{"id":241,"date":"2011-12-06T18:28:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T23:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=241"},"modified":"2011-12-06T18:28:24","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T23:28:24","slug":"mendelssohn-choir-presents-a-musically-warm-and-fuzzy-christmas-on-wednesday-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2011\/12\/06\/mendelssohn-choir-presents-a-musically-warm-and-fuzzy-christmas-on-wednesday-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendelssohn Choir presents a musically warm and fuzzy Christmas on Wednesday night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/carols.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-244\" title=\"carols\" src=\"http:\/\/207.112.70.56\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/carols.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/carols.jpg 756w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/12\/carols-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>The venerable Toronto Mendelssohn Choir presents its annual Christmas Festival of Carols blowout at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto Star theatre critic Richard Ouzounian provides some words, the Festival Brass will clean out the cobwebs, while the excellent Michael Bloss takes over the organ. There will also be some piano ccompaniment by James Bourne.<\/p>\n<p>The program is heavy with old favourites, as well as singalong carols.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the bill is one of the current Big Hits of the world of choral music, Eric Whitacre&#8217;s <em>Lux aurumque<\/em>, beautifully recorded on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elorafestival.com\/index.cfm?page=shop_whitacre\" target=\"_blank\">Grammy-nominated album<\/a> by Mendelssohn Choir professional core, the Elora Festival Singers, last year.<\/p>\n<p>Noel Edison conducts what should be a guaranteed warm and fuzzy night of music.<\/p>\n<p>For more details, and ticket information, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmchoir.org\/tmcPerformances\/festivalOfCarols.cfm\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>+++<\/p>\n<p>In case you need an introduction to Lux aurumque, here are the men and boys of Westminster Cathedral, singing it as a motet during Midnight Mass communion in 2009:<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9jNVK9TqLRY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The venerable Toronto Mendelssohn Choir presents its annual Christmas Festival of Carols blowout at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church on Wednesday evening. 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