Market Square Concerts presents Four Nations Ensemble with Music from China

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On Thursday, April 25 at 8 pm in Whitaker Center Andrew Appel and his Four Nations Ensemble together with guest artists Music from China will perform an extraordinary cross –cultural program “The Court: Versailles and the Forbidden City.”  This intriguing program will explore a juxtaposition of court music in China and France.

Tickets are $30, $25 for seniors and $5 for college students. Tickets are free for school students and $5 for one accompanying adult.  For tickets call 717 214-ARTS; information is available at 717 221-9599. Remaining tickets will be available at the door.

Founded in 1986, The Four Nations Ensemble brings together soloists who are leading exponents of period instrument and vocal performance to present great music from the Renaissance through the Viennese Classical masterpieces of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. For two decades, Four Nations has developed a leading presence on the early music scene in New York and across the country. With a core ensemble of harpsichord or fortepiano, violin(s), flute, and cello, the Ensemble explores and performs the major masterpieces of the 17th and 18th centuries, from trio sonata to piano trio and quartet. Four Nations has performed at major houses and series throughout the United States including The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center. The Ensemble has participated in festivals including The Boston Early Music Festival, New York's Mostly Mozart, Amherst Festival, New Haven's International Festival of Arts & Ideas, Virginia Waterfront International Arts Festival, Chautauqua, The Indiana Early Music Festival, The Redwoods Festival in Santa Rosa, California, and Brasilseguridade in Rio de Janeiro.

Praised by the New York Times for its “variety, camaraderie and individualism,” Music From China invokes the subtlety and power of both traditional and contemporary Chinese Music. Musicians well versed in the music of past and present open windows to Chinese culture and stand at the forefront of 21st century Chinese music.

The concert is sponsored by Strokoff and Cowden P.C.. The season sponsor is Capital BlueCross. A resident company of Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, Market Square Concerts also receives support from the Cultural Enrichment Fund and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Complete information on Market Square Concerts’ 2012-13 season is at: www.marketsquareconcerts.org

Price: tickets are $30, $25 for seniors, $5 for college students and free for k-12