Evening star., 1922-04-30

Lawson: 'Prelude in q Minor" (Rach-
vocal solo. Judith" (Concone). Miss
! Estelle p. Wild; Autumn" (Cham-
| inade), Miss Ethel Hegner; vocal
solos, "The Blind Girls Song" from
Ia Gioconda" (PonchiellD and Lit
tie tie pickaninny Kid" tGuionl. Mrs;
(Verdi-LiszD. Miss Geneva Wallace;
vocal solo, "Nymphs and Fauns'
| (Bemberg). Miss Deborah H. Law
son: "Polonaise in A Flat Major
| (Chopin). Charles E. Proudley; AL
legro." from Concerto in D Minor.
two pianos (Mozart), Miss Geneva
| Wallace and Miss Ethel Hegner.
Mrs. Charles Melby. well remem-
| bered here as Frances Bethune, con-
tralto, is In the city on. visit to
| whitehall. Wis. She will be one OF
the soloists at Ingram Congrega,,
! tional Church Sunday evening and
will sing "Come Ye Blessed" (John
! Prindle Scott. Lewis Atwater Will
| be at the organ and Mrs. Henry Hunt
Mckee will direct the choir.
The gold room Of the Hotel Lafay-
| cite was we'll filled Thursday after
noon by a discriminating audience at
| tracted by the announcement OF
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sisted by Louis A. Potter. jr., pianist
Mr.. Memser demonstrated his versa.
| tility in Interpretation in the well
| chosen program, his selections rang
| ing from Handlers Sonata In F Ma
| jor"' to the dainty "Minuet in G." by
encore and in which he was especially
effective He played also "Rondino,
| by Beethoven Kreisler; rValse Triste. y
by Sibelius; "Berceuse," by Tschet-
! schulin: Hymn to the SUM-" by
! Rimsky-Korsakoff, and The Old Re-
| insistent demand Of the audience;
His concluding group included "sici-
| lienne ct Rigaudon," by Francoeur;
| 'Slavonic Fantasie" and Indian La
ment," by Dvorak: "orisnsale; s by
ler. In addition to furnishing the ac-
! compartments for the solosit Mr.. Pot
ter gave with fine effect Brahms
! "Rhapsodie in B Minor" "Minstrels,'
| by Debussy, and Chopin's "Ballade in
G Minor" responding to the well de.
| the most beautiful of modern Rus
| sian compositions, the "Nocturne for
| Left Hand Alone" by Scriabine, a
| work calling for mastery technical
| equipment.
The Columbian Male Quartet. con-
sisting of Messrs. Paul C. Ledig. first
tenor of the Bureau of Standards
| Glee Club: w. E. Braithwaite, tenor
and director: willard S. Haynie. bari
| tone. member of the mixed quartet
of the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church, and Benjamin A. Lineback.
| bass, also a well known member OF
Washington musical circles and for
many years a member of the choir of
| old St. Johns Episcopal Church, will
contribute to the program tomorrow
evening of concert to be given at
! the Columbia Heights Christian
|. Church. This organization has been
| singing during the past winter at the
! services of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church and recently de-
cided to enlarge its activities by CIV
ing some secular programs. Among
| it's appearances in the immediate flu
ture, will be one on Friday evening
at the Metropolitan Methodist Church.
Rehearsals are now being held regu-
larly ON Tuesday and Friday even
ings for the oratorio. The Redemp-
| tion," by Gounod, by the augmented
choir of the Eastern Presbyterian
Church, under direction Of Miss Nellie
Sacrey, organist, with the Terminal
Orchestra, under the leadership of
Charles Guest. The work is to be
presented May IA at the Eastern
Presbyterian Church, when the solo
parts will be sustained by Viola
Schippert Klinge. soprano; Marie