Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-07

| Otto Torney Simon, will give its maj
concert this season Wednesday even
| ing at the First Congregational Church.
| The organization will have the assist
ance of Edgar Scofield. baritone, of
New York city. who has sung also in
| opera in the principal cities of South
| Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Mr.. Scof1eld will sing two groups of
clude "Tu es Petrus," from "Christus."
by List; My Love Dwell in a North
| ern Land" by Sir Edward Elgar;
| Where the Bee Sucks" by DR.. Arne;
Two Spirituals," by Burleigh; The
[ Elder Blossoms Lightly Stirred" by
| Kopylow: "Hark. How the Birds
| (madrigal in six partsl. by Lahee;
..Hallelujah," from THE Mount of Oh
| ives" by Beethoven. Mrs. Albert Jack
| son and Mrs. Simon will accompany at
| the piano, and George Wilson will pre-
side at the organ. and the concert will
| be under the patronage of Miss Marga-
| ret Wilson. Mrs Franklin X. Lane.
Mrs. Robert Lansing. Mrs. William
Gibbs McAdoo, Mrs. David F. Houston.
| Mrs. William Eustis. Mrs. Marshall
! Field, Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. Mrs.
i Hennen Jennings and Mrs. James
| Harlan.
| The Washington Oratorio Society,
| which now has a chorus numbering 2I5
singers. under the auspices of the La
dies Aid of the First Congregational
Church. will appear for the first time
as a professional organization May %,
presenting the oratorio st. Paul un-
der direction of Sydney Lloyd Wright
| son. Four Washington singers will
sustain the solo parts. Miss Meta
Craig. soprano: Miss Buelah Harper.
contralto; Richard P. Backing. tenor,
Wy
vey Murray will accompany at the
piano and DR.. William Stansfeld will
officiate a the organ.
Miss Helen Belt vioinist of this
city. contributed to the program of the
twenty sixth annual matinee given by
the students of the Sternberg School of
Music in Philadelphia last week. Miss
Svendsen, with orchestral accompani-
ment, winning cordial commenda ton
from the audience and music critics.
Mrs. Edwina Cory Doing. cellist. and
Miss Vera Corey, pianist. assisted in
giving the program at a recital Tues
! day evening at the Washington Club.
playing "Gavotte." by Martini; "Cava-
| tina" by Raft, and for encore. Some
where a Voice Is Calling" by Tate.
Mrs. Bessie Latham Gibson sang I've
Been Roaming" by Horn; 'Rhoda Rae"
by Rakemann. with violin obligato;
the aria, "Addio del passato,' from
"Oh. That We Two Were Maying.' by
Neidlinger. Mr.. Gibson sustaining the
other part. Mr.. Gibson gave When
Richelieu the Red Robe Wore" by
Murray; 20 Thou Sublime Sweet Even
ing Star" from "Tanhauser": 'Invic-
tus.'' by HUM; I'D Live in the Heart
of the Storm" by Rakemann, and
Goodnight" by Lasson; Mrs. James
H. Doran was heard in two groups of
songs. and The Penitent," by Van de
Water; William A. Roxby contributed
group of Irish and Welsh ballads. a
group of modern English songs. and
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes"
and The Street Organ" by Sibella;
Mrs. Anna Role. ]. Hart Bien and Miss
Hester Irene Munger also added to
the occasion with several numbers.
Miss Margaret Bowie Grant assisting
as accompanist.
Mrs. Henry White entertained
small company of music lovers We'd
nesday evening, a literary and musical
program of more than usual merit
making the occasion especially en-
joya able Justice Wendell dell Phillips lips
books of poems. North Flowers" and
who has been cast y alternate with
Miss Jessie Masters in the part of
nifty Singing Society, sang. by request,
the principal aria from the opera and
two Irish folk songs. MY Loves an
Arbutus.' by Stanford. and "A Gar
tan Mothers Lula by" County Done
gaD. and an aria by Gluck and sheep
and Lambs by Sydney Homer: Miss
Katharine Rich gave two Shakespeare
songs. Miss Emile Margaret White
was heard in 'Nerborg enheit." by HUI
go Wolf and Il am Thy Harp by
Huntington Woodnan F.. Robinson
Steffens. Miss Elsie Small and Miss
Gertrude Browne each contributed a
numbers. The Night Has a Thousand
Eyes by Nevin and DE Coppah
Moon" by Harry Rowe Shelley. we're
rendered by Misses Rich and Browne.
Elizabeth wilkins and Margaret Mer-
rll and Messrs. Malcolm Rich and r.
Robinson Steffens Miss White and II.
@. Pfeiffer were the accompanies.
any Church Choir, the assisting
soloisi at a piano recital last week at
the Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church. when she was heard to ad-
vantage in The Sweet of the Year.
by Mary Turner Salter Piano seIec-
tons were rendered by Marion John
son. Helen Collier, Martha Norton
Helen Clark Lucille Kennedy. Amy
Norton. Florence Wenner. Charles
nedy. Inez Burrows. Jeannettc How
ard. Lillian Reed. Walter Thompson,
Mildred Perkins. Leonora Reed Phyl-
lis Robinson. Henry Scott, Ethel krei-
der, William Reed and Cora Yocum and
the affair was brought to a close by the
rendition of The Spinning Song" from
The Flying Dutchman.' by Wagner
arranged for piano by Franz List and
rendered by Miss Zelda Miller.
Recent events of interest include the
organ recital given by Paul Whitney
Fishbaugh at the new Scottish Rite
Temple Mr.. Fishbaugh gave in good
style Fanfare" by Dubois: "Eventide''
by Harker: "Offertoire in d Minor" by
Batiste; "Berceuse." by Salmon; cal
legretto," by Wolstenholme: "Cantique
d. Amour" by strang; Spring Song" by
Selections were contributed also by
Mrs Brown. Mrs. Kester and Edwin
Callow.
Mrs. Charles Wilbur Fairfax of the
Monday Morning Music Club. this city.
contributed last week to the success of
a benefit concert for the Belgian refu-
Howard Lloyd in Baltimore. Mrs. Fair
fax was enthusiastically received after
each group of her numbers. which in
cIuded "Benvenuto," by Diaz; Chant
Venetian" by Bemberg: The Eagle"
by Grant Schaefer: "A Moonlight Song"
by Cadman; "Chanson Indoue." by
Rimsky-K orsakyw. and "Serenade
Hongroise," by Meyer Helmund.
Richard p. Backing, tenor. of this
city. who sang Thursday. with Miss Lit
tletield of Boston and Frederic Martin
of New York. in Haydn's oratorio.
The Creation" with the Choral So