News Release
October 2000

Ensemble Soleil in concert at Moravian during Bethlehem Music Conference

(Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) – Ensemble Soleil, will perform in concert at Moravian College on Friday, October 27 at 8 p.m. in Peter Hall during the Fourth Annual Bethlehem Music Conference. The concert is titled, "A Festive Stillness," and features music of the Colonial Moravians and their European contemporaries The concert will include unpublished music for soprano, strings and organ from the Moravian Archive in Herrnhut, Germany. It will also include string quartets of C.F. Abel, anthems by Antes and Jaeschke, a Grimm cantata celebrating the 50th birthday of Count Zinzendorf and an Antes string trio.

Since 1995 Ensemble Soleil has given concerts and presented multi-media theatrical events in the United States and Europe. Known for innovative programming and lively performances, we play period instruments and authentic modern copies. There programs feature the beautiful viol consort music of the Renaissance from Spain, Italy, England and the Low Countries, and the multi-faceted Baroque chamber music of Italy, Austria, Germany and France. Ensemble Soleil's Whitefield Trio also performs music written for Colonial American Moravian communities in Pennsylvania and Carolina.

The Ensemble Soleil concert is free and open to the public. Peter Hall is located at Moravian College’s Church Street Campus at Church and Main streets in Historic Bethlehem. For more information, contact the Moravian College Music Department at 610-861-1650.