Lenteu use. written by J. H. Maunder.
At the offertory. Gounod's anthem, Here
by Babylon's Wave" viii be sung. The
soloists Of the evening will be the Lead
ing boy soprano, Master Eugene Amiss,
and Mr.. Veazie. barytone. The choral
service WI be done after that used IN
Bristol Cathedral. England. An ars
welcome.
RehearsaIs are now wen under way
for the promised spring musical, festival
which will be one Of the musical innova-
tions in the early days OF May. This
chorus. under the leadership OF Prof.
Heinrich Hammer. will have its next
rehearsal tomorrow evening at o'clock
In the hall Of the Percy Foster Plano
Company. Il is assuming large proper
tions. This will be the first time in many
seasons that Washington has under
taken so pretentious a programme. and
the Individual members of the chorus
are inspired with the enthusiasm which
Prof. Hammer brings to his work One
OF the compositions to be sung is The
Seasons" by Haydn. Applications for
membership In the chorus are stfll being
COnSluSIcu Dg
The fourteenth annual series Of Lem
ten organ recitals at st. Johns Is an
nounced as follows: The visiting organ
lists will include: March .. recital No. 2,
Mr.. c. Thompson williams, of st. Johns
Church, Georgetown, D. c.; March IS.
recital No. 4. Mr.. Ralph Kinder. OF
Holy Trinity Church. Philadelphia, PA
March 90, recital No. S, Mr.. Lorraine
Holloway. OF st. David's Episcopal
Church, Poland Park. Baltimore. Nd
The first. third, and fifth recitals will
be played by the regular organist OF the
parish. Mr.. Henry H. Freeman.
February "a. Mr.. Paul Bleyden. tenor;
March ., Mrs. Virginia Denny Bersfeld.
soprano. Of Brooklyn, N Y, and Mr..
Richard LorIeberg, vioIoncellist, OF
Washington; March 9, the gentlemen Of
st. Johns choir; March 16, Mr.. Anton
Kaspar. vIolinist; March ., Mr.. Charles
T. Tittman. bass; March 30, Mr.. Vim
cenzo Varrella. harpist-
These recitals are free to the public.
and occur on Saturday afternoons
promptly at 40 o'clock, and are kept
within hfty-five minutes.
The first recital by Mr.. Freeman on
February "a will mark the occasion OF
the use of the new four manual organ
given in memory Of Col James LowndeS
Dy MS WldOW.
The students in the music department
OF St Cecilia's Academy. Sixth and East
Capitol streets, assisted by the gradu-
ates in English, gave a highly artistic
and entertaining recital last evening be-
fore large assemblage of parents and
friends. The numbers on the following
programme were well chosen and excel
lently rendered. Among the piano solo,
lists those deserving special mention were
the Misses Harvey. Duarte, Hoffman.
and Beckert. The ehoruses were pretty
and sung with much ease and express
sion. The Cecilian Harp. a paper edited
by the graduates, consisting Of essays.
poems, &c, was well read by the Misses
Manogue, Mcnamara, Lynch, Harvey.
Hoffman, and Seibert. All the numbers
were highly appreciated, as was shown
by the enthusiastic applause The fol-
lowing clergymen were present: Revs-
NJ. J. O'Brien, S. Norris. H Curley, ]. ].
Barrett, NJ A Megary. c. s. C.; ].
Burke, c. S. c.; ]. A. Burns, C. s. c;
G. Savage, c. S. G; ]. J. Clifford, NJ
Gallagher. and c. J. Rosensteel.