Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-23
MUSICAL MENTION.

manifest than in the theme Of both song
and sermon in the churches of today. Be
ginning this morning, Christmas carols
will furnish the leading motif for the
next fortnight, some of the churches hold
ing special Christmas services today and
some on the great day itself. while an
telling the story of the Babe Of Bethle-
hem," to be given at intervals throughout
the holiday season.
At the Church of the Covenant today
two of the most elaborate musical serv-
ices ever prepared for that church will be
| given. This afternoon the Triple Quar-
tet will give it's seventeenth musical serv-
ice. and in the evening the choir Of 100
voices, with two additional soloists, will
give its thirty-sixth, special musical serv-
| ice This evening Richard p. Backing will
sing, and the service will commence at
AS, instead of 8 o'clock. Both services
will be under the direction Of Mr.. Wright
son, with Mr. Murray at the organ. The
following are the musical numbers:
Afternoon brightest and Best
(Fearis). incidental solo. Mr.. Backing:
Valley Shall Be Exalted tHandeD, Mr..
Backing; There Were Shepherds"
(Foss), incidental solos. Mrs. Dunwoody
and Miss Craig; Before the Heavens
dental solo, Mr.. Backing; "Sing and Re-
joice" (Barnby).
Evening = Organ prelude. Largo"
tHandeD anthem, And the Glory of
Hope Is In the Everlasting" tStainer),
Mr.. Backing; anthem. For Unto Us a
Child Is Born" (HandeD; contralto solo.
He Was Despised" tHandeD, Miss ia
cobs: anthem Surely He Hath Borne
Our Griefs' HandeD: tenor solo, THE
Sorrows of Death (Mendelssohn). Mr..
Backing; anthem, "The Lord Gave the
Word" (HandeD; offertory anthem.
1 nrfl Ir la1N
them. "Hallelujah Chorus" (HandeD;
| "Sevenfold Amen (Stainer); organ
postlude. March from Judas Macca-
beus" (HandeD.
i The choir of the West Street Presby-
terrain Church. under direction of
I George Herbert Wells. organist. will
render the following programs of
Christmas music at the services today:
Morning, anthems. Sing and Rejoice, o
| Daughter of Zion. by Barnby; Behold,
| Bring You Good Tidings, by Church
| ill., and The Birthday of King, by
Neidlinger. Evening, anthem, @. Sing
| to God Your Hymns of Gladness, by
| Gounod: soprano and alto duet Christ
mas Song. by Shelley; Q Holy Night, by
Adam; bass solo, The Newborn King,
| by L'Espoir; Sing, o Heavens, by Tours
| The solo parts will be sustained by Mrs
! Gertrude Lyons, soprano; Mrs Helen
Macleod Cliff. contralto; Robert r.
| Candor, tenor: S. Theodore Howard,
| baritone, and Thomas A. Murray, bass
The musical programs at Waugh NJ
p. Church, under direction of Mrs. Ruby
| Stahl, soprano soloist, with Mrs. Del
phine Brown at the organ. will include
this morning the prelude, Sanctus, by
Gounod; anthem. Jesus Came, the
dental solos. Mrs. Criest and Mrs
| Stahl: offertory solo. This Day Was
Born Savior. by Stewart, Mrs. .StahI;
| anthem. Sing, Heavens. by Tours, OBJ
fero m cali II, Mt
mas March. by Merkel. Evening, pre-
! Iude, Pastoral Symphony, from The
Messiah, by Handel; offertory anthem
Q Little Town of Bethlehem. by Nevin;
cent. incidental solo, Mrs. Stahl; post
lude, Halle1ujah Chorus, by Handel
| The choir of ST Margarets Episco-
g. Eldridge. organist, will sing this
evening. beginning at s o'clock, the
Christmas cantata. Bethlehem, by
, Maunder. The solos will be sustained
prano; Melville D. Hensey, tenor, and
Arthur H. Deibert, baritone.
The Girls Glee Club of the Friends.
School, with Miss Blanche Polkfnhorn
| as director of the thirty members, gave
| musical program before a large body
OF soldiers recently at American Uni
| vercity camp. The club. which has
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| tically received and. in addition to the
chorus numbers, Miss Mary Fox con-
tributed a violin solo and Miss Collins
Jones a vocal solo.
Miss Katharine May Brooks returned
early in the week after an extended
visit to relatives in Indiana.
| This evening at 8 o'clock the solo
quartet and chorus OF the Mount Pleas
ant Congregational Church, with
der Woodlands cantata, The Message
of the Star. The solos will be taken
by Mrs A. l. Haycock. soprano: Miss
Josephine Mack. contraIto: Charles D.
bass. and string quartet composed
of T. b. Amiss, jr., and Miss Daisy
Fickenscher. violins; Robert Cary
4 Storms and Viola and Mitchell Bliss,
Mack will sing for the offertory. The
1 virgins Lullaby. by Buck, and the
choir will render Christmas carols for
Ia half hour preceding the service.
the organ prelude. PastoraIe. from. d
Minor Sonata, by Guiimant; choruses.
And the Glory of the Lord, Lift Up
Your Heads. o Ye Gates, and HaIlelu-
i Haendel: offertory. duet for soprano
and tenor. Cradle Song. from The Holy
i Child. by Parker. Mrs. Haycock and
Mr.. Church: organ postiude, March of
the Magi King, by Dubois.
AT the West Washington Baptist
Church this morning the music will in
clude the organ prelude. Romance -
by Tschaikowsky; anthem. Sing. o
4 Heavens. by Tours: tenor solo Can
: tidue de Noel" by Adams; anthem
} THE People That Walked in Dark
}, ness" by Lansing; organ postlude
beginning at 7:45 o'clock. the choir
"Orientale.' by Dvorak. This evening,
) will present the .cantata. The shep-
!. herd King" by Lincoln Hall, the solos
II to be sustained by Mrs. Henry Hunt
Soprano: Mrs. w. wilkins Wallace
contralto: George Anderson. tenor;
Fred Marks. baritone; with Miss Eliza
beth Newton Collision. organist.
!, E. Church the quartet. composed of
Miss Aileen Miller. soprano: Mrs. lanes
Kerr contralto: Harrington Barke
tenor and Herbert Moreton. bass. with
Mrs. Tsrker. organist and director. will
sing the anthems Hail the King" by
Marks; "Hark. What Mean Those
Angel Voices?" by Neidlinger, and this
evening Maunders cantata. "Bethle-
hem" will be given by the full vested
choir.
The music at Emmanuel p. E. Church,
4 Anacostia, Christmas morning, under
direction Of Fulton r.. Ka~r. nrfrs mist.
will include the organ nrelrdn. Sane
i tus" from "St. Cecilia Mass hy
Gounod. professional 20 Co'9e All We
, Faithful: '.Venite." by Morninstou;
tie Deum by Buck: ''Jabilat"." nv
Dupuis: HMM. Shout the Cid lid
mrs by hvisoa: "kyrie." by Barnhv:
"GIoria Tibi" NV Paxton. "EJarlS the
uer,ld A.e-ets Sing" nv MendeIesoi,n n