The Washington herald., 1913-01-05


The Washington oratorio Society. on
of the newest and most promising o
local musical organizations. viii make IL
first appearance tomorrow evening am
Wednesday evening at the Church OF tn
Covenant at O'Clock. This society ha'
an active membership of over lSo voice
and many are soloists in the leading
church choirs of the city.
The working plan of the society
unique. There are only nominal due
OF twenty-five cents a month charges
the members and the Church or tn
Covenant has been put at its disposa
for its rehearsals and performances
There is a board OF managers which hai
entire charge of the business Of the club
Members OF the board are elected annu
ally from the active members of the club
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson, well know
in the music world, is the musical di
rector of the society. Last season Mr.
wrightson had charge OF a large choru
choir at the Foundry NJ. E. Church.
Harvey Murray is the accompanist o
the society and local soloists will Away
take the solo parts in concerts. To-mor
row evening the solo parts will be sus
tanned by Mrs. Ethel Heltzclaw Gawler
Miss Gertrude Reuter-, sopranos; Mis-
Faye Rowena humphrey, contralto; Rich
ard p. Backing. tenor; ]. Walter Hum
phrey, lass. On Wednesday evening tn,
soloists will be Miss Isabel Hall, Mis-.
Gertrude Reuters sopranos; Miss Marian
Larner, contralto; ]. F. NJ. Bowie, tenor
George Miller. bass.
Admission will be by invitation only vi
TO o'clock. at which time the church viii
be opened to the public. A silver offering
Will be taken to help defray the expense.
of the society.
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Order of service: Organ recital at 7:45
festival fantasia and fugue in C majoi
and c minor CTschirch); cantabile in Z
major DemaresO; tOccata in d minol
CEdwards). Mr.. II. II. Freeman, organisi
and choirmaster of ST. Johns, Church
Washington, d. c., S o'clock: Hymn No
6S6 Now Thank We All Our God
(Cruger): invocation.
Cantata: Prelude, chorus. I'm the Be
ginning Was the Word" tenor solo
Where Was Thou When i Laid tn,
Foundation" chorus, Thou Art Worthy,
o Lord bass solo. and God said, lie,
Us Make Man. (O chorus, In the Be
ginning" (b) sefilI-chorus, He Was in
the World" Cc) soprano solo, The Light
Shineth in Darkness" Ca) chorus Hear
My Prayer" Oh soprano solo, I'm Thy
Faithfulness;' chorus, I'm the Beginning
and the Word was FLESH" bass solo,
recit, Jesus Lifted Up His Eyes," aria,
"Glorify Thy Son." chorus Fugue) And
This is Life Eternal;'' bass solo, I'VE
Men of Israel" hymn. Grown Him with
Many Crowns" chorus Arise, Shine, for
Thy Light Is Come" contralto solo.
The Sun Shall Be no More Thy Light
semi chorus. ''Oh. How BEST" tenor
solo, L Saw the Heavens Opened
chorus! We Give Thee Thanks, o Godw'
Address: five-minute Interpretation
Of the spiritual meaning of the cantata,
Rev. Charles Wood. Ofertory, Elsa
Entering the Cathedral Lohengrin
CWagner), Mr.. Harvey Murray: chorus,
''Hallelujah." Messiah GandeD: organ
postlude, ALA Marcia" Frederick Ar
cher.
For the January concert of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, which will be given
in the New National Theater next Tues
day afternoon at 4:3o o'clock. DR.. Muck
has arranged a programme of unusual
Despite the presence on the pro-
Gramme of a work by Roger, one OF the
most modern of the moderns, the orches-
tras numbers are of true classical quality.
Rogers concerto in ancient style. which
is the last one of his compositions and
has been printed only a few months, be-
longs in form to the eighteenth century,
even IL the thought is modern.
Elena Gerhardt, the distinguished Ger
man soprano who is to be the soloist has
chosen as her first number two old
Italian arias, one by Marcello and the
other by Chuck. Miss Gerhardt who is
making her first appearance in Washing
ton at this concert. is a comparative
in America. Last season was
the first time she visited this country.
Her concerts then, however, were suf-
hcient to impress the musical public with
the fact that in her Germany had sent
another valuable contribution to our mu-
steal life. The possessor of a very beau
tiful soprano voice. she has taste and in
telligence in the Interpretation of songs
and arias that are the lot of very few
artists. Her first number, as already
said, will be two Italian arias. III mic
bel fuoco" by Marcello and go del milo
dolce ardor'' by Gluck. Her second num-
Der will be three very modern songs by
Richard Strauss, the Accomplishments to
which he himself orchestrated. These
are "MOrgen," ''WieSenlied," and "Cae-
ellie"
The Roger concerto in ancient style
had its first performance in Frankfort
Main last October and has its first
performance in America at an invitation
concert of the Philharmonic Society in
New York a month later, while its first
public performances in America We're at
the regular concerts of the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra in Boston on December
l3 and H. 1t is a work in three move
ments with incidental solo violin. Roger
has followed closely the model establish
ed by Bach and his contemporaries, yet
despite its form the work breathes the
spirit of mOdernity and different from
most of Rogers works. it is full of beau
.iful melody. The other orchestral num-
Ders will be Bach's suite in B-minor for
flute and strings, and Mozart's immortal
c-major symphony. commonly known as
he Jupiter" In the Bach suite the solo
flute will be played by Andre Maquarre,
The eminent flautist of the orchestra.
Nothing that DR.. Muck has done this
time or in his previous stay in America
has won him more praise and created
more enthusiasm than his performances
IT this wonderfully beautiful old suite |
Ind Mozart's symphony The programme |
n full is as follows: Concerto in ancient |
style CReger); old Italian arias, I'll milo |
bel fuoco" Marcello): 20 del milo dolce |
'rdor" (Gluck); suite in B-minor for flute |
Ind strings CBach): three songs with \
orchestra, Morgen," wiegenlied,"
'Caecilie'' (Strauss); symphony in c.
major. No. 4. Jupiter" CMozart). Soloist, |
Miss Ellna Gerhardt