Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-12
FREE ORGAN REC|TALS
PLANNED FOR DISTRICT
Public Series to Be Given Under
Auspices of a Washington
Society.

A series of public organ recitals is TO
be given i'll this city this winter in the
Church of the Epiphany under the aus
pices of the Washington Society of the
Fine Arts The first of these recltals
will be Wednesday afternoon. December
16, at 4.ia o'clock. and will be just one
hour in length. The other five recitals
will be given the following dates at the
same hour and place: January -, Jan
uary 20, January 81. February and
February 10.
This is an effort OF the part of the
Washington Society of the Fine Arts to
enable the people of Washington TO hear
the best music without cost The Church
of the Epiphany has been chosen not
only on account of its excellent organ,
but because of its central location and
large seating capacity. IN this church.
which is between 18th and 18th streets
on G. street. LOO people can be COM
fortably seated
To Duplicate Effort Here.
In arranging for these rccitals. the
Washington Society of the Fine Arts is
endeavoring to do for Washington what
others have done for other cities and
with great success. Portland, Me, and
Atlanta have the distinction today of
numbering among their city officials :,
municipal crganist The public recitas
given in these cities have become not
only very popular. but very notable, and
attract persons to these cities
In Pittsburgh. at the Carnegie Jnsi-
tufe. there is a superb organ, upon which
recltalS are given once week by the
organist, who is one of the regular mem
bers of the staff of the institute.
New York Venture Succeeds.
The College of the City of New York,
located on the heights between Morning
side Park and the Hudson river above
Columbia University. has for some
years-in fact. ever since the occupation
of its new buildings-given weekly orga,
recitals. which have been open to the
public. lii busy New York. and thus
thus even off the beaten track of traffic
these organ recitals have been regularly
attended to almost the capacity of the
hall i'll which they are given.
To go outside of our own country
there are few travellers who have visited
Luceriie, switzerland. and have remained
beyond the time required to see the or
binary sights recommended by the guide
DOCKS. who have not gone to the little
church OH the hill and heard one of the
organ recitals given there every Thurs
day. To music lovers Lucerne will. for
TINS reason, always be associated with
music, and music of the very highest
order
There are i'll Washington organists of
extraordinary ability capable Of rem
dering the noblest compositions in ;,
manner wholly satisfactory
Different Organist at Each Recital.
Cf he
der the auspices of the Washington So
clety Of the Fine Arts will be by Il differ
eht orsanist; thus opportunity will he fur
nished to hear not one but several Mr..
stansfield, organist of the First Con-
sresational Church, will be the Or
sanlss December 16. He is :, fellow of
me ROYAL College of Ors;nists. Lon
don. and Of the American Child of Or
sanIst-an EnGlishman by birth and
framing. The recital January u will
De given by Edgar Priest of the Catbc-
drdi or st Peter and st. I'auI January
~ by MrHenry McChord Of the Church
1.hMs of All Souls Unitarian
1hurch and sth Street Temple; Feb
ruary ). Alfred CT Eldridge of st
Marsarets Church. and February TO-
Church L.
Inc program of the recital December
10 by William StansfeId is as follows
ioccata in + major. and choral pre-
Jude. "ln Dulci Jubilo." by Johann Sc
nastlsn Bach; Clair tie Lune" csAToon-
llghtD, No. of Three Impressians. y
Tor organ op. -, by Sisfrid Karg-
Ebert; Alleero Vivacc," in &, by vii
liam Stansneld; Fourth Organ SYM
phony' IN i. by Charles NJ Widor;
The Answer. by William WoIsteu-
holme: "invocation,'' from The W.d-
ding Mass" by Theodore Dubois: FIRST
organ Symphony," by Louis Nierne