Evening star., 1917-04-08

AlIeluia, Christ Is Risen, will form
the inspirational motif of both song
and sermon in the churches today.
Coming Is a climax to the many beau
tiful penitential cantatas presented
during the week. Easter Sunday In
Washington offers to music lovers op-
portunity to hear both the best works
of masters in the classics and devo-
tional compositions of modern schools.
to crafty every shade of musical taste
combined with every form of religious
sentiment or creed. At the Franciscan
Monastery, at Brookland, the music for
Easter Sunday will carry out in its
fullness the traditions of the Catholic
Church in it's application to this great
festival. The community choir consists
of the seminarians and some well
trained voices Of clergy who had the
benefit of many years experience In
| some of the more notable European
| churches and schools previous to the
world war. Rev. Godfrey Hunt, Q. F.
M. will direct the choir, with George
Hefhert Wells at the organ, and the
choir will sing at o'clock this morn
ing the Missa Natalicia. by F. Magri'
/ Introit, plain chant; gradual, Haec Dies,
by O. Ravanello: sequence, 'Nlctimae
Paschalis, plain chant; offertory. Terre
| Tremuit, by Carlo tarturan: commun-
ion. Pascha Nostrum. by o. Ravanello
| Afternoon. $50 o'clock, Compline, by
Singenberger, o Salutaris, ancient mel
ody: Tantum Ergo. by Palestrina;
Adoremus in Aeternum. by Hall.
At the Church of the Covenant to-
day there will he two special musical
services. at $3.50 this afternoon by the
triple quartet and this evening AT
O'Clock by the choir of 100 voices, with
double quartet Of soloists. both serV-
ices under direction of Sydney Lloyd
Wrightson, with Harvey Murray at the
organ: The program this afternoon
viii include the anthem. Angels of
Eastertide. by Geibel. Incidental con-
tralto and tenor solos. Miss Mary
Jacobs and Richard y. Backing: tenor
solo, NY Hone Is in the Everlasting.
from The Daughter of Jairus. by
Stainer Mr.. Backing; anthem. O. Swing
the Gates Wide Open. by Berwald. in
| cidental solo. MIR. Backing: L Heard a
Great Voice as of a Trumpet. by Bart
lett incidental solos, Mr.. Backing and
J. Walter Humphrey, and Wake With
Songs of Gladness. Evening-Organ
prelude, Cujus Amman. by Rossini; an
them. AS 1t Began to Dawn. by Mar
tin. incidental solo, Miss Netta Craig
soprano solo. Hosanna, by Granier. Miss
Craig; anthem. Unfold Ie Portals.
from, the Redemption, by Gounod;
Awake Thou That Sleepest, from
Daughter of Jairus, by Sainer. Halle
lujah Chorus. from the Messiah. by
Haendel; Sevenfold Amen. by Stainer.
and organ postlude, Marche Heroique,
by MaZson.
The program Of Easter music at the
Ninth Street Christian Church today.
under direction of Joseph Harrison. or
f7anist will include at the morning
service the choir anthems, Easter Tri-
umph Song, by Geibel: Hallelujah,
Christ Is Risen, by Simper; soprano
solo, l Know That My Redeemer Liyeth,
by Handel. Mrs. George A Miller.
Evening: Choir anthems. why Seek Ye?
by Simper: Life's Glittering Morn, by
Ashford tenor solo. Christ Is Risen
To-day. by Bischonf. Ralph Cady; violin
solo, Walter Silber.
Incidental solos in the anthems will
be sung by Mrs. T. r. Pirtle. Mrs. J. H.
Gibson and Miss Estelle Wilde.
The musical portions of the services
today at Epiphany Church, under direc-
tion of McHenry McChord, viii consist
this morning of the professional, We'll
come Happy Morning. by Sullivan: an
them, Christ, Our Passover, by Schill-
ing: Te Deum, by Custance; Jubilate
by Tours; hymn. Jesus Christ Is Risen
Today, by Worgan introit anthem
Why Seek Ye the Living Among the
Dead: by Clare: offertory anthem, King
er; communion hymn. At the Lambs
High Feast We Sing, by Elvey: Seven
fold Amen, by Stainer: recessional
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain, by
Sullivan; organ postlude, Hosanna. by
| Watts. At 1880 o'clock there will be
II half-hour organ recital. and at the
service following the choir Will sing
the professional. Christ Is Risen Today
Iby Worgan: Magnificat and Nunc
Dimittis, by Gounod: hymn, The Strife
Is Der, by Palestrina; offertory an
them, Christ Is Risen, by Maunder:
| Dresden Amen: receSsional The Day of
Resurrection. by Martin; organ post
lude, Toccata in d, by Guilmant.
Music at Trinity Methodist Church to-
day Will consist, at the evening serv-
ice, of the cantata, The First Easter
by Wilson. The anthems this morning
will include The Grave Itself a Car
den Is. AS 1t Began to Dawn and Fear
Not Ye, all from Ashfords cantata,
Easter Dawn Mrs. Frank Frost, at the
organ. will play. for prelude. Introduce
tion to Easter Dawn, by Ashford for
offertory, Larghetto. by Haendel, and
for postlude, Gloria. by Mozart. and
there will be a duet for alto and So
prano, They Have Taken Away 4Iy
Lord by Ashford The quartet is COM
posed of Mrs. r. u, Shreve, soprano:
Mrs. Ada Arundel Pillow. contralto and
director: George Calvert Bowie, tenor,
and ]. +. S. Kinsella, bass.
At st Pauls Lutheran Church Mrs. Will
liam Hamilton BayIy has arranged the
following music for the Easter service
this morning: Professional, The Earth
Hath Donned Its Garments Green. by
Shelley; anthem, Awake. Thou That
iSleepest, by Maker; duet for soprano
land tenor, Lift Your Glad Voices, by
iSchnecker; anthem, Awake Up, My
Glory. by Harker: contralto solo. The
PRAYER Perfect, Il new setting of James
Whitcomb Riley's poem by Stenson; an
them, The Day of Resurrection, by
Spence: recessional. Christ the Lord Is
Risen Today, Alleluia- The choir will
be augmented by additional quartet.
, the solos being sustained by the regu-
liar quartet, Mrs. Bertha Hansen Colts
. man, soprano; Mrs. Julian Brylawski
c,atralto: lie Roy Glider, tenor, and
lCharles f. Roberts bass.
The celebration of Easter at the
Washington Heights Presbyterian
Church Will include the following
musical program. under direction of
Mrs Charles Brooks Smith, organist;
Organ prelude. Easter Morning, by
Mailing; Festival TIE Deum in Flat,
by Buck; Hosanna. by Granier, Adolf
Werner and quartet; response. Risen
Lord. We Bow Before Thee. by Van
Woert; offertory. Christ Our Passover,
lby Bartlett; soprano solo, The Resur-
rection, by Shelley, Mrs. Agnes Bode;
postlude. Hosanna, by Wachs. Even
ling: Organ prelude. An April Song, by
Huntington Woodman; quartet, Awake,
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