The Washington herald., 1915-01-10
MUSIC and MUSICIANS

! NlIiltiu SlauSuetn. ofGaHlSl ana Cholr
! director Of the First ConErcgational
/ Church. has arranged the following musi-
] cal program for today:
: II "A. Morgan prelude. "Sursum
COrda" (elevatiOnD lElCarl: anthem. tenor
solo and chorus. Great Is Jehovah the
| Lord" CSchuhertl: anthem, bass solo and
chorus. The Lost Chord" tSulIiyam; Of
! feTtory. organ. The Question" CWolsten-
hOlmcD; organ p0stludr. "FuCUo. Pastoral
! Sonata" ORhcinhorgrrr
p. Morgan prelude. "Priere'' CCal-
! laerts): anthem. by RabyIon's Wave"
CGounodD; offcrtory. AS Pants the
Hart CSpOhrl.
Musical half hour-Andantc from the
Fifth Symphony CRcrthoveD: PRAYER
/ of ThauksgiyinE," folk song Of the
Netherlands arranged by Eremser) ;
grand fantasia i'm + minor. The Storm
QemmensI.
\ movement from symphony hy one
OF the great composers will he played
every sunday evening.
The Friday Morning Music Club was
unusually fortunate IN having for the
January artist recital. last Friday morn
ing. the remarkable young Italian viOliniSt
Arrico Serato: the more fortunate since
Mr.. Serato is departing for Europe the
latter part Of January. after very brief
first visit to the United states
Mr.. SeratO is a genius and yirtuoso
H." is native of EOuIOCnc. his father iS
well-known 'rrIhSt Of that Cfrv. and
Sarti was his teacher. il is hardly just
10 put him in the class with tho two or
three violin stars Of the first magnitude:
kTCislor and Elman. for example: but
Scratp is c'Oso behind them His medium
and soft tones are unsurpassed: only in
brilliant passages. and when the forte is
d"opencd is there r hint Of metallic tone.
II has been explained to- the writor that
this is the "GUarnauus'' fault. tSnrat0.
II appears. uses p Guarnariusl II may
he duet probably is duo-to the par
ticular Guarnarius- II was. however. Of
littl" consequence when taken in Consid-
Grafton with the general hoautv Of tone.
and the aesthetic truth Of SeratO'S in
tcrpretations. The Bach Sonata in =
minor. was given tho dlEniGcd. manly
rendering. tho lines absolutely clear and
perfect. as one wishes to hear Bach
played
There was an abundance Of poetic ev-
preston in the Larghctto Of Simonetti
Cthat composition has never been moro
beautifully given hcre), and in the Ro-
name Of Wicnawski.
Mr.. Homer SamueIs should he given
- isa justly due him for his piano nart
in tine Tartini-Eroisler FUEuc. and IN the
figured bass Count"rpOint Of the Bach
sonata. The program closed with Sera-
sate's ''Zi-cUnC~wciscn." which with the
finale Of the Wieniawski number. gave
Mr.. Serato ample opportunity for brilliant.
work.
Mr. and Mrs James Walter Gift have
returned to the city. Mrs. Gift was for
merly Miss Helen Macleod. well known
in local music circles.
Mrs Robert H. DaIgIcish presented
Miss Emma Cohen. soprano. and Miss
Elizabeth Yung Ewai. mezzo soprano. 4
assisted bv Mis- Katherine May Brooks,
pianist. and Mrs. sue Burrows Jennings
acCOmpanist. i'm a song recital Satur-
day evening. January ,. at 17Io l street
northwest.
Miss YunG Ewai is the daughter Of |
the first secretary Of the Chinese Lcga-
tion. She is a beautiful Young girl Of !
rharminE manners and personality. Miss |
Iung Ewai has a lovely soprano voice |
and great temperament. every song. |
whether sar or gay. being eUuolly effect |
i've. Her Nine. Butterfly was beautifully !
done. In lie Occur de ma mel" and IF |
No One Ever Narries Me she quite took |
The audience by storm. Miss YunE Kwai |
has quite a brilliant future before her.
Miss Cohen has n rich. full. beautiful !
soprano voice and sings with ease. For |
such n young singer her Interpretation |
~ the Prayer from La Tosca" and the |
Aria from La Traviata" was excellent. |
She sang trying program with much |
credit. In BY the Waters OF Baby |
on" she was in her element.
Miss Brooks was the assisting artist /
and played four selections OF Edward |
frieg. with dainty sympathetic touch /.
and splendid technic The Norwegian |
Bridal Procession" as played by Miss
Brooks. was a gem.
Mrs. Jennings proved a delightful ac-
in perfect sympathy with the
iolOists.
The Rubinstein Club will have its next
concert Wednesday, January q, at the
Raleigh Hotel The club will sing a
lumber of selections from the Wagnerian
operas and Mr.. Gilbert SprOss. composer
PIANIST, will accompany one of the num-
'ers- Mr.. Joseph Mathien, tenor Of New
FORK. viii be the soloist and will sing
number Of Mr.. SprOss' songs. The club
considers itself entirely equal to handling |
he Wagnerian music owing to the great
lumber in the chorus. and rehearsals
ave been entirely satisfactory to those
n charge.
This afternoon at the Church Of the
Covenant the double quartet under the
W ItStIOn ol MI Syultg LLOYD WILKINSON, |
With Mr.. Harvey Murray at the organ. |
gill render the following musical pro-
ram: IF 1 Go Not Away" (CaldicoO:
Incidental solos b. Mr.. Backing and Mr.
humphrey; contTalto solo, 20 Lord. Cor
ect Me- CHandeD. by Miss Harper:
Come. Weary Pilgrims Come" CTozer) |
occidental solo by Mr.. Backing: sun OF
iy Soul Thou Saviour Dear" (BuIlardl;
Incidental solos by Mrs. Gawlcr. Mr.. I
backing and Mr. Humphrey. Grant. We
Scseech Thee" tl3Ooth.
The evening choir Of the Church Of the ,
.nrArant ..r.an.- tka al-..El.-. ~ .