Evening star., 1920-01-04

Announcements of the musical activ-
| tiles or the New Year in the National
capital disclose unusually we'll de-
Veloped plans by Washington artists and
organizations for the better part of
sne winter and spring. On the one
iand concertgoers are confronted with
sixteen professional out-of-town at
fractions of the first magnitude during
January. and on the other, the Friday
/ morning Music Club and Arts Club
VIII give weekly affairs Of more than
usual merit, the Washington Oratorio
society and Motet Choral Society have
tentative plans for spring productions
OF oratorio. the Rubinstein Club is re-
hears1ng for a concert in February and
aahother in the spring, the Community
opera Company is arranging a presen-
.atlon of Carmen and the Peoples
National Opera Company, repeating
Pinafore' and promising 'The Mikado"
little later. SO it would seem as if
such an array of events might well sat
lsfy the varied tastes of the most
exacting music lovers.
The Friday Morning Music Club
opened its New Year affairs auspicious-
~ last week. at the Cosmos Club, with
.et' Milton Schwartz. violinist and
Mary Carlisle Howe, pianist. The
program included: Sonata, Op 81, No.
a., (Beethoven). Mary Carlisle Howe
concerto for Violin. A Minor" (Ac-
coiay Milton Schwartz; six preludes
mary Carlisle Howe), Mrs. Howe
pIastorale," ernest Lent). Morning
fTayer. [Ty', (arranged by Mr.. Lent.
!Ischaikowsky) "Minuet" (from "D
Mhor Mlhor Quartet, MozarD, Kaspar String
quartet. 1ancy Merriweather, 1st violin,
MatheW Sazama, I'd violin, Mr.. Josef
Hnaspar' n,sls' viola. Mr.. Oliver Smith, cello.
Lualie iGa buchanan, at the piano ;
CCanzonetta" (Tschaikowsky), Air on
u; String (Bach- WilhelmD, "Moto
fe,petuo" (Bohn). Milton Schwartz.
fo ne most pretentious of these affairs
ti tor me month will be the presenta-
er.od f,on OF Henry Hadley's cantata. The
legend of Granada" which will be
gwen the - IN the eyening of January 80 by
the Friday Morning Club Chorus
N, n.ouls A. Potter. jr., conducting The
9olos VIII be sustained by Gretchen
baritone. Piano solos will be rendered
py F.llzabeth Winston, and harp solos
py Kathryn Riggs. George H. Miller.
baritone, par and Ethylyn Dryden. pianist.
Chn,Ia NJ, slve "a program next Friday; Mrs.
Hith iI,ieS W W: Fairfax. ezzo-soprano,
Win Mrs. " c. Olmstead, pianist Mrs.
Dug Lewis. violinist, and Alden
flnckel, vlolincellist, January 16, and
a program of poems. with music, will
De given January % by Dennis Mac
Carthy. Irish poet; Mrs. Emma PralJ
|
howard, soprano. and Mrs. Beulah
Harper Dunwoody. contralto.
"The Morning OF the Year" Cad
mans beautiful song cycle, which
| was to have been given this evening
at the Arts Club by Miss Gretchen
Hood. Mrs. w. T. Reed. Herbert AL
bridge and George H. Miller, has
been postponed until later in the
season on account of the illness of
Miss Hood. The program will be given
instead by Nine. Scudo- -Ragland,
pianist. and George H. Miller. bari
tone. Other events of the month as
announced by Mrs. Charles w. Fair
fax, chairman of the music commit
tee. will include miscellaneous pro-
! gram January II by Miss Frances
Scherger. soprano; Carl NJ. Holmgren.
| baritone; George r. Flemer violinist,
and Mrs. u. W. Alderman, pianist:
song recital, January IS, by Martin
Richardson. and program, January
| 25 by MIR. and Mrs. Louis Thompson.
| The Rebew Orchestra, under direc-
| ton of H. w. Weber will give a pub
| lie rehearsal tomorrow evening in the
| lecture room of Keller Memorial
! Church, Miss Katherine Peacock, so
prano; Miss Helen Edgar, contralto
and Mrs. Edgar B. Cresswell, violin
| list. being the soloists.
! musical service appropriate to the
| New Year will be given this evening
| at the First Baptist Church by the
regular quartet, assisted by young
ing of the anthem. arise. Thy Light Is
| Come" by Buck: quartet "One Sweet
! " Solemn Thought" by Ambrose; So
| prano solo, 'Recessional," by De Ko-