Evening star., 1936-04-04
Music in the Churches

TINE National Capital Choir, DR..
Albert w. Harmed, director,
will sing The Passion" from
4 Handel's Messiah" and Bach's
"Jesu. Priceless Treasure" at the Uni
versalist National Memorial Church,
Sixteenth and S streets northwest, to-
morrow afternoon at 4:3O o'clock.
"The Crucifixion," sacred cantata,
by Stainer, will be sung at st. Mar
garet's tomorrow at 4:30 O'Clock. The
supplementary organ numbers will be:
"Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring; Bach;
canzona, "Jesu, Meme Freude," Karg-
Ebert, and "Toccata and Fugue in C
Major" Bach.
Soloists: Elizabeth Lovejoy, soprano;
Vera Nicely Ross, contralto; DR.. George
Anderson, Phillip Bexter, tenors; Ed
gar Kidwell. F. w. Newcombe, bass;
Charlotte Klein is the organist and di-
rector.
1.-THE Seven Last Words Of Christ" ?"
by Dubois. will be sung by the choir
of the National City Christian Church,
w. E. Braithwaite, director, and Ly-
man McCrary. organist. on Good Fri
day at pm. The soloists will be
Mrs. B. D. Shreve. soprano; Helen
Turley, alto; Justin Lawrie, tenor, and
J. H. Smithey, baritone.
Adolf Torovsky plays the sixth and
last Lenten organ recital at the Church
Of the Epiphany tomorrow at 1880
pm. The church quartette, Lillian
Latham, Nancy Williamson, Ray Baine
and Ambrose Durkin will be the as
sisting soloists. At 8 pm. the choir
will sing special service, including
the motet "Gallia," and the anthem,
by Babylons Wave" both by Charles
Gounod.
On Good Friday evening at pm
the choir of Luther Place Memorial
Church will present the cantata.
"Olivet to Calvary" by Maunder. The
choir will be assisted by the solo quar-
tet, consisting of Mrs. G. j. Chaillet,
soprano: Marie Head Marques. con-
tralto; Paul A. Ledig, tenor, and Harry
Yeide, basso. Special music will also
be presented at the services Sunday,
consisting of organ prelude. Les
Rameaux," by Faure";; Unfold Ye
Portals" from the Redemption" by
Gounod, and Lift Up Your Heads"
by Rogers, sung by the choir. and
postlude, 'Pomp and Circumstance"
by Elgar.
The choir Of the Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Albert w. Volkmer.
with Mrs. Dudley c. Jackson at the
organ, will present the cantata, THE
Triumph of the Cross, by Matthews,
The soloists are Mrs. j. Frank Rice,
Mrs. Robert E. Boyle. jr.: John Green,
and j. L. Stinson. The public Is in
vited.
The quartet and chorus Of Gunton
Temple Presbyterian Church will rem
der special music at the morning
service tomorrow. Soloists will oe
Louise Bernheimer, cellist. and John
violinist, with Eber Riley at
the organ. Clara Moran Bernheimer
Is director and soprano soloist.
"Olivet to Calvary" will be sung at
4 nm. Wednesday of Holy week by
the choir of All Souls Memorial
Church. The soloists are Mrs. Hugh
Brown and Mae Millington Kinds, so.
pranos: Winfree johnson and Ken
meth Hawk, tenors, and w. Edwards
Deming, baritone. Frances Harrison
Is organist and director.
The combined choirs of st. Paul's
Church, Rock Creek Parish and All
Saints Church, Chevy Chase. will
render Maunder's "Olivet to Calvary"
tomorrow at pm. In ALI Saints
Church, Chevy Chase. The solos will
be sung by Emily Coville, soprano;
George F. Baylss, tenor, and E. B.
Thomas, soloists, Of st. Pauls. This
same work was sung last Sunday at
st. Paul's Church, when the solos
were sung by the soloists of All Saints
Church.
Stainer's "Crucifixion" will be sung
tomorrow evening at 8 O'Clock at
Grace Church, Woodside, Nd, by q
chorus choir under the direction Of
Emily Dickinson. The cantata will be
the first major undertaking Of the
choir since Mrs. Dickinson has been
in charge. The soloists will be Ray
mond Toense, tenor; Harvey Town
send, tenor; Hugh L. Buckingham,
baritone, and Howard p. Bailey, bass.
The choir of the Florida Avenue
Baptist Church will render 'The Sew
en- Last Words of Christ" by Dubois,
tomorrow evening at 8 pm. Soloists
are as follows: Carrie Bowles, So
prano; Obelton Holmes, tenor; Percy
Taylor, baritone.
Rossini's "Stabat Mater" will be
sung at o'clock tomorrow night at
Hamline Methodist Church. Sixteenth
and Allison streets. by the chorus