Evening star., 1939-12-17
Music in Churches Today

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Handel's oratorio, THE Messiah" :"
will be presented tonight at pm.
as community event at the WASH
ington Chapel, Sixteenth street and
Columbia road NV, by chorus of
100 voices from the Washington
Missionary College conducted by
Prof. George w. Greer. The guest
choir will be accompanied by string
orchestra, Raymond Casey, concert
meister, and the soloists will be Edna
C. Wheelwright, soprano; Lottie
Volkmer, alto: Justin Lawrie, tenor,
and Robert Adams, bass.
This concert will mark the OPEN
ing of the Christmas season at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, and takes the place of
the usual evening service at the
Washington Chapel. There will be
no collections or admission charge
and the public is cordially invited to
share in this annual oratorio per-
Torrance. Organ concerts of Christ
mas music will be given on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, 8 pm, and
next Sunday the Washington Chapel
Choir will present cappella num-
bers at the 7 o'clock service.
The Story of Christmas a
Christmas cantata by H. Alexander
Matthews, will be given by the choir
of Western Presbyterian Church this
evening at 8 o'clock. The public
is cordially invited. There will be
a silver offering. The church is
located at 1906 H street NV. Jean
Slater Appel, A. A. G. O., is or
ganist and choir director.
This afternoon there will be a
white gift Christmas service at the
Sixth Presbyterian Church. The fol-
lowing special music will be rem
dered by the choir: Arise Shine,
from The Christ Child" by Haw-
ley; solo, The Birthday of King
(Neidiinger, Kathryn FURNACE;
Holy Night, Peaceful Night from
The Christ Child" (Hawley). The
junior choir will sing Christmas
Eve Lefebre) and "A Christmas
Song" (traditionaD.
Charles Trowbridge Tttman. bass,
will assist Lewis Atwater, organist,
in program of Cesar Franck music
this afternoon at o'clock at All
Souls Church, Unitarian.
Gunton Temple Memorial Pres
byterian Church, Sixteenth and
Newton streets NV, DR.. Bernard
Braskamp, minister. At the morn
ing service the anthem "Jesu Bam-
bino," by Pietro Yon. will be sung
by the young peoples choir, and
Mildred Moore, soprano, will sing
AVE Maria" by Bach-G -Gounod, with
violin obligato played by John Mar
shall.
At 4:30 pm. the Christmas story
will be presented in pageantry and
music by the young people of the
Church, directed by Mrs. Howard
Waldo, assisted by the junior and
young peoples choirs, and the quar-
tet, directed by Mildred Moore, with
Kenneth w. Frisbie playing the
organ.
Christmas music at Trinity Church
will be featured at the candlelight
carol service this evening at pm.
The program is as follows:
Professional 'Adeste Fideles''
caSfs NlshaS hymn; Silent Nlsn', HOLY aruOer
Sleeps Judea Fair" Mackinnon
shepherds Christmas Song"
Carol hymn: Thou Didst Leave
Thv Throne Mathews
'on This the Christmas Morn Job
The virgin and Her Son" , ., o!Se Clokey
The The Virsin Vsnn and Child" 4" Du'' Butcher Sc
lehem'' Redner
Recessional: TT Came Upon the Mid
The vested choir of the Douglas
Memorial Methodist, Eleventh and
H streets NE, will present the
Christmas cantata, THE Coming of
the King" by Dudley Buck, under
the direction of Estelle Wentworth
with Mildred Dupee, organist, at 8
o'clock this evening. The soloists
will be Helen Eddy, Evelyn Kelly,
Jeanne Corkran, Laura Harrington,
Marvin Fisher, Robert Green.
George Holmes, Walter Snellings
and Melville Veitch.
This evening the choir of the
Brookland Methodist Church, Four
teenth and Lawrence streets NE,
will sing selections from the Christ
mas portion of the Messiah" The
choir is under the direction of the
organist, Florence E. Reynolds, and
will be assisted by Thelma Mills
Rector, soprano; Kathryn Sale
English, contralto, and George
Irving Chandler, tenor.
Lutheran Church of the Reforma-
ton will include this morning the
following numbers into the musical
program at II o'clock: II Stand
Beside the Manger STALL" Bach,
and GLORY to God in the Highest" )"
Pergolesi. At 8 o'clock in the eve
ming Viola Ketcham and Flora
Thornton will sing a duet, "The
Virgins Slumber Song" by Max
Roger, arranged by Ruggero Vene,