Evening star., 1923-09-23
MUSIC IN THE CHURCHES

MEDICATION of the organ at the
~ Petworth. Baptist Church will
take. place Friday evening at
O'Clock
A recital will be given by Louis
A. Potter. organist'of Calvary Baptist
Church.
The program will be; Brief syR,9P- mop,
prelude and Fugue in + minor
(Bach), TN Memoriam," to the mem
ory of our late President, Warren u:
Harding tPotte); Caprice Heroiaue,
RoRIn1 RoRRStt sgIta,io6~ TWI q tbs 6sturses5 Mls1
Morning (Grieg). Prelude. in c
sharp minor (RachmaninofO. Swing
Song (Barnes), prelude in c minor
(Chopin), Souvenir" (Kinder), al
legretto.' tGodard), March, from
and old favorites.
The quartet of st. Patriek's Church
gave the musical part of the service
at the $3.50 mass in the Catholic
Church of Rockville. Nd, last Sunday
morning. The members of the quar-
tet are: Edna Htllyard Howard. so
prano; Carolyn Manning, contralto;
Roydon J.. Dixon, tenor, and James
Nolan, bass. The .organist and d.
rector is Miss Jennie Cannon. j,
The morning program of music at
the Metropolitan NJ. E.. Church VIII
include today: Organ prelude, py
Read; response, by Frederic, given ~
(Nevin), by quartet; Praise, Ye"
(verdil, by trio. Mrs. Gottsman, z. =:
Morgan and sArthar Gardner Does
Jesus Carer fHall), quartet POST
lude in C" (Read). s"
At the evening service. the .anarte
will sing ."The Evening Shadows"
Adelaide Humphrey. and "Tarry With
Me, o My Savior" tosgood). 4
At the First Baptist. Church this
morning the music wiltsbeI' Organ
prelude, "Fantasie" (Dubois); offer
tory solo, Let the Words of My
Mouth" (Ferry), and organ postlude
(Gilmant).
At the evening service the music
will include" Organ prelude, eAlfe-
gro" (Batiste); offertory solo. spirit
of God'' (Neidlinger); organ postlude,
March inc (Smart).
Mrs. Florence Howard is the sofoist
for the program, and Charles T. Fer
ry organist. Mr.. Ferry's composition,
which win be given at the morn
ing service. is one of the most recent
works, and is presented THIS morning
for the first time in> Washington.
Today at the Mount Pleasant Con-
gregational Church the solo quar-
tet, composed of Miss Frances
Buehler, contralto; William Pa Shana-
han, tenor, and Herman Fakler, bass:
with Claude Robson, organists, and
director, will sing at the morning
Mrs. Buehler will sing, I'm My Faith
er's House are Many Mansions" by
MacDermid. The quartet, will give
Lead Us Gently Home" by Briggs.
The Mount Pleasant Chorus, under
the direction of Norton NJ. Little,
will begin it's work for the season on
next Sunday morning. September 13.
The musical program for today at
the Vermont Avenue Christian Church
our %iri Of Set the 1St1 WorldS (Goss}, and mixed
quartet-"My Soul Longeth" .GMar-
ston). Evennig-Chorus, THE Radi-
ant Morn Hath Passed Away" (Wood,
YARD; and male quartet; var ;sneS9 1eS9s ana
w. Il. Braithwaite is director, and
]. E. Sparks. organist.. The mixed
quartet is composed OF Mrs. r.. ~
Shreve,. SOPRANO; Mrs. F. M. Snore:
w. S. Haynie, baritone; Male quar-.
tet members are Paul G. Ledigt first
tenor; w. E. Braithwaite, second ten
or; w. 8. Haynie, first bass and, ).
C. Smith, second bass.
"In Memorium-to the memory. Of
Warren G.. Harding" composed by
Louis A.. Potter, the organist and
choir director of the Calvary Baptist
by Mr.. Potter at the special service
OF appreciation for the late President,
to be held this morning, at the church,
The male quartet, composed OF w. r
Raymond, tenor; George F. Bayliss,
tenor Fred East. baritone. and
Charles Moore. basso; will sing the
beautiful Lead Kindly Light" which
they gave so feelingly at the state
funeral services for the late Presi-
dent, at the Capitol.
This e"service of appreciation is
held at this time on account OF the
fact that the pastor of this church,
the Rev. William s. Abernethy, d. D.,
was In central Europe at the time
the memorial service was held at
Calvary Baptist, and found 1T impos-
duct the service or participate In it.
President and Mrs. Harding We're
regular attendants at the CALVARY
Baptist Church. Their pew will be
suitably marked with a silver plate.
The service will be marked sec also arsp.ei oy
"Sanctus," by Gounod. Mr.. Potter
will play as an organ prelude, Lar
go" (from New World Symphony,
by Dvorak. Horsley's, March
Solenelle" will be the postluae.
At the evening service the male
quartet will sing Watson's, Praise
the Lord, o, My Soul" and Mr.. Ray
mond will give tenor solo.
Musically the Sunday vesper serv-
ices, under the direction of Harry Ed
ward Mueller, and the weekly free
concerts have been established at the
First congregational. sChurch:s The
concerts are supported entirely by
voluntary contributions, which not
only pay the fees of the artists. but
net a sum for the payment of the
Skinner organ. which was Installed In
1920. The church has announced that
the musical vespers will begin on
october at 4:45 and the concerts for
the season will begin on octoberS at
pm.
The first month of concerts are as
follows: October S. Miss Grace Kerns