Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-09
NEWS OF MUSIC

The Easter season is with us
again and accompanying it the
special music to enhance the
Easter Sunday church services.
At the National Baptist Me-
mortal Church the II am. service
will include anthems by Dicken-
son and Gloria and duet by
Sarjeant to be sung by Ben
Mitchell Morris, tenor, and John
Bigbee, baritone. At 8 pm, under
the direction of Mr.. Bigbee, a
cantata, THE Lord of Light and
Love" by Julian Edwards, will be
presented with Dorothy Rogers.
Helen Turner, Mr.. Morris and
Jacques Ringler as soloists.
The senior choir of the Be-
thesda First Baptist Church will
present the cantata Death and
Life" at the IL O'Clock service.
Calvary Baptist Church Sane
tuary Choir under the direction
of Frank Heberlein will sing Sc
lections by Bach-Olds and Han
del at the 8:45 and 11:15 morning
services.
Chevy Chase Baptist
At the Chevy Chase Baptist
Church Mrs. Robichaux, Mrs.
Critchfield, Mr.. Cobb and Mr..
Hughes will sing Hosanna by
Granier at the 8 am. service.
The chorus choir and the youth
chorus and senior choir will
present selections by Buck, Mar
ryott and MacFarlane at IL am.
An Easter vigil at 1890 pm.
tonight at st. Peters Catholic
Church will include Gregorian
Chant and music by Piechler.
Melvil, Mozart and Bach with
Joseph Richard Rancourt dl-
recting the church choir. Easter
morning high mass at 8 am.
will include Gregorian Chant, an
organ prelude by Guilmant and
postlude by Bach with st. Peters
Parochial School Choir directed
by Sr. Marian Joseph and Mr..
Rancourt, organiSt.
National City Christian Church
will present under the direction
of Karl Halvorson Two fanfares
and Chorale for organ, trumpets
and tympani by Bach, Hallelujah
by Beethoven and a chorale by
Bach with the choir, Christus
from The Resurrection by List
for choir, soloists. organ, brass
and tympani and a Voluntary
for brass and organ by Purcell.
Services at 8 and 1880 am.
Christ Congregational
Easter Sunday music at Christ
Congregational Church will in
clude organ music by Diggle,
Purcell, Karg-Elert and Mckay
and anthems by Dickinson,
Wells and Beethoven with Ray
mond L. Kirby directing and
Margaret Dawson at the organ.
The 8 am. service at Christ
Episcopal Church, Georgetown,
will include the Third Hymnal
Setting by Oldroyd. Easter Anti
phon by Shaw and Mary Mag
dalene at the Sepulchre by Pal
estrina. At the II am. service
the choir will sing the Com
munion Setting in c by Leo
Sowerby, the. Easter Antiphon by
Shaw and Part vi Of Brahms
Requiem under the direction OF
Richard T. Bell.
Two choral services will be
held at st. Adams Episcopal
Church at 9:15 ands11 am. In
addition to several traditional
Easter hymns, music by Vulpius,
Hassler, Goldsworthy, Snow, a
Scotch folk song, and d 18th
Century carol will be sung by
the st. Cecilia choirs under the
direction of Emily E. P. Pearse
assisted by Ann Hammond and
Joanna Gillespie. The choirs will
be augmented by Robert Gasser
and Ralph Aranow, trumpeters,
and Frank Sinatra, tympani and
additional instrumental numbers
will include music by Adson. DIES
Pres, Purcell and Marchant-arr.
Bedell.
Nativity Episcopal
Holy Communion services 1880
and II am. at Nativity Episcopal
Church will include music by
Gounod, Sullivan, Schilling, Pal
estrina, Greene, Martin and
others with Joan Groncke. or
ganist; Robert Pohlmann, tenor;
Andrea Kristen, soprano and
Mildred Thurston, contralto.
At Saint Columbia's Episcopal
Church, II am, under the ol-
rection of Ralph E. Gibson, mu-
sic by Sullivan, Schilling, Pales-
trina, Foster and Woodward will
be presented.
Christ Lutheran Church will
present music by Matthews, Pur-
Wis, Hirsch. Candlyn, Stainer,
Grainer, Schumacher and Rossi
under the direction of John B.
Wilson.
The choir of Mount Olivet Lu-
theran Chuch will present at 8
pm. at Easter Cantata "The
Thorn Crowned King" by Fred
B. Holton. Mrs. M. Ruth Mil
lender will direct the choir and
soloists and the cantata will be
presented in costume.