Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-17
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ance of oratorio in the Church OF the
Covenant Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings. when 1t will render The
Messiah" under the direction of Sydney
Lloyd Wrightson, with Harvey MUIR
ray at the organ. The solo parts VIII
be sustained by Ethel Holtzclaw Cav
Ter. soprano: Beulah L. Harper, con-
tralto, and Richard p. Backing, tenor.
all of Washington. The bass will be
sung by Robert Maitland of London.
who recently came to this country and
is residing in New York. The chorus
numbers 40 voices Cards of ad-
mission have been issued for Tuesday
evenings rendition. emitting the holder
to seat If presented at the church at
or before o'clock, after which hour
the doors of the church will be opened
SIS O'Clock. Wednesday evening no
cards of admission will be issued. The
doors of the church will be opened to
the public at 7:i5 o'clock. All interested
in the work of the society have been
cordially invited to attend.
1t is explained that the Washington
CRATIC Society is the only ORGANIZATION
of its kind in the city devoting itself
TO the rendition of oratorio exclusively
IL Is 4 1-SuppOrIlnS pOuy OF
without even sustaining membership.
Its members pay monthly dues to meet
such expenses renting of music. etc.
Neither the musical director nor mem
bers of the chorus receive any remun-
GRAFTON for their services. The expense
of these two performances OF The Mes
siah'' this season is more than $500.
After this expense has been paid 30
per cent of the proceeds. raised by a
collection will be given to the Belgian
minister for the belgian sufferers In
Europe.
The following musical program VIII
be given today by the choir OF the First
Congrega tional Church. under the d.
rectlon of William Stansfield. organist
and director: Morning, II o'clock--or-
gan prelude, Melody, and interfneH
20 by Parker: anthem. Send out
Thy Light: soprano solo, lone
Unto Me- by Coenen; offertory. "Medi,
tation," and organ postlude. "Toccata'
both by +. d'Evry: Evening. oci ;m l.
by List: anthem. Glorious Is Thy
Name; offertory. ON Thee Each Lfv-
ing Soul Awaits" from The Creation
by Haydn; musical half hour. Les Pre-
ludes,' by List; variations from the
"Empe ror Quartet austrian national
hymn. by Haydn: "Andante Con Motto.
| from symphony in Minor, by Scnu-
bert; "Rakoczy March,, the hungarian
national march: air from Rosa
by Schubert. All the music at the even
ing service is by Austrian and Hun
garian composers.
The musical portion Of the services at
the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church today will be: Morning, organ
prelude. Meditation" by Lemaigre;
anthem, "Sing Unto Cod: soprano solo,
Come Unto Me-" by Coenen organ post
i'lude, professional March, by Gounod.
Evening. organ prelude. 'Serenade. by
Schubert, and "Traumerei," by Strauss
anthem (quartet), Savior. Again to my
Dear Name by Chadwick: anthem. by
quartet and singing society. send out
Thy Light; organ postlude, ALA
Marcia" by Schytte. The solo quartet
includes Mrs. Haycock. soprano: Miss
Ada Arundel, contralto; c. D. Church,
tenor, and Arthur c. Gorback. bass.
A program of characteristic Irish music
has been arranged by Miss Jennie Glennan
for the meeting of the Gaelic Society
Tuesday evening at the New WIZARD
Mrs John W. Daniel. jr.. mezzo-soprano,
will sing. and Mrs. Edith Marmion
Brosius will accompany her on the harp.
besides giving several harp solos. The
instrument to be used by Mrs. Brostus
will not be the harp used by her in her
concert work. but the Irish harp, small
instrument such as was used in olden
times by the bards of Erin. and it is es-
peciaily adapted for voice accompaniment
and the simpler ballads and airs
Mrs. Brosius will play Believe Me. II
All Those Endearing Young Charms"
"All Through the Night" Kate Kear-
ney. The Harp That Once Through
Tara The the t stiI Ko Sr of sa and
'O'Donnell Aboo." and among Mrs.
Daniels numbers will be When
Through Life Unblest We Rove old
Irish air. Moore's poem from Herbert
from Songs of the Hebrides.' col
lected and arranged by Marjory Ken
nedy Fraser: My Thousand Times Be-
collected by Edward Bunting, arranged
by A1ligan Fox; "Yartan Mothers
Lullaby" from County Donegal. col
let e, =, and nd, a ,I1 by Herbert
the Irish Harpers. collected by Milligan
Fox; "Eriskay Love Lilt," from Songs
of the Hebrides." collected and ar
Farewell, Ny Gentle Harp" The
Lament of Rory Dali o'Cahan." the
greatest of Ulster harpists (died $500,
collected by Milligan Fox.
The, twentieth organ recital under
the auspices of the District of Colum-
bla Chapter Of the American Guild of
Bethlehem Chapel of the Washington
Cathedral. and will consist mainly of
the Sixth symphony" by Widor. one
Of the most pleasing of the works of
be "Minuetto." by Calkin. "Benediction
Nuptial," by Frysinger and March
Triumphal," by Hollins.
Miss Katharine McNeal was an at
traction at the third faculty recital of
the International Conserva Mon
day evening, when she played with
beautiful tone and technique the Chopin
Nocturne. opus 10. No .: the "Revo-
lutionary Etude" and "Polonaise" in y
fiat major. Others appearing on the
program We're Miss Berta Mort, who
has "A contralto voice of mellow quality,
and gave Die Lotusblume" and "Wenn
der F. uehling," both by Robert Franz;
.Das Herr" by Medora Drew; The
Quest" by Eleanor Smith; by Moon
light" by Hadley, and Emile z. Mort,
who sang Nina" by Pergolesi; Wit
toria." by Carissimi: "Das Wandern,"
by Schubert, and 'Fruehlingsglaube,"
by Schubert.
Students and teachers of the Mem
delssohn School of Music held a class
meeting recently, when the students
present under fifteen years held a con-
test for three prizes for the three best
performances. The students themselves
decided by votes. The winning con-
testants We're Miss Mildred Huguely,
Augusta Braun and Gustav Weckel
Afterward papers LiStz, Chopin
and Grieg were read. and some of their
compositions rendered by Miss Mildred
Huguely. Miss Viola Measer and Miss
Augusta Braun. Among those present
We're Emile Foss Christiani. Misses
Grace tIilchrist Viola Measer Iil,ie