Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-25

| The spirit of the Thanksgiving season
. Is nowhere more manifest than IN tn
lchurches today. and regular choirs hav'
been augmented for the occasion, poti
by additional voices and by tnstrumen
tai soloists. in the preparation 20
choice. programs appropriate Ito th'
season. The first note of the universe
Thanksgiving anthem will be sung 'thf'
Afternoon at old st. Johns Church, La
jfayette square, where a. choir of fort,
men and boys under direction of H. H
Freeman. organist. will render Maun
der's cantata, The Song of Thanks
giving" The solos will be sung by Mrs
Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler. soprano; Pau
Bleyden, tenor, and Arthur Chester
lGorbach, bass, and an orchestra d.
ERECTED by Anton Kaspar win supple
lment the organ accompaniments. Spe'
tcial musical services will be given this
evening at the Mount Pleasant Congre-
1 gational Church, the West Street Pres.
byterian Church and others The aios'
elaborate service on Thanksgiving day
will be the Pan-American mass at 81
Patrick's Church. when the music Will
be rendered by two full choirs, one OF
mixed voices, with double quartet OF
soloists and orchestral and organ ae-
Z
Glennan. and the sanctuary choir OF
male voices, with r. Mills Siiby con-
Quoting. . ~
| The mixed choir will sing Haydn. 8
Third Mass" in which the solos Will
be sustained by. Mrs. Edna HHlyaro
Howard. soprano; Miss Ella Ntemann,
contralto; Charles e. Myers. tenor. and
Church Dwight S. Church. choir di-
rector. has arranged an appropriate
program to be~rsndered by the vested
choir: for tho union service, in which
the Petworth Baptist, Wallace Memo
rial (Presbyterianl and First Reform
churches WIN all participate. = The
Chusch Of the Epiphany (Eptscopa)
and the First Presbyterian Church are
also among those announcing special
programs. for Thanksgiving morning:
At the West street Presbyterian
Church this evening the chorus choir.
with Mrs, Gertrude Lyons. SOPRANO Mrs.
Helen Macleod Gift, contralto: Henry
Howard, bass, as soloists, will present
the following numbers, under direction
Of George. Herbert Wells 'orsanfst:
Anthem, The Lord Great Wonders for
tralto solo. 'The Earth L. the 7Lord's,'s
by Schneider; anthem, "Ye Shall Dwell
in the Land" by Stainer; solo for VIC
Ioncello. "Berceuse,", by HAuser, MT:
Lorleberg: quartet. Protect. Us
Through the Coming Might: by cg ,,ssa,
Mater" by. Rossini. This morning the
quartet will sing 20 Come, Let Us Wor-
ship" by Heinrich, and Unto Thee, o
Lord" by Wilson
For the Thanksgiving day service at
Petworth NJ E. Church the musical
numbers will be- an organ prelude.
-Grand ofrertoire de st Ceeile:" by
Batiste. Mrs John NJ. Sylvesfer;, an
Barnby. and II VIM. Feed NY Flock.
BY Shipper; organ postlude. Festival
March,. by Calkfn- This merning the
choir will, sing tbs. processional.s q
Thou God. Of My Salvation. by Smart:
Gounod, Mrs, John H: Paine sustaining
the incidental solo Sand obligato; OFFS
fertory, tenor .solo, James K Morton
Evening, professional. 20 Mother. Dear
jerusalem" by Ward: anthem. Thy
Light Is Come" by. Wilson; sonertory
Church will direct at both services and
Mrs. Sylvester. at the organ win play
this morning for prelude. .DreamS. by
Wagner. and for postludes Festival
March," by Tuiman. and this evening.
"Andante in C Minor by Silas. at the
OPENING. Of the service. and for q clos
ing number, 'Postlsde," by Tours.
The new national anthems VIII be
FIRST Presnyterian Church. Where. MS,
Duncan L. Richmond, soprano solotst.
will be assisted by ala{ge chorus and
by Jan CARRIER. :violinisE Alfonso Won
s Eanns at se the orsan sn Ths anthem win
be THE Landing Of the Pflgrims. by
wagner Brown, and at the onertory
Mrs. Richmond will sipg LET. Us Have
Peace" (RamoG. and the SELECTIONS Tor
NU{n "
AVE Maria" tBach .Gounod). Danish
Song" (Sandby), ITO Spring" (Grieg).
.-Cavatina" tRaff) and Largo" tHaen-
deli. ,
On Thanksgiving day at the Church
of the Epiphany the musical portion OF
the service win include the procession
al. America. the Beautiful" (MacFar-
lParker), aBenedictus' (Novdllol, Of
fertory. 'Reeessionar fKipiing-de
Kosen). .Star. Spangled Banner. re-
MeHenry McChord, Will render the pro-
5sfsrtin9. lie Deum and .ssnedicsas,.
Ha int5e, e,ia hy Tei e
offertory anthem, 'Hark. Hark. Ny
Whose Glory Fills the Skies" tGounod);
Evening, prelude Tor v1oi1n, ana or&any
Glare de Lune" (Karg Elertl;,. pro-
cessional. Love Divine. All Love Ex.
ceiling" Gle Jeune); "Cantate Domino"
(Goss): Deus Miseratur" (Aldrfch):
offertory anthem, Again as Evening
shadows Fail cWoodman>:: recessional.
Glorious Things OF Thee Are Spoken,
(Haydn). 5.-.+s--fS - -.
There were 207 singers enrolled I'm the
oratorio section OF the evening choir Of
the Church Of the Covenant Wednesday
was taken up for rshesrsal Such on
thusiasm prevailed th1t Mr.. Wrightson.
musical director. has decided to increase
tho chorus to 800 yofcaA New members
will be welcomed at any OF the Wednes-
day evening reheaysals. which arc held at
B.30 in the chapel Of the Church Of the
Covenant, entrance on N street. Voices
for all the four parts will be welcomed
The second Of. ., series Of community
singing evenings In TakomA Park will be
held, In the FPresbyterfan Church. on Ma
pie avenue, tomorrow 0veninG ut 3 o'clock.
Mis- F. T.. Stratton win Be the soloist
and r. z. Fraser. bugier at Walter Reed
Hospital will give tho busie calls Of the
the singing. under tlr leadsrshtp Of
James lDyre. viii consist of patriotic and
old songs some Of them illustrated and
thrown on the screen. * -i -
VT. Pierson will conduct his own
song. Sons Of America"
The usual accompaniment Of piano and
organ will be augmented by a number Of
people. and 1t il hoped that this may be
the nucleus OF a community orchestra to
1 be developed later.
The impulse toward community music