Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-06
Fine Concert
Concludes
Club Season
Rubinstein Organize.
tons Program Has
Unusual Variety.

"HE Rubinstein Club. CLAUDE
Robson, conductor, gave an
unusually interesting program
L last evening for its last concert
of this season. -Four composers, who
have close connections in Washington,
were represented on the program,
Herndon Morsell, former conductor
of the club and now an honorary life
member; Karl Holer, prominent in
Washington music circles and broth
er of Pauline Holer a former active
member of the club: Harry Patterson
Hopkins of Baltimore, who in former
years spent part of each week In
Washington, and Hal Clough-Leighter.
who was organist and choirmaster OF
the Church of the Epiphany in Wash
ington several years. Our Greeting"
by Mr.. Morsell, who dedicated 1t to
the club. opened the program. The
dainty and graceful composition was
so brief that the audience, which
filled the large ball room Of the Will
lard, where the concert was given,
failed to recognize its close, and the
second number of the group, Rubin
STEMS Music of the Spheres" ar
ranged by Richards, was sung imme-
diately. The closing number was
ION Waka'S Shore" from the Japa-
nese), written by Harry Patterson
Hopkins. The music follows the Japa-
nese rhythm and scale in parts and
closes with a well-developed climax
which the 60 woman singers did with
particular effectiveness. The violin
and cello obbligatos were played were
played by Dorothy Goodrich and
Daisy Fickensher.
The singing of this well-balanced
chorus of women showed marked i'm
provement last night over recent years,
the tone of the soprano being good
and not lacking in color, and the con-
tralto rich and warm throughout.
There was a lack of bouyancy and
lightness in their singing, with little
variety in the phrases. Dream
Hours" written by Mr. M. H. Gulesian
and dedicated to the Woman's Chorus
Club of Newton Center, Mass, Or
ganiZed and conducted by Mrs. APP
poline Blair, the first conductor of
the Rubinstein and for whom the club
was organized, was sung by request
and was one of the lovely numbers
done by the club. Mr.. Clough-
Leighter was represented in his ar
rangement of Faure's THE Cradles, "
a beautifully rhythmic composition
with difficult accompaniment, which
Adele Robinson Bush played well.
Mr.. Robson called upon Mr.. Holer
to rise from his place in box and
share in the applause which followed
the singing of his Triumph of the
Dance" The clubs other number
was a group Of Schumann's beautiful
compositions for piano. arranged fol-
chorus, with English words and each
Of them losing much of their beauty
and all of the spirit in the tran
scribing.
Albert Mailer, tenor, the soloist
sang two groups of songs and the
aria 20 Paradise" from Meyerbeer's
'L'Africana." The first group was
composed Of three gems of German
leider and an Italian song In which
he showed voice of wide range ano
good quality, though his faulty tone
emission marred its beauty. The Sec
ond group was in English, after which
he was recalled and sang two en-
cores, the first to the chorus itself
with his back to the audience, and
the second, La Donna Mobile"
from verdi's "Rigoletto," quite the
best of all his numbers
To Mrs. Bush is due much of the
credit for the success of the program,
for she played all the accompani-
ments for chorus and solist, and &C
quilted herself admirably in much
difficult music. K B.