Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-28

ment in the musical programs from
season to another, and the stress that has
begun to be put on the tang Of profession
alism rather than on the mere juggling
of amateur talent. Locally 1t Is said that
in the past three yealS musical exhibitionism
has pushed the musical thermometer far up
above the lukewarm point, and that now one
may venture into any one of the more i'm
portant clubs and find therein musical enter
tainment which is entertainment-not the mere
swallow wing Of program by friends" which
is an insult to the sense as well as to the ear.
Cases in point may be illustrated by the well
tuned programs of the Friday Morning Music
Club. the University Club and the Arts Club
the latter having taken a considerable squirt
during the past season. The Friday Morning
Club has the most difficult time Of it on ac-
count of its myriads of morning programs and
the fact that no music ever seems quite itself
at that hour and that soloistS sometimes just
about get to their greatest musical pitch when
they shut off and must needs go home to
early lunch. The audiences at this interest
ing club have however been gratifying during
the past season, and the programs arranged by
the committee for the most part adequate. AL
though indignation voiced against
tain vocal critic for stressing the appearance of
Hans Kinder and Mary Howe at of the
final programs and not giving full-voiced eulogy
to the rest of the prog1 am, the appearance of
M. Kinder still seems notable event and
OF which in its connection with the proposed
NJ ional Symphony Orchestra may some day
has something of the historic about it.
TT; University Club has grown in musical wis
dom during the past season and has pro-
vi,'cL for its members and their guests really
in cresting musical diets. This club through
the nimble manipulations Of L. L. Moneyway,
is in the position to Gull here and there the
best in music and it remains a considerable
honor for any soloist to appear there in that
cape city. Great is said to have been the gnash-
ing If teeth by many local organizations which
wei, not included on It's programs, especially
&c EXPERIMENTAL quartet, which applied for adj
mis- through its local bars and was told po-
liz ,ly to go sell its wares at more informal ses-
sio"s of pink tea parties and such like.
TIE Arts Club although sheltered from the
outside world has a sufficiently large
me1 oC,@hip to insure its exerting influence
in tle local musical environment Here have
flcu. ned during the late season % programs
eight Of them lecture recitals of historical or
crib u nature the humble music Sleuth was
fiay-d most amicably by Edward C. Potter in
memorable Lecturer AAnd the rest recitals
by o't-of-towners and local celebrities which
haze k2pt the picture-covered walls of the club
con, may always rest ones eyes on oddly as
ser ID pictufes during concert) humming with
mu2ical rcverberations.
AZ the final concert of the season arranged
by the Music Committee-of which SADIE Styron
has len vigorous and invigorating chief-the
sc:com h ard Brahms Trio for French Horn,
Viom ar1 Piano." was played by Herman r.
Hol,Inan, violinist; Thaddeus S. Hess, French
horn and SADIE Styron, pianist, while Katherine
Wa.d5i Smith played some interesting selections
On .I'e piano cher interpretations of the selec-
tons were more interesting than the program).
And ether concerts which have been especially
distirg uished during the season were the Tudor
music p; Ogran at Christmas time; the Carol
Ser"ice by the choir of Emanuel Church Of
Baltimore; the series of Burney Travelogues;
the lecture by r. w. Gordon; Princess Ataloa's
reel Fal there is real personality; recital by
the ~ sh:ngton Pianists Club and many others
which deserve equal mel ton. From the above
list one may see that this club has striven for
the original and the interesting and that its
Music Committee has done itself proud
incidentally that committee was formed of such
notables Mary Ware Goldman, Mary Parker
Clements, Miriam Hilton twho sang delightfully."-
during the modern" Burney Traveogue),
katherine Lee Jones, Anton Kaspar, Lynch
Luqucr and La Sale Spier.
DACK from the Talbot Festival of the West
- minister School, at Ithaca, N. Y, comes
Gertrude Lyons-the newly invested president
OF the District Of Columbia Federation of Music
Cirhs-with verbal flags flying and the band
playing. Says Mrs. Lyons about the Bach
'B Minor Mass" which was given by the West
minister Choirs, DR.. John Finley Williamson and
John Milton Kelly conducting, assisted by an
ensemble from the Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra: There was IAN oFganlike tone,
unanimity of attack, beautiful crescendo, with
seemingly no limit to volume, often followed by
a pic nissimo like Summer zephyr" Albeit, the
effect of the singing seems to have been very
fine There were 100 afiliated chors on one
occacion, I'D by DIR. John Finley Williamson
and Mrs H. E Talbot, followed by four stalwart
choristers clad in maroon vestments bearing a
large gilt cross and American flag held on high"
Ut .nns too that there mara sr,nnntlinn lilo