Evening star., 1925-03-22

When Night Involves the Skies"
(Shelley); male quartet, Cast Thy
Bread on the Waters Parks).
Raymond G.. Moore has been engaged
as baritone soloist for the male quartet
and evening choir of the church.
At the Church of the Transf1gura-
tion musical services today, under d.
rection of DR.. James Dickinson. or
ganist and choirmaster, will include:
Eleven o'clock, morning prayer; pro-
cessional, Forty Days and Forty
Nights" CHerbsD; "Venite" (Smith,
'Benedicte in F" (StokovskD, "Bene-
dictus" Uangdon). sermon hymn"
Christian, Dost' Thou See Them?"
Egypts Bondage Come" (Page); re-
cessional, Jesus, And Shall 1t Ever
Be-" (Oliver). Eight o'clock, evening
prayer, junior choir; professional,
THE Church's One Foundation"
(Wesley): "Magnifcat" (plain song),
"Nunc Dimittis" Iplain song), sermon
hymn. 20 Jesus, Thou Art Standing
(KnechD; offertory anthem, savior,
When Night Involves the Skies"
(ShelIe): vesper hymn, Lord, Keep
Us Safe This Night" tSullivan); re-
cessional, Abide With Me" (Monk).
At the quiet period to be held in
All Souls Church this afternoon at s
o'clock, Lewis Corning Atwater will
"Adagio" and allegro" (GaluppD,
Cradle Song" (Brahms), From An
Indian Lodge" "a Deserted Farm"
and ITO d Wild Rose" (AfacDoweID; ;
''Entrata" (Karg- -ElerO, Legend"
(Klicka), "Serenade" (Rachmaninoff),
concluding with America" on the
Robertson chimes.
Music at the Metropolitan Presby-
terian Church today will be: At the
| morning service the prelude will be
Communion in E Minor" by request
(Batiste); anthem, by the quartet,
And God Shall Wipe Away All
Tears" from The Vision of ST. John"
(Coombs): offertory, THE Lord Is My
Light" (Allitsen), Mr.. Stearns. and
postlude, Grand Choeur' (Adams).
prelude, Will O. the Wisp" (Nevin); +;
| anthem. In the Hour of Trial
(Broome); : duet, Whispering Hope"
sung by Miss Gribbin and Mrs. How
ard; solo, THE Bird With the Broken
| Wing" by Miss Gribbin, and will close
with "Postlude" CWest). The quartet
is composed of Evelyn Gribbin, So
piano and director: Anita Gauges
Howard, contralto; Edward Halbacn.
E.s
with William Fowler al the organ.
The music for todays services at
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Episcopal Church South, under the
direction of II. Deane Shure, will be
as follows: Morning-Organ prelude,
Prelude" from Prelude and Fugue
in G Major (Mendelssohn), Mrs.
Frank A. Frost; anthem, Christ
Triumphant" (Shelley); quartet,
Ashamed of Jesus?' (Herndon), w.
A. Mccoy, first tenor: A. Clifford will
kin, second tenor; Howard P. Bailey,
baritone, and James P. Schick, basso /;
organ postude, "Fugue," from Pre-
lude and Fugue in G. Major" (Men-
delssohn). Evening-2o-m minute, organ
recital by L. f. Schiller-Anthem
Now the Day Is Over" Cknighr) |;
quartet, "Wher'er Thou Leadest Il
VIII Follow (Robinson); organ post
lude, selected.
An Obey Speaks program by the
| choir of the West Washington Bap-
tist Church will include solos by Netta
Craig, soprano, who will sing. "The
Lord Is My Light; Jane E. Smith,
contralto, in Peace, Give Unto You"
and Mr.. Sabean, bass, incidental solo
in the anthem, "The Shadows of the
Evening Hours" Mrs. Emory Bogley
| will preside at the organ.
The choir Of the Church OF the Ad-
vent will sing a cantata, Gods Time
Is Best" by j. s Bach, at the evening
| service today. The soloists will be
Mrs. Frederick Hodge, contralto; will
| liam H Bell, tenor, and Mayne r. Coe,
baritone. John r. Monroe is organist
and choirmaster
The cantata, Queen Esther" with
| a chorus of so, a full orchestra, organ
and piano accompaniment, was sung
at the United Brethren Church, North
! Capitol and r streets northwest, Sun
| day evening, under the direction of
| William F. Doyle Mrs. Doyle's rendi-
tion of I'VE Are Sold, I and My
People" was particularly effective;
Miss Hardesty was pleasing in her
prophecies solo; Mr.. Matthews as
| king, in the scene where Haman was
condemned, gave a forceful interpre-
| tation; Mrs. Satterheld and Mr.. Embry
| in their farewell duet displayed arr
tistic ability; Mr.. Morgan, as Nor
| decai, sang "Woe Is Me" we'll, and
| Mr.. Barnes in the "Beggar Song
showed a rich bass voice; Miss Fall
Ian, Mr.. Numbers and Mr. Gardiner
sung the Persian princess, the scribe
and Harbona parts, respectively, well.
The chorus was good and the accom-
| paniment excellent The large audi
ence, requiring an overflow into the
appreciation by giving a unanimous
! standing vote, requesting repetition
OF The Dcantats next SUNDAY evening.