Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1926, Page 53

~ Spring By Helen Fetter. ASTER and New Year day are the two days in the entire 365, as we reckon di a year, that offer specific inspiration for human heings to b new life mentally, morally and physically, o far as our tenacious habits and strength of determination make such cfforts possible can Faster—celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ the Lord comes at a time of year when nature also is putting forth evidences of new life. Thus, for once, spiritual and carthly urges combine in cm- #hasizing the value of new endeavors, beginning always with that which is fundamental There is no field of achievement in which these energ to better advantage than in music. The ruts of Winter programs deep and furrowed with the wear .of frequent repetition. Music nceds new Spring clothes just as much as people do. 1f Spring programs arc to hold the interest and attract audiences who fight the lure of the great and beautiful outdoors to attend musical recitals, these programs must have definite attractions in the form-of revi of rare old music or the performance of unusual and worthy new music. Also, after local audi- ences have been supping for months from the choicest fare the finest offer, the young amateur faces a doubly hard proposition in a fe es can be used get artists ¢ 1 than | cital. unity’s musical interests @ young talent. It is not the| vears in local churches and on | othing is morc valuable to s the encouragement of really wort soloist who. has been singing for 15 or 2 ¢ Yoncert programs who is the hope uf a community musically. It is the young person with fresh talent, buoyancy and an open mind to new musical ideas who should be welcomed into the nucleus for any music | endeavors. 5 Within the past couple of weeks several of these young singers and | musicians have participated in programs that show fine prom There is even an organization that includes many of these young people in its personnel —is, in fact, organized by young musicians for young musicians. This is the Orpheus Club, organized three years ago this May. The club mcets bi-monthly and has informal but well worked out programs presented by different members on cach occasion. There are seve al wembers who not only have a talent for interpretation, but also possess | ability in composition, giving uniguc and added flavor to the qualitics of these programs, The Orpheus Club has a decidedly open mind to new music and. creates an admirable atmosphere of frank discussion in its constructive handiing of musical gossip on new individuals and new chievements in music, 1t Washington is to have a development into the ficld of the festival, it is from this group that soloists could well be chosen as representative ot Jocal achievements to participate in recital programs. Another especially lavdable quality about the members of the Orpheus Club is that they do not take part in public concerts until they are weil prepared to perform the songs or instrumental compositions they are to present. They also take pains to understand and interpret worth-while music that is infre- quently heard here N A Bach Choir of Bethlehem for a second Spring performance in \"\'auh- ington. Last year it was that impressive work, “The B Minor Mass,” that was given its al local presentation by this marvelous choral group. Tuesday Dr. Wolle, the wizardly interpreter of the great Johann Sebas- tian's works, will give the first performance in Washington of Bach’ “Passion According to St. Matthew.” Unlike the mass, the passion musi has been cut so that it will not require both an afternoon and evening; there will be only an evening occupied with the production. The bringing of this splendid organization to Washington in such admirable works. if properly supported by the audience it should have, will show a fundamental interest in reai mu in the residents of the Capital comr i int OTHER evidence of new life in local music is the return of the famous N the City of Brotherly Love preparations are humming for big musical events in connection with the gigantic entertainment planned under the imposing title of the Sesquicentennial celebration. Washington is not | unnoticed in the invitations to specific organizations and individuals | to participate. The Interstate Male Chorus, which will appear in a concert here next week, will take part in a celebration program in Philadelphia November 27, when 2,500 male voices will be heard from one stage. Louis Potter, who though he has temporarily made his headquarters | in Charleston, W. Va., returns to Washington frequently enough to be claimed here yet, has accepted an invitation to give a recital on the fine, big organ in one of the buildings of the Sesquicentennial group early in August. Dr. Adam Geibel, the blind