Evening star., 1920-05-23
Musical Mention.

In comm memoration Of the one hun
| dred and twenty-fi fifth anniversary of
| the founding of Christ Church. Wash
ington parish, a special musical pro-
gram has been arranged for both
services today. under the direction of
Harry I. Clarkson. with Miss Ellen
Richards at the organ. including the
following: Morning. "Venite" (Wood-
ward), "Te Deum" (steane), "Kyrie"
and Gloria Tibi" (White), "Credo"
(Steane): offertory anthem, Peace. I
solo, Lsave E. ~.'n G. hippitt; pitt "sanotus tstain %
er). Evening. "Magnificat" and "Nunc
Dimittis" (Roberts); ofertory an
them, 20, For a Closer Walk With
God" (Foster), incidental soprano
solo. Miss Mae l.. Cross.
Instead Of bringing thousands Of
public school pupils to the heart OF
the city for a spring musical festi-
val. a function discontinued during
the war. DR.. Cogswell, director of
music of the schools. has arranged
for music fetes' to be given in the
several communities where the prof.
ect is approved by the supervising
principal and superintendent.
The programs will be made up of
demonstration features, solos and or
chestral numbers by the school or
chestras. They will be under the
Immediate supervision. of the direc-
tors assistants, who will also pre-
pare them. The community is urged
to attend these entertainments, the
details of which will soon be an
nounCed.
No admission fee will be charged
except where a Parent Teacher Asso-
citation has the affair in charge. and
the small fee will apply upon the
purchase of a phonograph. Many
schools have none and there IS no
appropriation for such equipment.
A recital of modern Russian eccle-
siastical music will be the unusual
Offering of the choir of st. Marga-
ret's Episcopal Church this afternoon
beginning at 4:30 o'clock. Under d.
rection of a. G. Eldridge. organst:
the program will include: Prelude"
(Rachmaninoff), "versicles' tsmo-
iensky), "Nunc Dimittis" (Gretchan-
inoff), 20 Praise Ye the Lord" (Bort-
nianisky), GLORIOUS Forever" (Rach-
maninoff) He Doth Create" (Tsches-
nokoff); GLORY to the e,a Trinity yd 'Raeh, q Mv
Soul" Qppolitof-Ivanof). Song of
Amoren" (Mouusorgsky); postlude,
Allegro" (Glinka)-
Invitations have been issued by
Miss Mary Isabel Kelly for a piano
recital to take place June 1 in the
assembly room of the Cosmos Club.
Miss Kelly, who is a pupil of Schar-
wenka's, will play program of COM
positions by Beethoven. Brahms.
Schumann, Chopin and Scharwenka.
The Mount Pleasant Chorus. direct
ed by Norton NJ. Little, will sing the
first two parts of Coleridge-Taylor's
'Hiawatha" Tuesday evening at Sis
o'clock. Sydney Lloyd Wrightson will
assist the choir, singing Hiawatha
Vision" from the third part and 'Hia-
watha's Departure accompanied by
sustained by Frances Scherger, James
K. Young and Herman Fakler. The
accompanies to the choir will be Mrs.
Charles L.'Bliss and Claude Robson.
The public is invited to attend.
The Orchestra and Glee Club of the
Bliss Electrical School at Takoma
Park will give an open concert
Tuesday evening at s o'clock. with
James w. Dyre conducting. An in
teresting program of solos and en-
semble numbers has been prepared
Elsie Forester. alto. will assist the
choir Of the First Baptist Church to-
day and will sing this morning the in
cidental solo in the anthem. 'Hark.
Hark. My Soul (Shelley). to be given
by the double quartet directed by
Praise Ye." from "Attila" verdi).
will be rendered by Mrs. Howard.
Henry Kruger and John Walker. with
MRS. Berry at the organ. and this
evening there will be special musi
cal service by the chorus and quartet.
Recent events Of interest include re-
cital given by Meta Craig, soprano. and
Helen Gerrer. violin1st, at the George
town Visitation Convent. Both young
artists maintained a high standard in