Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-02

IoeoI&c I1cEUcEI w Oilos OASdhlot VI Xiv |
Franciscan Monastery at Brookland
for the greater part Of the time since
| it's dedication twenty years ago, and
also of the Georgetown Presbyterian
Church for the past eight years. will
retire from these two churches and
return the first of December as or
ganist and choir director of Holy
Trinity Catholic Church, Georgetown.
| where he served for a period Of ten |
years before holding the other two |
positions. During Mr.. Wells former !,
engagement at Trinity Church he or
| in the District. which furnished the |
! music at she services for many years
with marked success. He will now or
ganize choir Of mixed voices, which |
will sing there for the first time at the !
Christmas services. Mr.. Wells will be
| succeeded at the monastery by a men,
Der OF the Franciscan community.
held at the Church of the Covenant
today. inaugurating Mr.. Wrightsons
eighth year as director of music of
| this church. The afternoon service
will be held at $3.50 o'clock. at which
| time the double quartet of soloists !
will make it's first appearance this
season, and Oliver Mellum baritone,
will be the special soloist This even
| ing at o'clock the chorus choir will |
| make it's first appearance this sea-
son. 1t has been enlarged to 200
voices and will render four new an
thems, said to be receiving the first |
presentation in this country. Herman
Fakler, bass, will make his first appear !,
ance as soloist with the choir this even {
| ing, and both services will be under
direction of Sydney Lloyd Wrightson,
with Harvey Murray at the organ, |
| and in the evening with CLAUDE Robe
son at the piano. The following are
the programs for both services:
Afternoon-organ solo, prelude"
Parker); anthem. They That Put !.
Their Trust in the Lord" (Steane); |
| baritone solo, How Lovely Are Thy
Dwellings" Liddle), Mr.. Mellum; an
sing). incidental solo, Richard p
Backing; baritone solo. open the
Gates of the Temple (Knapp), Mr..
| Mellum; anthem, 'This Know" (Cut-
teri, incidental solo; Miss Belsser;
the Evening Hours" (Matthews), in
| cidental solo, Miss Craig; organ solo,
"Postlude" (Volkmannl.
Evening-Organ prelude. "Andante
Religioso" (Thome); anthem. Heaven
tai solo. Miss Craig; anthem, Gross
ing the Bar" (Wooler); baritone solo.
Jesus. Lover of My Sour (Tours);
Mr.. Fakler; anthem. Twilight and
Dawn (SpedkS), lHCluchtdl doSS' A'AASS
Craig and Miss Beisser: offertory an
+ them "Watchman! What OF tne
Nisht?" (Field). incidental solo. MT
Kruger and Mr.. Fakler; "Sevenfold
Amen (Stainer). organ. "Postlude
(West.
Recent events of interest include the
recital given by Washington talent at
the Rockville High School under the
direction of Mrs. Eleanor A. Gleason.
Lo har presented were
the songs, Springs Awakening, by
Sanderson, and Dawn" by Curran,
sung by Miss Florence Girouard, MISS
Daisy Fickenscher accompanylng'
violin solos. 'Liebeslied.' by kreisler;
and .Orientale," by Cesar cui, played
by Mrs. Margery S. Snyder. with her
sister, Mrs Dorothy S. Watson. at the
piano: piano solos, La Campaneila,
by List, and "Polonaise, by Mac
Dowell, rendered by Miss Frances p:
GuteIins. violin solos, Romance"
from Second Concerto" by Wieniaw.
ski and WilhelmJs Transcription OF
Schubert's Ave Maria" Miss Ficken-
scher, with Miss Frances Sullivan as
sisting at the piano
The triple quartet of Gunton-T Temple
Church, directed by John G. Klein,
tenor soloist. will sing this morning
the anthem, I'm Heavenly Love Abid,
ing" by Holden. and the onertory VIII
a
Desireth." by Allitsen,- sung by Mrs.
w. S. Lines. - |
Miss Marie B. Culp will be the soloist
at this mornings service at the FIRST
Conversational Church. when she will
sing ..rhe F'ulfillment," from Maunder's /
cantata "A Song of THANKSGIVING.
In addition, the following program
has been arranged by Harry Edward
Mueller, organist: ..,o
Moderate" Iemmens); otfertory
anthem. MY Defense Is of God"
CHuhn), and organ postlude. Toe
cata," from Fifth Symphony (Widorl.
Evening-Pre-service organ recital
.Nuptial March G .1Iaan God Meatta
from First Sonata" (Mendelssohn):
trio, 20 Day of Rest and Gladness'
(Chadwick). offertory anthem, MY
Soul Doth Magnify the LORD
(Gounod), and organ postiuoe' fusue
in G Minor" (Bach).
At the recent meeting of the High {
School Teachers Association, held at
the Arts Club. the musical numbers
on the program were given by MRS
Elsie Carleton Strang, soprano, and
Katharine Rich. mezzo soprano, with
Ernelie Margaret White at the piano.
Mrs Strang was effective in her in
depreciation of The STAR" by Rogers.
and ""The Spirit Flower" by Campbell
Upton, and Miss Rich was most happy
in her Nrendition of The Autumn
Song" by Mary Turner Salter, and
'.The Heart O. Ye." by Dichmont.
r. A. Kelly has been engaged as
bass soloist of Hamline Methodist
Church to succeed Fred Schaener, who
recently resigned to sing at Calvary
Baptist Church. At Hamline Church
today. the music as arranged by Edith
B. Athey, organist. will include
the organ voluntary, Prelude" by
Glazounow; quartet. Bread OF the
World" by Gaul; Miss Marion Greene,
soprano; Mrs. John Humphrey, alto;
Clarence Lewis, tenor. and Mr.. Kelly;
offertory, soprano solo, How Lovely
Are Thy Dwellings" by Liddle; organ
solo, "Postlude," by Faulkes. Evening,
organ solos. "Andantino." by Wely,
and Twilight Reverie." by Rockwell;
anthem, "Hark, Hark. My Soul" by
Shelley; organ postlude, March,. by
MerkeL
The choir of Epiphany Lutheran
Church will contribute the following
numbers to the services today: Morn
ing. anthems, Ye Saints. the
Sight Is Glorious by Pierce, and
20 Paradise O Paradise" by Ambrose.
and evening. protect Us Through the
Coming Night" and duet for soprano
and tenor. 1.-The King of Love My
Edith Stowell soprano, and James
Kreh Young. Incidental solos in the
anthems will be sustained by Miss
Stowell. Mr.. Young, Miss Elizabeth
Hoover, contralto, and John Stowell,
bass.