Evening star., 1933-04-09
Music in the Churches

TIME choir of ou-Temple Pres
byterian Church, Sixteenth and
Newton streets northwest, under
i the direction of John George
Klein, with Mrs. Klein at the
organ, will render Maunder's orator1o,
"Olivet to Calvary" tonight at 8 o'clock
Solo parts will be sustained by Clara
Moran Bernheimer, soprano; Ruth
Tuckey Shear, contralto; Harvey T.
Townsend, tenor; G. Mallet Provost
and willard s. Lines, basso.
The double quartet of the Cleveland
Park Congregational Church, under the
direction of Lucille Shannon Etchison,
will present Jerusalem" by Parker,
and ''Ride On! Ride On!" by Scott, at
the morning service today. The mem
bers of the quartet are Betty Gray.
Doris Willis, Aurelia Beck, Betty
Roberts, Clifton r. Moore, Forbes Bur-
CESS, James j. King and Edward Barron.
The following selection viii be in
cluded in organ numbers played by Paul
De Long Gable today at the First
Congregational Church, Tenth and g
streets northwest: "HoSannah," Dubois.
"Open the Gates to the Temple,
Knapp, and Chant Triomphate," by
Gaul.
J. H. Maunder,s "Olivet to Calvary
will be sung at St. Margaret's Church
at 4:3O this afternoon, and repeated
on Tuesday at pm. for the Dis
trict of Columbia Chapter Of the
American Guild of Organists. The
cantata will be supplemented by La
ment," Couperin; "Sinfonia," Bach;
"Toccata on Gregorian Theme" Barnes
for organ.
Charlotte Klein is organist and choir
director. The public Is invited to botn
performances.
Music program for Maundy Thursday
service at pm. will be as follows:
Organ: The Holy Grail" from "Psrsiial'" I,adsi
Choir: God 50 Loved The, world" Harold
"Agnus Del" Gounod.
The National Capital Choir, under the
direction Of DR.. Albert w. Harmed, will
sing the anthems ION the Road to
Jerusalem" from Maunder's "Olivet to
Calvary" and Behold the Lamb OF
God" from Handels Messiah" at this
mornings services Of the Universalist
National Memorial Church. DR.. Harmed
will play the organ selections, "Medlta-
ton" by Stearns; MESA Solinelle," by
Gounod, and 1.-THE Palms." by Faure.
The choir of st. Adams Church will
present Stainer's "Crucifixion" on Wed
nesday evening at 8 o'clock. The choir
will be augmented by assisting artists.
Esther Cloyd, soprano; Henry G. Leef
tenor, and John M. Water, baritone,
the organist and choirmaster.
At the Calvary Methodist Church
Columbia road near Fifteenth street
northwest, the cantata "Olivet to
Calvary" by Maunder, will be given
tonight at O'Clock. The combined
senior and young peoples choirs OF SO
voices will give the choruses. The guest
soloist for the service will be Fred
East, baritone. Other solos will be
given by Ruby Potter. soprano; Bertha
Morgan, contralto; Fred Gross, tenor;
Theodore Morgan, mezzo-tenor; Elmer
Carlson and Joseph Wells, basses: Louis
Potter, director Of the choir, will con-
duct at the console and be heard IN
the following organ solos, for prelude
The prelude to "Parsifal," Wagner; fol
offertory, 1.-THE Tumult in the Prae-
torium" (from the Passion symphony
by Maleingreau; for postlude, Funeral
March" Grom Opus 26) by Beethoven.
The program for the morning service
will include the anthem only Begotten
Son." by Gretchaninoff, and soprano
solo, 20 Divine Redeemer," by Gounod
sung by Mrs. Potter.
The American University Choral So
ciety will sing THE Cruciflxion," by
John Stainer, this afternoon at 4
o'clock in Metropolitan Memorial M. z
Church, Nebraska and New Mexico
avenues. The chorus Of As voices L
under the direction of Harlan Randall
with Mrs. James Shera Montgomery al
the organ. Eugene Swygert, tenor, and
Nathan Clark, baritone, will be the
soloists. The public Is invited.
On Thursday night at 8 o'clock
vested choir of 60 voices will sing Gauis
passion music. r. Deane Shure, d.
rector Of church music at Mount Yer.
non Place M. E. Church, South, vii
have personal direction OF the program
assisted by Edith Gottwals at the organ
This cantata OF holy week will be pre-
sented in six graphic scenes, beginning
with 1.-THE Traitor at the Table" pro
ceeding through '"The Denial IN ths
fdldCS, 4uc OIiJ4oe SOAAA0AtAAe-eHoN~,
THE Mockery ON Calvary" THE Shad.
ow Of Death" and ending with The
Holy Sepulchre" The solo parts VIII
be taken by the members Of the church
quartet as follows Mrs. LaVergne Sims
Fairchild, soprano; Elisabeth Holder
contralto; John L. Mitchell, tenor
Arthur M Tabbutt, bass.
A three-day observance of Easter al
the Mount Pleasant Congregations
Church will begin next Thursday eve
ming when the Mount Pleasant Church
quartet and chorus will sing Stainer's
"The Cruciflxion" as the musical fea-
ture of the service.
The choir Of St Columba's Episcopal
Church, Forty-second and Albermarle
streets northwest, under the direction OF
Mr. Henry B. Steel. choirmaster and
organist, will present, this evening at
7:30 o'clock, Sir John Stainer's Cru
cifixion" The solo parts will be taken
by Edwin c. Singer. William Tyler Page
A. F. E. Horn, Reginald LOCKER and
Fred Quinter.
The choir of Christ Church, Wash
ington parish, $40 G street southeast
on Good Friday evening, at o'clock,
will render the sacred cantata Easter
! tide" by Protheroe. The choir Is COM