Evening star., 1914-11-01

! One of the most attractive if less pre-
| tentious affairs, arranged for the benefit
| of The Washington Stars Christmas ship
+ fund Nll be the recital to be given We'll
| nesday afternoon at 4:15 O'Clock in the
| Woodward & Lothrop auditorium by
! Madeleine Lazard ven Unschuld. the six
! year-old pianist. This embryo artist will
I be ass sted by mature artists in the To-
! cal field who are contributing their tai
ents in the cause that has enlisted the
active sympathy and cooperation o. old
and young alike. Mrs. Huron Lawson,
! daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Josef kaspar,
dramatic soprano, who has met with
much success in the concert fields et
many states. will sing Henschel's
Spring and the '.Polonaise,' from Mig
nom; r. Woodland Gates. tenor. will sing
an aria from La Boheme- Nine. Marie
Won Unschuld will give the 'Polonaise in
Flat Major" by Chopin, and little
Madeleine will play prelude in c Ma
ior,'' from the "Wel Tempered Ciavi-
chord" by Bach; '.Rerceuse,' by Him
sky" 'tAIinuet in G. Major.' by Beetho-
Chopin. Miss Mildred kolb will play
, the accomplishments. There Will be no
tickets sold or cards of invitation issuei
to the affair. but the price of admission
some child or woman left destitute by the
war
An evening with the choir will be
given at half-past ! o'clock tonight at
the West Street Presbyterian Church
at which the following compositions
will he rendered: Gloria in Excelsis.
from mass in B fat. by Farmer; "Hark,
Hark, My Soul" by Shelley; quartets
Crossing the Bar by Protheroe. and
LAS the Hart Panteth," by Greene; bass
solo. Sun of My Soul" by Bruno
Huhn. soprano solo and chorus. IN
flamnatus,' from "Stabat Mater by
Rossinl The choir consists of solo.
quartet and chorus of twenty we
voices. and the soioists at this even
ing's service will be Miss Marguerite
Howard. soprano; Mrs. J. Albert
Houghton, contralto: ID. Austin How
ard, tenor, and S. Theodore Howard.
bass. George Herbert Wells will di-
rect the choir and preside at the Or
gan.
The Rubinstein Club held its usual
weekly rehearsal Wednesday, MORN
ing, Mrs. Dalglelsh, in the absence OF
Mrs. Blair, conducting the chorus. Mrs.
Blair is expected to arrive in the city
today and will be at the rehearsal
Wednesday morning in the Raleigh
ballroom
Thomas Evans Greene, tenor. was
heard in recital Wednesday evening for
the third successive season at the Ma
tiona1 School of Domestic Arts and
Science and made his usual success. He
Wheaton Howard in the following
numbers: From the Land of the Sky
Blue Water" and "The White Dawn is
Stealing" both by Cadman; 1T Was a
Trinity by Harry Wheaton Howard; !;
'.Amarella' by Winnie: NV Little
Love-" by Hawley: The Leaves and
the Wind" by Leoni; My Merlindy
Brown" by Burleigh; kitty O'Brien,"
by De Koven: Rory O'More.' by Lover;
Six Limericks," by Manning, and. by
request Annie Laurie" and encore
numbers. Uncle Rome" by Sydney
Homer, and My Rose" by Lacey.
phonic Club Monday evening an in
structive talk was given by R. Mills
Silby on the form of the madrigal. This
is the first of series of talks which
Mr.. silby will give during the season.
SeN eral new compositions were taken
up for rehearsal and among those in
preparation for a program TO be given
in the near future are when Flowery
Meadows by Palestrina; Down in a
Flowery Vale" - Fester, and My
Bonnie Lass" by Morley. Rehearsals
will be held Tuesday evenings of each
week throughout the season.
The Washington Oratorio Society
held it's first rehearsal this season Mon
day evening in the chapel of the Church
of the Covenant, when many new mem
bers were enrolled. After prelimi-
nary announcement of the season. ;
the board of directors, the Messiah"
was taken up for study. Owing to the
fact that the chapel will be occupied
tomorrow evening by one of the church
societies, the regular weekly rehearsal
Will be postponed until November g.,
after which the rehearsals will be held
Monday evenings without interruption
until the end of the season.
Mrs. Mignon like Lamasure, after
spending many years abroad studying
in the principal European music cen
ters, appeared again before a Wash
ington public. when she introduced a
series of lecture recitals on Modern
Grand OPERA" Monday afternoon at
the Comstock studio. The subject of
the recital-talh was Humperdinck S
opera, "1iansel and Gretel." and after
Il "thumbnair' sketch of the composer
and his work, the lecturer took her po-
| sition at the piano, gave all the vital
! points of plot and character, Illus
/ trating the corresponding themes on
| the instrument, the text being spoken
| instead of sung. Mrs. I.amasure treat
ed her subject both from the dramatic
and musical standpoint. displaying a
| fine histrionic sense as well as thor
ough training in the reading of scores
| at the piano.
| William Stansfield, organist and
| choir director of the First Congrega-
| tional Church. announces the presenta-
| tion by the choir this evening of the
| sacred cantata, 'Rebekah," by Joseph
| Earnby. including the following mum
hers: Evensong and chorus, "Lo, Day:
Golden Glory Declineth"; bass solo
NJ
air. The Daughters of the City Come.
soprano solo and chorus. who Shall
BE F'leetest and First, bass solo. Give
Me to Drink, l Pray Thee; soprano
solo. Drink, Oh, My Lord; bass solo
"Lo, the Signs I Did, but Now Be
seech''; soprano solo, II Am the Daugh-
ter of BethueT': bass solo. II Am Sent
by the Lord, o Daughter, soprano
solo, My Soul This Day; air and
chorus, Fear or Doubling Dwell Not