Evening star., 1920-10-17
MUSICAL MENTION.

VI paramount interest among muSl-
cal events of the coming week will
be the concert Friday evening al
! Memorial Continental Hail. for the
| purpose of raising funds for the erec-
tion of national peace carlton IN
| memory of the hero dead of the late
| war. The occasion will serve also to
| present to the usic-loving public a
| group of Washington singers in a
| musical program of a different char
| acter from others in which they have
achieved success. The program will
. consist of the opera of Aida" in con-
| cert form. with Mrs. Ethel HolZclaw
| Gawler, Charles II. Tittmann and lie
| Roy Lewis each sustaining a promi
| nent role. Margaret Fontrese, mezZo-
soprano of the Metropolitan Opera
will head this list of soloists, who
will be supported by the chorus of the
, Community Service of the District of
Columbia directed by Charles S Win
| gerd. and accompanied by an orches-
| ira of which Daniel Breeslliu will be
| the conductor
Samuel Leech. who has for many
years past been organist and choir
| master of st. Johns Episcopal
| Church, Georgetown, has been en-
| gagged to take charge of the music at
st. Paufs Episcopal Church, Wash
| ington Circle, and will take up his
| duties there as soon as his place can
lie satisfactorily filled at st. Johns.
Mr.. Leech has been before the musical
| 1ublic since his early childhood, when
he was the boy soloist at old ST.
Johns Church, Lafayette square,
! where he also made his early studies
at the organ. In each department he
! manifested unusual aptitude for
| musical work
At ST. Johns Church, Georgetown.
this morning the musical program. as
arranged by Mr.. Leech. will consist
! Deum in E Flat Major" by Wood
ward; 'Jubilate Dec in D Major" by
Godson' and "Ho. Every One That
Ihirsteth." by Martin. Frank W.
Haneke. bass soloist of the church
! VIII sustain the solo work in the Of
| fertory anthem
! At the evening service the choir
VIII render "Magnificat and Nunc
Dlmlttls in Major" by Holloway.
and offertory anthem. Incline Thine
! Ear. by Himmel with incidental
solo by Mr.. Haneke.
At the rehearsal of the Evening
ChoIr of the Church of the Covenant
| Wednesday evening last there was
larger attendance than at any time
since its organization eight years
! ago, at a second rehearsal of the sea-
! IL,
extends cordial invitation to all
male singers and altos and a few
more sopranos who are interested
| in high-class choral works to join
the organization. There are no dues
| and sight reading is quickly learned
in this organization. The choir re-
hearses every Wednesday evening in
the chapel of the church. Three So
cials are held during the year and
more than so per cent of its charter
members are still connected with the
choir.
Recent events of interest in educa-
tional as well as musical circles of
this city and vicinity should include
the faculty recital given Friday even
ing at National Park Seminary, For
est Glen, Md, in which Washington
| musical talent was much in evidence.
Included in the program was violin
and pianoforte number, Movement de
Sonate' york Bowen). rendered by
Anton kaspar and Henry Kaspar;
piano solos. Lotus Land" Cyril Scott)
| and Waltz, A Flat, OPP. "a. No. T.
solo, recitative and aria. Der Frei-
chutz" (von Weber,. Miss Dora Koe-
mig; piano solos, valse paraphrase,
| 'Fledermaus" (Schutt-Strauss). and
| BY the Sea" (Smetana). Henry Kas-
! par; piano solo, "Polonaise. A Flat.
/ d
violin solos, "Andante' (Hubay),
Dance of the Elves" Popper-Sauret)
and THE Rosary" (Nevin- Kreisler) },
! Anton kaspar; piano solo. perpetual
Motion won Weber,, Miss Nan Koe-
! mig: "Ballade, A Flat. Op. AZ" (Cho-
| pin), Miss Fannie Helner.
s. Walter Krebs, composer and
pianist. has been a guest during TIE
past week in this city. One of
| his compositions. Our Song of
songs" dedicated to world brother
hood Congress Monday evening by
! Mrs. Beulah Harper Dunwoody con-
tralto soloist of the First Congrega-
tional Church, where the congress
held its sessions, the composer being at
| the piano.
| The chairman of the occasion. in the
absence of Edwin Markham, was DR.
! T. Albert Moore of Toronto. Canada
and the speakers We're Rev. w. B.
Beauchamp of Nashville. Tenn. and
Rev. Tom Sykes and Rev. Moffat Guatry
of London. England.
| During his visit to this city as :,
delegate to the World Brotherhood
| Congress Mr.. krebs has been solo
pianist. including some of his own
/, works on the program, at a meeting
of the Paul Institute. and of the League
| of American Pen Women.
/ Mr.. Krebs has studied in this coun-
| try and Europe. where he spent three
years. of which two were during the
world war.
! The following musical proa~amS
have been arranged by Claude Robe
| son. organist and director. for tn.
services at Mount Pleasant Congre-
gational Church today. The Mount
] Pleasant Chorus of fifty voices, un-
der direction of Norton NJ. Little. will
! sing at the morning service. The
music for the vesper service at !.
o'clock will be given by the solo quar-
tet composed of Miss Frances Scher-
ger. soprano: Miss Lura Smith con-
tralto, substituting for Miss Kittridge
r J. Quinn, tenor. and Herman FAX
Ter. bass. The programs follow
Morning-Organ prelude. s''Medita-
ton" CKinder); bass solo, And God
Shall Wipe Away All Tears" (Har-
kerr. sung by Mr.. Fakler: offertory
| (chorus). The Radiant Morn Wood
ward). sung by Mount Pleasant
| Chorus: organ solo, "Postlude. A
| Minor (Calkin). Vesper service-Or-
gan prelude, "Priere Notre Dame"
from Gothic Suite" (Boellmann); :;
tenor solo. 20. Love That Wilt Not
Let Me Go" (Speaks), sung by Mr..
Quinn; offertory. quartet, 1.-The Lord