Evening star., 1935-04-14

~ N In dOHSDA1 evening al
o'clock the choir of St
Thomas Episcopal Church.
~ 1772 Church street north
west, will present one hour OF
Lenten music by leading composers
of sacred music. Members of the solo
quartet are: Soprano, Mrs. Carl
Henning; alto, Katherine Lee Jones;
tenor, Paul E. CARRIER, and baritone,
Robert Frederick Freund. The public
Is invited. There is no admission
charge.
Tomorrow evening at o'clock the
choir of st. Adams Church will sing
the Passion of Christ" by Percy E.
Fletcher. Solo parts will be sung by
Mrs. C. C. Mcdonnell, soprano; Mrs.
Harlan Shrader, contralto: H. Gran
vile Leef, tenor; John M. Waters,
baritone, and Arthur H. Deibert, bass.
The choir Is under the direction of
the organist, Walter H. Nash.
The oratorio, "Oivet to Calvary"
by Maunder, will be sung on Good
Friday evening by the choir of Luther
Place Memorial Church, under the
direction of Cornelia Kinsella, and
will be assisted by a quartet of solo
voices, consisting Of Mrs. George j.
Chaillet. soprano; Mrs. Mitchell A..
Marques, contralto; Paul Ledig, tenor,
and Harry Yeide, basso. Special mu-
sic is being arranged for Wednesday
and Thursday evenings.
On Good Friday evening, beginning
at 8 o'clock, in the Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church, Sir John
Stainer's The Crucifixion" will be
given by the Mount Pleasant Chorus,
under the direction of Norton NJ
Little, with Claude Robson at the
organ. The soloists will be William
P. Shanahan. tenor, and Carol E.
Robb, baritone. The incidental solos
will be sustained by Willard E. Buell.,
bass, and F. Eugene Houghton, BARI
tone. The public is cordially invited.
On Thursday evening the A Cappella
Choir of Northland College, Ashland,
Wis, will present musical program,
under the direction of Prof. Sigvart j.
Steen, with Beatrice Steen Boe as
soloist.
warren F. Johnson, organist, will
play Introduction and Passacaglia, ;"
from Monologe, Op. So. by Max Roger,
before the evening service today at
the Church of the Pilgrims.
Tomorrow the last of the Lenten
organ recitals at st. Johns Church
will be played by T. Guy Lucas, M. A.
The program is made up of the works
OF j. S. Bach.
Appropriate choral and tenor solo
selections from Stainer's "Crucifixion"
will introduce the Thursday evening
pre-Easter communion service at 8
O'Clock at Georgetown Presbyterian
Church. Soloists with the choir are
Frances Shea. soprano; Mary Belle
Beckham, contralto, and William Bar
rett Fuchs. tenor. Mrs. Frank Akers
Frost is organist and director.
A Lenten concert by the choir of
the st. Nicholas Russian Orthodox
Church, under the direction of A. M.
Piankoff, will be held this evening at
$3.50 o'clock at the st. Thomas Parish
Hall, l772 Church street northwest.
'The Passover" a cantata arranged
by Lewis Atwater from sacred opera
music by Anton Rubenstein, will be
given at the 8 O'Clock Friday evening
service, April 10, at the Eighth Street
Temple. The quartet consists of Flor
ence Sindell, soprano; Flora Brylawski,
contralto; George Myers. tenor, and
John Marville, bass, with Lewis At
water organist and director. The
public is cordially invited.
The Christ Church Choir, under the
direction Of Richard Bell, organist and
choirmaster, will present a cantata,
"The Seven Last Words of Christ" by
Dubois, on Good Friday, at 8:l5 pm,
at the church, Thirty-first and o
streets northwest. The soloists will be
Norman Kidwell, soprano; Edwin
Singer, tenor, and Donald Helm,
baritone.
Marjorie Lowe, head of the Vocal
Department of Gunston Hall School,