Evening star., 1917-09-09
MUSICAL MENTION.

Tentative plans for the coming sea-
son are already being outlined by
Washington musical organizations. both
church and secular. delay in some cases
being caused by uncertainty as to the
male portion Of the talent, war con-
ditions having already made serious
inroads on that section of the musical
contingent. Among the first to resume
actual rehearsals will be the Rebew
Orchestra, which. although the per-
sonnel Is depleted in the brass and
wood wind section by several of its
forty-seven members enlisting in vari-
Gus branches of the military service,
has been called by it's conductor. H. w.
Weber. for the first rehearsal on the
usual date, the third Monday evening
in September. Prompt attendance this
year is of more than usual Importance.
as the orchestra is to give program
as the first of a series of functions
being arranged for the week of October
g. in celebration of the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the Keller Memorial
Lutheran Church. which is incidentally
also the silver jubilee of the founding
Of the orchestra. Rehearsals will be
held as in previous seasons. in the
lecture hall of the church each Mon
day evening. and an informal concert.
hearsal, will be given once each month,
to which the public is invited.
Mrs. Dorothy Houchen Baxter, or
ganiSt and choir director of the Church
of Our Father, has returned to the city
after visit to relatives in West Ches-
ter. Pa, and trip with her sister. Miss
Emma Houchen to Ocean View, Nor
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sided at the organ again Sunday. and
Henry Kruger, tenor soloist of the
First Baptist Church, is substituting
during September for W. S. Blanchard,
Church of the Covenant. The other
members of the quartet-Mrs. Sydney
p. Hollingsworth. soprano; Miss Lillian
Chenowith. contralto. and Fred East
bass-have also resumed singing for
the season. This morning the choir
anthem will be Seek Ye' the Lord by
Roberts; the offertory number will be
soprano solo. and Mrs. Baxter will
play for prelude VISION" by Rhein-
berger. and for postlude, Fanfare" by
Lemmens.
Miss Elizabeth Yung Kwai. mezzo
soprano, was one of the soloists con-
tributing last Saturday evening to the
entertainment of the soldiers at the
Church of the Covenant, when she gave
effectively La Coeur de ma Mie," by
Dalcrosse; IF No One Ever Marries
Me-" by Liza lehman, and Loves
Rhapsody" by D'Hardelot.
Miss Christine Church, soprano. is
spending a fortnight at Stony Man
Camp, Va.
Miss Elsie Carleton, Small. soprano
soloiSt last season at the Church of
the Incarnation, will substitute this
morning at the Mount Pleasant Con-
in the solo. Hear Us. o Father" an
English setting of Millard's Ave
Maria and in a trio, Give Aims of
Thy Goods" by Schneider. Charles d.
Church. tenor. and James s. Hicks.
bass, sustaining the other parts. Claude
| Robson, organist. who returned yes
terday from visit to his home in
North Carolina, will play for prelude.
"Curfew." by Mackenzie. and for post
lude, Grand Choeur." by Salome.
Mrs. Edythe Marmion Brosius. harpist
returned Monday from a two-week
| outing at Harpers Ferry, w. Va.
Miss Agnes Bowling. organist of the
choir of mixed voices at ST. Anthony S
Church, Brookland, after a months
visit with relatives in Brookland, n. Y,
has joined her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Dowling, for two-week stay
at Atlantic City.
The quartet of Wesley Methodist
Church will resume singing at both
services today, with Mrs. Harrington
Barker again in charge of the music
and presiding at the organ. She will
play this morning "Andantino," by
Lemare. for prelude, and "Triumphal
March," by Batiste, for postlude. Miss
Aileen Miller. soprano, returned yester-
day from her holiday outing and will
give the offertory number. and the
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James Kerr, contralto; Harrington
Barker. tenor, and Herbert Moreton.
bass. will render the anthem Sing
Alleluia Forth" by Dudley Buck. This
sing the duet Il will Magnify Thee" )"
and the quartet anthem viii be Buck s
setting of Rock of Ages"
Miss Flora Briggs. soprano. with E.
Earl Wagner violinist; Richard
Lorleberg. violoncellist: w. s. Blan-
chard. precentor. and Claude Robeson,
organist, will furnish the music of the
preliminary program and at the service
Immediately following this evening at
the Church of the Covenant Com
mencing at 7:45 o'clock the numbers
will include the organ voluntary, The
Sandman" by Alden: soprano solo,
Adore and Be Still" by Gounod; violin
solo. "Berceuse." by Tor Aulin; during
service: soprano solo, Lead, Kindly
turne" (E fiat major). by Chopin: trio
for violin, cello and organ. "Barca-
role" by Rubinstein.
Mrs. Gertrude Lyons, soprano. sang
Wednesday evening for the soldiers at
the rest rooms of the w. C. T. L. on
Pennsylvania avenue. when she met
with much appreciation for the follow
ing numbers: You'd Better Ask Ne"
by Lohr: THE OWL and The Crows
Egg" both by John Barnes Wells;
"Mammy's Song" by Harriet Ware;
THE Suck -coo Block" by Grant-Schae-
fer: "A Little Bit o Honey" by Carrie
Jacobs Bond, and encore, Comm
Thro' the Rye" Mrs. w. C. Warren
assisted at the piano.
McHenry McChord, organist of
Epiphany Church. was also one of
those who contributed their talent to
amuse the soldiers and sailors last
week, his affair being an organ recital
at the church, which was well filled
with the men and their friends. He
was assisted by Mrs. Robert Fatt, So
prano. in giving the following pro-
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