Evening star., 1947-12-20
By Alice Eversmon

The Christmas season will be cele.
brated in the churches of Wash.
ington not only with appropriate
liturgical music, but also with the
singing of beloved carols. 20 Little
Town of Bethlehem, Silent Night,
"Hark the Herald Angels Sing,
While Shepherds Watched Theil
F1ocks" and the noble hymn
"Adeste Ffdelis," will be heard ir
every church, while other hymns
and anthems, equally cherished a!
expressing the spirit of the Yule.
tide, will be sung by countless wor'
shippers.
EPISCOPAL CHURCHES.
All of these hymns are to be par
of the first Christmas service a
WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL, tn,
candlelight celebration of holy
communion at midnight, Christmas
eve. The men and boys choir will
provide the music. William Byrd
Mass for Four Voices" will b.
featured. At the $50 am. service
on Christmas Day the Junior Boys
Choir will substitute hymns anc
carols for several portions of the
communion music. Two choral
preludes by Bach will be played a
organ preludes to the IL am. service
and the men of the choir will sing
Paul Callaway's setting of "Gloris
in Excelsis."
At ST. THOMAS a half hour o1
carols by the choir will precede the
choral eucharist service at 1870 or
Christmas eve. The Bach-Gounoc
Ave Maria" will feature program
arranged around Harrat's Service
in E" Yon's THE Infant Jesus
will be the offertory anthem at the
II o'clock service on Christmas Day
ST. PAUL'S will hold its Christ
mas eve service in st. Thomas
Church early at pm. Titcomb's
ritual music will be used with some
plainsong and hymns.
An elaborate program will be pre-
sented in TRINITY during the can
delight vesper service at pm. to-
morrow William T. Cameron, harp
ist, and his 6-year-old daughter
Penny; Nathan Switkes and. Carl
A. Beck, violinists, and Neal Bo-
Earth, flutist, will participate. The
Largo" from Bach's Concerto in
D Minor" will be played as the
prelude, and the offertory will be
Mr.. Cameron's "Brucenny." Miss
Penny, who plays an Irish harp
and the junior choir will present
Silent Night" as benediction carol
The choir will sing in Wake Now
Ye Shepherds" and the two violin
lists will be heard in THE Shep-
herds Song" A festival service OF
the holy communion on Christmas
eve at II pm. will include an organ
prelude Of Bach compositions.
Carols in the vestibule of TRANS
FIGURAT1ON will begin the
Christmas eve. service at 1880 pm
They will follow a short organ re-
cital. Merbecke's "Kyrie," Wood
wards Gloria" Camidge's Sane
tus," Gounod's "Benedictus' and
Gilbert's "Angnus Del" will form the
music for the communion service.
In the CHURCH OF OUR SA-
VIOUR at the midnight communion
on Christmas eve the choir will
sing Vincents There Were Shep-
herds" and the old English chant
GLORY in Excelsis" Malotte's "The
Lords Prayer" and Yon's "Jesu
Bambino" are included.
Gounod's Communion Service
will be used at NATIVITY Christ
mas eve and Christmas Day serv-
ices. Carols will preeede the regu-
lar worship at 1880 Christmas eve
and will be given at 1880 on Christ
mas day.
Ancient melodies will be Included
in the special program at CHRIST
CHURCH, Washington Parish
Christmas eve. An organ recital will
be given before the holy communion
service.
Services at GRACE EPISCOPAL
Silver Spring. Md, will be at 1870
pm. on Christmas eve and at II
am. on Christmas Day. Carols will
be sung at both services and Noir's
Communion Service in D" will be
used.
CATHOLIC CHURCHES
The midnight solemn high mass
at the SHRINE OF THE SACRED
HTART Hhricfy,oae ava will he pra