Evening star., 1918-04-14
MUSICAL MENTION.

MOSlIA
Entertainments during the winter for
the benefit of various forms OF war re-
lief work, which has the predominant
feature Of the seasons musical activi-
ties, promises to be rather overshadow-
ed by some spring events II the plans
of some patriotic and enterprisipg
Washington musicians materialise In
full. An interesting announcement In
that connection is that an opera COM
pany has been organized during the
past fortnight to give French opera,
in French, for the benefit of the French
Red Cross Association. Dore Walten
will be the musical director. with Paul
Bleyden, who will sing the principal
tenor role, as one of the moving spirits
and assistant in completing arrange
ments. According to plans as at pres
ent matured, the Chimes of Normandy"
will be the first opera presented, and
1t is hoped to have the performance the
last week in May or the first in June,
with Miss Elizabeth Howry, Miss Kitty
Beale, Lieut.. Lebat Lieut.. Rene Rem
ner and Lieut. Georges Petolas Of the
French commission in the cast. A re-
hearsal of the principals took place last
evening at Mr.. Bleyden"s studio, where
all rehearsals will be held for the pres
ent. A chorus is now in process OF
formation, to be composed OF singers
sufficiently acquainted with French to
sing in that language. Tentative plans
are alsQ>under way to keep the COM
pany intact and to give later Debussy
'L'Enfant Prologue" and III Trova-
tore" and other operas in English.
The annual meeting of the District
Of Columbia Chapter Of the American
Guild of organtsts took place Wednes-
day evening at the apartment OF Dr..
William Stans6eld. when the election
of officers was held, resulting as FOL
Harry Wheaton Howard; secretary,
]. B. Wilson; register, Mrs. Warfield;
treasurer Harvey Murray; auditors.
Armand Gumprecht and Lewis Corning
Lorena Adamson and Messrs. Atwater.
Gumprecht and Robinson. The guild
accepted the invitation of H. H. Free
man to attend the recital tomorrow
evening at st. Johns Church by Joseph
Bonnet, the distinguished organist OF
the Church of st. Eustache. in Paris.
After the meeting there was an en-
joyable repast provided by the re-
tiring dean. Harry Wheaton Howard,
at which Mrs. Stansfield presided.
The choir of st. Anthony's Church.
Brookland, augmented. by number OF
singers from the city choirs, Will sing
this afternoon at the blessing ana
dedication of a service flag to be raised
paris6 a hGn0F Who o' have ne entered the service
Of the country in the present war
crises. Beginning at o'clock, the pro-
gram will include "Sit Nomen Domlni:
Benediotum," by cegliero; % ssrusalem' "sra ansn"
by Giorza; "Hosanna," by Granisr; 20
salutaris Hostia." by 6. 81; Wells:
Uranium Ergo" by Faure; 'The Star
Spangled Banner" and my Country.
'Tis of Thee" Leo F. STOCK WI pe
in charge Of the program. with George
Herbert Wells at the organ.
McHenry McChord has arranged tne
following program for the musical por-
tions of the service today at tne
Church Of the Epiphany, .n,nn Mornns: Gild. p the
sky" by Barnby; ''Te Deum." by Par
ker: "Jubilate," by Nevin; introit hymn.
''The strife Is Ger" by Palestrina; Of
fertory anthem. He Is Risen" by Par
ker; benediction hymn. 5s Eternal csa- sa-
sionaI, "Rejoice. the Lord Is King, by
Stubbs. Evening, professional. Christ
the Lord Is Risen Today" by Rimbault;
"Magnificat" and 'Nunc Dimittis:" by
simper; 9ffert1ry m 1raen! ANTHEM eSim... reees.
sionaI I'm the Cross of Christ Glory
by Conkey.
At the Mount Pleasant Congregation
al Church today the music, under d.
rection of Claude Robson. organist,
will include at the morning service the
organ prelude "Allegretto Grazioso; by
Dethier; contralto solo. I'm Ny Fathers
q r.
Dermid, Miss Josephine Mack; offer
tory quartet. ''Worship the Lord Je-
hovah," by Lucantoni- brewer; organ
postlude, "Recessional." by Gounod
vesper service. o'clock; organ ale,,ade prelude.
Praise the Lord" by Randegger; The
Mellow Eve" by Holden, Mount Pleas
ant chorus; offertory quartet. MY
Faith Looks Up to Thee" by Goldbeck;
organ postlude, ALA Marcia, by
Schytte.
Members of the Y. w. C. A. enjoyed a
delightful program at the weekly mu-
sical Tuesday afternoon. when hester
Charles Stewart. pianist. were the solo
lists Miss Munger's numbers were. "A
Little Thief" by Leo Stern: my Task"
by Ashford: 1.-The Wind" by Spross;
"child's Prayer" by Harold; q ~ Come
LAX Rose" by Ethelbert' Nevin, and
"The Maiden and the Butterfly" Mrs.
Stewart proved especially acceptable in
her Interpretation Of Raff's La Fill
euse," and ITO Water Lily" by Mac
Dowell. These programs are arranged
for every Tuesday afternoon from $50
to o'clock and newcomers to Wash
ington are cordially welcomed.
George Herbert Wells announces the
following programs for the services to-
day of the Georgetown formerly the
West StreeD Presbyterian Church. OF
which he is organist an choirmaster:
Morning-Anthem. when Christ. Who
is Our Life, Shall Appear" by Schwartz,
and "Hosanna." by Granier. Evening
20 Trinity of Blessed Light" by Mark
Andrews; "Cherubim Song" from the
Russian liturgy, by Bortnyansky: 20
Praise the Name of the Lord" Russian
liturgy, by Ivanoff; Through the Day
Thy Love Has Spared U.s." by Abt. The
solos will be sustained by Mrs. Ger
trude Lyons, soprano; Mrs. Helen Mac
Leod Gift, contralto; Messrs. d. Austin
Howard and Robert r. Candor, tenors.
and S. Theodore Howard. bass.
Elsie Carleton Small, soprano. will be
the soloist this afternoon at the mass
meeting to be held in the Y. w. C. A, at
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