Evening star., 1917-01-21
MUSICAL MENTION.


| The series of organ recitals so gem
erously provided by the Washington
! Society Of Fine Arts for the music low
ing public Of the city was auspicious-
ly inaugurated Thursday afternoon by
Henry II. Freeman at old St Johns
Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square.
Mr.Freeman was in fine form and gave
a notable program with some novelties,
one of the latter. "The Minister Bells"
by Wheeldon, serving the double pur-
| pose of introducing a new compos1ton
, to the Washington public and furnish
ing a medium for the display OF the
chimes and echo organ installed when
st. Johns organ was rebuilt. Among
the most pleasing though less preten-
tious of tho numbers was 'Pastorale.
by Bach, and "Berceuse," by Lemare.
He played also prelude and Fugue.
| by Bach; First Sonata" by Dr.; Peace:
| .Toccata'' % Minor). by Edwards;
/ "Gavotte in Ancient Style, by Neu-
| stadt, and ''Hosannah. by Wacns.
The second of the series OF recitals VIII
| be given by Lewis Corning Atwater. or.
sanist Of All Souls Unitarian Church and
of the Eighth Street Temple Mr. Atwater
has prepared program OF conapos,- ON, sn-
the organ. among them "Evocation Ia
Chapelle Sixtine." by Liszt; "kyrie.
by J. S. Bach (three movements); can
tilene Nuptial." by Dubois: Lamenta-
Stebbins; "Allegretto." by Lszt; "Ori-
| entail Sketch" by Bird, and Second
Taccata." by Rogers.
COnCrePa-
tional Church today the music. under
direction of Claude Robson. Will In.
clude the organ solo. "Adaglo Motto,
| from Third Sonata" by Gullmant:
/ by Bracket, Charles d. Church: offer
tory, quartet, THE King of Love My
Shepherd Is" by Schneider; organ
postlude, "Pre1udio," from Third So
| nata." by Guilmant. In the evening
a lecture will be given by Or. John
| Nelson Mills on the West Coast OF
South America" and the Mount Pleas
ant chorus, under direction of DR.. Will
! liam r. Buchanan, will render For
Thee. o Dear, Dear Country" by Elch-
| burg.
The Musurgia quartet, composed of
Mrs. Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler, Mrs.
William T. Reed, Richard P. Backing
ton Howard, pianist and director, fur
nished the musical portion of the en-
| tertainment Wednesday evening at
Rauscher's at the ladies night OF
| the District of Columbia Society of
| the Sons of the American Revolution
scoring their usual success in Anna
rilla," by Whine: Somewhere Voice
Is Calling" by Tate-Howsrd; Greet
| ings to SPRING" by Strauss; swing
Along by Cook, and two encore num-
| bers, Sweet Miss Mary" by Neidlinger,
and the Hawaiian melody, "Aloha-oe-
| Miss Leila Holterhoff. the blind lieder
singer, whom American journalist
| in Berlin called the Helen Keller of
| music" gave the recital at the reading
| room for the blind at the Library OF
Congress Tuesday evening, completely
captivating the audience by her sym
pathetic voice, excellent technique and
charming personality. Miss Hotter
hoff. who is totally blind, studied piano
| in this country and later went to Flor
| ence, Italy, where she worked for two
years under Nannuncini, who gave her
special training in old italian music.
From there she went to Berlin, where
she studied repertoire and harmony
under the American composer Stillman
Kelly. After completing her studies
with him she concertized in Germany,
France. England, Holland and Austria.
her greatest success being attained in
Germany in programs of German folk
songs. Her program Tuesday included
French, German, English and Italian
songs, her singing of Strauss "Voce
di Primavera," which served to display
her facility for coloratura work, win
ming ovation, after which she sang
as encore, "If No One Ever Marries
Me-" Special interest attached also to
the song, The Lady Picking Mulber-
ries." a wonderfully appealing melody
built on a Chinese theme by her teach
er, Stillman Kelly.
rion Bauer; ''SyIvelin," by Sinding;
'Orpheus With His Lutte" by Manney;
"Pierrot," by Rubner: Boat Song by
Ware; Elm schwan," "Solveig's Lied"
son Triste." by Dupare; "A des Ois-
eaux," by Hue; Si mes Vers Avaient des
Allies" by Hahn: 'Bonjour, Suson," by
Delibes; Song of Picardie,' Lullaby"
Expectancy" by La Forge: That's
the World in June by Spross. and the
aria. 'Depuis lie Jour" from Louise
by Charpentier.
Quite galaxy of talent will con-
tribute to the program this afternoon
at Trinity College for the benefit of
the Anna Hanson Dorsey scholarship
fund for the District of Columbia stu
dents. Miss Mabel Latimer, soprano
and Mrs. William T. Reed will sing
both solos and duets: Louis Thompson,
tenor, VIII give group of songs. one,
"a Spring Song" his own composition,
still in manuscript, and Anton Kaspar
Life, ''Hubay's Love Song" and The
Bee" by Schubert. Mrs. Mary 3. Keys
and Claude Robson will fill the i'm
portant role of accompanies. The af-
fair is in charge of Miss Minnie Carroll.
Oscar Franklin Comstock will play
this evening in his half-hour organ re-
cital before the o'clock service at
Trinity Episcopal Church, I'm Memo
RAM and ''Nocturne in C Minor" by
Forester; "Andantino," by Cesar
F'ranck. and "Grande Choeur," by
Faulkes.
George Herbert Wells, organist and
choir director of West Street Presby-
terian Church, has prepared the fol-
lowing program for the services today:
Morning, Consider and Hear Me-" by
Pfeuger, Mrs. Helen Macleod Cliff,
contralto: d. Austin Howard tenor
| and choir; Cast Thy Burden Upon the
Lord" chorale from Mendelssohn's
Elijah; evening, anthem, 20 Peace
| on Thine Uproaring Pinion,' by Dudley
Buck: bass solo, abide With Me-" by
Ashford. S. Theodore Howard: 80 Be
Joyful in the Lord. by Buck, Mrs. Paul
Ewing, soprano, and choir.