Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

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Veazie. baritone soloist and choir d.
rector of the church. will assist Mr..
Lefebre in giving the following program:
Organ solo. Allegro" from Sonata No.
l." by Borowski; baritone solo, Save Me,
0 God" by Randegger; organ solos, Pas
torale in e. by Lemare: "Intermezzo, i"
by Bonnet: "At Evening"" by Johnston;
"Marehe Religieuse.' by Guilmant Let
There Be Light" by Dubois. and "Hu-
moresque." by Dvorak; baritone solos.
Before the Crucifx." by LIE Fargo, and
Great Is Jehovah, the Lord" by Schu-
bert; organ solo, allegro vivace," from
First Sonata by Mendelssohn The
public is cordially invited to be present.
Lovers of church music enjoyed a spe-
cial privilege last Sunday in hearing
| Maunder's cantata, From Olivet to Cal
vary as given by the choir of Beth
| lehem Chapel, under the direction of
Edgar Priest. Mr.. Priest seems to have
crowned his past successes in the rapid
| development OF this choir, now under
training for little more than a year. A
| choir with boy sopranos is necessarily
have attained unusual sweetness and
] clarity of tone, while one cannot but
wonder at the intelligent appreciation Of
| both text and music that Mr.. Priest has
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minds. The solos on this occasion were
sustained by Master Ross Farrar and
Messrs. Simpson, Grimes and Tallmadge.
The choir of St Margaret's Episcopal
| Church. under the direction of Alfred G..
| Eldridge, will present this evening new
cantata, entitled "Gethsemene to Col
gotha,'' by Edmund Turner. The solos
| will be sustained by Mrs. Helen Donohue,
| soprano; Melville Hensey, tenor, and Ar
! thur Deibert and Charles Trowbridge
Tittmann, basSoS.
Lewis Corning Atwater, organist and
choirmaster of All Souls Church and of
the Eighth Street Temple, inaugurated
last week a series of lecture-recitals for
the entertainment and instruction of his
music class and few friends, who ex-
pressed desire to attend. Mr. Atwa.
ter's course is on THE Great Masters of
Music" and last week he took up for
consideration the life and works of jos
ham Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich
Handel Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang
works of each of the composers, among
the numbers presented being Prelude
from THE Well-tempered Clavichord,
by Bach. played by Miss Janet Little;
Care saa Bru aree sonati Ha by s Handel
Miss Ruth Kincer; "Minuetto.' by Han,
del, Miss Mamie Giles, and "Fantasie,'
in minor, by Mozart, Mr.. Atwater.
Musical affairs at Mrs. Oldberg's Sun
day afternoon teas do not want in inter-
est. Last week the guests enjoyed the
first hearing of two new compositions by
Miss Josephine Underwood Munford. A
Sketch and 1.-The Witches Dance"
which were presented on the piano by
the composer with her usual intelligent
skill. She added to the pleasure of the
occasion by giving also 1.-The Dance Ca
price," by Grieg, and "Humoresque, by
rnh II a
that proved attractive was the singing of
Mrs Arthur Bryant Among her num-
bers especially acceptable was The Land
of the Sky-blue Water" by Cadman. The
program this afternoon will be given by
Miss Mabel Latimer, soprano: Miss Eu-
genie de Guerin, violinist, and Miss Ma
bel Linton. pianist. and their selections
will include compositions by Massenet,
Pupils of the MacReynolds-K oehle Music
School were heard in recital yesterday
afternoon by large audience of relatives
and friends. The program was as fol-
lows: Pianoforte duet by Lebert and
Stark, primo. Miss Elizabeth Gaver; vio-
lin solo, waltz, by Jokisch. Miss Naomi
Matthews: piano duet, by Sartorio primo
Miss Elizabeth Haynes: violin solo,
"Cavatina," by Mendelssohn, Master
Arthur s. Wolpe; piano solos, THE But
terfy." by Merkel, and In the Birds
Nest" by Schmoll. Miss Isabel Stabler;
violin solos. Romance" by Rieding. and
"Sarabande," by Bohm, Master Richard
King; piano solos. ITO Spring." by Grieg,
Miss Ingrid Westesson; Poem Erotic"
and March of the Dwarfs," by Grieg.
Miss Mary Evans; THE Two skylarks,"
by Leschetizky. Miss Ruby Gaver; I'm
Francis Walter; "Berceuse" and "Valse''
in C sharp minor, by Chopin, Mrs. Jesse
W. Rawlings; Nocturne for four violins
and piano. by Slunicko, Misses Allen,
Barnett, Lindenkohl and Prof. kaspar,
with Miss Florence Mcdonnell at the
piano; paper on What Everybody Should
Know About Musical Harmony was pre-
scented by Miss MacReynolds.
The choir of Epiphany Church. under
the direction of Miss Ella Nelson. organ
list, will present Dubois setting of 1.-The
Seven Last Words Wednesday evening at
s o'clock.
A memorial service was held Monday
morning at ST. Patricks Church for Miss
Blanche Young, one OF the contralto
soloists of the mixed choir. whose recent
death was such shock to musical circles
of the city. Mgr. Russell was celebrant
of the requiem mass, and the choir. un-
der the direction of Miss Jennie Glennan'
rendered appropriate music
J. S. Thiemeyer, organist of Trinity
German Lutheran Church, has arranged
an appropriate musical program for the
services today, in which he will be as
sisted by members of the United States
Marine Band.
The Mendelssohn School of Music pre-
scented a number of pupils in recital
Wednesday afternoon at the Piayhouse.
The students were assisted by Mrs. Eva
Fats, soprano, who sang Tosti's Good
bye and an aria from "Traviata." In
strumental numbers on the program We're
as follows: Piano solo, Prelude" Chris
tianD Miss Cecil Davis: violin solo,
Fifth Air varie" Dancla). Miles Kern;
Concerto" in c major for piano (Bee-
thoven), first movement, Miss Mildred
Huguely, with orchestral accompaniment
on second piano by Miss Gilchrist; piano
solos, "Minuet' (PaderewskD, Miss Frida
Boyer: "Barcarole," in F minor (Rubin-
stein), Miss Esther Balser; violin solo,
"Cavatina" Raff) Miss Grace Baser;
piano solo. Madam Pompadour'' Chris
tianD, Everett Kern; Little Duet (koh-
ler), Misses Bessie Crump and Helen
piano (Mendelssohn). last movement, Miss
piano by Miss Gilchrist; Song Without
Words" No. 8 (Mendelssohn) Miss Hazel
Bennett: mazurka, "A Polish Dream
(ChristianD, Miss Augusta Braun; violin
solo, "Traumerei'' (Schumann), Valentine
Hess; Etude, op. 10, No. IL Chopin.
Miss Grace Gilchrist: original compost
tions, "Liebesied' and "Jagerlied" (1mile
Foss ChristianD; Faust March,"
"Choeur Des Soldats'' (Gounod), Misses
Davis, Gilchrist. Measer and Mr.. Chris
tiani.
The vested choir of Waugh NJ. E.