Triad Arts with David Ford Piedmont Chamber singers present A Moravian ChristmasDecember 11, 2012It was not the Pilgrims who brought European music to America, but the Moravians. These German-speaking, music-loving Christians came to America, and brought the musical traditions of Haydn and Mozart with them. In fact, when Benjamin Franklin wanted to hear Haydn’s Creation, he had to hop on a horse from Philadelphia to the Moravian community outside of town to hear it!
On its 35th anniversary season, The Piedmont Chamber Singers are celebrating our Moravian musical heritage with A Moravian Christmas, Friday night, December 14 at 7:30pm in Calvary Moravian Church, and Saturday, December 15 at 7:30pm in Kernersville Moravian Church.
On the program will be Franz Joseph Haydn’s Missa Brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo, fondly nicknamed the Little Organ Mass. Piedmont Chamber Singers Artistic Director Wendy Looker spoke with David by phone from her studio in Greensboro.
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Triad Arts Archives
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May 26, 2010: Twin City Stage: The Dixie Swim Club
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May 25, 2010: North Carolina Shakespeare Festival: Hands On Shakespeare & Apprentice Company in Training
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May 24, 2010: UNCSA End of Year Film Screenings
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May 21, 2010: TAW 100521
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May 20, 2010: The Snyder Family Band
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May 19, 2010: Tim Eriksen
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May 18, 2010: Elsewhere Artist Collaborative
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May 17, 2010: Rhett Iseman Trull: The Real Warnings
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May 14, 2010: TAW 100514
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May 13, 2010: Art Tasting: Film Screening
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May 12, 2010: Winston-Salem Symphony: Mahler 5
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May 11, 2010: United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro
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May 10, 2010: The American Hebrew Academy: "Soul Searching: Life Measured in Feet"
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May 7, 2010: TAW 100507
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May 6, 2010: EMF and ArtBeat Greensboro present Remembering Frederic: A Musical Conversation Between Chopin and George Sand with pianist Pamela Howland
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May 5, 2010: University of North Carolina School of the Arts: Spring Dance
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May 4, 2010: Studio B presents artist Orlando Silva
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May 3, 2010: EMF Fringe Series
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April 30, 2010: TAW 100430
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April 29, 2010: Nyanya Project
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April 28, 2010: Pivetta Duo
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April 27, 2010: Jews & Catholics (Part 1)
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April 26, 2010: Sciworks
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April 23, 2010: TAW 100423
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April 22, 2010: West End by the Park Block Party
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April 21, 2010: Winston-Salem Dulcimer Festival
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April 20, 2010: South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art presents "People's Biennial": Call for Submissions
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April 19, 2010: Music on the Mountaintop 1 (Repeat)
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April 16, 2010: TAW 100416
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April 15, 2010: Community Theatre of Greensboro: 60 Years of Broadway!
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