The Washington herald., 1914-04-05

This afternoon. at $3.50 o'clock. al
the Church Of the Covenant, the double
sextet, under the direction Of Mr.. sgd
ney Lloyd wrightson, with Mr.. Har-
vey Murray at the organ, Will give
Mozarts Requiem" The solo parts
will be sustained by Miss Hall, Miss
Harper, Mr.. Glider, and Mr.. Tittmann
This will be the sixth special monthly
musical service the double sextet has
given this season. The order of the
music is as follows: GIVE Unto the
Meek" chorus and soprano solo; Day
I of Vengeance" chorus; "Hark, the
Angel Trumpet Sounding" quartet
King, King. Tremendous" chorus;
Day OF Mourning" chorus; He is
Blessed that Cometh.'' quartet and
chorus; ''Shew Thy Favor Unto All Them
that Trust in Thee" soprano solo and
chorus. As an orfertory solo Mr.,
wrightson will sing All in the April
Evening" by Diack.
At o'clock this evening the vested
evening choir of 100 voices OF the
the Church of the Covenant will rem
der the following music during the
service: Prelude. Gloria Domini'
CTertius NobIe): II Need Thee Every
Hour" Lowry), GLORIOUS Is Thy
Name" (MozarD. Seek Ye the Lord
CRoberts). Incidental solo by MIR.
blanchard: God Shall Wipe Away All
Tears" CFieldJ. "Sevenfold Amen
Cstainer): organ postlude. Grand
Choeur in A" (GuilmanO. In addition
Mr.. Wrightson will sing The Palms,
by Faure.
A record audience greeted Mr.. S. Wes-
ley Sears. organIst and choirmaster of
st. James Episcopal Church. Philadel-
phia, at the final Lenten organ recital
given Yesterday afternoon at St Johns
Church under the direction Of Mr.. II. II.
Freeman. organist and choirmaster Of the
church. Mr.. Sears was assisted by the
welI-known local violinist. Mr.. Anton
Kaspar. who was heard in two selec-
tions
Yesterdays Offering concluded the six
teenth year OF the public recitals offered
by Mr.. Freeman. being the ninety-sixth
recital. all told. Mr.. Freeman has shown
such an interes, in offering the Wash
ington public an opportunity to hear or
ganists of ability that II must be crafty
ing to him to note the tremendous in
terest shown by the public in his annual
reCitals. as was evidenced yesterday.
when the church was not large enough
10 accommodate all who desired adms-
sion
The program yesterday was as fol-
lows: "Hosannah" CDubois). "ROmanZa"
CSvendsen). "Fugue in F fiat" tSt
Ann'S CRachD. Echo Bells BREWER.
Spring Song (HollinsI. 'Intermezzo"
CCallaertsr, "Andante CantabiIe" CWidOr),
and "Toccata in F. CWidOr).
The District Of Columbia Chapter Of
the American Guild OF Organists held its
regular meeting last Wednesday night
and made nominations for officers TO be
elected at the annual meeting in May.
While male choral organizations are
very popular in many Of the large mu-
sCal centers, Washington has not had a
representative body of this character for
several years. Feeling the need Of such
a body OF trained male singers In this
city. several OF those interested have
been quietly working in perfeCting the or
ganization OF the Polyphonic Club.
In selecting a director for such an o.
ganization the members. having in mind
the production OF polyphonic music. re-
quested Mr.. Reginald Mills Silby to In
struct them in the art. Mr.. Silby is
well known in local musical circles for
his ability in the Interpretation Of poly