Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22

ship of Mrs A NJ Blair. will give
concert Tuesday evening in the New IL
lard ballroom. The assisting soioists Via
be Royal Dadmun. baritone. ana MIS-
Dorothy Johnston Baseler. harpist eac1
OF whom will appear twice on the pro
gram in solos, besides taking part IN one
or two numbers with the CLUB Mr. Daa-
mum will sing an aria and give ne
Song of the Flea" by MousaorsshE'
Mistress Mine" by Quilter, and Light
by Sinding The club will sing husic'
When Soft Voices Die by Harrison, an
eight-part song. Joy OF Spring. ny
Schuett: The swan by Salnt-oaehs'
with harp and cello ACCOMPANIMENT ana
n 1rouD of Rubinstein cogiiHoSiuoEs, ! ne
Dew II Shines Der Asra and earn
ing . The piece de resistance. however.
will be The Vennesc Sercnade. ps
stevenson, baritone 500. Wlth t4lo -
par violinist; Richard Lore ebers, no
ioncellist. with ars. Baseler at tag hatp,
Miss Mamie Mullaly at the organ ana
Miss Julia Higgins at the piano.
Visitors at the Tuesday evening musical
Mt the Library of Congress enjoyed a
musical treat last week in the song re
citaI given by William NJ Mayo Mayo. OF S ,,!n;ls
we'll known in his home state. made his
first appearance before an audience at
the National Capital on this occasion.
making an excellent impression hls
voice is rich and resonant. with q range
of more than two octave3 ana lie S.Ass
with genuine feeling.
The blind people among the audience
for whom the recital was primarily gwen
were most enthusiastic over We appei
ing note in Mr.. Mayos Interpretation o.
a number % old favorites that he gave
among his songs. and at the close o. each
group he was rewarded with iiislsseht ar
plausc. to which he responded pE SOME
additional numbers. Among MS selections
were. Dawn by d'iiardeiot: FER
feet Day" BY Carrie Jacobs Bond:
Gypsy Joha.' by FrcdeT:c.' cay
Where Is sylvia" by Schubert: 1eas
You Calling Me" BY Marshall; Absent,
by Metcalf: 80 Tina; We Two We're Way
ing" nv Ney:n: DREAM. 3 Bartlett,
and for encore. II asst Night. by kTes
ulf, and .'The Promise OF Life. by coN-
on. The assisting soloists was Mrs. Alice
NJ strong. who gave Chaninade's Scarf
Dance" "Valsc.'' in G sharp minor by
Chopin; Spring Song" Mendelssohn'
Dance" from Henry VIII. by Ger
man. and then delighted the bind bs OF
fering to play any request nun bers Whlch
they might suggest. an offer they "e,e
not slow in accepting. requesting mosti!
old favorites and popular numbers: At
the request OF many present MT mayo
has promised to return next season any
to sing for them again. He repeated the
recital Wednesday at the Florence
C,rittsnton Mission. and Thursday re-
turned to his home in charlottesville
Those who braved the snowy weather
To attend the recital CT German music
given recently by Mrs. Anna Diller star
buck at Gunston Hall were repaid oy an
evening of unusual enjoyment. The pro
gram was divided into groups. and MS
Starbuck prefaced each with 4 brief taik
The classical school was represented by
Bach's Prelude and FuSue in nat
and "Ioure.' In G., and parts OF TWO
Beethoven sonatas, the second and thiro
movements from the "Waldstein. or
aurora sonata. opus -. and the sec
end ami third of the "Appassionata,
opus 81 The joyous Aurora melodies.
as we'll as the rich sonher harmonies OIL
the "Aprassouata." met with warm ap-
probation by the audience. The romantic
school contributed Memberships airy
"RonJo Capriccioso. SchuInanns "istiui
.'Traumerci and Romance and schu-
bcrts .Impromptu' in r fat To repre-
sent the modern school Mrs. Starbuck
chose Strauss "Serenade." Brahms IN
termezzo' tSchlaf sanft and "GaVotte.
from Gluck. and the Wagner brassin
'Fire-Charm from The faiRyre. as
the audience insisted on All encore. Mrs
Starbuck played Scriabines Nocturne'
for the left hand. triumpiling over its Pc
culiar technical difficulties as easily as
over those of the more conventional NUM-
he Mrs. Starbuck was pupil OF the
late Carl Reineckc, and was for a time
in charge of the music at Dana Hal.
Wellesley College, and has been hearo
on previous occasions at the Play mouse
and before the Friday Morning Music
Club.
The choir of St Thomas Church. un.
der the direction Of l.. b. Aidr!cn' WIN
give the sacred cantata. The woman OF
Samaria" by Bennett. Wednesday even
ing at o'clock. The solos will be sus.
tanned by the members OF the quartet Oh
the church. Mrs. Carl Henning, MISS n.
Lee Jones, Harry Stevens and John
Waters.
The Stage Fright Clue favorably
known here at one time for the accom-
plishments of its members has been
resurrected and reorganized by Miss
Alice BurbaEe for the benefit of students
of her piano classes. Originally the cruz
was compassionate OF students, put OF
leading pianists of the city. among 1nein
Mrs. winston Hough. Mrs. Emma Prall
Knorr Miss Burbage and others, some OIL
whom had never been able entirely 10
overcome the unaccountabe nervousness
that sometimes interferes with the sue
cessful appearance in solo work OF the
most accomplished artists. The present
organization is composed of students. and
the first meeting was held last SnFda!
afternoon at Miss Burbages residence
studio The well rendered program cihu-
ed shepherds All and Maidens Fair.
by Nevin Miss Ruth Grosner. PaS deS
tmphores BY Chaminade, Miss Ruth
Donaldson; Romance by Sibelinse. Miss
Elizabeth Smith; Romance. in + sharp,
Schun,ann and '.Nocturne. by Brassin.
Miss Margaret Wright 'Warum" and
.sAufschwung." by Schumann. Miss Edith
Pyles: lie Coucon. by Daquin ann
"Consolation," by List. Miss Ednah
I.andyoist; Novelette, and Ro-
nance" by Schumann. and '.Nocturne
and ..Ballade" by Chopin Miss Bur-
bage.
Announcement is made that Sydney
LLOYD Wrightson. whose contract with
the Church of the Covenant does not
expire until June l. has been re-engaged
as musical director for another year from
that date He will have charge OF tie
during the summer as well as afternoon
and evening services at the church during
the winter Harvey Murray VIII still
have charge of the morning services
and remain as organist in the afternoon
and evening. and Mr.. Reside will re-
main as precentor in the morning serV-
ices
Miss Ruth Judson has been engaged as
soprano sooist at Calvary Methodist
Church and has already assumed the du-
ties of the position.
The third students decital this season
was given by Miss Marie McCourt recent
ly with the following program: Two
part Inventions Nos. IL and IA. by Bach,
second movement of '.E Major Sonata
by Beethoven. De Nova King: "Barca-
role" by Lawson. Mary Williams: Play
full Rondo,'' by Greene, and "Gavotte.
by Rogers, Irene Umberger: Waltz by
IA