{"id":72220,"date":"2021-09-16T17:52:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T21:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=72220"},"modified":"2021-09-16T17:52:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T21:52:20","slug":"scoop-toronto-mendelssohn-choir-wants-fresh-start-new-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/09\/16\/scoop-toronto-mendelssohn-choir-wants-fresh-start-new-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Wants A Fresh Start And A New Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Toronto_Mendelssohn_Choir.jpg\" alt=\"Toronto_Mendelssohn_Choir\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir was hit with the abrupt resignation of their renowned conductor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2018\/04\/24\/the-scoop-noel-edison-resigns-as-artistic-director-of-toronto-mendelssohn-choir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mired in controversy<\/a>. Two years later, they, along with the entire world, indefinitely shut down amid a pandemic that made singing a health hazard.<\/p>\n<p>In what would have shaken the best of us, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir stayed the course with spirit. They found a fitting Artistic Director in Quebec\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/05\/31\/the-scoop-toronto-mendelssohn-choir-finds-its-new-artistic-director-finally\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-S\u00e9bastien Vall\u00e9e<\/a>. Last week, they hired a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/08\/30\/scoop-toronto-mendelssohn-choir-names-new-collaborative-pianist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Collaborative Pianist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, they announce a post-pandemic season that sees Canada&#8217;s premiere choir rise from hard times with a fresh start \u2014 a season tailored for a choir with a renewed sense of home and belonging.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Connection<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;After the challenges we all faced in the past 18 months, we are thrilled to be joining our voices together again \u2014 not despite these challenges, but rather to express them in meaningful ways,&#8221; says Artistic Director Jean S\u00e9bastien Vall\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p>Besides reconnecting with TMC audiences, there is also a surprise new commission for composer Barbara Assiginaak.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am so honoured to be invited to work with the Tkaronto Mendelssohn Choir and to seek a way to honour my ancestors and family who did not always have a voice, or else had no one who would listen to them,&#8221; says Assiginaak. &#8220;It is a huge responsibility I have carried as the child of a residential school survivor, through decades of working through the medium of so-called classical music and finding a way to respect that tradition while also honouring Anishinaabeg traditions and language. Chi miigwetch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Season highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Coming to Carry Me Home \u2014 November 2, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What:<em> The Chariot Jubilee<\/em> by Nathaniel Dett and <em>Ein deutsches Requiem<\/em> by Johannes Brahms<\/li>\n<li>Who: Jonelle Sills (soprano) and Brett Polegato (baritone) with Chamber Orchestra from the Toronto Symphony Orchestra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Festival of Carols \u2014 December 1, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What: <em>Lauda per la Nativit\u00e1 del Signore<\/em> by Ottorino Respighi. Music and carol selections by Andrew Balfour, Sally Beamish, Rosephanye Powell, Hyo-Won Woo and many others.<\/li>\n<li>Who: Jean-Sebastien Vallee and Simon Rivard conduct the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sacred Music for a Sacred Space \u2013 April 13 and 15, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What:<em> All-Night Vigil<\/em> by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Selected works by Nathaniel Dett<\/li>\n<li>Who: Simon Rivard and Brainerd Blyden-Taylor conduct the Nathaniel Dett Chorale, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Endangered \u2013 May 28, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What: <em>Creation<\/em>\u00a0by Barbara Assiginaak \u2014 a TMC commission and <em>Mass for the Endangered<\/em> by Sarah Kirkland Snider (Canadian premiere)<\/li>\n<li>Who: Jean-S\u00e9bastien Vall\u00e9e and Simon Rivard conduct the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Chamber Orchestra, and Soloists<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>All season events will be streamed worldwide. For those fully-vaccinated, you can buy limited in-person tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Concerts will take place at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church (Yonge and St. Clair).<\/p>\n<p>Online event tickets will be available on October 1, 2021, and later in the month for in-person tickets.<\/p>\n<p>Full season details [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmchoir.org\/2021-22-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>].<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces a new season, and renewed sense of purpose. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":72221,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38476,11,19,39,63],"tags":[16066],"yst_prominent_words":[11623,7512,6715,30639,6929,19527,6930,6914,6827],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Toronto_Mendelssohn_Choir.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-iMQ","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72220"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72220"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72223,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72220\/revisions\/72223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72220"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=72220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}