organist and composer, who is giving a lecturc recital this week, has been given the great honor of writing the ode for the Sesquicentennial, which will be sung by a chorus of 1,000 voices. ek HE month of April opencd auspiciously enough with @ charming violin recital by the young artist, Sylvia Lent. Today Mr. Guterson's orches- tra plays a delightfu! program. Tomorrow night the famous Eurydice Club of Toledo, Ohio. will give a program, assisted by Gladys Hill, soprano, and wiclen Wright Wilmington, pianist. Tuesday the Bach Choir honors Wash- ington with its second production here. Thursday Guiomar Novaes, mar- velous Brazilian pianist; Frances Peralta, Metropolitan soprano; a group ofy special dancers in Latin American dances never presented in Wash- ington before, and the Army Band in Latin American music, will give a special concert for the first n-American Congress of Press Representa- tives. It is certainly a splendid start for the new and unusual in music for Washington. The remainde formal concer r of the month includes a properly decreasing number of | K programs, as the weather gets more inviting for outdoor cntertainment and onc thinks of music in terms of light opera and park programs by the ban April 13 the Boston Symphony Orchestra, under Serge Koussevitzky, presents its sccond and final program here this sea- The same date, in the evening. Mary Lewis. American soprano, who made a se onal debu t Metropolitan this year, will be the feature u(‘z big benefit concert. Also that cvening. the Interstate Male Chorus will sing in concert, and a spccial musical done in the period of Thomas an’s birthday anniversary. April 15, T | Jefferson will celebrate that gentle Boris Lang, Russian pianist, wil! give a concert. The evening of that date the Washington Opera Co. will present the double bill of Leoncavallo’s | “1 Pagliacci” and Woli-Ferrari" ecret of Suzannce” the cast to be an- | nounced later. April 20, the Harvard Gice Club will appear in recital, and the newly organized Washington Symphony Orchestra, kurt Hetzel, direc- | { Male Chorus Concert April 13 A\ Interstate HE Inte will bri ate g its le Chorus of 33 h season to a close by a concert in the Masonic Au- ditorium Tuesday at 8:30 pm. A pro- gram of exceptional interest has been prepared by the conductor, Clyde B. | Aitchison. ~ The soloist will be Paul { Bleyden, teno Many of the numbe Washington audiences. The soloist | will participate with the chorus in {d'Albert’s “Medieval Hymn to Venus” |and Dudiey Buck’s “Chorus of Spivi land Hours” ‘The latter antata { for tenor solo and male chorus, with {piano and orzan accompaniment, which gives mus.cal setting to the pening of the fourth act “Promehieus Unbound.” " by Daniel Protheroe, is reeful dramatization of Longfel low’s story ot the Ch r the Beserks by Olif {told in the “Tale tn.” Othe oo will be new to Lvgvesson, of the Wayside numbers on the program will ht Bells,” Bartholomew:; 5 by Ad s the Woodland Roses,” by Franz by Oley Serenade “The Lamp ieroe’s “March- Evening Parker’s much-discussed in the West,” and P’r ing Song Robert L. Feuerstein will accompany the chorus at the piano and George H. Wilson at the organ. Mrs. Paul Bleyden will be the uccompanist. for My Bleyden Admission to the concert will be by 1, which can be obtained by ap- plication to membe the chorus or 1o its min iarold M. Brown, Room 1018 In Commerce Com- mission Marine Band Programs. HIE following are three programs to be presented during the coming week by the U. 8. Marine Band and the Band Orchestra, Capt. William H. Santelmann, leader; Taylor Branson, | second leader. The morrow March Overtiire 3 White House at 3:30 p.m., to- Mall and Peasant the Wooden Marel of the yiand 0. “Thoughts of Love Pryor Clark Wallace Wils Waldteufol of ‘the Guests 1n Tannhauser’” Wagner 1 Banner." on_th Poct ade of Goldman Suppe Soldier. Jessel “Bahes Herbart ) h Toys." from rombone so Principal Musician Robert E nes from Maritana Shephend Hoy the Wartbi Entrance from Star S In the band auditorium, Marine Barracks, Tuesday, at 7:30 p.m.; 1. March n the Mall” 2. Overture. “La Grand l'xt“ cian Easter) i 3. (a) Valse interme: 1 “Melody in A major mhone et “The Heavens are Telling ‘Waldandacht™ s A. Bennert, H. Erisman. and E. Gummel Second Hungarian Rhapsody “Reve Angelique Kamennor-Ostrow ) . Rubinstein g “Hansel and Gretel e an Russe™ (Rus. nski - K 0. Joneseu Dawes ) and Fantasia, Marines’ hymn In the band racks, Friday, at 3:30 p.m 1. March. “Police I : Overtire. “C ) And String Qu Haikowsky Millions & Arlequin. Driso (b) Seremade. “Les 4. Tromhone O (a) "The H Are Telling.’ hoven Kohler Heard (b) “Waldandacht Musicians A. Bennert, H and E, Gummel Excerpts_from “Swecthearts Waltz, *'Dreams of Childhood Three Quotations" a) (h) i Eritman. Herbert Waldteusel -Sousa i France Born in Arcadia () ¢ Africa” Marines' hymn. “The Halls of Montezuma’ “The Star Spangled Banner' Will Present Music Of Jefferson's Time Pageant of Thomas Jeffer which is be sented as a community celebration on Jefferson’s birthday, Tuesday evening April 13, in the auditorfum of Central High School under the auspices of the community center department, “TIH: son, to pre by the United States Army Band, con ducted by Second Leader Thomas ¥ Darcy The band will concert, beginning play also the entriacte music for the nine brief scenes that tell in panto mime the story of Jefferson. Katherine Riggs, concert harpist, of Washington, will appear in the second scene of the pageant, “The Courtship of Thomas Jefferson,” as the Widow Skelton and will play a number of delightful selections of the period The Tuesday Evening Music Club, directed Dby Ilorence iHoward, with Alma Partridge as accompanist, will play a preliminary at 745, and wiil wor, is scheduled for a concert. Thcse are the musical high-lights of the month of April in Washington. Bk AIRLY recently, Henry Ford, multi-miilionaire automobile manufacturer, who seems to have gone in for music quite heavily this vear, specializ ing on fiddlers and their music as well as bringing fo light many of the old-fashioned square dances, anno 1 a desire to purchase some of the rare old violins, instrumeuts made by Stradivarius, Guarnerius, Amati and others. As a result, the parcel posts have been heavily burdened with stringed instruments submitted for possible purchase and authorities on | the instruments have been besieged by many who have visions of $15,000 or cyen $30.000 vhile they hold in their hand $7 and $10 instruments. . The reason. as pointed out by losei Kaspar, violin authority of Wash- ington, is this: Every great factory that makes violins takes as its original model one of the splendid instruments made by one of the great violin makers of the past. Following the characteristics of this instrument as handmade, when the manufactured article is complete, it is stamped with the name of the type,which it fallowed, such as, for instance, Stradivarius. | Now, it seems, many individuals who found a discarded violin ir their pos==ssion, which they, themselves, do not play, but perhaps belonged to ! some member of the family who once did, after reading of Mr. Ford's wish | 10 buy old Strads, looked over the family heirloom, and secing the name Stradivarius stamped in the case, excitedly let their imagination go soaring toward great wealth and arc sure that Mr. Ford will be glad to hand over Jhousands of dollars for this carefully dusted old violin. Of course, they ‘are doomed to disappointment. i Two More Operas Planned l)y Washing’ton Company REACHING the end of the finest | that performance having been several season of oper: iven by the | years ago. appear in the White House scene in the pageant, singing old-fashioned songs. Another charming musical fea- ture will be the dancing of the minuet by a group of prominent men and women of Washington under the direc- tion of Mrs. Robert . Lee and Mrs. William L. Crounse. SINGS FOR PRESS Washington Opera Company, General | “Paglincei,”” by Leoncavallo, is per- Director Albjon has arranged for the | haps one of the must popular operss performance of a double bili April 15, | ever written, for not, only is . the composed of two one-act operas. “The | usic ‘easily appreciated, but the ac- wSecret of Suzanne” and “Pagliacci.” | tion of the plot carries at a rapid The season pegan with Puccini's | Pace. Again “the eternal triangle" “La T " This work was followed i figures, once on the play within the hy Gounod’s “Romeo and Jullet,” | Play and once in the opera itself. The SaintSaens' “Samson and Delilah" | shera calls for a dashing spivit upon and Wagner's “Lohengrin.” Steady | the part of all from orchestra to prin- ind marked improvement of both or- | €ipals, and the enthusiasm of the com. chestra and chorus as well as_ the | PAnY, which is now so high, Is expected caliber of the principals has been | to give the score the impetus that voted. The “Lohengrin® perform- @ Will make is as successful in its class ance. the artistic peak to date, | a8 “Lohengrin”- was in the highly has stamped the Washington Oper: | SPiritual atmosphere of Wagner's Company definitely as an ‘“arrived” | Sreat drama. organization. The audience by its en- Tickets for these two oper: thusiastic applause and its rapt inter- | be secured at the hox office, : est in an opera that lasted past mid- [ Jordan Piano Company. at Thirteenth night proved without a doubt that the ' and G streets, and also at the vie- Washington Opera Company was able | (*0ld _department of Woodward & to present opera of highest quality. | Lothrop’s. Mr. Albion feels that Washingto- = nians now realize that they ean have opera worthy of their