Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-18
MUSICAL MENTION.

N1EIN xlON. III
ins-Anthems. More Love to Thee. Q
Christ" by Marks. and Eye Hath Not
Evenins--chorus. send Out Thy
Hart Panteth for the Water Brooks
by Greene; Holy Father. Great Gre
ator." by Faure. The solos will be
sustained by Mrs. Paul Ewing. soprano;
Mrs. Helen Macleod Cliff, contralto:
D. Austin Howard. tenor, and S. Theo-
dore Howard. bass.
The music at the exercises held Mon
day evening at the First Congrega-
tional Church in commemoration of the
1OSth anniversary of tho birth of
Abraham Lincoln. as arranged by Mrs.
Florence Donohue, was given by mem
bers Of the Musurgia Quartet. Mrs.
Ethel Holtsclaw Gawler. Mrs. William
T. Reed and Earl Carbauh with Marine
Band Orchestra giving a preliminary
program of marches and inspiring ma
tional airs and accompanying the audi
ence in the singing of Star Spangled
Banner" and America" Mrs. Gawler
sang "a Morning in Spring." by Mat
thews; Mrs. Reed gave De Koven's set
ting of kipling's "Recessional," Mr..
Carbauh contributed "Invictus,'' by
a splendid Impression in the trio, "Te
Prego," by Nicolai
At st. Johns Church, Georgetown
To-Day the musical program, under di-
rectton of Samuel A. Leech. organist
and choirmaster, has been arranged as
follows: "venite." by Atkinson: '"Te
Deum." by Woodward; "Jubilate Dec In
Mass" by Mozart. The solos in the
above selections will be sustained by
Master Lloyd Berrall, soprano: Arthur
L. Simpson, tenor. and Charles A
Bright, bass.
At the evening service the musical
"Nunc Dimittus in D." by Field, and
More Love to Thee" by Marks.
A string quartet from the United
ing of ]. Taylor Branson, first violin
Herman r. Hoffman, second violin;
Peter Hazes, viola, and Fritz A. Muel-
Ter, violoncello, gave q recital of I'M
usual merit Tuesday evening for the
the Quartet, op. Is, No. H. four move
ments; "Adagietto." by Bizet; "Traum-
erei," by Schumann; "Humoresque, "
from Quartet, op. 49," by Ippolitoff
IWanow; Theme and Variations by
Zelinski, and ''Guignol," a composition
by Louis Lombard, which was especi-
ally pleasing.
Ruth NJ. Bronson, violinist, who has
had charge of the Sunday school or
chestra of the Luther Memorial Church
during the past two years, has resigned
the position In order to direct the
newly organized orchestra at Calvary
NJ. E. Church, Mount Pleasant.
The Washington Concert Company
composed of Misses Ethel Miner and
Hazel Bornheim, sopranos; Richie Nc
Lean and Florence Steffens, contraltos;
Messrs. \. Clifford Wilkins and Charles
r. Bartlett, tenorS, and Harry N
Forker and William Clabaugh, bassos
with Mr.. Bartlett as director. and Aline
Rousseau, accompaniSt, returned Tues
day from successful trip in the south
The company left here Saturday aft
ernoon last on a special train, in com
pany with many prominent speakers
and high officials, all guests of the
chancellor and board of trustees of the
Lincoln Memorial University at Cum
berland Gap, Tenn, where an enthu-
siastic celebration of the twentieth an.
versfty was held. The company made
a fine impression, in both solo and en-.
semble work and was received cordially
at each of the several concerts giveI
during the trip.
The musical program at All Souls
Unitarian Church today by Charlie.
Trowbridge Tittmann, bass. and Levi!
Corning Atwater, organist, will in
clude this morning the vocal solos
Forget Me Not" by J. S. Bach, ant
THE Crucifix," by Faure; organ mum
bers, prelude, Alteration; offertory
liberation" and postlude. .'Marcht
ing Mr.. Ttttmann will sing The Sounds
Distracting of the Day Are Dying" b,
Cornelius, and Now the Day Is Over,
by Speaks, and Mr.. Atwater will play
for prelude, "A la Marcia; for offer.
tory, 'Lento," and for postlude. Allegro, "
all from the Persian Suite" by
Stoughton.
Mrs. Hugh A. Brown, soprano soloist al
Epiphany Episcopal Church; Miss Richie
Mclean, contralto soloist, and William
at the meeting Of the Mems Club at
Epiphany Chapel Tuesday evening. Mrs
Brown and Miss Mclean sang several
solos and duets, and Mr. Stump enter
tanned the audience with selections ON
the guitar and his celebrated 'Gaughins
song, "'Blige a Lady, Mrs. II. A.
Robbins accompanied at the piano
Members and guests of the Arts Club
were entertained last Sunday evening
with joint recital BY Mary Helen
Howe. soprano, and s. Frank Gebest,
pianist. Miss Howe was notably at
her best in the operate arias, .'Vissi
d Arte. Vissi d'Amore" from la
Tosca." and ''Depuis le Jour" from
Carpenters Louise" but the num-
Der most heartily received was the
setting by Jerome Williams of poem,
entitled ITO Thee" written by Willard
Howe. Miss Howe sang also Caro-
MIC ben," by Gfordani; 'LEcstasy," by
Arditl; Will-o Wtsp," by Spross.
and "Mignon." by Gounod, Edward
Donovan accompanying. Mr. Gebest
played 'Sarabanda." by Hitler; pol
onaise." by Chopin; Etude, Hungarian
Scale" by William Mason; "Elfen-
feigen," by kroger. and the valse ca
price. Man Lebt Nur EinmaI," by
Strauss-Tausig.
Gertrude Lyons will give a recital at
the Burlington this evening, with Mrs.
Sue Burrows Jennings accompanying in
the "Barcarolle." by Gounod; Angels
Serenade." by Braga; "Slumber Song
by Gounod: Dreams" by Strelezeki.
all with violin obligato, and The
Star" by Rogers: Deep River" by
Burleigh; III You Would Love Me-" by
MacDermid, and Boat Song" by Har-
riet Ware.
Fl. II. Freeman. organist of old St.
Johns Church, played Thursday even
ing at Central High School. at the
meeting held under the auspices of the
playing the beauties of the new organ
in "Toccata. in D Minor" by Edwards;
"Serenade," by Helmund; Military
March, by Schubert; 'Gondola Song"
by Lohr: 'Salut GLAMOUR" by Elgar,
and "Scherzo Symplloniuua bv