Evening star., 1920-02-29
Musical Mention.

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gram consisting Of Gounod's est. Ce-
celia Mass" entire, with full or.
chestral accompaniment. There will
be a chorus Of forty voices, directed
by Norton NJ. Little, and the solos
will be sustained by Frances scher-
ger. soprano: James K. Young, tenor.
and Herman Fakler, bass. Claude
Robeson, at the organ. will play Tor
Borowski. The music this morning
will include the offertory trio: PRO.
tect Us Through the Coming Night.
bu Curschmann, sung by Miss Scher-
ger, Miss Charnstrom and MT FAX.
ler; soprano solo. Teach Me to Pray.
and the organ prelude, 20 Salutaris:
by Guilmant, and postlude. "Verset de
Procession" by Boellmann.
At the Georgetown Presbyterian
Church a special musical service will
be given this evening at s o'clock.
DR.. William Stansfield, who is tenn
porarily in charge as organist and
director. has arranged the music so
as to form a devotional service on the
peace" Included in the program will
be the organ prelude, Largo, by
Handel: quartet. How Long. o Lord.
by Pf1euger; soprano solo and chorus.
"Oh. For the Wings of Dove" by
Mendelssohn; t0or solo; IF With All
Il Heard the Voice of Jesus Say;
contralto solo. 20 Divine Redeemer.
by Gounod; tenor solo. with chorus.
Seek Ye the Lord" by Roberts;
quartet. Cast Thy Burden" by Men
delssohn: soprano solo and chorus.
when the Son of Man Shall Come"
by Maunder: soprano solo. These
Are They" by Gaul: contralto solo
and chorus. ''Hark. Hark. My Soul
by Shelley; chorus Praise & 1e the the
be sustained by Mrs Gertrude Lyons,
soprano; Miss Glenn Mona Shelley.
contralto, George F. Schimmel. tenor.
and Albert o. Stearns, bass.
Franceska Kaspar Lawson. soprano.
will sing at a musical this evening
at the Hotel Washington. when she
will be heard in the "Polonaise" from
"Mignon." "vous Dansez. Marquise,"
by Lehman. and "Sorter Miss You"
by Clay Smith. with violin obbliea to
soloist Wednesday afternoon at the
meeting of Flag Chapter Of the D. A. R..
at the home of Mrs. Pulsifer. correspond
ing secretary general Mrs. Mabel Finch
Rawlings assisted at the piano.
Wilbur c. Fielder. tenor. will be the
offertory soloist at the Church of the
Incarnation this morning when he
will sing How Beautiful Upon the
Mountains" by Harker. The choir. di-
rected by Mrs. Henry White, will rem
der 'Venite." by the Earl of Morn
ington; ''Benedicite." in anthem form.
Barnby. Emelie Margaret White, at
the organ. will play ''Entr Acte." from
King Manfred" by Reinke. for pre-
Iude, and March," from "The Magic
Flute" by Mozart. for postlude.
Miss Gretchen Hood, soprano: Mrs.
William T. Reed. contralto: Herbert
F. Aldridge, tenor. and George H.
Miller, baritone. with George Will
son accompanying. furnished one Of
the most delightful of this seasons
musicales last Sunday evening at the
Arts Club. The program consisted OF
the song cycle. '-rhe Morning of the
Year." by Goldman, which they gave
with such success recently at the Fri
day Morning Music Club that they
have received numerous requests for
its repetition. The work. which gives
ample oroertunity for the display Of
both the yelo voice and a variety OF
ensemble Meets, was given in fine
style by this well known group Of
Washington singers.
Richard p. Backing will be the SOLO
ist at this mornings service at the
First Congregational Church, his Sc
lection being "Oh. Was There Ever
Loneliness Like His" from "Olivet to
Calvary" by Maunder. In addition,
there will be one number. "Indama
tus." from Rossini's "Stabat Mater"
for soprano and chorus. and Harry
Edward Mueller. .organist and di-
rector will play for prelude. "Canti-
lena" by Pierne. and for postlude.
Procession du st. Sacrement," by
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fecitsi BY III. Mueller viii comprise
"Andante." from 'Septet In e Flat"
by Beethoven; The swan by Saint
Sasney aAd .AlbumsI.eaf." by Wagner.
At lie serSies following the music
win include the anthem. shepherd
thews: offertory. The Denial in the
Palace" from Passion Music" by
Gaul: and postlude. "Bourree," Ny
Handel.
Eva whitford Lovette. mexzo So
prano. gave the first half of the pro-
gram at the Woman's City Club Fri
day evening. Her program included
some unusual songs in Italian, French
and English. which she sang with
beautiful Interpretation and artistic
finish. "Se Florindo Fedele" (Scar-
lattD was given with grace and light
ness of tone quality. while in direct
contrast. the Tschaikowsky number
Was l Not a Blade on Dewy Meadow
Ground" showed the dramatic power
Especially interesting were the num-
bers written by DR.. +; S. Lovette:
the most beautiful on the program.
Mrs. Lovette sings with perfect enun-
citation and has a voice of sympathetic
quality and power Mrs. Frank By
ram gave splendid support at the
piano.
The music today at Trinity Meth
odist Church. as arranged by the di-
rector. Charles D. Church. will be for
the quartet, "L4ark, Hark, My Soul"
(Shelley). with Mrs. Helen Macleod
Cliff taking the solo parts. and a duet
Shepherd" (Smart). Mrs. Louis A. Pot
ter and Elijah Kinsella- Mrs A.. NJ.
Henry will preside at the organ as
usual.
The Bellak Male Quartet. composed
of Thomas c. Jeffers. Nell Marks,
John M. Waters, Arthur c. Gorbach.
with James Dickinson. director and
accompanist. has been heard in a
number of concerts this season, ap-
pearing before various clubs and So
cieties of this city.
It's most recent concert was held
in the New Willard ballroom, when
the quartet pleased large audience
with a varied program of numbers by
Nevin, De Koven. Geibel, Herbert and
Thayer.
The chorus choir Of the Metropoli-
tan Presbyterian Church has been
disbanded and will be succeeded by
quaret directed by Newton T.
Hammer.
Recent events among musical stu
dents include two recitals given by
pupils Of the Misses Minke, in which
the following took part: Marjorie
Smith, Mildred Arrison, Dorothy Fox.
Edward SchaefYer, Dick Halves, Jane