The Washington herald., 1913-10-05

, Put Ny Trust (Spicker); chorus, '.The
Lord Is Ny Rock" Cwoodman); organ
solo, ''Berceuse," from Jocelyn GODDARD I;
quartet, Still, Still With Thee CFoote) I;
chorus, He is Watching Over Israel"
CMendelssohn); bass solo by Mr.. Humph-
| rey, Open the Gates of the Temple
| Knapp; chorus, 20. For the Wings Of
a Dove" CMendelssohn); organ postlude,
march, "Tannhauser' CWagner), by or
ganist and director, w. T. Taber.
| The following musical numbers will
be rendered at the First Congressional
Church at the morning service today:
Organ prelude, Largo (HandeD; an
thems, What Are These (Stainer);
! THE Lost Chord" (Sullivan): offertory,
quartette, Come to Me" (ScotD; organ
postlude, March from Queen Of
Sheba' CGounod.
The first rehearsal this season of the
| evening choir OF the Church of the
Covenant will be held next Tuesday
evening at s o'clock in the chapel of the
Church of the Covenant, corner OF
Eighteenth and n Streets and Connecti-
cut Avenue. 1t is the intention of Mr..
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson, the musical
director, to increase the membership from
100 to rs voices. Singers, whether read
ers or not are cordially invited to join
the choir next Tuesday or at any OF the
rehearsals following, which are always
held on this evening of the week. The
choir sings only at the Sunday evening
service during the months of November
to May, inclusive, thus avoiding all the
hot weather. 1t is a social musical or
ganiZation meeting from time to time
during the year for musical social even
ings apart from the regular rehearsals,
on which occasions some of the leading
artists of the city take part in the pro-
grams. The class of music that is rem
dered is of the highest sacred order.
classical, educational. and inspiring. It
is the hope of Mr.. Wrightson to give a
rendition of the Messiah at Christmas
time. The choir made a remarkable repu-
tation for itself last season.
Through an oversight the name of Mr..
John George Kline was omitted in the
announcement last week as one of the
faculty who will take part in the musical
arranged for the reception and house
warming of the Washington College OF
Music, which will take place at its new
building, 1147 Connecticut Avenue next
Friday evening from Sis to $50 o'clock
followed by a musical program from $3.50
to 1880 O'Clock in the chapel of the
Church of the Covenant.
The first of the Sunday afternoon serv-
ices at the Church of the Covenant
this fall will be held this afternoon, be-
ginning at $3.50 o'clock. The new double
seXtet under the direction of Mr.. Sydney
Lloyd Wrightson, with Mr.. Harvey Muir
ray at the organ, will render the follow
ing musical program: Judge Me, o
God" (Mendelssohm; Jesus I Live to
Thee (SpeaksD, incidental solo, Miss
TlrrV-y
from "Prodigal Som CSullivan). solo by
Mr.. Backing; The Lord Is My Rock
Woodman); THE Publican CVan De-
Water. solo by Miss Burnap, and The
Souls Of the Righteous" Field).
DR.. Karl Muck conductor of the Bos-
ton Symphony Orchestra, on his return
from Europe last Tuesday. said that he
did not have a brilliant list of novelties
to offer to the patrons of the orchestra
the coming winter, as the past year had
been most unfruitful in this direction.
He has brought back with him the score
of the new symphony by Heinrich Noren,
of Dresden, best known in this country
as the composer of the theme, and set of
variations which he called ''Kaleido-
scope" The new symphony is entitled
Vita" He has a symphonic poem by
Reznicek, composer OF the opera Donna
DIANA" which is called Peter Schle-
mihl." the source of its inspiration. of
course, being the famous story of the
man who lost his shadow. He has two
pieces by Max Schillings, ''Meergruss'
and ''Seemorgen," and he will do some
new short pieces by Fritz Delius. He
purposes reviving this year Rachmanin-
offs symphony in f minor. No =, and
it is likely that he will play outside of
Boston as well as in Boston Mahler's
Fifth Symphony. which had such an
sensational success in
Boston last spring.
Mrs. Huron W. Lawson returned from
a visit to Virginia Beach last Friday
TO be the soprano sOloist at the National
Park Seminary opening exercises at
Forest Glen. Md. singing the ''Polonaise'
from Mignon. Mrs. Lawson left yester-
day morning for a weekend at her
place at Bluemont.
The Motel Choral Society had a most
successful first meeting at st. Johns |
Parish Hall, opening its fifth season |
Of rehearsals last Tuesday evening, with |