Evening star., 1925-03-01
Music in the Churches

"A Rischoff memorial concert twill
Ne given by the vested choir of 60
voices and solo quartet at the First
Congregat tional Church this afternoon
at 4:45, under the direction of Ruby
Smith Stahl.
DR.. ]. w. Bischoff the blind or
ganist and composer, was the out
landing figure in Washington FOR
nearly 80 years and will be remem-
bered by many residents for not only
his far-reaching influence in this part
of the country, but also for versa
tility of his compositions.
The entire musical program of this
service is to be given over to ma
compositions, and will consist of chot
ruses, Quartets and solos by the quar-
tet, composed of Ruby Smith Stahl.
soprano and director; Goldie ID.
Hutchins, contralto; Hilbert Kratzer,
tenor, and John II. Marville, bass.
Charles T. Ferry will be at the organ.
An invitation is extended to all ad-
mirers of DR.. Bischoff and his music.
The program will be: Prelude, al
1egro, Sonata in d Minor" (Ferry) ;
anthem, The Lord Is My Shepherd /;
soprano solo, Teach Me. o Lord, '
Ruby Smith Stahl; quartet, Heaven
Is Our Home; bass solo. Consider
the Lilies" John H. Marville an
them, I'm Heavenly Love Abiding |;
contralto solo, open to Me the
Gates" Miss Hutchins; quartet, 20
Lamb of God; tenor SOLO, II Heard
the Voice of Jesus Say" Hilbert
Kratzer; anthem, Great Is the Lord"
(Bischoff); postlude, 'Maestoso"
(Bruce).
The music at the First Baptist
Church this morning includes: Pre-
Symphony" (Dvorak); offertory solo,
Cast Thy Burden" (Hamblin), and
postlude, "Toccata" (Bach). The Is
minute organ recital preceding the
evening service consists of: Vision"
. (Rheinberger), ''Scherzo-Pastorale"
(Federlein). Melody in A. Dawes,
violin solo, Romance" (Svendson) !;
offertory solo, LET Not Your Heart
Be Troubled" (Speaks), and postlude.
March in E Flat (Rogers).
%<na Otto is soloist for the morning
service, W. Harold Whiteside soloist
in the evening; Virginia Cureton, vio
linist, and Robert NJ. Ruckman, or
ganist
Music at the H Street Christian
Church today, under the direction of
Willard S. HaynIe, with Edith Gott-
walls at the organ, will be: IL am
Anthem, Send Out Thy Light"
(Gounod), and baritone SOLO, mo
Tears Up Yonder" (McCombie), Mr..
Haynie. Evening-Anthem, From
Egypt's Bondage Come" (Page), and
tenor and baritone duet. Calling
Thee" (Gabriel), Malcolm Scates and
Mr.. Haynie.
The male quartet of the church will
, sing Remember Me, o Mighty One"
(KinkeD.
The De Moss entertainers will pre-
sent AN evening of music, song and
story" tonight at o'clock at the
regular services at the Metropolitan
Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church,
John Marshall place and c street
northwest, of which Rev. DR.. George
Shaw Johnson is pastor. This musi-
cal organization has given concerts
in every State in the Union, in every
province of Canada, Great Britain,
Germany, Belgium, France, Switzer-
land and Mexico.
At Calvary Baptist Church the
music for next Sunday will be: Mr.
Moss, organist and director, will play
Batiste's Communion" for the morn
ing prelude, and "Triumphal March"
by Guilmant, for postlude. Mr.. Ray
mond and Mr.. East will sing Edward
Howes I'm the Cross of Christ
Glory"
At the evening service the chorus
choir sings Some Blessed Day" by
George B. Nevin. Mrs. Crater, So
prano; Mr.. Raymond. tenor, and Mr..
East, baritone, will sing savior.
Breathe an Evening Blessing" by
Otto Nicolai.
The organ program includes Bar
carolle" (Mendelssohn), and "Medita-
tion" (Truette).
T. Guy Lucas, organist and choir
master of st. Johns Church, Lafay-
cite square, will present the follow
ing program, assisted by Newton T.
Hammer, tenor, in his organ recital
Saturday afternoon at 4:45 o'clock:
Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor
(Bach), Thou Shalt Break Them"
(HandeD, Newton T. Hammer;
Largo" (Dvorak), from THE New
World symphony; Carlton" Gel
gar), I'm Native Worth" (Haydn),
Newton T. Hammer; Spring Song
(Hollins), 'Toccata' (Dubois).
Ryland NJ. E. Church will give an
evening of music tonight, beginning
at 7:30 o'clock. Gertrude Russell, So
prano, and G. Harris White, baritone,
will assist the choir.
The program will include: Solo,
'The Voice in the Wilderness" (Scott),
by Mrs. Russell; solo, Gloria"
Peccia), by DR.. White; duet, Love
Divine, All Love Excelling'' (Smart),
by Mrs. Smith Lankford and DR..
White; solo and chorus, 'Inf1amma tus"
(Rossini), Mrs. Russell; choruses, In
Thee Do 1 Trust" (Ashford), II am
Alpha and Omega" (Stainer), and
.''Rivers of Life" Lacey).
Other singers are Grace Biddle So
prano, and Vernon Buppert, bass.
Mrs. White will preside at the
organ. Mrs. Milton Odell is the choir
director.
Netta Craig, soprano, will be soloist
at the Sixth Presbyterian Church this
evening, singing II VIII EXtol Thee"
from Da Costa's oratorio; Eli and
Come Unto Him." by Dunn. Helen
Murray will accompany her on the
organ.
Ruth Goodall, soprano, will be So
1oist at the West Washington Baptist
Church tonight. She will sing by the
Waters of Babylon" (Houghton), and