support by their own company. The entire company is filled with enthusiasm, and the choice of the last two operas mirable to take advantage of ,enthustasm. may the | At the Home of Incurables recently | the philanthropic_department of the | Rubinstein Club, Mrs. George 0. Wil- | cox. chalrman, presented a_ program | which seemed much appreciated. _The Madrigal Quartet, composed of ! Viola Schippert Klingze, first soprano; The Secret of Suzanne,” by Woif- Edith Graham Schilling. second so ferrari, is & comedy based on o hus. | Drano: Mabel McCalip, first alto, and nd’s suspicions of an -eternal tri-| Pdith White, second alto, with, as angle” situation. The outcome | accompanist, Pauline Knocller, gave confounds him. This opera has been 'tWo groups. Mrs. Klinge and Miss given but once before in this city, McCalip sang solok. this FRANCE Metropolitan Opera soprano, who will National Press Club Building Thursday for the first Pan-American Congress of can music at Keith's that afternoon, Journalists. will | have a setting of patriotic music given | | 1 | | | | | | | as | ms: | 1 auditorium, Marine Bar- | i | I by 1926 — AT J. FRED WOLLE, Director of the Bach_Choir of Bethlehem, Pu., who will bring his chorus of nearly 300 voices to Washington Tuesday evening, in a performance of the Passion According to St. Matthew.” CONCERTS TODAY. Symphony orchestra concert at the by German and Italian composers. MONDAY. 3 Eurydice Club of Toledo, Mrs. Otto B. Sand, director: Gladys Hill; New York, soprano, and Helen Wilmington, Toledo, pianist, soloists; at the First Congregational Church, in benefit concert, 4:30 p.m. Ito at 2 p.m,, featuring works TUESDAY. Bach Choir. Dr. J. Fred Wolle, director, in first performance in Washington of Bach's “Passion According to St. Matthew,” at 8:15 p.m. at the Washington Auditorium. WEDNESDAY. Adam Geibel, blind organist and composer 8 p.m., Vermont Avenue Christian Church. National Male Quartet in concert at the new Wisconsin avenue northwest, at 8 p.m. THURSDAY. Pan-American musical program at Keith's Theater at 5:15 p.m., f¢ turing Novaes, pianist; Peralta. Metropolitan soprano; Leopoldo Nunez, Chilean baritone: Latin dances new to this country and 1-American music by the Army Band. RIALTO SYMPHONY—TODAY. 1 The following congert will be given | the Rialto Symphony Orchest Mischa Guterson, director, today at 2 o'clock, lasting one hour r Night's Dream . ..Mendelssohn jvement from Unfinished Sym Dr in lecture-recital at Masonic Hall, 4511 Whirl_and Twirl” ing Dutchman' ) Ashes of Roses” ‘Come. Dance and 'Sini’ | Eurydice | DR. ADAM GEIBEL WEDNESDAY. | Dr. Adam Geitel, the blina organist ™ | and eminent composer of Philadelphia, rini | will giv& one of his popular lecture 7 \iinglelnes | recitals 8 p.n. Wednesday at the Ver. A oot mont Avenue Christlan Church. O R T Mandel | At the recital Wednesday evening hour will be ended to merge | Dr. Geibel will be assisted by Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee, Harlan Randall and the mixed quartet of the church, consisting of Mrs. B. D. Shreve, so- | prano; Mrs. F. M. Shore, contralto; W. E. Braithwaite, tenor, and R. H. Harmon, baritone. A free-will offer- ‘The Eurydice Club, of leading solo | ing will be taken. An invitation is voices of Toledo, Ohio, and vicinity, | extended to the public to attend tk will make its Washington debut in re- | lecture. cital, under the direction of its leader, | Mrs. Otto B. Sand, at the First Con- | gational Church tomorrow at 4:30 1 pan. The visit of the club was made possible by Representative and Mrs. | William Chalmers of Toledo. he soloists who will assist the club are Gladys Hill, Iyric soprano of New York, who made a great success with her recital recently at the Congres sional Club, and Helen Wilmington concert pianist of Toledo. Helen Fro. mer is the club’s accompanist The selections will include “Invocation to Life"” “Pirate Dreams’ “Song of the Pedlar Eucydice Club. Sharp Minor” . Nocturne, E FYAI Minor™ Polonaise. Militaire .. .. rarly- o 1en Wriehi Wi Tttt Mothér o Mine’ . Burleixh-Page Great Awakening’. ... ... Kramer Eurydice Club. “0 del mio amato ben’. +0 Loye But a Day’ 78, Hills” It Gladss Grace Hill. REPRESENTATIVES (“Spinning Song.” “Fly- + oo Wagne: Wogdman Peyche Ciub, phony Lente Last Moven Henri Sokolov Largo’ The into the motion picture program, with the ing of Romberg's music for dent Prince.” EURYDICE CLUB—TOMORROW. NATIONAL MALE QUARTET WEDNESDAY The National Male Quartet, W. F. Raymond, first tenor: A, C. Wilkins, second tenor; Fred Kast, baritone; John C. Smith! bass, and Thomas Moss, | director and®accompanist, will give a | concert Wadnesday evenilng at § o’'clock at the new Masonic Hall, 4511 ‘consin _avenue northwest. The quartet will be assisted by Esther Cutchin, pianist, and Florence Sindell, soprano. As solofsts the members of this quartet have been identifled with local church choir and secular concert work for several years. Their organization ax a quartet is comparatively recent. The prime goal in the selection of this quartet was “voice blend.” The concert Wednesday is for the benefit of the fund for the memorial vipe organ which is being installed in the new lodgeroom in Tenleytown. The program will be as follow The National Male Quartet. fa) “Invictus™ . (b) “O Lovely Night'. 