Evening star., 1949-04-16
By Alice Eversmon

The dawn Of Easter Sunday viii
find worshippers and churchlI
celebrants joining in the com
memoration of the great feast o
the Christian world. Throughou
the day music from the pens o
immortal composers on the themi
of the Redemption will be heard II
the churches In various forms, Bu'
for the early services that usher
in this day of rejoicing. the be.
loved hymns will be sung by choir!
and congregations. The WASH.
INGTON CATHEDRAL will begin
its celebration with a 7:30 m
service when Easter hymns will bt
sung by the choir of men and boys
with the congregation and led bJ
Paul Galloway.
Williams Communion Service
In D Minor" will be used at this
time and as prelude and postlude
Mr. Galloway will play the two
Bach chorale preludes. Christ
Lay in Bonds of Death" and TO
day Tr.umphs Gods Son." The
Junior choir, directed by Richard
Dirksen, will lead the singing a,
the $50 am. service in Bethlehem
Chapel.
The main festival service will be
held at ii o'clock when Sowerby's
Communion Service in c Major
for Unaccompanied Voices" will be
given with the Gradual music
composed by Mr.. Dirksen, asso.
ciate organist and choirmaster Of
the cathedral. LISTS Chris
Is Risen" and Handel's Halle.
lujah"' will be accompanied by
organ, trumpets and tympani
The music for the o'clock even
song service will include Franck's &
praise the Lord" Mobiles set
ting Of the "Magnificat" and
'Nunc Dimittis." Williams Nine
ty-eighth Psalm" the hymns
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today
and That Easter Day Joy Was
Bright" and, for organ, the
"Finale" from Widor's Sym
phonie Romano"
Easter music at NATIVITY
EPISCOPAL CHURCH will include
Sullivan's Welcome Happy Morn
ing" Schilling's Christ Our Pass
over" Bach's "At the Lambs High
Feast" Martins "AS 1t Began to
Dawn" the Communion Service
by Gounod, Palestrina's THE
Strife Is Ger" and the Davidica
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today"
Joan Groncke is organist and
Robert Pohlmann. director. Solo
lists are Andrea Kristen, soprano;
Barbara Grimes. contralto'; Mr..
Pohlmann, tenor. and Noble
Barnes, bass.
Elaborate programs have been
prepared at ST. PAUL'S CHURCH,
Rock Creek Parish, for the serv-
ices at 7:30. 9 and II am. and 4
pm. The "Kyrie," Gloria, 4"
"Sanctus" and "Agnus Dei"-used
at the IL O'Clock service are by
H. B. Steer, organiSt and choir
director. Mr.. Steers Communion
Service in G" and "Nunc Dimittis
in G' will be sung at the 7:30
service and his Communion Serv-
ice in E" and 'Nunc Dimittis in
E" at 9 o'clock. Among the an
thems are Williams He Is Not
Here" at the 1880 offertory, Vim
cents "As It Began to Dawn" at
9 am, Schilling's Christ Our
Passover" and Stainer's Awake
Thou That Sleepest" at the II
o'clock holy communion. The
church school festival and pres
entation of the lenten offering will
take place at 4 o'clock with carols
sung by the kindergarten and the
primary department.
At the CHURCH OF OUR
SAVIOUR. Katharine S. Fowler
organist, will play Litcomb's RE
gina Coeli" and Callaway's Com
munion Service in D" as prelude
and Ravanello's "Christus Resur
rixit" as postlude. She will direct
the choir in the Gloria" from
Mozart's Twelfth Mass and the
anthems, "All in an April Eve
ming" by Robertson and open
Our Eyes" by Macfarlane.
At ST. JOHNS CHURCH, Nor.
wood Parish. Chevy Chase, Md.
the musical program for the morn
ing service will be Schilling's
Christ Our Passover" Loveday's
Communion Service in F." Stain
er's They Have Taken Away My
Lord" THE Strife Is Ger" Vim
cents GAS 1t Began to Dawn" ano
1.-The Day of Resurrection"
The music at GRACE EPISCO.
PAL CHURCH. Silver Spring, Md.
as arranged by Jean Phillips, or
ganist and director of music, will
include the following: Karg- Ebert 1
suite, Cathedral Windows; Sui
livan's Welcome, Happy Morn
ing; II Know That My Redeem
er Iiveth." from Handel's Mes
siah"; Pyne's Communion Serv-
ice in A Flat; Palestrina's THE
Strife Is Ger; Bairstow's 1.-The
Promise Which Was Made;
Priests "Nunc Dimittis";; the Da-
vidica Jesus Christ Is Risen To-
dav" and Guilman's "Postlude in
B Flat"
Identical services will be held al
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
at 9 and IL am, when the Senior
Choir will present special music
under the direction of Emily E. P
Pearse. A holy communion serv-
ice is scheduled for 7::30 am. ano
at 4 pm. a special children's serv-
Ice will take place at which the
Junior Choir of 80 voices will sing
METHODIST.
The quarter of HAML1NE
METHODIST CHURCH will sing
Goldsworthy's Easter Dawn" al
the II o'clock service tomorrow ir
the special Easter music prepared
by John Marville. director of mu.
sic. Four numbers on the Easter
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