Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-18
Lovers of musical art, as manifested

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Lovers of musical art, as manifested
in fine organ playing, will welcome the
announcement that with the close
Thursday afternoon at old st. Johns
Church of the series of recitals, under
the auspices Of the Washington So
ciety of Fine Arts, H. H. Freeman. or
ganist and choirmaster Of the church.
Will inaugurate the nineteenth series
of Lenten recita1s, beginning Saturday
afternoon. These reci.a,s viii begin
promptly at 4:40 o'clock and will last
one hour. +. Wesley Sears, organist
of st. James Church, Philadelphia, and
Percy Chase Miller Of Mount Airy, a
suburb of Philadelphia, formerly OF
| Washington, will each give ono OF the
| recitaIs, with other artists to be an
nounced later. Mr.. Freeman will give
the program of the opening event. with
| Arthur Chester Gorbach, bass, as as
sistant soloist. Among Mr.. PREGNANT
numbers will be First Sonata" by DR..
Major" and 'Pastorale," both by Bach;
'Intermezzo," by Aletter; Minister
Bells" by Wheeldon. and a new COM
position, "Humoresque," by Frank e.
Ward.
| Announcement of q program mostly
of "old favorite songs" by the Mount
| Pleasant choir, for the midwinter con-
thusiastic audience at the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church Friday
evening. The "old favorites," many of
them reharmonized for four parts and
sung a capella, proved the most at
tractive feature Of the occasion. the
choir. under the direction Of Dr.
Buchanan, with Claude Robson ac-
companying, having mastered the art
of keeping-even without ACCOMPANY
ment-abso!utely true to pitch. The al
| fair opened with the chorus, The
Snow" by Elgar. and was followed by
the soprano solo, Dreams" by Grieg.
Mrs A. L. Haycock; choruses. Alice,
Where Art Thou? arranged by Parks:
by Dudley Buck; Loves Old Sweet
song" arranged by Parks: tenor solo,
Love Is the Wind by MacFadyen;
piano solo, wedding Day at Troll
! haugen," by Grieg. Mrs. Charles L;
Bliss, with accompaniment on second
piano by Mrs. Robson; choruses,
Love" by Schubert Ca capella), and
1.-THE Miller's Wooing," by flaming
contralto solo. will o the Wisp," by
Spross, Miss Florence Steffens;
Parks, and "Old Kentucky Home (botn
a capelIa); bass solo, Danny Deever,
by Damrosch, James S. HICKS; chorus'
STARS of the Summer Night" by Smart.
solo, assisted with the accomplishments.
The fourth of the organ recitals
given under the auspices OF the W ASH
ington Society Of Fine Arts was rem.
dered by Alfred G.. Eldridge, organist
of st. Margarets Church. In spite OF
the handicap of lame finger. MI. Ell
bridge played with ease. tasteful regis
tration and fine technique the following
exacting numbers: prelude and Fugue
nv T
Assai," from "First Sonata" by Gull
mant; "Cantabile,'' by Cesar Franck;
Egyptian Suite" consisting of "Pyra-
mids.'' The Nile" Song of the Priest
ing Stoughton; viii O. the Wisp," by
Gordon Balch Nevin: Sunset and
Evening Bells" by Federlein; "Marche
Russo" by Schminke; "Berceuse." by
Kinder, and "Toccata in D." by Becker.
Mrs Gawler, soprano soloist Of Cur
ley Memorial Church. will sing this
| morning 1.-The King of Love-" by
Speaks, and God VIII Take Care Of
YOU by Martin.
For the Washington Heights Fresby-
terrain Church this morning Mrs
| Charles Brooks Smith. organist. has
| arranged the following program: Or
gan prelude. "Cavatina," by Rattle
mare; anthem, Peace and Light" by
Chadwick, Mrs. Agnes Bode. soprano
| and quartet; response, Grant Us Thy
| Peace" by Harling; offertory, Yea,
| traIto solo, by Miss Nellie Moran, and
quartet; organ solo, 'Postlude," by
Batiste.
high school student of the city, enter
tanned the students and faculty OF
Western High School at recital Mon
day morning. playing with beautiful
SNfN by
"Orientale," by Cesar Cut: THE Old Re-
frain." by Kreisler: ''Gavotte," by Cos
sec; Souvenir" by Drdla: The Bee"
bell. and "Rondino on a Theme by
Beethoven" by Kreisler. Mr.. La Fol
lette was ably assisted at the piano by
Miss Alwarda Casselman.
The District of Columbia Dental So
ciety entertained the Maryland State
Dental Society last Saturday evening
at the New Ebbitt at banquet, one
of the particularly enjoyable features
of the affair being the musical pro-
gram given by members of the Dis
| trist society, assisted by Mrs. Grace
| Dufour Brown, wife of the chairman
of the entertainment committee, and
Miss Ruby Raymond, sister of one of
the members. Among the interesting
numbers were some male quartets. In
the Cleaning" while Have YOU" and
encores, April and November" and
| Fishing" sung by DR.. W. B. Hoof-
nagle. DR.. MacNamee. DR.. A. J. Brown
and DR.. Shade; soprano solo, "Elegie. !"
by Massenet, Miss Raymond, with cello
obligato by DR.. Bruce Taylor: solo for
French horn. Non Yer" by Mattel,
DR.. W. E., Dieffenderfer; encore.
"A Perfect Day" by Bond, DR.: Hoof-
magic: cello obligato by DR.. Taylor;
mandolin and guitar duets, Walter
Mari and Dufour Brown: cello solo,
Chant Sans Paroles" by Tschaikowsky,
Dr. Taylor; encore, Serenade, by
Pierne DR.. Taylor. Mrs. Brown as
sisted at the piano.
| AS there will be no services this
evening at the Church of the Covenant.
| owing to the Gypsy Smith revival serv-
| consisting of the triple quartet of the
afternoon service and the evening
chorus choir of 100 voices with double
quartet, that usually sings at the even
| ing services, will give a program this
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock, under direc-
ton of Sydney Lloyd Wrightson, with
Harvey Murray at the organ. The-fol-
lowing are the musical numbers: Or
gan prelude, 'PaStorale, by Ca1laerts;
anthem, "Hosanna in the Highest" by
Stainer; soprano solo, God of Mercy,
by Leybach, Miss Nettie Craig; anthem,
"God Shall Wipe Away All Tears" by
Newton incidental solos, Miss Jacobs
and Mr. Wrighton; organ postiude.
March, Judas Maccabeus," by Handel.
Henry H. Freeman, organist and
choirmaster, has returned from visit