Evening star., 1915-01-24

MENTION

ASra, by RubinStefn, and "Mammys
Lullaby" an arrangement of Dvorak's
"Humoresque,' by Charles Gilbert
Spross, who Will be one of the soloists
assisting the club. Mr.. Spross will play
"Aragesque," by Leschetizky; 'Etude
Melodique,' by Raft; a paraphrase on
Flederman's Waltzes; 'Valse de Con-
cert" by Bartlett; Song Without
Words" by Spross (for left hand
alone). and a transcription Of the
Magic Fire Music from Die Walk
"Where'er You Walk" by Haendel;
Piercing Eyes" and 'She Never Told
Her Love-" both by Haydn: Hail Ye
Tyne of Holie Days" by Branscombe;
Meistersinger," 'Ishtar," "a Rose Gar
den," Yesterday and Today. Jean"
and 1.-THE Wind" all by Spross, who
will assist with the accompaniments.
A portion Of the sanctuary choir of
St. Aloysius Church sang at st. Mar
tins Church last Sunday evening, un-
der the direction of Glenn Ashley. The
special occasion was the annual vesper
service of the Holy Name Society,
tions from the various parishes OF the
city and from the suburban churches
The program rendered by the choir, in
addition to the proper ltturgical yes
Zollner. for mems voices; Praise to
the Holiest," by Ashley; adore Te De-
vote" soprano solo, trio and chorus;
20 salutaris." by Wiegand., for mems
chant The choir now has a member
ship of thirty-nine boys and eleven
men. Many of the boys are newcomers
in the organization this season and
have been diligently rehearsing the he
Gaul, and will present it in several
places during the winter and spring.
The music at the Church Of the
Havergal: "Te Deum.' by Tours: "Jubi-
late Deo," by Schneider, and offertory,
Hast Thou Not Known by Flueger
Before the evening service McHenry
will play Meditation" by Borowski;
Evening Song" by Johnson. and THE
Land of the Sky Blue Water by Cad
man. The choir will render during the
Dimittis," by Jacobs, and at the offer
tory. "a Song in the Night" by Wood
man.
A we'll rendered program of exacting
organ numbers was presented by
James W. Cheney. jr.. Wednesday even
ing in the Bethlehem Chapel, Washing
ton Cathedral, under the auspices of
the District of Columbia Chapter of
the American Guild of Organists. The
most pretentious work on the program
was the Sixth Organ symphony" Gin G
minor), by Charles NJ. Widor. The COM
position of five movements was given
entire and was followed by "Minuetto,"
by Calkin; "Benediction Nuptial, by
Frysinger, and "Triumphal March," by
HollinS.
Mrs. Theodore T. Apple was the solo,
list at the New Thought meeting last
Sunday at Rauscher's. when she gave
effectively sacred song of great SIM
plicity, His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
The music at the Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church today will include
this morning the organ prelude. Duet |
to- by Mendelssohn: anthem. "Sing AL
leluia Forth" by Dudley Buck. Even
ing-Contralto solo, incline Your Ear"
by Stevenson; postlude, "Inflammatus,"
by Rossini Evening-organ prelude.
tion,' by Serlett: anthem by the quar-
tet, The Lord Is Exalted" by West
anthem by the Singing Society. under
the direction of DR.. William r. Bu
chanan. Lift Up Your Heads" by Hop
Gounod. The solo quartet is composed
of Mrs. Haycock, soprano: Miss Ada |
Arundel. contralto; c. y. Church, tenor.
and Arthur c. Gorback, bass, with Miss
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tor. |
A miscellaneous program filled the |
hour of music at the Friday Morning I
Music Club last week, among the num- |
bers being the piano solo, "Etudes SYM
mann. played by Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe; violin solos, "Revsrie" BY Sara
and "Scherzo." by Won Goens, Miss Elsa
RaneE; songs, "Dites. que faut-it faire"
Italian air of the eighteenth century,;
son Indoue,'' by Rimsky- -Korsakow, La
Cloche," by Saint-Saens, "Ariette," by |
Vidal. Miss Worthington; piano solos. |
"Jardins Sous la Pluie," by Debussy |
prelude" for left hand alone, byj
Scriabine, and pres de la Mer," by
Arensky. Mrs. Howe.
An enjoyable feature of the College
Women's Club reception at the Ra-
leigh Hotel Monday afternoon was the
rendition by Miss Mary Kelly of the |
Schumann "Carnaval." which she pref
Miss Kelly described the "Carnavar as
Kaleidoscope picture of Schumann's
life and gave finished Interpretation
at the piano of the varied moods of
this difficult work.
Miss Kelly is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Kelly of this city. the
foimer being for many years organist
of the Fourth Presbyterian Church, of
ly, is pastor. The young pianist re-
turned from abroad last season, hav
ing been the pupil of the Polish COM
poser and pianist. Xavier Scharwenka,
and the guest of himself and wife dur
ing the summer at their country villa,
Scharmutzelsee, in Germany.
Miss Faith Davis, daughter of the
late James Davis Of this city. who is
now making her home in Seattle with
her mother, is the house guest for a |
few days of Miss Katharine May
Miss Davis has been spending the holi-
day season with her sister, Miss Mamie
Davis. at Media. Pa, and at the con-