June 2018
Bicycle Opera Project | The Llandovery Castle
The loss of 14 Nursing Sisters who drowned when their hospital ship the Llandovery Castle was torpedoed while crossing the Atlantic is a forgotten story of the Great War. Composer Stephanie Martin and librettist Paul Ciufo have created a new Canadian opera as an act of remembrance to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Llandovery Castle in June 1918. The calm confidence, skill and selflessness of Canadian nurses during the First World War stand in stark contrast…
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Toronto Chamber Choir | Kaffeemusik: Mary, the Rose
What is it about the Blessed Virgin that has inspired some of the most endearing music ever written? Indeed, composers from every era seem to bring their very best game when setting texts about the immaculate “rose without thorns.” In this heartfelt Kaffeemusik, the TCC presents its favourite Marian music from long ago juxtaposed with some more recent works for choir and harp: excerpts from Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, and Andrew Donaldson’s Mary, the Rose. Julia Seager Scott, harp
Find out more »March 2020
Toronto Chamber Choir | Rosenmüller @ 400
Johann Rosenmüller was a rising star on the German musical scene and was promised the position of cantor at the Leipzig Thomasschule (the position J.S. Bach would assume). But his career was derailed when he was thrown into prison on suspicion of homosexuality. Thankfully, he escaped and continued his career in Venice, composing sacred concertos that rival those of Monteverdi in their majesty and beauty. For this glorious evening celebrating the 400th year of Rosenmüller’s birth, the TCC will be…
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