Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-29
MUSICAL MENTION

Rehearsals of the evening choir of
the Church of the Covenant will be
| resumed Wednesday evening at
o'clock in the chapel of the church.
During October the music at the, even
| ing services will be rendered by the
| double quartet of soloists engaged
for the evening choir, which consists
of Miss Meta Craig and Mrs. Jewell
Downs, sopranos; Miss Mary Jacobs
and Miss NJ. L. Allen, contraltos: w.
S. Blanchard and Henry Kruger,
tenors, and Wheeler Wilson and Fred
East, BASES.
Harry Helwig also will assist the
| bass section during the month. Be-
ginning the frs. of November the
work of the double quartet will be
supplemented at the evening services
by the chorus choir. for which the
director, Sydney Lloyd Wrightson,
wishes $50 additional voices. Volun-
teers may apply any Wednesday
evening at rehearsal and any one
, with fair voice is eligible whether
able to read music at sight or not.
| During the choir season, which lasts
from November l to May 81. three
| social evenings are arranged for
| members. at which leading talent of
| the city present musical and dramatic
| programs Afternoon services will be
resumed the first Sunday in Novem-
| Der, the choir to consist of a double
| instead of triple quartet as during
last season, but owing to war condi-
tions The personnel is not yet COM
plete.
Plans for the Oratorio Section of
Washington are well under way and
include a Handel festival in January
! in conlmemoration of the 150th an
niyersary of the composers death
Rehearsals will commence the first
Wednesday evening in November. in
the chapel of the Church of the Gov
enant, on The Messiah" which will
be one of the principal events of the
festival. Last season the chorus con-
increased to $50 voices for the pres
entation of Elijah" For the coming
event Mr.. Wrightson wishes to en-
large the chorus to 500 voices and
newcomers interested in oratorio are
| invited to join the organization.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dickinson, with
their little daughter, have returned
| from a motor trip to Canada, where
they visited at their former home in
toronto.
DR.. Stansfeld, organist and choir
director of the First Congregational
| Church, has arranged the following
music for the services today; Morn
ing, organ prelude. Romance" by
Brewer; anthem. THE Wilderness
by Goss; offertory quartet. Saved by
| Grace" by Stebbins: organ postlude,
Grand Chorus" by Kinder Evening,
1880 o'clock, organ voluntaries, Suite
! in c Major" by Bartlett; "Nocturne in
B Minor" by Foote; chorus. Gloria"
They Light" by Gounod; offertory
quartet. Il am Thine. o Lord: post
Jude, ''Triumphal March," by Buck.
i The double quartet of Gunton Tenn
| pie Presbyterian Church, directed by
| organ. will sing this morning 20 Low
ing Saviour, Slain for U.s." by Auber,
and Lamb ofGod," from Communion
Service" by Whiting.
j. W Warren. newcomer from
MASSACHUSETTS,. has been engaged as
! soloist of Epiphany Church and will
| sing with the choir today. The music
! this morning will include the process
sional. Come, My Soul. Thou Must Be
Smart; ''Jubilate." by Nevin, Incidental
bass solo, Ambrose Durkin; offertory,
| duet for soprano and tenor, 81 owe d.
vlne." from THE Daughter of Jairus.
BY Stainer, Mrs. Hugh Brown and MIR.
warren: occasional. 81 Heard a Sound
March," by Faulkes.
This evening McHenry McChord. or
ganist and choir director, with David
Nemser. violinist. will give a recital be
ginning at 1880 o'clock. the numbers being
Meditation" for organ. by Borowski
! cradle Song" for violin. harp and
Chant Negre.' by Kramer. During
service the choir will sing the process
sional, 70 Mother Dear, Jerusalem" by
Ewing; "Magnificat' and '.Nunc Dimit
tbs, by Clare; offertory, Save Us, @
Lord" by Bairstow: recessionaI, "our
Day Of Praise Is Done" BY Marks.
The meeting of members of the
| Rubinstein Club called Wednesday
evening by ths.oresident. Mrs. r. III
Dalgleish, brc4eht out a large at
tendance to consider the question of
the hour of rehearsals during the
!. cussion it was decided to hold the
/; rehearsais Wednesday evenings be-
cause of the majority of the mem bers
/ being now engaged in war work in
! the daytime. there being only three
i votes for the morning hour AS Mrs
| Blair will not resume the musical di.
| rectorship of the club resolution
J was passed unanimously Offering the
f.; position to Claude Robson. Mr.. Robe
SON, who has served as accompanies
| to the club for two seasons past. Is
! now in training for military service
at a nearby camp. but it is expected
! that arrangements may be made for
him to be on leave for the required
1 time, which, after all. is only two
hours week. Tentative plans OK tbs