2. Esther Cutchin, pianist. (a) “Fantasie Impromptu’ . .Chopin (b) “Concert Waltz 5 Friml John C. Smith. base. 3 “The Wage of the Fightiog Man. Stickles Sproes ; Huerter ‘Winter's Tale' Williams -Chobin Chovin Chopin “Valse, ( imington. ... Leoni-Harris . . . Donandy H.'A. Beach | k' La Forge 1 Bruno Huhn J. Offenbach 3. -Watts . .Gartner .Liszt baritone. e Irving Berlin + ... -Ronald MacFadyen Florence Sin soprano, (a) O Lovely Night (b)_“Spring’e Singing The National Male Quartet (a) “Annie Laurie, ‘Arranged by Dudley Buck (b) “A Little Close Harmony.” Geoffrey O'Hara |The Washingtonians Plan | Three New Productions. | THE WASHINGTONIA under the direction of Rollin Bond, an- nounce a series of operatic novelties | for Spring production. All are stand- {ard works. The fir: of these, “Au- dran's' “The Mascot.” to be presented |at Central High May 4, 5 and 6 |is a light opera score of unusual | beauty. The libretto, with scenes |laid "at Piombine, Italy n the fifteenth century, is _exceedingly keen in its humor and satire of | the perfod. ~This work, containing more lovely melodies than most light operas, is seldom heard, owing to the unusually heavy expense of its elabo- rate costume requirements and the difficulties encountered by the de- vals as well' as chorus and ballet. Particularly are the leading tenor and hizh baritone roles exceedingly diff cult to cast Other decided for presentation novelti by heels of “The Mascot” are “The Quegn's Awakening” a ballad opera by Balfe, the composer of * The Bohe- mian Girl.” and Suppe's “Pygmalion and Galatea.” - —e ~Tsabel Kelly and Mrs. Wayne B. Wheeler, both well-known local soloists, gave a program for the ! American Association of University Women at the musical tea Monday afternoon. Miss Kelly opencd the pro- gram with a Beethoven sonata, fol- lowed by a group of Scharwenka’s | songs runx by Mrs. Wheeler. Miss g of the | Kelly them played two of that Polish | composer's piano _compositions. and the singer concluded the program with a group of American songs. PERALTA, ng at the corner-stone lay . and on the program of Latin Ameri- i . .Coates mands made upon the singing princi- | s now ready | The Washing- | tonians and to follow closely on the | Musigraphs. “ Ac AND FOLLY IN THE WORLD OF SONG” is the title of a lecture recital to be given by William Zerfi, eminent vocal fauthority ew York nesday evening at 0 o'clock in the auditorium of the United States Na- tional Museum, Tenth and B treets, under the uspices of Fdna Bishop Daniel, well known in lo- cal music circles. This lecture will be open to the gene public [ free of charge. 1t is anticipated that the subject will prov of special interest’ to teach erg, students of singing and vocalists in general. P of WM. ZERFFIL Mrs. Seldon P. Spencer was the guest of honor, and Ruby Smith Stahl, soprano, was the solofst at the tea Kriday afternoon at the Congres- sional Club. Sophocles T. Papas of the School of Fretted Instruments announces the removal of that organization from G street studios to 1221 Cennecticut avenue in the Emile Bullding. Male Quartet, Paul E. Braithwaite, Moore, baritone, ppear this The Columbian Ledig and tenors: Raymond and John . Smith, basso, will in two programs in New York week day night they will sing in-the first annual concert given by the choir of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 147 West One Twenty-third street, of which McCall Lenham is the choir master. Soloists on the program will include Gladys L. Davis, mezzo-con- tralto; Felian Garzie. pianist, and Wil liam F. Sherman, organist Saturday nignt Mr. Lanham, well known in Washington as well as in New York, will present a group of art ist pupils in a program commemorat- ing the twenty-fifth anniversary of s teaching at the American Institute | 2 West Fifty-ninth street, when the Columbian Quartet; will again give several selections. The soloists will be Miss Davis, Charles Brandenburg, tenor, and Gwilym Anwyl, tenor, v The Esmu Club Juniors, whose mem bers are the students under 14 years of ze, met Saturday afternoon A pec feature of the program was a two-piano duet played by Carol Mor rison Smith and Nancy Jane Sterling, little girls under 10 vears of age. Others contributing were Amy Beh rend, Ruth Behrend, Betty Cain, Lou ise Fulton, Jane Lewis Parks, Gerson Nordlinger/Claudie Lea