Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-01

At the Church Of the Covenant this
evening the chorus choir OF $50 voices
with double quartet of soloists will
give a patriotic Thanksgiving service.
at which some wartime compositions
will, through the courtesy Of the pub
fishers, receive their first pressnta-
ton. The choir will be supported by
Harvey Murray at the organ and Ar
mand Gumprecht at the piano, with
Sydney Lloyd Wrightson. directing.
ana among the numbers will be the
organ prelude, Largo" by Handel;
anthems, Onward, Christian Sol
diers," a martial setting of the hymn
Of 1871 by Jude; Invocation, q
prayer in war time set to the music
Of Grieg's peer Gynt Suite; 1.-THE
Americans Come" noted in the bulle-
tin as ian episode in France in 1918"
by Fay Foster; 20 Lord God, to Whom
Vengeance Belongeth," wartime
anthem, written by request by George
B. Nevin and dedicated to Gen. Pey-
ton G. March, chief Of staff, U. $. A. !;
"Sevenfold Amen" by Stainer, and or.
gan postlude, March," by Handel. At
be by the double quartet and begin.
ming at $3.50 o'clock the numbers will
be the anthem, ITO Thee, o Lord, Our
Hearts We Raise" by Ambrose; tenor
solo, 1.-THE Ninety-first Psalm, Dy
MacDermid, Richard P. Backing; an.
ger, and 20 Lord, How Manifold, .4y
Barnby.
The first rehearsal of the oratorio
Section, in preparation for the Handei
festival in January, will take place
the chapel of the Church Of the Cove
nant, the use of which for this pur-
pose has been arranged through the
courtesy of the pastor and trustees
Of Washington is an undenomina-
tiona organization that during the
past ten years, since the disbandlng
of the Washington Choral Society:
has given an annual renditlon OF
what is admittedly one Of the worlds
greatest masterpieces of sacred song,
Handlers oratorio, THE Messiah" N
view of the fact that the year 1913
is the 150th anniversary of the deatn
Of Handel, it is hoped to produce the
than ever before. and for this pur-
pose a chorus Of $50 voices is de-
sired. Any one interested is invited
to join the chorus. and. as the time
for rehearsals before the production
is SO limited, preferably at the first
only a nominal initiation fee, which
goes toward the necessary expenses
of music, ETC.. incident to the prepa-
ration for any such event.
The American Red Cross was the
beneficiary of the fifteenth students
recital given last evening at Masonic
Auditorium. when an ambitious pro-
gram Of solo and ensemble numbers
was presented in credit able; style.
son. by Bizet; "Behave Yourself Be-
fore Folks, BY Grinnelle. and
Springs Loyable Lady" by Elliott.
and Spanish Dance" by Rehheld.
and William Santelmann gave Sara
safes arrangement for violin Of Cho-
pins "Noctur1le in r Flat Major"
and Caprice Viennois.' by kfeisler;
the hes third i' 1lovement ' Of Concerto"
by Henselt; Miss Katharine Bouck,
pianist, was heard in 'valse Para
phrase" by Tschaikowski-Pab and
Mrs. Agnes Fischer sang Down in
Printemps Me Grise." by Luckstone.
Miss Mary Thompson and Miss Drex.-
illus acted as accompanies. One OF
the most enjoyable features of the
evening was the playing of the or
chestra, which gave Weber's over
ture, "Oberon"; Schubert's "Unfin-
ished Symphony" and ''Andante," from
Fifth Symphony" by Tschaikowski.
The personnel of the orchestra, G. p.
Christiani. director. includes: First VIC.
Henry Christiani, Estella Thomas. Doris
De Groot, j. Amalsky, ]. L. FinkelsteiH,
Regina Vandeveer, Louis Mestesky, Rena
Greenburg, Louis Frederick. Marie Mem
eel, Samuel Luber, Ceres Humber,,-Li
liam Whitaker. Sarah BuchaIter, Cath
crime Bowles, Mrs. James r. Marley and
Ethel Waugh: second yiolins, Abe Golden,
Alden Call, Sam Amato, Eugene Upton,
Morris Chapiro, Emily Jung. Herman
Weihe, Tillie Kravitz, Wells Jones. Da-
yid Buchalter, Gretta Smith. Ethel Cohsl.
Dorothy Spencer, Edith Weltner and
Ethel Hicks; violas, Robert stearns and
Albert S. Coolidge; violoncellos, Mitchell
Bliss, Alden Finckel and George Finckel;
double bass, L. G. Newell; flute, w. H.
r. Jenner; bassoon, w. s.. Hughes;
French horn, DR.. w. E. Die6enderfer;
clarinets, F. NJ. Edison and b. c. Tufie;
trombone, Guy Winkjer; cornet, w. e.
Rupprecht; piano, Miss Maude Dunlop
and Frank Norris Jones. :.
Miss Mary Hutchinson. soprano, will
sing this afternoon at Studio Hall at
the national New Thought meeting,
when she will be heard in Ecstasy"
by Rummel, and "In the Time Of
Roses" by Reichardt, with August
King-Smith accompanying at the
piano.
At Hamline NJ e. Church today the
music. under direction Of Miss Edith
B. Athey, organist, will include this
morning the organ prelude, .Andante,"
by Dubois; quartet, 20 Lamb Of God"
by Morse, Miss Marian. Greene, 500
prano; Mrs. John Humphrey, alto,
Clarence Lewis, tenor. and Fred
Schaeffer, bass: onertory, duet for So
prano and bass, .t1n Heavenly Love
Abiding" by Pontius; postlude,
''Marche Religieuse." by Benoist.
Evening-organ prelude, fantasia"
(patriotic airsy. by Tours; quartet,
LET the Words Of Ny Mouth" by
Baumbach: offertory quartet, Grand
er Than Oceans Story" by Costa (by
requesD; organ solo. "Postlude," by
Batiste.
At the afternoon session of the
United Daughters Of the Confederacy,