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Moramus Chorale in Concert

Erik Salzwedel — Wed, 01 May 2019 20:03:19 +0000

May 10, 2019 Moramus Chorale Concert, Easter Cantata by Ernst Wilhelm Wolf. 7:00pm Kernersville Moravian Church, 504 S Main St, Kernersville, NC, (336) 993-3620. Free.
May 19, 2019 Moramus Chorale Concert, Easter Cantata by Ernst Wilhelm Wolf. 4:00pm Home Moravian Church, 529 S Church St, Winston-Salem, NC, (336) 722-6171. Free.

The Easter Cantata by Ernst Wilhelm Wolf

Osterkantate by Ernst Wilhelm Wolf
Edited by David Blum and Nola Reed Knouse

The Easter Cantata was composed by Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735-1791) in Weimar, Germany, in the early 1780s based on a libretto by Johann Gottfried Herder.

Ernst Wilhelm Wolf was born in Grossen Behringen, Germany in 1735. He attended schools in Eisenach and Gotha, and in 1755, at the age of 20, he attended the University of Jena, where he led the collegium musicum at Jena. Wolf arrived at Weimar in the late 1750s or 1760, to serve as a music teacher, and later as Konzertmeister, Organist, and Kapellmeister. He was himself a composer of operas, keyboard sonatas, and various other vocal works.

EASTER CANTATA – Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735-1791)

Historically significant to the Moravian settlers of Wachovia, the Easter Cantata was composed by Ernst Wilhelm Wolf (1735-1791) in Weimar, Germany, in the early 1780s based on a libretto by Johann Gottfried Herder. The Easter Cantata was evidently quite popular among the Moravians in America, as evidenced by the number of copies of the complete work as well as of individual movements from it.

The two sources used for this edition were both by Moravian Bishop, Johannes Herbst (1735-1812) from Salem’s archival collections. Manuscript parts are found in Moravian congregation collections from Bethlehem PA, Lititz PA, Nazareth PA, and Salem NC

The work will be performed in English with an orchestra and organ

Free. Donations Accepted.

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Moravian Music Sunday 2018

Erik Salzwedel — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 17:07:15 +0000

Moravian Music Sunday – April 29, 2018

Theme:
Music and Musicians from Herrnhut

Recognizing that music is a means of proclaiming the Gospel, we celebrate Moravian Music Sunday on the fifth Sunday of Easter, which, in 2018, is April 29. Materials designed to assist your worship planning team in the preparation for Moravian Music Sunday are available HERE. A special note: If April 29 isn’t a convenient time for your celebration of Moravian Music Sunday, please do celebrate it at any time that “works” for your congregation!

This year we take as our theme the musical heritage of Herrnhut, recognizing several composers who were born or lived and worked in Herrnhut in the 18^th and 19^th centuries. The suggested order of worship includes hymns and anthems that are keyed to the Revised Common Lectionary, but also that speak to our theme.

There are also many Moravians living today who are writing hymn texts and music, anthems, instrumental music, sacred songs, and all sorts of music – probably someone in your own congregation! While we are offering some suggestions for specific hymns and anthems, we encourage you to seek out those gifted composers and authors in your own congregation and celebrate their gifts.

In recognition of the Moravian Unity Brass Festival to be held in Winston-Salem this July 19-22, we encourage you to use brass players in your worship especially for Moravian Music Sunday but at other times as well.

To help in your planning, we’re including the following on our website —

A suggested order of service, which can easily be adapted for use in a lovefeast;
A short liturgy for Moravian Music Sunday;
A “statement to be read” which focuses attention on Moravian music in the perspective of faith and worship; or, you might invite someone who has visited Herrnhut to speak about their experiences;
Information regarding the music suggested for Moravian Music Sunday, which you may use in your newsletter or bulletin; and
A camera-ready “front-and-back” bulletin insert, describing Moravian music and the Moravian Music Foundation.

We would appreciate receiving bulletins or reports on what you choose to do for Moravian Music Sunday. What you do may serve as a model for someone else! Many thanks, and may God continue to bless your ministry!

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Moravian Music of Lent

Nola Knouse — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 12:16:49 +0000

Lecture:
The Music of Lent
February 11, 2015

by Nola Reed Knouse

The Music of Lent, 6:30p.m., Home Moravian Church Saal, Winston-Salem, NC. Nola Knouse, Lecturer

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