Evening star., 1926-12-05
M.USIGRAPHS


of. Washington. MIR. Tittmann's sing1
ing of the Peasant Cantata" airs and
his expla nations concerning that
amusing work form the unique fea@
ture of this program. Mrs. Eugene
.Ryrnes. Esther Cutchins and Lucy
'Rrickenstein also contribute much Ia
make this program success.
, A large and enthusiastic audience al
the American Association of Un,"er}
sity Women's Club seemed to thcr@
oughly enjoy the informal musical
given there last Tuesday afternoon hv
Benjamin Yoe MORRISON. singer; Anita
Schade. reader. andrMary Isabel Kelly
pianist. Works by Russian and POLISH
composers rather, dominated the pro-
gram, though others were represented.
The recitations with piano accompani>
ment were especially well received,
They included Turgeheff's prose poem,
How Beautiful.Were Once the Roses"
with music by Arensky; Koerner's
The Hand Organ Man" Dana Bur.
nets poem with accompaniment. and
Phyllis Fergus Radiance" Mr.. Nor.
rison sang numbers by Massenet,
Wagner. Dargomijsky. Moussorgsky,
Arensky. Lemaire and Holmes Miss
Kelly's piano solos included works by
MacDowell. Chopin, Beethoven. BusonI
and Scharwenka.
Tonight at the Arts Club Katharine
Riggs. Washington harpist. is to he
the guest of honor, and will present
her recital.talk. THE Romance of the
Harp" in which she tells the fascinat.
ing story of this most ancient Of
stringed instruments. it's music and
Its legends. She will illustrate her re-
cital with some. beautiful old tunes
originally played on the harp. which
have come down through the centuries
to the present day. closing with a
group of numbers typical of modern
harp music.
Miss Riggs viii he assisted bv Flor.
ence Howard. soprano. who will sing
series of rare folk melodies. many of
which are very old. and were undouht.
edly originally written with harp ac-
compartment, as they will be given on
this occasion.
The program will be presented Mt
s O'Clock.
The quartet of the Sixth Presbv.
terian Church. katherine Wright. So.
prano; Jean Ramsey, contralto: How.
ard Moore, baritone. and Woodruff
Youngs, tenor. will sing Dreams of
Galilee." by G. p. Morrison. at the
communion service. this morning.
At Foundry NJ. E. Church TODAY the
quartet Is planning special music for
the evening service. The selections
Will include organ, prelude. Wagner's
Pilgrim Chorus" from "Tannha1Iser"
Dvorak's anthem. blessed Jesus.'' y
FROM "Stabat Mater. Bucks duet.
The Lord Is My Light; Spicker's an.
them. Fear Not, y Israel: Gounod's
anthem, "Sanctus." from "Messe soIen,
nellie: Leslie's 20 Paradise" a trio,
and an organ postlude. THE Heavens
Are Telling" from Haydns "Creation.a
1t is interesting to find that this
church at least takes it's music s,f1.
ciently seriously to call its quartet hv
the dignifed title. "The Ministry of
Music" The members of this innos.
ing-sounding Unit are Mary s. Bowie.
soprano; Richie Mclean. contralto:
]. F. NJ. Bowie. tenor. and J. F.. s.
Kinsella, bass.
Eliza beth Jordan, soprano. will he
soloist this evening at the Ninth Street
Christian Church.
Mrs. Robert Lawrence presented q
musical progra m in her studio at the
Brunswick Tuesday night. when those
taking part were Frances Robinson,
Mabel Evans. Freda Haase. Rernice
Wood. Josephine Adams, Mrs. Floyd
Wheeler. Mrs. " lie Claire. Mrs. Law
renee. Wayland Simms. G. r. y. Rol.
lings. Robert, jr.., and Willis Law
renee.
st. Patriek's Choir has been invited
to assist in the concert Wednesday
in the gymnasium of Cotholic Univer-
sity, under the direction of Rev. Will
Liam Des I.ongschamps. Miss Jennie
Glennan Is organist and director Of
the choir. which has as a special fea-
ture of evening services the singing
Of English hymns in which the CON
gregation joins. At the concert the
choir will sing THE Countless Hosts"
told Norwegian, arranged BY Grieg)
and Dubois "Messe SoIennelle''' music.
The solo quartet includes C1elia Flora.
vanti Edna Howard, Roydon J. Dixon
and James Nolan
This evening, beginning at o'clock,
at the Church of the Covenant the
Evening Choir 600 voices), Claude
Robeson. director: Harvey Murray, or.
ganist. and Mrs. Howard Blandy,
pianist. will render selections Afron1
THE Holy City" by Gaul. The solos
will he sustained by Frances Scherger,
soprano: Charlotte Hartman. con-
tralto: II. T. Townsend tenor. and
Raymond Moore. bass. The choir will
be assisted by. Mrs. A. L. Chase. VIC
linist. The public Is invited. The
doors of the church will be. open at
o'clock. e..
The music At the Church of the
Holy City this morning will comprise
20 be Joyful in the Lord" by Caesar
Franck farrl for chorus with tenor
solo by r. &. Wooden. and still. Still
With Thee" Ward Stephens sung hv
Mrs. Ralph T. Barnard For organ
prelude and postlude Maud G.. Sewal
will play Rach's Nun komm' Der
Heiden Heiland.,.' and prelude in 4
Minor
An organ and piano recital was
given Monday night by Esther Cut.
chin, pianist. and Thomas Moss. or
ganist, under the auspices of the Will
muth Bible Class of Columbia Heights
Christian Church. Both musicians
are we'll known members of local
music circles.
Mrs. Charles G.~ MacRoberts. Cleve.
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