Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-03

POlLltC0 OSSdIliSL ana
OF the recently erected Church of the
Pilgrims in this city He will preside
over a three-manual organ which Is
now being installed.
Mr.. johnson was for several years
assistant organist at the Washington
| Cathedral. He is we'll known as con-
cert organist.
There will be special music at the
morning service at Keller Memorial
Lutheran Church today. when Evelyn
Scott, violinist. will play the Romance"
from Weiniawski's Second Concerto in
D Minor" and obbligato for % Lord
Most Holy" Franck. given by the vest
ed choir. under the direction Of Ger
trude Lyons. Gerald l.. Whelan, BARI
tone, will sing There Is a Green Hill
Far Away" by Gounod.
At the evening service the duet will
be L Will Ever Bless Thy Name" tDu-
bois), by Mrs. Lawson and Mr.. Whelan,
md the chorus for womens voices.
List, the Cherubie Host (GauD, with
baritone solo by Mr. Whelan.
Lillian G. Wines is the organist.
Mrs. Henry Hunt Mckee spent the
last three days Of the week in Penn
Sylvania booking engagements for re-
citals by Hazel Wegner Bachschmid,
Washington soprano.
This unusual program Is in four
periods, depicting the seasons of the
year. In each group Mrs. Bachschmid
dresses in costume appropriate to that
particular season, and sings a group
Of songs peculiar to that special time.
| Already there are several engage
ments in and near Washington with a
number Of appearances scheduled for
out-of-towr places.
| Substituting for Mrs. Mckee at the
organ for the Lenten services at Church
| of the Ascension Wednesday and Fri
day was Mr.. Tilghman A. Lambert, a
newcomer In Washington. Mr.. Lambert
has recently moved here from Beth
lehem, Pa, where he was assistant or
ganist of the Bach Choir and studied
pupil of ]. Fred Wolfe Mr.. Lambert
Is going to make his home in Wash
ington. He will be available for church
and concert work.
Several vacancies are still open In
The Crimson Star" the operetta which
the Washington Comic Opera Club is
producing. Those interested should
call Lincoln 5l83-W.
Mrs. Walter K. Wilson, one of the
ton, will be heard in what will be a
temporary, at least, farewell recital at
the Friday Morning Music Club this
! week, as Col. Wilson has been ordered
to another Army post;
George Beuchler. baritone. will
share the program. Kathryn Hill Rawls
will be at the piano for both singers.
The Schubert Choral Club will hold
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| instead Of tomorrow, as would be Gus
! tomary The postponement Is due tc
the Inauguration. Tuesdays meeting
will be held in the gold room of the
Hotel Lafayette at 7:45 pm.
DR.. Henry Selby entertained small
group Of friends at his apartment last
Wednesday night when music was pre-
sented delightfully."- and informally by
Caroline Manning. contralto; Leonard
Davis, baritone, and John Marville,
basso, with William Harms assisting at
the piano.
Among the recent activities of the
Madrigal Singers, Mrs. John Sylvester
director, have been programs given IN
cooperation with the National FEEDER
alton of Music Clubs at the Louise
Home and at the Walter Reed Hospital
(singing in the wards), where the
music was most gratefully received.
| Wednesday the group will present
their program for the Community
| row will be heard on the air over Sta
ton WMAL.
There are several vacancies in the
tenor and base divisions Of the chorus
! Of the National Capital Oratorio Asso-
citation. Application for membership
should be made through the secretary
Mrs. M. L. Soper. 1917 New York ave-
nue.. who will arrange for additions.
Those who are registered but have
not as yet signified their intention re-
garding the rules which were adopted
at the organization meeting February II
should communicate with the secretary
as the full complement in each division
will be chosen as soon as possible.
The director, DR.. Albert w. Harmed
announces the continuing of the re-
hearsals on 1.-THE Passion" by Haydn
each Tuesday In the music room Of the
Central High School, beginning at
7:45 pm.
Flora McGill Keefer, mezzo- contralto
will assist Lewis Atwater, organist. in
a program of Scandinavian music at
o'clock this afternoon at All Souls
Church (Unitarian). Sixteenth and
Harvard streets.
The musical numbers at the IL
o'clock morning service will be given by
Mrs. Keefer, Charles Trowbridge Tit
mann. bass: Richard Lorleberg. cello,
and Mr.. Atwater. The program will in
clude "Andante" (concerto). Grieg;
Like as the Hart" Allitsen; "Melo-
die" (variations), Boellnan; Prayer
Bizet, and "Maestoso." Karg-Elert.
John H. Marville, bass-baritone, one
Of the most popular of the younger
| group of singers in Washington, was
soloist at the Friday afternoon pro-
gram at the Congressional Club last
week. He shared, honors with John NJ
Baer, who gave q chalk talk.
The custom of having the congrega
ton alternate with the choir in sing
ing the Plain Chant Credo at mass
while universal at Roman Catholic
Churches In Europe, Is not so frequent
ly heard In this country. st. Patrick's
Church in Washington Is said to have
been the first in the Eastern States
to inaugurate this custom. 1t was
started last year and resumed this sea-
son and will continue on Sundays dur
ing Lent. Last Sunday the effect was
said to have been particularly fine with
the unanimous response from the con-
gregation decidedly devotional in char
acter.
Every Sunday night at 7:30 O'Clock
the service Of the holy hour will be
conducted with appropriate music by
the choir.
Thelma Rice. soprano, was presented
In recital recently by Leroy Lewis
at his studio when she sang works by
Haydn. Grieg. Carmichael, Kramer,
Treharne, Smith. Shaw. Beach and
Lehman. Macon McArtor was the
accompanist.
The Institute of Musical Art pre-