Evening star., 1925-03-22
IN THE CHURCHES

TWO interesting Penitential musi-
L cal services are announced to take
place at Old St Pauls Church, Rock
Creek parish, prior to Easter. These
will include, first, "Olivet to Calvary" ="
| day, at 4:30 pm, and the second, The
Darkest Hour" by Harold Moore, on
Palm Sunday at 4:30 pm.
These works will be given under the
direction OF II. II. Freeman, organist
and choirmaster of the parish, in con-
| junction with the choir Of the Church,
augmented.
Special interest is attached TO THE
Darkest Hour" due to the fact that it
has not been presented by local choirs.
1t is extremely difficult.
The solo parts of both works will be
sung by Mabel Foote Whitman, soprano:
s. Elizabeth Kerr, controlto; Warren l..
| Terry, tenor; Horace A. Lake, baritone.
| The assisting guest soloist for ''The
| Darkest Hour will be Charles Trow-
| bridge Tittman, bass.
The public is invited to attend these
services, and no cards of invitation for
admittance to the church will be
required.
The George Washington University
Mems GIee Club will assist Charles
T. Ferry, organist, at the musical
| vesper service at the First Congre-
gational Church this afternoon at
| 4:45 o'clock.
The program is as follows: pre-
Jude and Fugue IN E Minor" (Bach),
organ; '1nvictus" (Huhn), George
Washington" (Pierce), The Bells of
st. Mary's" (Adams);, glee club; AN
dante" from Fifth Symphony"
(Beethoven), organ; vocal solos by
Preston Haynes; Where My Cara
van Has Rested" (Lohr). double
quartet; Meditation" CLucas) and
Fountain Reverie" (Fletcher). or
gan; My Anchor Holds" (Towner),
'I Am Alpha and Omega" (Stainer)
and pale in the Amber West"
(Parks), glee club; "Maestoso"
(Grlson), organ.
The organ and choir numbers at
the IL am. and s pm services are
| as follows: Morning-"Prelude in F.
(Moorse); anthem. 20 Lord, How Ex-
cellent Is Thy Name" (Galbraith)
| quartet, out OF the Deep (Marks)
postlude, "Marche in c" (Ferry).
| Evening (Wachs); an
them. Sing Unto the Lord a New
Song" (Pierce): soprano solo, Teach
Me 10 Pray (Jewet); "Sortie"
| (Grayson).
The chorus choir Of the II Street
| Christian Church, Sixth and H streets
| southwest, under the direction of
Willard S. Haynie, with Edith Gott-
| walls at the organ, will sing the
anthem, But the Lord Is Mindful of
| His Own" (Mendeissohn), at the IL
O'Clock service today, and Mr.. Haynie
will sing a. baritone solo. Just For
! Today" (Harker). At the evening
| service the chorus will sing 20
Savior of the World" (Goss), and the
male quartet will sing, When You
Know Jesus, Too (Ackley).
| The personnel of the male quartet
| is as follows: Kenneth Scates, first
tenor; Malcolm Scates, second tenor;
Willard S. Haynie, baritone, and
| Frank Cook, bass.
The music for the morning service
at the Petworth Methodist Episcopal
Church will be presented by the solo
quartet: Mrs. Paul G. Russell, So
prano; Linda Berg, contralto; Harvey
j. Townsend, tenor, and Benjamin Y.
Morrison, bass, and will consist of
the following numbers: Organ prel-
ude, prelude and Fugue in G Major
| (Bach); quartet, by the Rivers of
Babylon" (Barnes); soprano solo,
Before the Crucifx" La Forge)
organ postlude, Grand Choeur Dia-
| logue" (Gigout). At the evening
service the quartet will be augmented
| by a chorus Of so voices and the
| following program will be given by
| the combined choirs, John G. Hen
| ninger conducting: Organ prelude,
| "Pastorale" Cesar Franck); chorus,
rSoftly Now the Light of Day"
(Schilling); duet, soprano and tenor,
Spirit of God" (Neidlinger).
Mrs. John Milton Sylvester is
organist and supervisor of church
music.
| Katharine Fowler, who has studied
with Lynwood Farnum, will preside at
the organ Of the First Baptist Church
this evening, giving the customary IS
minute organ recital. Robert M. Ruck-
man will play for the morning service,
but will go to New York this afternoon
to attend the recital of Edwin Hughes
at Aeolian Hall this evening. w.
| Harold Whiteside will sing at both
services.
The program of music at the Ninth
/ Street Christian Church today will be
Morning service-choir anthem, "The
Lord Is My Light (Marchant), with
| soprano solo by Estelle Wild; evening
| service-Choir anthem, "a Song of
Triumph" (Farmer).
Special music by the choir of ver-
| mont Avenue Christian Church will be
given today including: Chorus, Souls
| of the Righteous" (NobIe); mixed
quartet, Great Is the Lord" (Bis-
chpnls evening. chorus. ISasloaI