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(GGS = Glenn Gould Studio
CHORAL
MASTERWORKS
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CHORAL MASTERWORKS AT MASSEY HALL
MENDELSSOHN: ELIJAH
TORONTO MENDELSSOHN CHOIR
Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir
Festival Orchestra
Noel Edison, conductor
Soloists: Joni Henson, soprano;
Marcia Whitehead, mezzo;
Colin Balzer, tenor;
Nathan Berg, bass-baritone
Saturday, May 9, 2009 at 8pm
(Pre-Concert Chat at 7:15 p.m.)
- MH
$78 - $38
This special performance of Mendelssohn’s choral masterpiece
celebrates the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s 115th season
and the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn’s birth
(1809 – 1847).
HAYDN: THE CREATION
TAFELMUSIK ORCHESTRA & CHAMBER CHOIR
Bruno Weil, guest conductor
Soloists include
Jan Kobow, tenor;
Locky Chung, baritone
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 8pm &
Sunday, May 31, 2009 at 2pm - MH
$89 - $39
This performance of Joseph Haydn’s great oratorio pays tribute
to the 200th anniversary of his death (1732-1809) and
is part of the World Creation Project: choirs and orchestras
around the world will perform the work on May 31, 2009.
NATHANIEL DETT CHORALE @ GLENN GOULD STUDIO
NATHANIEL DETT CHORALE
Brainerd Blyden-Taylor, artistic director
10TH Anniversary Season
Canada’s first professional choir dedicated to the performance
of Afrocentric music of all genres celebrates its 10th anniversary
season with three different programs: a Gospel Christmas extravaganza,
a Dett alumni reunion, and a taste of Trinidadian folk music, all
at the Glenn Gould Studio.
Series of 3 Concerts: $99
1) AN INDIGO CHRISTMAS…Great Joy!
Wednesday & Saturday,
December 17 and 20, 2008 at 8pm - GGS
Single Tickets: $39.50
An Indigo Christmas is a Nathaniel Dett Chorale tradition! Enjoy
Christmas music in the gospel style as the Chorale is joined by
pianist, composer and arranger Joseph Joubert, a live band,
and members of the York University Gospel Choir.
2) VOICES OF THE DIASPORA…Dett To Africa!
Wednesday and Saturday,
February 25 & 28, 2009 at 8pm - GGS
Single Tickets: $39.50
The Chorale welcomes alumni for a program of favourite R. Nathaniel
Dett compositions and a number of contemporary Afrocentric choral
premieres.
3) AND STILL WE SING…All O’We Is One!
Wednesday and Saturday,
May 27 and 30, 2009 at 8pm - GGS
Single Tickets: $39.50
Trini to de Bone! Artistic Director Brainerd Blyden-Taylor
returns to his roots with a program of Trinidadian folk songs, in
a festive collaboration with Trini folk legend David Rudder,
Macomere Fifi (Toronto’s own Calypso Queen), and the steelpan
sounds of Pan Fantasy led by Wendy Jones.
This Series is Co-presented with Nathaniel Dett Chorale
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