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!

A Timeline of Moravian Music

The Rev. Nola R. Knouse, Ph.D., lecturer
Recorded on Jan. 9, 2020

by Nola Reed Knouse

Episode 57, recorded October 10, 2019

The year is 2156. What does Moravian music sound like and what is the Foundation doing to preserve, share and celebrate Moravian musical culture?

Moravian Lunchtime Lectures are held at 12:15, the second Thursday of the month (excluding June-August) at the Archie K. Davis center in Old Salem. The Moravian Music Foundation and Moravian Archives join to share the rich history of the Moravian Church.
The events are free and open to the public.

Nola R. Knouse, Ph.D.
recorded on Dec 12, 2019

Nola explores the Christmas and Advent music of the Moravians in three topic areas:

• Morning Star
• Lift Up Your Heads
• Christ’s birth, death, and resurrection

A close look at music and text and history is complemented by listening and hymn-singing!