Evening star., 1922-11-05
Musical Mention

Wednesday evening at $3.50. in the
kInterior Department auditorium, the
ln-Com-Co, a male chorus composed
or officers and men Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. will give the
initial concert of its third season, with
Clyde B. Aitchison as conductor and
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann as as
sisting soloist. Miss Lucy Bricken-
stein and Robert L. Feurerstein will
be the accompanies. The present
program is musically the most am
bilious of the series given by the
chorus, and marks its advent into the
artistic life of the city with claims to
be taken as serious-purposed musi-
cal organization and not as a mere
| departmental activity. The program
symn by Chadwick. an Evening
Serenade" and an inspiring episode.
silent Recollection" by Johannes
Pache OF Baltimore. well known also
mere. New to Washington audiences
will be the stirring Forest Harps"
| of Edward Schultz. and a tremendous
~ forceful chorus by Rachmaninon
from the liturgy Of the Russian
church. Glorious Forever" Lighter
T, numbers on the program will be COM
position Positions s,5y by Henry Hadley, Earl
Milligan. Mr.. Tittmann will sing lie
| Cor" BY Flegier; Psyche" by Pala-
! dilhe; "L'Heure Exquise," by Rey-
| naldo Hahn: Next. Winter Comes
Slowly" from THE Fairy Queen" by
terranean Winds" from "The Tenn
pest" also by Purcell
] The club is supported entirely by
SUBSCRIPTIONS within the commission.
| ana has 200 sustaining members and
patrons. All its performances are
far as seating space is available
Ihere has been little change in the
| personnel of the club since its first
appearance in 1920. save by the in
| crement to its membership. The men
| who sing are:
First tenors-Harold NJ Brown,
Felix E: Early. Ross Farrar, Clarence
r. Lewis. Lumen H. Macomber, Will
liam NJ. Mahoney. Carroll L. Nash
| William T. Spence. Arthur Van Meter.
Edward c. Wilbur.
RAYMOND A.. Belinge. William H.
a: Rice. John c. Roth. Frank c.
Weems. Andrew c. wilkins.
| First basses-Robert D. Armstrong
Richard Rich xl,5;,. e. Dunbar, Joseph F: Eshsl-
Robinson, Charles F. Smith.
| Second basses-Harry ]. Barnholt,
Ray W. Clarke. Frank M. Cooke.
| Howard Hosmer. j. Paul Kelly, Burt
l. Smelker. w. F. Sunny. Benjamin
A. Watts.
| Honorary-Charles E. Mcculloch
William c. McCulloch.
A new choral club has been organized
and has been quietly rehearsing for
| several weeks past. 1t was organ anized
by Mrs. Catherine Reese. a Welsh
| woman. who has been a member OF
several big choral organizations in
! pennsylvania and has the love and en-
| thusiasm characteristic of her country
Tor choral work Of high order. She
was assisted in orga nizing this club by
| Mrs. Vesta B. Wickham, Mrs. Viola j.
| motifs: Miss Muda E. Eastlake and Miss
Neva Balschweid. In deciding on a
conductor DIR. T. S. Lovette. a Welsh
man and an experienced choral con-
ductor. was the natural choice, and he
has accepted the leadership At the
last meeting it was unanimously voted
to call this organization the Lovette
| Choral Club. in spite of suggestions
Rehearsals take place every Tuesday
evening at o'clock in the auditorium
| OF Emmanuel Baptist Church. which has
been generously offered for this purpose
An invitation is hereby extended to 9TH
ers desiring to unite themselves with
I
selves at a rehearsal as soon as posi-
| bic. as after certain date. to be an
nounced later, no additional members
VIII be accepted until after the frs,
concert. A committee has been ap-
pointed to provide either a social OF
| musical entertainment after each re-
hearsal. Mary Ruth Matthews of Plain
view. Tex, who is spending the winter
mere. Will be the accompanist for the
club.
| Charles T. Ferry. composer-pianist
and H Leroy Lewis. baritone, gave a
joint recital at the Arts Club las,
Sunday evening. The majority of the
selections were Mr.. Ferry's compo-
sitions. but the program contained
Rachmaninof. Gretchaninow. Franz
| and Campbell Upton. Mr. Ferry's
compositions sung by Mr.. Lewis were
Loves Confession" When Love Is
(, Done" "A Mountain Vigil" Rose OF
a Day" Night Holds a Secret" "Tc
rendered from his own compositions
Thoughts of Sea-" Dance Of the Sea
Nymphs." prelude in c Minor
':Nocturne" and "Danse Excentrique.'
Harvey Murray. who has presided
at the organ of the Church Of the
! Covenant for many years. will be in
| charge Of the music at the Sunday
| afternoon services, which will be re-
| sumed today. The special soloists
for this afternoon will be Mrs. Flora
McGill Keefer. mezzo contralto: Elsa
berg. violoncellist. Robert Lawrence
of the Community Association will
lead the congregational singing. The
| preliminary music will commence al
| 3:15 o'clock and the entire program
| will consist of an organ solo. violin
I ov T.
solo. "Melodie" CHenriques); vocal
solos. THE Penitent" (van de Water)
and open Mine Eyes (Hayes); Of
fertory trio. violin. cello and organ
| Clair de Lune" (Thome).
| The music at the evening services
I! by the chorus choir of 100 voices
with Claude Robson. director: Mr.
Murray. organist. and Mrs. Howard
Blandy, pianist. and the solo quartet
! consisting of Miss Ruth Peter, so.
i prano; Miss Richie Mclean. contralto
Ross Farrar. tenor. and Raymond
Moore, basa Mr.. Moore Is substitut:
ing for Herman Fakler, who Is still
absent from the city.
This evenings program will in
clude the anthem, Sweet Is Thy
Mercy (Barnby). with incdenta
solo by Miss Peter: contralto solo
Rock" (Woodman).
| Musical events at the Arts Club this
month will include piano recital or
the 18th by Felian Garcia, program
Of music and recitations after the
dinner, November is. by Miss Heller
Colhoun and Charles r. Ferry. and
la program of spoken songs. by Mrs
Louise Lyons, with Miss Minna Me.
mann. pianist, November %.
Miss Beatrice wainwright, soprano