Pointer, Mary Pointer, Marjory Mitehell, Carol Smith, Arian O’Brien, Nancy Jane Sterling, Mary Sterling, Evelyn Schloss, John and Charles Wells Persis Heaton, national president of Mu Phi Epsilon, honorary musical so rority, is an Easter guest of Rho Beta Chapter of the Washington College of Music. Last evening she was enter. tained at the home of Lois I. Stuntz, president of the chapter. The chapter | is giving a musical ‘tea in her honor today from 4 to 6 o'clock at the home of Mary M. Thompson, and tomorrow evening there will be a business meet ing, followed by an initiation cere- mony. Rho Beta’s activities also included an initiation ceremony last Monday eve- ning, at which time the foliowing were initiated: Savonna P. Griest, Goldie Hutchins, Frances Cole, Ger- trude Dyer, Herminia Ellis, James and Frances V. Bogart Charles Trowbridge Tittmann was a guest soloist in two concerts given under the auspices of the Ithaca Con- servatory and Affiliated Schools 1n Ithaca, N. Y., the end of March. Mr. The Passion According to St. Matthew. HE following are program notes on Bach's tamous work to he pre sented here Tuesday, written by Dr. Fred Wolle, director of the Bethiehem Choir: “According to Robert Schumann Bach was a composer to whom music | owes almost as great a debt L re ligion owes to' its founder. Therefore, with this in mind, and there is but ight reason to call it_esaggeration, | when one views the St. Matthew's Passion in a purely critical light it truly seems to climax all other crea- tions of a similar kind. *h wrote the work tumn of 1728. Toward the year, upon receiving a commission to write the mourning music for the funeral of Prince Leopold of Cothex, | be secured a text suitable for 23 much of the Passion as he had already com pleted (about eight arias and the final chorus), combined this with the first chorus of the famous Trauerode and 50 completed his contract. Unless we consider the earlier performance of the Trauerode, this occasion marked | the first hearing of the Passion music. | “Not until some time later was it definitely proved that the Cothen scove | was embodied in the Passion. Thi autograph had been lost and it was only after close comparing of the texts by Rust that it was certain the muasic still existed. A scanning of the two will reveal how superfictal, how- ever, was the agreement. One won- ders that Bach was satisfied with it. | Returninz to the subject matter more specifically, the Passion was first rendered as such on Good Friday, | 1729, in Leipzig. Its lasting qualities have made 1t the object of many a revival and so comes to us as great as any like conception from the mind of man. “The text of the work 1s, of course, biblical. Tt commences with the twenty-gixth chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew, put does not conclude the book. The last chapter is omitied o that only two are covered by the music. As’ developed by Bach there are certain alterations to this text Particularly of note are the chorales | which are included in such a way as to make the dramatic plan an in genious yet simple arrangement “The story talls into a series of pic- tures and when given is usually di- | vided into two parts, one for afternoon and one for evening. Since there will be but one session, here certain cuts to the score have been necessary. In | making these cuts the logica! unfold- | ing of the story has been kept in view and at the same time the outstanding musical features have been included. The natural divislons into scenes will be indicated in the programs, by vari- ous headings such as ‘The Prapara tion of the Passover, ‘The Last Sup- per,/ ‘Christ Before Pilate, ‘The Crown of Thorns’ and others. “The narrative parts of the score will be sung by the tenor soloist, usu- ally called the Evangelist. The in the Au-| the close of is | gelst | of the other ! denial, the of the Jesus the f words of bass, while the parts High Pr niment for will be The words, of by the string ¢ o set them haritone i nd P the wor played 15, o1 The < of the on the companied “This is done the utterances il seemns to e a Evan piano. vt fron naracters # halo upon then “There are many stekir in the Passion which attract the listene for the benefit The crowin th hail of Pila bLle that the contralto solo. accompanimen ative, t duet which is shouts of the quake and a sublime ized slumber song, are points of interest “During the recital ngelist there are ruptions by the interpolated chorales, perhaps the most popular factor in the Passion music. These chorales are the familiar melodies sung n the churches of Bach He 0 in corporated adorned them with the most harmonies, pressive of the ‘There will 11 of these chorales in the Passi ven here. “The test of the chorales, notes and words, will appesr in the programs distributed to the audience. As each