Evening star., 1917-11-04

| The evening choir of the Church Of
the Covenant, consisting of double
quartet Of so1oists and chorus OF loo
| voices, will inaugurate its fifth season
this evening. the service commencing
at o'clock. The double quartet 1s COM
posed Of Miss Meta Craig and Mrs.
Jewell Downs, sopranos; Miss Mary ia
cobs and Miss Margaret Allen, contral-
tos: W. s. Blanchard and Henry Kruger.
! tenors. and Wheeler Wilson and Harry
Helwig, basses In addition to these.
| Mrs. Robert Fatt, soprano, and Fred
East, bass, will also serve as soloists.
This afternoon the triple quartet will
also sing for the first time this season
at the afternoon service, which begins
at $3.50 o'clock. The personnel of this
choir includes Miss Craig, Mrs. Down
and Mrs. Fatt, sopranos; Mrs. Beuiah
Harper Dunwoody, Mrs. Lenore Fuller
and Miss Jacobs, contraltoS: Richard +.
Backing, Mr.. Blanchard and Mr.. Kruger.
tenors, and Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. He1wig and
Mr.. East, basses. Both services Will be.
as in past seasons, under direction OF
Murray at the organ, and the programs
for today are as follows: Afternoon. an
them, Hear the Voice and Prayer of
Thy Servants" by Steane; contralto
SOLO, But the 1OrQ is N1lnQ1ul OI his
own" from est. Paul" by Mendelssohn:
anthem, "Forsake Me Not" by Steven
son, incidental solo. Mr.. Backing; an
them, Rock of Ages" by Matteo-Miles.
Evening, organ prelude. 'Offertoire," by
Dubois: anthem. The Bells of Heaven"
by Blount: bass solo. THE Lord Is My
Light" by A1litsen, Fred East: anthem.
abide With Me-" by Liddle, incidental
solos, Miss Jacobs and Mr.. Wilson; The
Vast Universe" by by Peace, incidental
rat Ayona hv
Stainer organ solo, "Postlude," by Volk-
mann.
The Washington saengerbund. Ar
mand Gumprecht conducting, will re-
sumo this evening the Sunday evening
gatherings, discontinued several years
ago, inaugurating the season with
concert Richard P. Backing will sing
THE Bitterness of Love-" by Dunn:
Mrs. Gumprecht will be heard in the
contralto solos, "a Summer Night" by
Gorlng Thomas, and "Dfe Lorelei." by
Silcher. There will be two flute solos,
salut d,Amour," by Edgar, and Al
mand Gumprecht. jr.; William S. Madi-
gan will give the baritone solos, when
My Ship Comes Sailing Home" and
Don Juan's Serenade," by Tschaikow-
tribute two numbers. Thinking of
YOU by Caro- Roma, and Elaine" by
Homer Bartlett The quartet from
"Rigoletto" will be presented by Mrs.
Fatt. Mrs. Gumprecht. Mr. Backing and
Mr.. Madigan, and Mrs. Gumprecht and
Mr.. Madigan will sing the duets, Down
in the Forest" by Landon Ronald, and
"Exultation of Night" by NJ. H. Brown.
The program will be opened with group
Of choruses. old Black joe" by Van
folk song. and "saengergebet," by
Zuschneid. Mr.. Backing sustaining the
obligato solo in the last number, with
MT Gumprecht presiding at the piano.
Miss Josephine Mack has been en-
gagged as contralto soloist of the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church and
will sing with the choir today. The
musical portions Of the service, under
direction of Claude Robeson. organist,
prelude. Melody and Intermezzo." by
Parker: contralto solo, NO Night
There" by Danks. Miss Mack; offer
tory. quartet, still, Still, With Thee"
Mack. Charles d. Church and James
March," from aida by Verdi. This
evening the work of the quartet will
be supplemented by the Mount Pleas
ant Chorus in the following numbers:
Organ prelude. ''Minuetto." by Shelley:
anthem. THE King of Love My Shep-
herd Is,'' by Shelley; offertory. trio for
soprano, contralto and tenor, Now
Abideth Faith. Hope and Love-" by
D Major" by Shelley.
Candidate Randall Haskin Truempe
Of the Sd Battery. r. o. T. c.. Fort
West Street Presbyterian Church. CIV
ing Seek Ye the Lord" by Roberts,
and disclosing a tenor voice of beau
tiful quality. which he handled with
the skill born of good training and
to assist the choir again today. and
will contribute solo. MY Hope Is
in the Everlasting.'" from stainer,s
Daughter of Jairus." at this mornings
service. The quartet. consisting of
Mrs. Helen Macleod Cliff, contralto;
Henry H. Lor1eberg, tenor. and Theo-
dore Howard. bass. will render The
King of Love My Shepherd Is" by
by the quartet and chorus will include
Dudley Bucks "Te De1lm in B Flat.
Major: soprano solo, Come Unto Me"
from '"The Messiah" sung by Mrs.
Creator" by Faure. George Herbert
Wells will as usual. preside a tthe Or
gan and direct the choir.
The District of Columbia Chapter of
the American Guild of Organists will
hold its October meeting tomorrow
evening at the studio of Albert w.
Harmed. The particular feature of In
terest will be a demonstration of elec-
trio organ mechanism by Samuel Wa
ters.
Walter sorrell. tenor. will be the as
sfsting soloist this evening at the or
gan recital given at Epiphany Church
before the evening service. when he
will sing "a Voice in the Wilderness"
bv Gross Paeinning at 1ao O'Clock,
McHenry Mcchord, oreanist and choir
master will play Military March," by
Schubert; Sunset Melody" by Vincent,
and Autumn" by Brewer. and imme-
diately following the recital the choir
will sing the professional. Hail 20 the
Lords Amounted" by Haversal; Can
tate Dominis," by Mendelssohn; "Bene-
die Onnia Mea" bv Reetho-nn. hvrnr
Faith of Our Fathers" by Whitehead; +;
offertory anthem. "Hark, Hark. My
Soul" by West; benediction hymn.
ETERNAL Father. Strong to Save" by
Dykes: recessional. "The Morning Light
Is Breaking" by Wehhe This morning
the music will include the professional.
Dykes: litany hymn. Saviour When
in Dust to Thee" by Hervey "~on-
rnurion Se---ioe" hv Staire-- crfa~. o,v
anthem. "Praise the Lord. o .Jerusa-
lem" by Maunder; recessional. "Round
the Lord in Glory Seated by Cobb.
The first community singing evening
at Takoma Park. held Monday evening,
proved successful, and DESPITE the in
clement weather the Presbyterian
church was filed to capacity. The
auspices of the Takoma Park Citi-
1ar., Association he 1ac