Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-02

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lney Simon, conductor. will give this veal
q concert, December 20. at the Belasct
Theater, for the benefit of the soldiers
and sailors Christmas fund. The PRO-
gram will be arranged with special ap-
propriateness for the occasion, and
promises to be an event out of the or.
ldfnary The first group of numbers VII
represent patriotism, and will consis'
of the singing of the american, o,
ish and French national anthems, nv
flags of the different countries pelne
lowered from the center OF the stast
as EACH is sung and the chorus penn
supplemented by section OF the Oni.eo
States Marine Band and two druhHeIs
1.-THE second group of numbers repre-.
SCENTS the people and will consist OF
folk songs, and the third group, repre-
lsenting peace, will be MADE up Oh tou
lchoruses from 1.-THE Messiah aho -. :,
rosch's ARRANGEMENT of Holy Night:
sung around a Christmas tree electrl-
Ically lighted.
Imence Tuesday evening at the Lu.nes
Memorial Church. Thomas circle, ana
will be held there each Tuesday even
ling until the Christmas holidays. sing
lers with good voices who are 1air
'jreaders of music will be Welcome IN
each of the parts. The event prom =
Uses to be great financial. artistic
and social success, as it Will be given
for an object that makes stIons d,s-
peal to public sympathy under no
tinguished patronage. and the Pr
gram of the affair will be up TO the
thigh standard always maintained oS
the Motel Society. a,,,-
| For the benefit of the many ne"
corners in the city it might be Wen
to explain that the Motet Choral So
ciety is a chorus of approximately ioo
mixed voices. organized nlne year, re
with Mr.. Simon as conductor anu IL
llate Mrs. simon as the moving spirit
land accompanies. Its object has oesh
| TO encourage in the public taste Ior
higher forms and less familiar COM
positions of choral music, by present.
ling works of such character rs un
motets of Palestrina, Vittoria. Dur
lante. yPraetorius and Bach ana mlscei-
Ianeous compositions by such M ;
as Eschaikowsky. Glinka, Rubinstein'
| Gretchaninoff. Hamerik. Gade. BantoGk,
| arne NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. as we'll as the
| classics by Haendel, Beethoven, Men
| delssohn and others. Mr. simon mas
| also introduced many novel features
at these concerts and was tne mISt ~
present color music" to Washing
ton audience
Herbert Arthur wheeldon. a distiI-
ruished organist and composer from
Enpiand. spent the past week in Wash
ington as the house guest OF Henry n n.
Freeman. organist And choirmaster OF
old St. Johns Episcopal Churcn T.
Wednesday afternoon ne I P,asea at it St.
c r10
John's Church, giving several OF ms
own compositions. "Cantique de Ma,
tion. "Serenade," "Postlude In ~
Major" and 1.-The Minister BeHs; as
berger. At the Thanksgiving service
THURSDAY morning he played the open
ing yoluntaries Of the service, giving
his own "Berceuse" and ms III
ment of "Slumber Song, by "a. ~
mann. Mr. wheeldon was a pupil %
TFyry. Lemare and DR.. Turpin. assist
ant organist at Ripon Cathedral, an .
has been organist of several chua0n,.s
in London, the last being ST SAVOY, .
Upper Chelsea. He has he.u Sbmrch.
toronto, Canada. and from 1908 70 aSt .
vas examiner in music at toronto
University.
Katharine McNeal. the young pianlse
of this CITY who has for several years
made her home in New York Guy sp e5a >.
the Thanksgiving holidays Win 49,
tives in this city ana WAS st sai dur
| ing her stay She played Weanesda lay
afternoon at the Persian legation pc
| fore a small company enterIaineo oy
Nine. Ali-Kuli Khan. and nv Me6 hn Gen.
and Mrs. Richard L. Hoxie 10 the :
league of American Pen Women. Al
the latter affair Capt Rostand OF tne
! French army preceded MISS MeN rt;s+
| :,
tic loss to France through the war. and
| Miss McNeal played the Donnanyi
''Rhapsodie in C Major, homance,
by Jean sibelius; a Group OF .s Gn3 Gon
Dance" and ITO a Water Lily" all by
| Mcdowell The young artist has ma
| tured greatly In her work since sne
was last heard here. Her Chopin num-
hers were rendered with beautiful tone
and sympathetic Interpretation. and her
program throughout displayed admir-
able technical proficiency. She was re-
peatedly recalled and generously add
ed to the program numbers.
Charles T. Tittmann, bass soloist OF
| the All Souls Unitarian Church. with
Lewis Corning Atwater at the organ.
will give the following music at this
mornings service: Organ prelude, THE
Little Shepherd" by Debussy; vocal
solos, From the Depths OF Our Contri-
ton" by Campana, and Sing Ye
| tory, "Pastorale," by List. and post
lude, Marche Nuptiale." by Faulkes.
At, tho Mount Pleasant congrega-
th Of
ganist, will consist of the prelude
-Elgie." from First Organ
Suite" by Borowski: contralto solo.
recitative and air, But the Lord Is !,
| ofrertory, quartet, sweet the Mo-
ments. Rich in Blessing" by Reich
| ardt. Mrs. A. L. Haycock. Miss Mack.
! Charles D. Church and James s. Hicks;
| organ postlude, "Marche Solennelle,'
| by Borowski. Evening. organ prelude.
| "Onertory." by Salome; anthem. Send
| Out Thy Light" by Gounod; offertory
quartet. THE Mellow Eve Is Gliding
by Holden; organ solo. "Postlude," by
Stern.
] Visitors at the weekly musicals AT
the Library Of Congress enjoyed a mu-
4 steal treat recently when the program
was given by Mrs. Edith White. con-
| tralto: Paul Hines, tenor, and Helene
Woytych. violinist. Mrs. Sue Burrows
Jennings accompanied them in the fol-
loves :. RhaPs9 SS,: S y i RH.5dsiSt
core. "Mammy's Song" by Harriet
Ware: Sunset, by Dudley Buck;
"Adieu Marie" '1favourneen" and "Ah
IT'S Dream: tenor songs. "Ah. Moon
Of Ny Delight" from The Persian
Garden" by Liza Lehmann: 1.-THE
Trumpeter." by Dix; spirit Flower
by Campbell Upton; .where'er You
Walk. by Haendel: Yesterday and
Today by spross; encore. Look
in A Major" by Brahms; Here Kati.'
by Hubay: ITO a Wild Rose" by Mac.
Dowell: 'Liebesfreud." by Kreisler
'Wiegenlied," by Max Roger, and en-.
core. "Bolero." by Dancla-
Mrs. A. NJ Blair, musical director o,
the Rubinstein and the z. W. q. A
Choral Clubs. entertained the latter or.
ganization Monday evening on the 90
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