December 2018
Soundstreams | Electric Messiah IV
In the world of holiday messiahs, only one is electric! A bona fide Toronto holiday favourite, "Electric Messiah" reimagines George Fredrick Handel’s great masterpiece with fascinating inspirations from jazz, gospel, blues, hip-hop and of course, classical. While audiences will recognize familiar themes, they soon realize this is not how Handel would have heard it. That’s because Ear Candy takes great care in deconstructing this masterpiece, taking it apart, and stripping it down to its essence. Once rebuilt, it takes on…
Find out more »December 2019
Soundstreams | Electric Messiah
Experience a theatrical reimagining of Handel’s masterpiece infused with jazz, gospel, blues, hip-hop, classical, and world music, complete with hypnotic dance. Never the same two years in a row, the intimacy of this performance creates a deep personal connection to universal themes of love, betrayal and redemption. Tickets, here.
Find out more »March 2020
Soundstreams | Improvised Components
Rarefied early instruments and improvisation: joined at the hip? You bet, says curator Nick Storring, who invites us to hear this alluring sound world anew through 21st-century ears. Journey through music from the renaissance and baroque, solo improvisations created on the spot. There will also be contemporary works, including a world premiere composed by Nick Storring for the complete ensemble. FEATURED PERFORMERS: Nick Storring, composer, curator Katelyn Clark, harpsichord/organetto Emily Redhead, baroque violin Pierre-Yves Martel, viola da gamba Ben Grossman, hurdy-gurdy Dwight…
Find out more »April 2020
Soundstreams | Secrets
Inspired by the anonymous secrets of Torontonians collected especially for this concert, this brilliant Dutch ensemble traverses classical, jazz, and soul to plumb the full range of emotion embedded in our secrets. From love lost and the depths of despair, through to the very heights of joy and ecstasy— will you let them tell your secret? FEATURED PERFORMERS Claron McFadden, vocals Michel Massot, tuba, euphonium, trombone Tuur Florizoone, chromatic accordion Marine Horbaczewski, cello Tickets, here.
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