Evening star., 1926-05-23


4:3O o'clock. The following Mendels-
sohn program will be given:
Organ prelude. "Adagio." from first
sonata; selections from Elijah Part
II; air. soprano. Hear Ye. Israel
chorus, BE Not Afraid; recitative.
baritone, The Lord Hath Exalted
Thee: recitative. contralto. and
chorus, Have Ye Not Heard" recita-
tive, tenor, Man Of God; air. bari
tone, 1T Is Enough; recitative,
tenor, See Now He Sleepeth''; trio
Lift Thine Eyes: chorus, he
Watching Over Israel: recitative'
contralto, Arise. Elijah; recitative,
baritone. 20 Lord. / Have IAbor'd In
Vain; air, contralto. 20 Rest in the
Lord: recitative. baritone. Night
Falleth": recitative. soprano, ARISE
Now: chorus. Behold. God the
LORD: chorus. Go. Return Upon Thy
Way; recitative and air. baritone
II Go On My Way" and For the
! Mountains Shall Depart; quartet. ~
Come, Every One That Thirsteth
| onertory. recitative and air, tenor.
I'VE People. Rend Your Hearts and
IF With All Your Hearts Ye Truly
Seek Me-" and organ postlude, ALE.
gro Maestoso Viyace." from second
sonata. katharine Seelye Wallace.
director and organist; Janet *. PICK
ett. soprano: Olive Travers Houghton,
contralto: Harry ]. Maycock. tenor
and Wilfred c. Gilbert. baritone. The
service is free to the public and Wis
itors will be. welcome.
The Lyric Singers. assisted by Iva
| lee Newell, violinist. presented a de-
lightful program at the Kendall Bdp-
tist Church Friday evening. The per
sonnel Of the quartee is Joanna best
| Russell. soprano; Marian Leonard
Steward. contralto: Harvey T. Town
| send, tenor, and Benjamin \. Morri-
| son, bass. Mrs. John Milton sylvester
IL director and accompanlst.
The Chaminade Glee Club. Esther
| Linkins, director, and Helen. 7. Muir
raw, accompanist, has been engaged 10
| give a concert in lexington Presby-
| terian Church Wednesday at S:3o pm
| Eva Nhtford Lovette presented
| Mary Templin mezZo-contraito. in the
first Of a series of song recitais at hef
| studios Thursday evening. ENeiEn
| Hercum assisted as plan sololst ana
Mrs. Lovette played the accoinpd ~
ments. Miss Templin came to ASH.
| ington two years ago as the result oi
being awarded a years scholarship lh
voice under Mrs. Lovette by the lexa
Federation OF Music Clubs MISS
Templin left Friday evening for
two months concert tour IN IeNas
| Miss Templin, whose voice is drama1ic
| i'm character, displayed feeling ana
true understa nding Of the songs she
| sang These included She Never
, Told Her Love" dHaydn,. The Pretty
Creature" (Wilson). "Y Delyn Aur car
old Welsh hymn. % Sole Milo "'
Capurro), The Lotus Flower ~Schu:
mann), Death and the Maiden
tSchubert). Spring Flowers Rsein
ecke), "Il est doux' the aria IRON,
.'Herodiade," by Massenetl, Vale
Pusseln. "Oh. Miss Hannah" Deepen
| and Thanks Be to God CDickson,
Miss Hercum played as piano solos
"Two Arabesoues" (Debussy) and
"Rustling Woods" Iiszt) delightfully."-
and Mrs, Lovette proved herself an
able accompanied.
| Dora and Isaac Minovich. two tai
ented young people in local music
circles. presented the musical part OF
the program at the Congressional Clut
Friday afternoon.
Prof. William Churchill Hammond
doctor of music. of Mount Ho'Sokt
College, appeared in an organ recl,a
at the Mount Vernon Seminary yesler
dow afternoon in honor of the alumnae
and former students of the school
The program was given on the De
liehtful little organ in the Elzaoetn
Somers Chapel.
John Alden Finckel of Washington
| who is one of the two candidates o.
the Institute of Musical Art OF Ne"
york for the artists diploma this year
has won another honor in having one
| of his own compositions played at thf
annual recital at the institute Satur
day. Nav Is. His work chosen fol
that program was a fugue in contrary
motion for string quartet. He is II
the fifth grade Of the compositlof
class. and has been approved as ehsl
hle for the artists diploma as
callist This diploma is given only tC
students who are qualified both by nat
ural talent and excellence of work fof
the concert stage and who are ready
for that career at the time OF the
award.
T. Robert Schmitz, we'll knowr
pianist, is again active in introducing
American works new 70 the Paris
nublic. OF special interest were the
"Saturday's Child" Of Emerson Whlt
horne and Legend" Of Eichheim
l
seryatoire May and 10. Previous tt
these appearances, when he was tc
nlay at the Theater Mogador Satur
dav. April "a, the piano movers 2alleo
a strike, which resulted In SInmlt3
being there, but no piano. lie nao
his revenge the following week. wher
he drew a throng to the conservatoire
Mr.. Schmitz will attend the 1nterna
tional Music Festival at Zurlcn IT
June before he returns to this country
to conduct his annual Summer master
class at Colorado Springs, July 20 te
August 81.
The Curtis Institute of Music ha:
made two notable appointments fol
the piano department for the season
of 1s26.27. These are Moriz Rosen
thai. Viennese pianist. and Bennc
\ Moisseiwitsch, leading pianist OF
Russia.
! Both these great artists will be
come permanent members OF ihe lac lac
ulty next year, when they will heglr
the instruction Of limited number
of advanced pia no students Of un
usual talent at the institute. In con
junction with Josef. Hofmann, head
of the piano department. who con
tinues as an active teacher. they con
| stnute nota bic trio Of instructors
MIR. and Mrs. Frank A. Spur en-
tertained at musical and tea il
honor Of Mrs. Florence Spur and j
H. Patt Of Creston. Iowa. last Sun
day. A delightful program was OF
fered by Sam Wardell, violinlst; Vir
ginia Lee, pianist: Mary Helen Howe
coloratura soprano: Francis Thorne
pianist: Reinono Newman. sopra no
and Mrs. Spur pianist: Franz
Arthur Spur. jr., 3 years old
| displayed budding talent in his sing
ing of nursery rhymes and playing {
duet on the piano with his mother.