Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-27
THE quartet and choir of Keller

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morning service Christmas day, will
also sing at the morning and eve
! ming services today.
AT the morning service today the
| choir will render There Were Shep-
herds (VincenD, and Ruth Kobbe,
| alto, will sing 20 Thou That Tellest
Good Tidings in Zion" from The
Messiah" Handep.
The cantata THE Coming of the
King" Dudley Buck will be sung at
| the. evening service with an augmented
| choir and the following soloists:
| Deborah Fl. Lawson, soprsn no; Ruth
kobbe. alto; Raymond F'ilius, tenor.
and Douglas Shaver, bass. Lillian
| Wines is director and organist
Mrs. Wayne 3. Wheeler. soprano
| Soloist, and Mrs. Chester W. Adair,
| orsanist at the Fourth PRESBYTERIAN
Church, will be assisted at this Sun
| day evening service by Mary Annie
| contralto; Mrs. Raymond B. Dickey.
violinist, and Mabel Duncan. celIist.
The program will he: Organ pre-
| Jude. ."Christmas" (Adair); duet.
christmas" (Skelleyl: violin solo.
| Evening Star" NNagner): sopra no
| solo, There Were Shepherds" tAdair):
| trio, "Serenade" Giebe): contrslto solo.
| Virgins Lullaby Buck); cello solo.
'Andante" Hollman); duet. with vio-
lin and cello obligato. "Cantique de
Noel CAdair): organ postlude, Halle
lujah Chorus" HandeD.
John Waters, jr.. boy soprano: Ross
| farrar, tenor; Robert Klein, ir. bari
tone. and John NJ. Smith. basso. will
| be the soloists in the cantata The
story OF Bethlehem" John f. Vest.
at the Chevy Chase Presbvterian
| ( of no
| day evening, the 2sth, at O'Clock.
The vested chorus exceeds 80 voices
and viii be directed by Warren W.
Grimes, the choirma ster, with Fred
| erlck :. Stitt at the organ. The Priest
arrangement of Silent Night" will
precede the professional "Veni Ema n.
uel' French Missal, Mode II and the
occasional will be Harding's bright
est and Best" Mr. Stitt will NAV
Evensong' Edward Johnson. and az
| a postlude March of the Magi'
| 9Th. Dubois.
| The senior choir of the Metropolitsn
A NJ. f. Church, J. Henry Lewis. di-
rector, has announced a service ~
song for this evening at 8 o'clock
when It will sing The Coming of
| the King" a cantata for Advent or
Chrlstmastide, composed for solo
voices and chorus with organ accom-
raniment, by Dudley Buck.
The soloists for this occa sion will he
Maude- @. Smothers. Saphronia Simms
and Hilda d. Green. sopranos: Alberta
Williams and Emily D. Gipson. con
| traltos; J. Stanley Brooks and r. A.
Whaley. tenors: Frank 8 Williams
{. X. Thompson. c. Z. oliver and G.
H. Flegler. basses
Frank s. Williams. who will sing
the role of Herod. is well known in
| musical circles in addition TO his mem.
bershlp with the Amphion Glee Club
Inc program Will begin promptly. and
! those who are anxious to hear this
work under favorable conditions are
advised to go early.
William G. Braxton Is the organist
The vesper concert at 4:45 o'clock
at the First Congregational by the
quartet and choir will be a Christmas
carol service. singing again carols
sung at the White House Christmas
eve. The carols are: Bells of Christ
| mas" 81. y. PIERCE. The First Noel"
traditfonaD. God Rest You. Merry
| Gentlemen Graditionan, The Babe in
Bethlehem's Manger Laid" nradi-
tionaD. Silent Night, Holy Night" lar
ranged by Frank Gruber>. shepherds
Christmas Song" Austrian Dicken-
|
] lPraetorius,: Come. All Ye Shep-
herds" Bohemian RiedeD: Angels
We Have Heard on High" (F'renchl:
Carol of the Russian Children" (ar-
! ranged by GauD. 'All Knew He Was
There" Turner Maleyj and "A Joyful
Christmas Song" (GervaerD.
The chorus choir of EIdbrooke NJ. f.
Church, under the direction of Clara
Young Brown, will give The Story
of Christmas" by Matthews, this
evening at 80 o'clock. The solo
parts will be sung by Mrs. Brown,
Florence Thompson, William Thomp-
son, Edward Harry and Venial Brown.
At Epiphany Lutheran Church
special music by the chorus choir
will be rendered at both services In
the morning there will be three num-
bers. 1T Is the Blessed Christmas
Morn" by Bartlett; THE Midnight
Hour" by Whitney Coumbs, and
There Were Shepherds Abiding" by
Frank Lynes. AT the vesper service
at o'clock Spence's cantata, THE
Story Of Bethlehem" will he given.
The soloists are Edith Stowell. So
prano; Elisabeth Hoover. contralto:
Lynn GiilChrest. tenor, and John F.
StOwell, baritone.
At the Georgetown Presbyterian
Church this evening Meta Craig
soprano Walter =. Prick. tenor, and
Horace Lake. bass. have been spe-
Ciallv engaged for the service where
n program of Christmas anthems and
oratorlo solos will be given. Mary
belle Finney Beckham, contralto. is
soloist of the church, and William
Fowler is the Organist
At Cavalry NJ. +. Church Julia
Culbreth Gray. director of music. had
charge of group of Christmas carols
and other appropriate music last Sun.
day morning and in the evening a
pageant, The Nativity" by Snyder
was presented by chorus and the
quartet, under the direction of Merle
T.. Frampton.
The pageant will be repeated this
evening.
Special Christmas musical service
by the choir of the Vermont Avenue
Christian Church on Tuesday evening
at O'Clock will be given by the choir,
assisted by Eugenia Botkin, violinist
The program will he:
Baritone solo. Nazareth" .,........ Gounod
Vic Gin solo, Romance" from Second
Contralto sol Infant Jesus. "ienS 'Yon
, Violin solo. "panse coquette =. -. TirndeiE
lcnuT solo bant'0ue de Noel Adams
A Christmas cantata. The Messiahs Com
Text by.......,..... Rene prorrer
Music ny. ...... Henry wildermere
;, The so1oists will be W. f. Braithwaite
director: Mrs. H. c. Grimes orsanist: Mrs
B. d. Shreve. soprano: Mrs F. NJ Shore
contralto: r. H: Davidson. bass T p Rus,
sell. tenor. and R. p. Luce baritone
At the evening service at Takoma
Park Baptist Church today the choir
will sing the Christmas cantata. The
Promised Child" by r. NJ Suits.
Thelma Mills Rector. r. l.. Whit