Evening star., 1927-11-20

COLLECTIONS from Maunder's can
tata, "A Song of Thanksgiving u
| will be sung by the choir Of st. Mark 8
Lutheran Church this evening. the
musical program taking the place OF
the regular evening service. The
| choir is under the direction of Lucy
H. Paul, orga mist and director. and Is
composed of Laura Hayes, Anne Bor'
jes. Selma Trede, Catherine Gross, Ira
krider and Gilbert c. Clark.
The program will be as follows:
Chorus, 20 Come, Let Us Sing: so
prano and tenor duet, The Blushing
Fruits Appear" Miss Hayes and Mr..
Krider: soprano solo, 20 Lovely Flow.
ers," Miss Hayes: trio for soprano,
alto and tenor, God the Lord Hath
Spoken" Miss Hayes, Miss Gross and
Mr.. krider; bass solo, Consider the
| Lilies" MIR. Clark: tenor solo. 20 Thou
Whose Constant Mercies," Mr.. Krider;
chorus, Forever. 0 Lord
The program at the morning service
will include: Organ prelude, 'I4arks-
WOO" tShure); anthem, "Out of the
Deep" (Wirtz), solo by Mr.. Krider.
|, The public is cordially invited to
these services.
Last Sunday, under the direction of
Katharine Seelye Wallace. organist,
| the choir of historic Christ Church,
Alexandria, rendered Part I of Men.
| delssohns Elijah" up to and in,
Guiding the chorus Blessed Are the
Men Who Fear Him.
Tonight at 8 o'clock the choir will
continue the work from that point.
as follows: Recitative (baritone) and
| chorus, "As God the Lord of Sabaoth
Liveth"; chorus, "Baal, We Cry to
Thee; recitative (baritone) and cho'
rus. Call Him Louder"'; recitative
ard air (baritone), Draw Near, All
Ye People," and Lord God of Abra
ham,; quartet. Cast Thy Burden
Upon the Lord; recitative (baritone)
20 Thou Who Makest Thine Angels
Spirits; chorus, 'The Fire Descends
from Heaven; air Cbaritone). 'Is Not
His Word Like a Fire?'; air (alto)
Woe Unto Them Who Forsake Him"
recitative (tenor), 20 Man of God. Help
Thy People: recitative (baritone)
20 Lord, Thou Hast Overthrow
Thine Enemies" and chorus, "Open
the Heavens and Send Us Relief"
chorus. Thanks Be to God! He
I.aveth the Thirsty Land" Offertory
solo (soprano). Hear Ye.s Israeli
Talbert Haslett, baritone. will sing
the part of Elijah. The other solo.
lists are Janet r. Pickett, soprano
Olive Travers Houghton, alto, and
Harry Maycock, tenor.
A performance of the sacred can
tata, Song of Thanksgiving" by
Maunder, Is announced to take place
in the National Baptist Church, Six
| teenth street and Columbia road, to-
| night at s o'clock. The choir, con
sisting Of 80 voices, is in excellent
shape to render the first cantata of
the season, both as to solo voices and
chorus strength and quality.
The solo quartet Is composed OF
| Frances s. Farrar, soprano; Edith w
| White. contralto; Harvey T. Town
send, tenor; Robert E. Kline, jr., bass
| Emily G. Dickinson is organist and
choir director.
Visitors at this service, as we'll as
all others, will be most welcome.
The chorus choir of 80 voices will
present the following musical pro
gram at the morning service, which
is to be broadcast: Organ prelude
"Priere a Notre-Dame," Boellmann
quartet, BE Merciful Unto Me, Q
God" Briggs; anthem, "Sing Alleluia
Forth" Buck; organ, "Marche Ro
maine," Gounod.
The Master School of the Piano held
its first Junior class meeting Saturday
afternoon at the school, 1905 F street.
Grace G. Gilchrist. director, presided
and gave a short lecture to the chill
dren. The members who took part in
the musical program were: Mary
Frances Merz, Gertrude Gilchrist, Ar
thur Gilchrist, Marie Adams, Frances
Carens, Fay Greenburg, Arlene
Schoenberg. Jean Holmes, Clarence
Huffman, Josephine Bertolini, Cath
crime Coulon, Doris Klesner, Antoi.
nette Klesner, Mildred Meyer, Hilda
Siegel, Blanche Siegel. Berenice Stein.
Hanna Stein. Georgia Nau, Rosalie
Michaelson. Frances Pittiglio. Amer.
leo Pittiglio. John Brennan, Leo Ofen-
stein and Vincent Weckel.
Marie Adams read one Of her musi-
cal axNicles to the class.
The music study class .of the Virgil
Clavier School, Georgia E. Miller.
director, held its monthly meeting
Monday in the classroom of the
school.
A short synopsis Of the life and
principal works of Mendelssohn were
read by members of the class.
One period of the evening was given
to sight reading. after which a pro.
gram Of piano numbers by Beethoven
P. f. Bach. Chopin. Albeniz, Levine,
Macdowell and Schutt were played.
At the next meeting the life Of
Mozart will be studied.
In December Miss Miller plans to
have a demonstration OF the Virgil
method in the different grades Of prog
ress, followed by a recital, by pupils
of the school.
The Costlow Fretted Orchestra un.
der the direction of C.. E. Costlow, will