Evening star., 1916-12-03
MUSICAL MENTION.

III MOOlNAL
| Frances Pelton Jones in harpSichord
| recital was the novel Offering OF the
| Friday Morning Music Club last week
to it's associate members and their
guests Gowned after the fashion of
the time of Louis XVI, with an instru-
ment that is an exact reproduction of
the harpsichords of the eighteenth CEN
tury, the artist gave compositions from
different periods and schools OF music,
delighting the discriminating gathering
of music lovers with the quaint and
dainty phrases of the old-time music,
both grave and gay. Opening with the
i'C Major Prelude" by Johann Sebastian
Bach, the program included "Solfeg-
gietto," by Philip Emanuel Bach; Ca
Vote" and "Musette," from Third Eng
lish Suite" by ]. S. Bach; "Pastorale''
and "Capriccio," from Sonata in E
Minor" BY scarlatti (earIy Italian ian
village dance. harmonized and arranged
by William Byrd in the time Of Queen
Elizabeth; THE. Kings Hunting Jig
by DIR. John Bull (1563), in which are
/ heard the SdlioplnB Oh SteeuS' CHASING
of hounds and the hunters horn; ex-
cerpt from SAUL" by Haendel; THE
Harmonious Blacksmith" by Haendel;
descriptive pieces from the French
school of the seventeenth century; Les
Fifres." by Francois Dandrieu; "Soeur
Monique," by Couperin; Les Tourbil-
lond" (The whirlwind). by Dandrieu:
lie Coucou" (The Cuckoo, by Claude
| Daquin: "Andante con Variaziona in
F Minor" by Haydn; ''Rigaudon" (de
| Ilo o,da Tar ca RI "
dance forms. by Rameau; "Gigue," a
| very rapid movement in 1878 time, by
| Loeillet; Morris Dance" by Percy
Granger; British Folk Music Settings,
arranged for harpsichord by Miss Pei
| ton Jones.
Harriet Sperry, soprano. and Frieda
F'rofnmel, pianist, were heard last week
at the Modern Institute Of Musical Art
| In the first of several joint recitals.
Mrs. Sperry has a voice of rare quality
| and was most acceptable in the aria,
| "Vissi d'Arte." from La Tosca": "Nur
kowsky: "Allerseelen.' by Strauss;
The star. by Rogers: "a Question"
| by Bischoff: Since We Parted" by
| Allitsen, and The Brownies" by Leoni,
and Fraulein Frommel met with warm
appreciation from the assemblage for
her Interpretation of four preludes by
Chopin, "Erotik," AT Thine Feet" and
Evening in the High Mountains" by
GrieE; Poem" by MaeDowelf: three
sEe5snns E,rih,,s Eomance stonn "ssrenaae" and
'Liebestraum." by Liszt, and "valcik."
by Mokreis. Miss Marie Hansen as
sisted as accompanist
| At Trinity VI. Z. Church this morning
the organ numbers include: Prelude.
Shepherds Pipes" by Harris; Offer
tory. "Andantino," by Hesse. and post
lude, Grand Choeur." by Rogers The
| quartet. of which Mrs. Ada Arundel
Pillow is the directress. will sing the
anthem God Is a Spirit" by Bennett
| Tonight George Calvert Bowie, tenor
will sing Like as a Hart by West,
while the quartet will render the an
them How Long Wilt Thou Forget
Me- by Pfueger. Mrs. Frank Frost
| will play "Canzone," by Harris; "Fugh-
eta" by korner. and Grand Chorus"
| by Lemaigre.
music. under the direction of Dwight
| Church, with Mrs. Sylvester at the or
gan. will include this morning the or
gan prelude Melody" by Guilmant;
| lem by Ward; anthem. tie Deum in
G." by Steele: organ solo. "Offertoire."
| by Stern; offertory solo, "Callest Thou
Thus, o Master?' by Mietzka. Mrs. Ar
thur j. Richards: organ solo, "Postlude
in A." by Whiting. Evening, organ
prelude. But the Lord Is Mindful of
| His Own arranged from the oratorio
st Paul" by Mendelssohn; process
sional, 20 for a Heart to Praise My
Cod by Arne; anthem. The Radiant
Morn Hath Passed Away" by Wood
| ward; organ offertory, Ave Verum,'
by Gounod: offertory solo. There Is a
Green Hill Far Away" by Gounod.
James K Morton; office Of the holy
communion. at which time the choir
Will sing "Sanctus." by Price: Olives
Brow" by Bradbury. and "Tis Fin
ished.' by Barnby: organ solo, Post
ludium." by Novello.
Students of the Washington College
of Music were heard recently in recital
at Gunton Temple Presbyterian Church,
under the auspices of the Aid Society
well rendered selections: Overture"
by Boiuldieu, played by Harry Waller
and Harry King. first violins; Doris
Degroot and Henry Christiani. second
Mitchell Bliss. cello: songs. Candle
Lightin' Time" by Coleridge-Taylor.
and The Mermaid's Song" by Haydn,
Miss Clara Young; piano solo. "Rigo-
violin solo, "Hejre Kati," by Hubay.
Harry King; piano solos, "Valse Alle-
mande," "Aveu" and "Valse Noble" all
by Schumann, Miss Isabelle Gladding;
soprano solos. .'Sylvelin," by Sinding.
and Springs Here" by Dick. Miss
Myra Fontaine McCathran; piano solo,
"Rakoczy March," by List. George
Dixon Thompson: violin solos, Caprice
Viennoise." by Kreisler. and Moments
Musicale" by Schubert, Harry Waller;
LIE Soir," by Thomas. and "Heigho. the
Sunshine" by Phillips. Miss Mary
Thompson; piano solo. "Scherzo," from
Fourth Concerto" by Litolf. Miss
Kathryn Bouck. with Frank Norris
Jones at the second piano. The ac-
compartments were played by Mrs. Old
berg Mr.. Christiani, Mr.. Thompson and
Mr.. King.
Mrs b. D. Shreve, piano soloist of
Trinity NJ. e. Church, was the soloist
at the American Indian Associations
bazaar and tea Wednesday evening at
the New Willard. when she was heard
to advantage in when Shadows Gath
err" by Marshall; 1.-The Summer Wind"
| by Bishop, and Come Into the Garden"
| by Lang. Mrs. Harry Cunningham as
sisting as accompanist.
At the Mount Pleasant Congrega-
| tional Church today the music. under
direction of Claude Robson. organist.
will include the organ prelude. "Priere
q Notre Dame," from Gothic Suite"
| by Boellmann; bass solo. Out of the
Depths" by Perlet. James S. Hicks; Of
fertory quartet. Sweet the Moments"
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