Evening star., 1916-03-19

lish organist will be heard i'll recital
Thursday evening at old st. Johns
Episcopal Church. Invitation cards
have been issued to the seating capac-
ity of the auditorium by II. I'll. Free
man, organst and Choirmaster of the
church. Among the numbers to be
presented by Mr.. Lemare will be ''roc-
cata and Fugue in u Minor" by Bach
"Sylvine." by Dubois; "Allegretto Gra-
zioso by Hollins: "Sposalizio," by
List; "Scherzo" in F, by Hoffman,, and
vorspiel "Parsifal," by Wagner. In
addition. MIR. Lemare will improvise on
theme submitted by any one in the
audience and will play his own most
recent composition. Sonata" op. o.,
No. l. Themes for improvisation
should not exceed three measures,
should be written plainly and handed
in during the intermission.
At All Souls Unitarian Church this
morning the organ numbers by Lewis
Corning Atwater will include the pre-
lude. Meditation. from Borowskl s
First Suite: offertory, "kyrie.' by
Bach. and postlude. March Solennelle.'
by BorowSki. Charles + Tittmann,
Me in NV Trouble" by Haendel. and
Though | Speak With the Tongues of
Men and of Angels, by Brahms.
Through the generosity of two mem
hers of the congregation of the Church
of the Epiphany it has been made pos
sible to have the additions to th" -
gan completed by Easter At the
morning service today the cuoir, ui.,.. ..
the direction of McHenry McChord. Will
sing the professional. Christ Whose
Glory Fills the Skies" by Gounod: ''re
Deum. Sy stevens: "BcuedictuS
fknOnN-r1nIISl pffCrtoTN Jutbpn1 ''Deuj-
tence." by Maundor. from the cantata.
"Penitence, Pardon and Peace: re
cesSional. 80 Jesus. Thou Art Standing.
hy knecht. This evening there viii be
an organ recital and at the service inn
mediately following the choir numbers
will be the professional. Love Divine
NJ Love ENeellins: by i,H Je1ne;
Gregorian: offertory. Come Unto Me-
by Haendel: Dresden Amen and
cessional. The church's one Founda
tion.' by Wesley
The Musurgia Quartet. composed of
Mrs. Ethel holtzcIaW Gawler. soprano.
Mrs. William T. Reed. contralto: Rich
ard Z. Backing. tenor. and Edwin CAL
low, bass and reader with Harry
Wheaton Howard. pianist and director.
rendered Il program of Quartets. duets
and solos. supplemented by one two
readings. at the Ebbitt House Wednes-
day evening on the occasion Of the an
nual banquet of the Ionic Club of the
Master MdSOnS. y feature OF the pro-
gram was the first public reading of
new story by Mr.. Callow on 'Da Bor-
land Bill
Miss Mary a. Cryder entertained last
Sunday afternoon at a musical tea. the
program being given by the Nevin
Quartet composed of Myra McCathran.
Ruth w Simpson. Nellie y. Shore and
s Elizabeth Kerr. with Florence X.
Salin pianist and accompanist. Mrs.
Salin played SindinG's Chant Sans
Paroles. "Murnruring Zephyrs." by Jen
senNiemann, and "Canzone Amoroso'
and "Gondolieri." both by Ethelbert
Nevin. In the ensemble numbers. the
voices blended well and they sang
with good attack. smoothness and dis
tinct enunciation. Especially accept
able was the "Filles dArles.' by Cham
made. which had to be repeated. and
20 Sole Mic by di Capua. from the
Italian group which was given a sec
ond time at the close of the program.
With other numbers given by the
quartet. each of which had incidental
solos. were "Addio. by T. Cattrau;
"Portia.' by 6. b. Nevin: "Eehind the
Lattice, by Chadwick; The Night Has
Thousand Eyes" by Ethelbert Nevin.
and Messengers of Peace" from
"Rienzi.' by Wagner.
Earl Carbauh. baritone. substituted
last Sunday ar Calvary Baptist Church
for Theodore 7. Apple, who was absent
from the city Mr.. Carbauh was heard
AZ the morning service in 1T Was for
Nc by Blourt.
The music at the First Baptist
Church this morning viii include the
quartet. 20 Pray for the Peace of
Ierusa lem. by Knox, and the duet for
;oprano and bass. The Crucific," by
T'aure. The quartet consists of Mrs.
Florence NoaCk Howard. soprano and
director: Mrs, Arthur W'haley, con-
tralto: Harry Pearson. tenor, and AL
vim Lake. bass, with Mrs. Edmund
Barr. orgauist.
Al the recent BANQUET Of the College
Women's club. held at the Raleigh
Hotel. one Of the features of the
"aSiOn was the singing of Miss Elsa
Lehman. a young Washington soprano.
who has recently returned from
period of study in New York. Miss
Lehman received warm appreciation
from the diners for her rendition of
the aria. "Dnc Fine Day" from Mime,
Butterfly" and "Musctta's $ Song" from
La Bohem.. 10y plIccIui, as well as
the ballad, Somewhere Voice Is
Calling. and responded with two en-
cores. She was accompanied by W.
J. Weber. The remainder of the nu-
sicai part Of the program consisted of
choruses. college songs and other
numbers. an original -ong by Mrs. ".
r. Chamberlain. The College club"
being especially well received.
Mrs Huron Law son has returned
frpr1 short Trip. during " hirh She
was heard in recital ~ ElkInS, W. Va,
under the auspices OF Davis and Ell
kius college.
1hr rrjplr quartet of thc Church Of
thc oo>"i.aut has been engaged To give
SPECIAL service for the members Of
:i- JHifed States Senate and House Of
Representative tn the Scottish Rite
Temple next sunday afternoon
O'Clock, under direction Of Mr.. Wright
son. with Mr.. Murray a. the organ.
lie cent student events include a re-
c.tdl a the Virgil 'IaNler Piano School
in which the following pupils con-
trIbuted 10 the program: Thelma Hal
ley, Margaret SayerS. Humphrey
walsh. Constance Supplcn Harriet
Hlne. Reginald Newton and Rosemary
Arnold
Helen s. bas'iaa. Assuuta Sari. Mar
guerlta McDou"ugn and Mary Williams
had recently SCale-playlnG contest. in
which the tWo first named were tied "a
winners. bust nf Mozart was award
ed each Of the successful contestants
the judges being Miss Jelliman. Miss
Marie Hansen and Miss Emma e.
Bender
The choir Of the First Congrega-
fional Church enjoyed a social evening
this week. The musical games were a
feature of the evening, one musical
romance the other a list Of musical
college gIee, The Three crows" and
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