The Washington herald., 1917-11-04
MUSIC and MUSICIANS
First Congregational.

First Congressional
The music at the First Congrega-
tional Church, Tenth and G streets
northwest for next Sunday viii con-
sist of the following selections: II a.
m. Organ prelude. Luther's Chorale,
"a Mighty Fortress Is Our God,'
Lux. Anthem. THE Wilderness, /"
Goss. onertory. quartet organ post
lude, March on. Rejoice Today"
Karg-Elert.
7:45 p. m. Organ prelude. Magnificat
in d minor. Lemaigre. Kammenoi
ostrow, Rubinstein: choir. 20 Glad
some Light" (The Golden Legend,
Sullivan; quartet. MY Faith Looks
Up to Thee" Schneider; anthem,
Say, Watchr,an what Of the Night"
Sullivan. Ofrertory. quartet. Organ
postlude. Allegro Con Crazia, "a time
(Symphony Pathetique). Tschaikow-
sky.
Chorus of fifty voices. William
Stansfieid, organist and choir director.
William Stansfield announces the
third of the series of FIVE twilight
organ recitals will be played next
Monday at $40 p. m. in the First Con-
gregational Church, Tenth and G
streets northwest. He will be assisted
by Miss Ruth Bronson. violinist. Pro-
gram: Toccata and Fugue in d minor
Bach; prelude in c sharp minor.
Rachmaninoff: overture for violin and
organ from six pieces op. $50, Rhein-
berger; Spring Song, Mcfarland;
Pilgrims chorus, Wagner (requesteO
violin solos. solitude of the Shepher-
dess. Ole Bull; serenade. Pierne;
finale. symphony No. /. Vierne.
Gave Recital Mt Bethlehem.
Mrs. Huron w. Lawson gave a
recital Friday night at Bishopeborpe
Manor, Bethlehem, Pa, and today will
be soloist for the Reading symphony
Orchestra, at their first concert of the
season. Mrs. Lawson will sing the
aria from La Perle du Brill, With
orchestra. and group of songs in
English.
Calvary Baptist.
The quartet OF Calvary Baptist
Church, Eighth and H street north
west, composed of Miss Mabel Rob-
erts. soprano: Mrs. William T. Reed
contralto: Richard p. Backing, tenor;
/ T. A. Donaldson. bass, will give their
monthly service of song next Sunday
evening. October IS. One of the special
features of this service will be a
tenor solo by Mr.. Backing. II Love
the Lord" recently composed by the
organist, Mr.. Louis A. Potter, jr., and
sang for the first time from manu-
script. The program will be as fol.
lows:
Organ prelude, Sonata in B fiat
(first three movements), by Mendels.
sohn; anthem. Arise. Shine" by
Maker; duet, Miss Roberts and Mrs
Reed, 'As Pants the Hart" by
Smart: anthem. 20 Joyful Light" by
Toms: tenor solo, 81 Love the Lord
psalm 1l6), by Louis A. Potter, jr.
anthem, Evening and Morning." BY
Oakley; bass solo, THE Voice in the
Wilderness" by Scott; quartet
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by
Buck; organ postlude. last moveme II
from Sanata in B fiat by Mendelssohn
All men in uiform are particularly In
vited.
The following are the musical selec.
tions to be sung in the First Congre-
gational Church, Tenth and G. streets
northwest, today:
IL a. Morgan prelude, prelude tc
Parsifal." Wagner; ofrertory, 20 Pray
for the Peace of jerusalem" Knox;
communion services, no organ post
lude.
7:3o p. Morgan prelude, Hymn
de Fete," Capocci; "Cujus Amman
Rossini. choir; THE Hallelujah Cho-
rus" Handel; quartet, Jesus Only"
Rotoli.
D. m.-Anthem, Lord of Our
Life" Field; offertory, Quartet; organ
postlude, March From Aida" Verdi.
Chorus of fifty voices. Quartet, Miss
B. H. Lenart, Miss Marian Larner
Herbert F. Aldridge and ]. Walter
Humphrey. Organist and choir direc.
tor. William Stansheld.
The Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows will attend evening service.
William Stansf1eld announces the
fourth of a series of twilight organ
recitals will be played on Monday at
4:iS p. m. in the First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets north
west. Mrs. Melville D. Lindsay, So
prano, will assist. Pogram: prelude
and Fugue on B. A. c. H., Liszt; SER
enade. Widor; "Marche Funebre et
Chant Scraphique." Guilmant; soprano
solo, "Orpheus with His Lutte" Sulli-
van; violin obligato. Mr.. Lindsay;
Variations on the Harmonious Black
smith," Handel; 1.-The Hours of Dawn
and Day" (Gioconda), Ponchielli; So
prano solo, From the Land of the
Skv Blue Water" Cadman; Cd Bar
carolle, 20 Lovely Night" Offenbach;
Overture to Egmont," Beethoven.
These recitals are free to the public.
No tickets are required.
Church of Covenant.
At the Church of the Covenant this
evening at o'clock the evening choir
of 100 voices with double solo quartet
Will sing for the first time, this sea-
son. The choir is the LARGEST volun-
teer organization in the cit& and this
Is the fifth season that it has render
ed the music at the evening services
OF this church. The double quartet is
composed of Miss Craig, Mrs. Downs,
sopranos; Miss Jacobs, Miss Allen,
contraltos; Mr.. Blanchard. Mr.. Kru-
ger, tenors, and Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Hell
wig, basses. IN addition, there are
two soloists, Mrs. Fatt. soprano. and
Mr.. Fred East, bs IS. This organiza-
ton gives ''The Messiah each Christ
mas without tho assistance of any
outside talent.
In addition to the evening choir
making its first appearance today, the
Triple Quartet for the afternoon serv-
xurllI St~ A.