The Washington times., 1938-03-26
D. G. Choral
Group Plans
Bach Work
By WILLIAM NEWMAN

tistic devotion will be performed
by the Washington Choral So
ciety Monday night. They sing
without any hope of financial
gain, solely because Of their con-
viction that Bach's Passion Ac-
cording to st. Matthew" is an
important part of the cultural
heritage Of the world and that
even voteless WashingtonianS
should not be deprived of it.
These singers have labored
under their idealistic conductor,
Louis Potter, and made Sacri-
fices Of time and effort that the
community might profit.
Theirs a real civic service. So
is that Of the soloists partici-
pating, all Washington artists,
who sing without pay, or at
least for small fees. Their real
reward, like that Of the cfloris-
tiers, they find in the music it
self. Its beauty, its eloquence,
its exalted mood together pro-
vided an experience that only
the maker Of music knows; that
is greater than the hope Of gain
or the satisfactions Of profit
which have become the ruling
passion Of the land and its
people.
SOLOISTS LISTED
That, Of course, is the great
spiritual gap between the artist
and the business man, the real
reason they find 1t so hard to
understand each other. The
Soloists are: Mary Apple, vii.
liam Hayghe, Sam Cotton,
Emily Coville, Helen Howison,
Charles Trowbridge Tittman,
Harry Yeide, John l.. Stinson,
George Stonebraker, Florence
Ludy, Bertha Morgan and Merle
Coates. Thirty members Of the
National Symphony, Lyman Nc
Crazy, organiSt, and Villa
Semple, pianist, will assist. The
public will be admitted free to
the Washington Cathedral.
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The last Of the National Sym.
phony's mid-week concerts takes
place Wednesday night, March
30. DR.. Kinder has arranged
a request program which will in
clude the third Brandenburg
concerto Of Bach, the Brahms
variations on a theme by Haydn,
THE Swan Of Tuonella," by ST.
belirS, and the conductors own
arrangements of excerpts from
Moussorgsky'S Boris Godu-
noff."
CROOKS SOLOISTS
The soloist is to be the emf
nent American tenor, Richard
Crooks, of the Metropolitan
Opera, who makes his second
appearance in that capacity
with the National Symphony on
this occasion. He will add to
the program Bach's IF Thou
be Near" 5luck's 20 Del Mic
Dolce Ardor," the prize" song
from 1.-THE MaStersingers" and
Beethoven's difficult and rare
ly done Adelaide"
D. Sterling Wheelwright Is
attending the st. Louis conven-
ton Of the Music Educators
National Conference, this week.
He will address the church
music section Monday on What
Church Music Can Contribute
to the Community" In his alb
sence the organ recitalS at the
Washington L. s. D. Chapel
will be carried on by the follow
ing resident organists: Arthur
w. Howes, jr., Monday at 7:45
o. M; Esther E. Jones, WedneSr
day at 8 p. m, and Jean Appel
Friday at 8 p. m.
Henry Gregor, Washington
composer, continues his lectures
on Music Yesterday and Today"
in the Phillips Memorial Gal
lery. Tuesday. The special topic
of this talk will be Early
Masters. A second course OF
lectures will begin Monday
April 4, under sponsorship Of
the Junior League, also in the
Phillips Gallery dealing with
modern music.
Nine. Lillian Evanti, famous
Washington coloratura, offers q
varied program Of song in the
Rialto theater, Saturday even
ing. Her program opens with
Handel, Mozart and David, con-
tinues with a series Of Sibelius,
Strauss, Marx, and Franken'
stein, adds a French group by
Ravel, Koechlein and Bizet and
ends with a grateful English
group which includes Mary
Howe's 20 Mistress Mine.
Abbie Mitchell, operate So
prano, will be presented in reci-
tai at the Metropolitan Church,
1912 M st. N. W., on the evening
Of March 81 by the Prince Hall
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The Anacostia Methodist
Choir, under George F. Ross,
will present the final program
in the Hotel Roosevelt series to-
morrow night at $3.50. Works OF
Bach, MacFarlane and Chris
tienSen will be sung. The SoloiSt