Evening star., 1938-05-22


elected for the coming year:
President, Mrs. Eugene Byrnes.
Vice Presidents, Miriam B. Hilton
and Ruby Potter.
Recording secretary, Mrs. Charles
Fairfax.
Corresponding secretary, Dorothy
Tyler.
Treasurer, Katherine Riggs.
Assistant treasurer, Mrs. Robert
LIE Fevre.
Musical director. Lucy Brickenstein.
Assistant musical director, Florence
Howard.
Chairman Of the Reception Com
mittee, Ethel Holtzclaw Gawler.
Chairman of membership. Emily
Coville
Chairman of printing, Mrs. Hugh
H. Brown.
Chairmen of hospitality. Helen
Grimes and Blanche Polkinhorn.
Chairmen of orchestra, Miriam Hill
ton and Katherine Riggs Burchard.
Chairman of publicity, Florence
Howard.
The Board Of Governors include
Gretchen Hood, Fanny Ross Henbest,
Helen Turley, Mrs. Warren Grimes,
Mrs. William Humphrey and Rita
Bement.
| Following is the summary of con-
certs presented during the season
1878.
THE first concert was November l9,
when a program of piano, voice,
and cello music was given. and the
last program was April %, when SINH
lar music was heard, except that the
organ was used instead of the piano.
| The three musical BIS were featured
| this year with the following compost
tions
Bach: For organ, Louis Potter gave
| four chorals and a movement from the
First Organ Sonata: for piano. Irene
Lerch played Prelude and Fugue. c
Sharp Major" Villa Semple the
Prelude and Fugue. G Minor No. l6.'
played prelude and Fugue in G
/ Ma jor." arranged by DAlbert: Martha
! GWinn the "Toccata in D Major" and
| Constance Russell the Choral Pre-
lude Ich Ruff zu Dir, Herr arranged
by Busoni. For two pianos the 'Ital-
ian Concerto" arranged in harpsichord
style for two pianos by Harold Bauer,
was played by Sade Styron and Isabel
Hutton. For violin, Carolina Randall
played Bach prelude arranged by
Kreisler, and Grace Powell a chorale
from the Christmas Oratorio," ar
ranged by Spaulding. For cello, Alden
Finckel gave an adagio by Bach.
Several singers employed Bach songs
to solidify their programs. Emily Co.
vile and Vera Neely Ross both singing
''Komm, Susser Tod" Ruby Potter,
MY Heart Is Fixed" arranged by DR..
Engel, with cello obligato by Louis
Potter, jr.; Norma Simonson singing
My Heart Ever Faithful" and Arthur
Kraft, guest artist, so oft ich meine
Tabakpfeife. Another guest Domen-
leo Iascone. flutist, played the Second
Suite. B Minor
| Two piano sonatas, "E Minor, Opus
90 played by Villa Semple. and
Opus 81. No. 81 played by Fanny
Ross Henbest: String Trio Opus
No. l." played by the Alexandria Trio
and the Rondino for cello played by
! Louis Potter, jr., are the Beethoven
/ works
RRAHMS proved a great favorite
/ With singers. -Four Serious
Songs" built around religious texts,
were sung by the honorary member,
Charles Trowbridge Tittmann, with
Miss Brickenstein at the piano. Helen
Turley, contralto, sang an entire. group
Of Brahms songs Other singers using
Brahms were Emily Coville Vera
| Nicely Ross, Edwin Steffe. guest artist;
Kathryn Sale English and Christine
| Church. The Brahms Quartet for
mixed voices. Opus 92," was sung by
! group OF singers directed by Doro-
thy Emery.
The sonata for cello and piano was
played by Alice and John Alden
Finckel. Piano pieces include Inter
mezzo and Capriccio.' played by
Martha Gwinn; Sonata F. Minor
Op S." by Irene Lerch; "Rhapsodie
B Minor" played by Fanny Ross Hen
best; Sonata, F Minor, Op. S. Finale" :"
played by Irene Lerch; "Intermezzo E
Flat Major, CO ll8, No. g." and Ca
priccio B Minor, OPP. rs, No. 2" played
by Margaret Tolson. The Brahms
Sonata for violin and piano in B
Minor was presented by Leila Burt
and Alcie Brooks. Variations on