Moravian Music Concert
Beethoven in Bethlehem

Friday, April 23, 2021
1:00pm (US; EDT); 17:00 UTC

Trio for Strings No. 2 in D minor …… Moravian composer John Antes (1740-1811)
the first chamber music composed by an American; composed while Antes was a missionary in Egypt
 
Symphony No. 4 in Bb major ………….. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
arranged for chamber ensemble by Johann Nepomuk Hummel
for piano with accompaniment by flute, violin, and cello

This concert honors the 250th birthday of Beethoven by using a major work found in the Philharmonic Society of Bethlehem collection!

Conference Website

This concert was sponsored by the Moravian Music Foundation.

Register at www.MoravianConferences.org and you will receive the link to the concert and to all the sessions. You may also make a donation to help the conference offset its expenses!

While the conference features many scholarly presentations of new research, most will also be of interest to the “non-scholar” who just loves history or music, and the conference attendees always include both academic and non-academic listeners.

Schedule and Events are Subject to Change

Registration for the conference and more details and updates are at

http://www.MoravianConferences.org.

INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS CONFERENCES:
NOT APPLICABLE FOR 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

There are special rates for students and seniors. The Conference Banquet on Saturday evening requires a separate ticket; and bagged lunches for Friday and Saturday may also be purchased in advance, during the registration process.

Schedule and Events are Subject to Change

Conference tickets include all lectures, presentations, panels and performances; an opening reception on Thursday; and a concert presented by the Moravian Music Foundation on Friday evening; the Moses Lecture in Moravian Studies on Thursday and the Moravian Historical Society Lecture and Reception on Saturday.

Schedule and Events are Subject to Change

There will be so many events that the hardest part will be making your choices – concurrent sessions mean you can’t actually hear every single presentation of the conference! Look at the conference schedule online when you go to register, and start thinking about what you most want to hear. It promises to be a wonderful few days of listening, conversation, and learning!

The Bethlehem Conference on Moravian History and Music actually has its origins with the first Bethlehem Conference on Moravian Music that took place in 1995, focusing on the contributions of organ-builder David Tannenberg. This conference was such a success that another was held two years later, and another, and then it was decided to expand it into a joint conference on Moravian history and music every two years in the fall. This 7th such joint conference will explore Moravian history and music from the 15^th to the 21^st centuries, in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

We hope to see you in Bethlehem!

Call for Research Papers by APRIL 1
and other presenters
for the 7th Bethlehem Conference on Moravian History & Music in 2020

The 2020 conference will explore Moravian history and music from the fifteenth to twenty-first centuries in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Rev. Dr. Riddick Weber, Chair  
weberr2@moravian.edu

https://www.moravianconferences.org/

Now accepting proposals for individual papers, panels or lecture recitals on any topic related to Moravian history and music.

Please submit a proposal of 300 words or less, accompanied by CV, by April 1, 2020. The program committee will notify accepted applicants by May 15, 2020. A limited number of grants for housing and travel costs are available. We encourage submissions from undergraduate students for whom there may be special panels and poster sessions.

The conference is sponsored by Moravian Archives, Moravian College, and Center for Moravian Studies, in partnership with Moravian Music Foundation, Moravian Theological Seminary, and Moravian Historical Society.