Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1940, Page 29

THE EVENING "STAR; WASHINGTON, D, C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940. Choir Festival High Lights _ Music Week Celebration Six Groups Participaie in Pleasing Program; Rubinstein Club Gives Last Concert of Season By ALICE EVERSMAN. As the second event in the local celebration of National Music Week, a sacred choir festival was given last evening at Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church under the auspices of the District of Columbia Fed- eration of Music Clubs. Six choirs participated in the program, which was opened and closed by organ numbers played by H. Jerome Graham, organist of Universalist National Memorial Church, Before the musical Persian rich, Black Hollander a subslfl“"‘a‘ wn Measure pastor of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, pronounced the invocation, followed by the hymn “God of Grace and God of Glory,” set to an old Welsh melody, sung by the combined choirs under the di- rection of Eva Whitford Lovette, president of the local federation. The festival proved to be the most interesting of those given each year for this particular celebration. The voices were excellent and the mem- bers showed careful preparation for their part of the program. The first group to be heard was the Au- gustana Lutheran Choir under the direction of Lila F. Knudson, sing- ing a cappella, Mueller’s “A Chnoris- ter's Prayer”; MacFarlane's “Open Our Eyes” and Bortniansky's “Angel Voices Ever Singing.” Their work was refined and well modulated throughout. The clear diction of the ‘Washington City Brethern Choir, program began, Dr. John W. Rustin, < Christiansen’s .~ “Hosannah” and Mueller's “Laudamas Te.” The remainder of the program, which we were unable to hear, was given by the Covenant-First Pres- byterian Choir, Theodore Schaefer, director, which sang the Introit and Kyrie from Faure’s “Requiem,” “Bless the Lord O My Soul,” by Ipol- litov-Ivanoff, and Harold's “Rejoice in the Lord,” and the New York Avenue Presbyterian Choir, under the leadership of Charles Dana Beaschler, in Dett's “O Holy Lord,” and Christiansen’s “Built on the Rock” and “In Heaven Above.” The choirs joined forces again in the singing of “Be Still My Soul,” to the tune of Sibelius’ “Finlandia,” led by Mrs. Lovette. Rubinstein Club Concert. In the ballroom of the Willard Hotel, the Rubinstein Club gave its last concert of the season under the direction of Claude Robeson, with Adele Robinson Bush acting as accompanist. The program was especially well planned, devoting & group to three songs by Schubert and another to songs by Saint- Saens. 'The final number of this latter group was an arrangement by Deis of the aria “Mon coeurs’ ouvre a ta voix” from “Samson et Dalila” while the second movement of - Schubert’s “Unfinished Sym- phony” was transcribed for women’s voices” by O'Hara under the title “The River.” The program opened with “Spring Song” by Kieserling and the Rubinstein-Mertis “Nod,’ tender Bud.” Missing the first part of the con- cert we were able, however, to hear the soloist of the program, Ardelle Warner, contralto, in a group of songs by Brahms, Balfe, Fairchild and Watts. Previously Miss Warner sang the old English song “Phyllis Has Such Charming Graces,” Han- del's “Te Deum,” Veractni’s “Pas- toral” and the “Habanera” from Bizet’s “Carmen.” Miss Warner's voice is not a | heavy = contralto but has the strength, range and color to give ample expression to her varied program. Inclined, when striving for emotional projection, to force the quality somewbat, she is at her best when retaining the pure even vocal line as in Balfe's “The Arrow and the Song” and Fairchild’s “A Memory,” which she sang with deep feeling. Her excellent diction and appreciation of the thought ex- pressed in the text gave her lis- teners every opportunity to enjoy fully the music and her artistry. Brahms' “Meine Liebe ist gruen” and “Vergebliches Staendchen” were sung with finish and as encore she gave another German song, Strauss’ “Zueignung.” The last two numbers sung by the club, the Wagner-Saar “Trae- ume” and “Hark, o'er the Sand” from ' Ippolitow - Iwanow’s suite,” Caugasion Sketches,” (sung by re- quest) had to be repeated. In the former the softly blended voices of the club were especially effective against violin obligato played by Susan G. Barbee and a soprano solo part sung by Lydalu Palmer. The full volume of the group was brought forth in the “Hark o'er the Sand” in which a baritone obligato was sung by Eugene Kressin. A large audience gave enthusias- tic approval of the well presented |. program and recalled the director several times. 20th and The Place for Parties R Sts. ai Cocktails The [Akrot Spring brings green vegetables, young chickens, tempting salads and other vital foods, excellently prepared and served at The Parrot. Luncheons, 65¢ up Dinners, $1, $1.25 and $1.50 Daily and Sunday RUGS hoto Clara for each .“i"’:"f“fi&; Pictured above is our famous Thoro-clean Rug cleaning machine . . . the most modern and efficient process known for the cleans- ing of fine rugs. 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