Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-24

The Evening Chorus of the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church, under
me direction of DIR. William r. Buch-
anan. gave concert Wednesday even
ing. attracting a large audience. The
chorus composed of volunteer talent
from the congregation, made a fine
showing. the numbers being we'll chosen
and rendered with precision of attack
and appropriate sentiment and shading
Especially acceptable was its rendition
of Stars of Summer Night" by Smart
'Recessional.' by de koven. and Mad
rigal," by George Nevin. Other numbers
by the chorus were ITO Thee, o Coun-
try by Eachberg; The Caravan" by
Pinsuti; When Evenings Twilight" by
Hatton; Rose Of My Heart by Lehr.
and Good Night, Sweet Dreams by
Luders. The soloists were acceptable
and met with enthusiastic applause,
among the numbers being the violin
solos. "Humorcsque,' by Dvorak; per
petual Notion. by BONN; Romance,
in +. by Beethoven: encore. Souvenir
by Drdia. Miss Marie ELM; soprano
solos, Spring by Gounod, Mrs. Hay
cock, with Miss Marguerite O'Toole ac-
companying on the harp: encore. The
ipNic w bic"cA- tollli eiSo
solos. 20 Harp immortal by Gounod.
and encore, "A China Tragedy" Miss Ada
Arundel. with Miss OToole at the harp
and Miss Ethel LASER at the piano; bass
solo. "lnvictus,' by Bruno HUM; encore,
PANIC Song" Arthur c. Gorback; harp
o'Toole. Special mention should be
made of the work of Miss LASER at the
piano and Of Miss o'Toole at both the
harp and organ, much of the success
of the occasion being due to their SYM
pathetic and accurate Accomplishments.
Faculty concerts have been one of the
interesting features of commencement
week at most of the seminaries. At
Chevy Chase Seminary Monday evening
an exacting program was presented which
included the piano solos. Carnival Mig
non.' by Schuett Prelude" ''Pierrot
Reveur'' and Caprice sganarelle." Miss
Alice Glasscock: harp solo. Marche Mill
taire.' by Godefroid, Miss O'Toole; piano
solos. "Nocturne'' and "Etude.' both by
Chopin, Felix Garziglia: soprano solos,
Song of the Shirt" by Homer. and "The
Cuckoo" by Lehman, Miss Corinne Lock
EFT: harp solo, "Ballade," by Hassefmans.
Miss O'Toole: piano solo. blue Danube, -
by Strauss-Schultz-E Felix Garzig-
liza.
George H. Howard lectured before an
enthusiastic audience at the Eastern High
School Tuesday through the courtesy OF
DR.. Willard S. Small. the principal. His
lecture included an urgent appeal to the
rising generation to develop themselves
unsteady and not to be satisfied with be-
ing merely performers" The various
points in his lecture were illustrated by
his playing of some standard compost
tons. among them "Polonaise" and
'N1arehe NIilitaire,' both by Chopin
"Valse," by Heller. and one selection by
Moszkowski. In addition he was induced
to improvise on a theme sung by the pu-
pills.
Mrs. Helen Donohue De To. soprano
soloist of st. Margaret's Episcopal
Church, returned last week from a short
stay in Virginia. where she filed some
professional engagements. which mate
rallied in a Encouragement for next sea
son. Monday evening Mrs. De Yo sang
in Roanoke with the Glee Club of Hollins
College. of which Eric Rath, formerly of
this city. is conductor. The club gave the
dramatic cantata Fair Ellen" by Max
Bruch, Mrs. De Yo sustaining the So
prano solos throughout with fine effect. In
the second part Of the program she sang
'Herodiade," and group "Sylvelin'' (by
Sinding). Song of the Nile" (by Court
landt Palmer. Ecstasy by Walter
RummeD, and for encores "Mavourneen''
(by Margaret Lang) and Comm Thro'
the Rye" These spring concerts in
Roanoke are an annual event under the
auspices Of the Thursday Morning Music
Club of that city. Wednesday evening
Mrs. De Yo was heard in recital in Hol-
Inns. Va. when she gave a group OF
French, German. Italian lind English
songs, some Irish folk songs and. by re-
quest. the aria ''Vissi d'Arte. Vissi d.
Arore,' from La Tosca" and another
from Jeanne dare" Among the Eng
ish songs THE Fairy Pipers." by Brew
err. proved SO popular with the audience
that she was compelled to give it three
times
William Stanstield. organist and choir
director of the First Congregational
Church. has arranged the following pro-
gram for the musical feature of the serv-
ices today: Morning, organ prelude, Cav
atina.' by Raft; anthem. hymn of the
apostles, The Word Is Flesh Be
come by Gounod; offertory. soprano
solo, The Cross by Ware; anthem,
NO Shadows Yonder," from THE holy
City" by Gaul organ postlude. FESTIVAL
March, in u. by Smart Evening n:
o'clock. organ recital. ''Polonaise Mill
taire," by Chopin: ''Norspiel.' from 10.