In the Beginning…
The Moramus Chorale & the Tannenberg Organ (Salem, 1800)
Friday, October 25, 2024
7:00pm
Old Salem Visitor Center
900 Old Salem Rd., Winston-Salem, NC
CONCERT #4 in the Series of Serenades
Please join us at the Old Salem Visitor Center in Winston-Salem, for a concert featuring the music of Franz Josef Haydn: Movements from THE CREATION. The Moravian Music Foundation is custodian of first editions of this work and more by Haydn. The first performance of THE CREATION in North America was by the Moravians in Bethlehem, PA.
This concert made possible with the generous support of Old Salem Museums and Gardens (about Old Salem)
The Moramus Chorale is a performing and recording vocal ensemble of the Moravian Music Foundation. They have premiered new works by living composers and presented “first modern performances” of many (newly edited) works by historic composers. Chorale seeks talented singers, with an interest in Moravian music, who welcome a challenge and are committed to excellence.
Director: Drake Flynt, Director of Music at King Moravian Church, and conductor of the Great Sabbath Service of Music and Moramus Chorale. Organist: Mary Louise Kapp Peeples
With gratitude to our season sponsors:
Sallie Greenfield and John Dyer,
Old Salem Museums & Gardens,
Martin Guitar Foundation,
Karen Millican,
and Anonymous
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