one is reached in the course of the drama the entire gathering rises and sings them with the Bach Choir, the organ and the orchestra.. Since the melodies are not as well known in the days of Bach, there will be scat tered throughout the audience a nun ber of local church choirs which are prepared to sing them. As this is feature which is alwavs carried out Bethlehem, 1t has been deemed d ble to eftect the practice here “A special favor has been accorded local singers in that therve has been chosen a choir of vanos who take part in the opening number (t prologue), an antiphonal chorus overpowering effect. The Bach Che will be divided into two sections, wh this organization forms the third e by-play betweea the first two di visions this third group weaves choral melody which is thé germ of the entire number Vhen originally given by the composer this work was done by choirboys. As previously announced, the solo parts will be given to Arthur Kra tenor: Fred Patton, baritone Trowbridge Tittmann, basso; Beddoe, contralto, and Emily Stokes Hagar, soprano. The conductor will be Dr. Wolle. The orchestral parts of the Passion will be handled by the major portion of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.’ features 1d at once are quoted ho so wish cock at Peter's abbas in the wl of the rab. be crucifigd. the miserere with violin the =oprano ar o soprano and cont interrupted by the believers, the earth finale, an id some of these #he \ those the of ery ihe Savior ' [ den of story by the frequent inter day s and m Boston Symphony's Last \ program Here This Year HE Boston Symphony Orchestra under its fine leader, Serge Kous- | sevitsky, will give its second and final | concert in Washington this season | Tuesday afternoon, April 13, at 4:30 | o'clock in Poli’s Theater. i The symphony chosen for this pro-| gram is Tschaikowsky's “Fourth Sym- | phony | Other music includes a sonata by | Galliard, of the eighteenth century, said to have been especially arranged for the Russian conductor's interpre- tation, by Maximilian Steinberg, son- in-law of Rim prsakoff Mr. Koussevitsky zlso will play the bacchanale music from Wagner's “Tannhauser” and a selection b Tittmann, whose oratorio style is weil known, was the bass soloist in Ros sini's “Stabat Mater. He sang, on the other program, on by Peri, Bonocini, Bach, Russian and English folk songs, and a Negro spiritual. The other local soloists were Ruth Rodgers and Amy Ellerman. Bert Rogers Lyon, choral director: Patrick Conway, orchestral conductor, and George Daland, accompanist. Mr. Daland will be remembered as a fine organist who also gave some interest. ing piano programs while in Wash- ington about three years ago. Mr. Tittmann was made an honor- ary member 6f the Phi Mu Alpha Na- xlkvnul Musical Fraternity, by Della Chapter, while in Ithaca. He then | went_to Detroit_to sing in the Bach “'St. Matthew’s Passion” with the De- troit Symphony Choir under Ossip Gabrflowitsch. He will sing in that work’s initial Washington presenta. tion Tuesday evening. Virgi Dimon, violinist, presented the follow- ing yvoung folks in a recital March 27 in her studio: Patricia Minar, Vir- ginla Clementson, Austin Kiplinger. Virginia and Edward Dawson, Betty Rose Sutton, Louise Hoover, Eugene Hawley, Helen Rosenbusch and Mrs. Tacker. | Ellen Sparrow, soprano soloist of Northminster Presbyterian Church, sang a duet version of Faure's “The Palms,” last Sunday, with Arthur | Jett, tenor soloist. Mrs. Sparrow re- | cently gave a successtul musical pre- senting the following: Mrs. Mar Pippin, Kate McBride and Susan| Jones, 'with Susanne Laing as accom- panist. Netta Craig, soprano, with Elizabeth Collison-Hill, accompanist, and Mrs. ¥ernando Treat Norcross, concert planist, will give the program at a musical tea at the home of Mrs. W. C. Ruediger, wife of the dean of George Washington University, under the auspices of Victory Chapter, D. A. R., Tuesday afternoon. Prof. Adam Geibel’'s Easter cantata, which will be sung at a couple of the churches tomorrow, also will be given a_ presentation by the Woodlothians, the chorus at Woodward & Loth- rop's store, Monday morning at 9:30. It will be sung from the balcony at the G street entrance. Dr. Geibel himself will accompany at the piano. Mrs. Henry Hunt McKee will play the or- gan part; Willlam Starnell will con- duct. Other soloists will be Le Roy Herndon, violinist; Vance Caskey, 1 Soprano Soloist I Bestor, assisted by Philip | Dukas, “The Sorcerer's Apprentice, based on a ballad by Goethe. Seats for this concert are on sale at Mrs. Wilson-Greene's Concert Bureau, in Droops, 1300 street northwest. ‘cellist; Fred Wurley and Millard Penny, cornetists: Charles Moore, Mabel Flehr, Mildred Smith and Granville Leef, vocalis Ruth H. Snodgrass was soloist for the past two Sundays for the Christian Science Parent Church of the New neration. now meeting at the May- flower. Today she is guest soloist at both services of the West Washington Baptist Church. Mrs. Charles J. Cassidy recently en tertained members of the senior class of the Master School of the Piano, Grace G. Gilchrist, director, at her home, in Brookland, D. C. Miss Gilchrist spoke on music at the time of the Renaissance. Mrs. Cassidy gave an interesting sketch of Czerny's life and work: Miss Hazel ‘Wasson gave one of Griez. and Miss Agnes Carr one of Edward Mac- Dowell. Solos were played by Gustav Weckel, Robert Relneck, Agnes Carr, Hilda Burke, Emma Egolf, Hazel Wasson, Mra. Shockey, Anne Jenkins, Mrs. Charles Cassidy and Eva Men- delsohn-Rosenberg. - Others present were Mrs. Ofenstein, Samuel Rosen- berg, Jannette Rosenberg, Edna Ros- enberg and Julia Banks. The Girls’ Glee Club Washington University, directed by Estelle Wentworth, has added two more engagements to an already busy season. It will sing at one of the Eastern Star chapters April 16, and for the Daughters of the American Revolution April 26. Franceska, Kaspar Lawson, sopgano, sang two groups of songs Thursday at the Easter exercises of the Sidwell's Friends School, with Mabel Finch Raw- lings at the plano. The songs in- cluded two new: works, “Just a Cot tage Small,” by James Hanley, and “Awake! Awake My Love,” by Rob- ert Huntington Terr! Tomorrow Mrs. Lawson gives a re- cital in Martinsburg. W. Va. April 14 she gives her second recital within the vear for the high school at Ma- nassas, Va., with Mrs. Rawlings at the piano. The regular monthly board meeting of the District of Columbia Iedera- tion of Music Clubs will be held Sat- urday, at 430 p.m. at 1330 G street northwest. of George Elena de Sayn, prior to her de parture for Paris, where she will teach violin this Summer, will give at her ‘Washington studio an intensive six weeks’ course of post-graduate work in violin playing and teaching, begin- ning in April. Minnie Volkmann, soprano, will be soloist at the reception of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in Lees- burg, Va., Tuesday. Russian Pianist's Debut In Recital April 15 BORIS M. LANG, the Russian pian ist, whose first Washington has been announced April 15 at the Mayflower Hotel, is o of u large number of his counirymen who fou t the Bolshevik re gime and were compelled to leave Rus sia when the Red armies finally t umphed. e comes of a prominent tussian family, and showed cons 1ble musical abilit v in life, stud {ing under the best instructors in Khat | kov and St. Petersbu His musics | career was, however, interrupted by rid War, when he entered hool. Upon his eraduation he was made an officer in he 10th Hussars Ingermanlandsky Regiment of the famous 3d alry Corps of Count Kellar. operating |on the Hungarian, Austrian and ¥ manian fronts. He and h iment were opposed to the Boisheviki and took up arme against them immedi ately upon the establishment of the Red regime, but were soon dispersed After that, disguised and on foot, | made his way through 300 miles of the | South Russian steppes, traversing the zone of Bolshevik military operations In spite of great hardships, he finaily succeeded in reaching the headquar ters of Gen. Korniloff. who was orgar izing an armed uprising against tk Bolsheviki. Mr. Lang became one of the first volunteers in the Korniloff army and took part in the famou “ice campaign.” which stands out one of the greatest exploits of milita history. However. exposure 10 the ir tense cold in which that campaizn was fought brought on a severe ill ness that lasted for a considerablc time. Upon his recovery, again in dis guige, Mr. Lang suceeded in making his way across Russia and Siberia. ar riving finally at Viadivostok, where he joined the forces of Admiral Kolchak. serving in the foreign office. After the collapse of the Kolchak move ment he escaped from Siberia, and his wanderings finally brought him to the United Stat In New York. with the aid of Rakl maninoff, Mr. Lang went back to his musical career. His first recital too Iplace in December, 1921. But the ef fects of the “ice campaign” and of the hardships that preceded and followed it soon began to exact their toll. He lost the use of his hands for piano pur poses, and only after long and patient treatment was he able, two years ag to return to his beloved piano. Last Spring he gave a highly successful re. cital at the Town Hall in New York. appearance in against | MUSICAL INSTRUCTIO! " BESSIE N. WILD Voice Culture. Piano and Harmony Studio. 6824 5thi et Takoma Park. D. C. Phone Adama 5549. mprove health by Voica ¢ attention breath 36, 5 P " 2 Dupont Circle Attractive Studios, Suitable for Musi Art. Now Available, Elevator S easonable Rentals F. L. SANDOZ. Agent. Tel. 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