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November 19, 2013
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and guests make magic of Benjamin Britten cantatas
2013-14 Season
Here’s a suggestion: If you go to one choral concert other than Messiah this season, make it the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s brilliant tribute to Benjamin Britten on Wednesday evening.
Tuesday night’s dress rehearsal at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church revealed not only a compelling, deeply affecting programme, but wonderful performances from the Mendelssohn Choir, the Toronto Children’s Chorus, orchestra, pianists, organist and, last but far from least, soloists tenor Colin Ainsworth and soprano Leslie Bouza.
Mendelssohn Choir music director Noel Edison chose two cantatas to showcase the composer’s genius for writing potent music drama for all ages and abilities: The Company of Heaven, created for BBC Radio in 1937, and Saint Nicolas, commissioned for the centennial of Lancing College but premiered at Aldeburgh in 1948.
November 1, 2013
TSO’s Carmina Burana a thrilling Halloween Musical Fare
2013-14 Season
I must give my highest praise to the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, surely a national treasure. Every time I see them, I always think – “they’ve outdone themselves this time.” And then the next time I see them, I want to say the same thing.
October 31, 2013
Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s Carmina Burana raises Roy Thomson Hall roof
2013-14 Season
John Terauds, Musical Toronto The feature draw was an all-stops-pulled performance of Carl Orff’s modern classic from 1936, Carmina Burana. The Toronto Symphony was joined by 116 members of the…
July 2, 2013
Caron Daley named as Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Associate Conductor
2013-14 Season
Nova Scotia-born conductor Caron Daley has been appointed as the Associate Conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, effective September 2013. The TMC created the position of Associate Conductor in 2011 to provide talented choral conductors who are early in their career with coaching, training and mentoring, while also adding to the TMC’s artistic team. The Associate Conductor works with the Choir under the guidance of Artistic Director Noel Edison, directing TMC ensembles in rehearsals and select performances. Caron Daley will be the second conductor to hold this two-year position.
May 29, 2013
Drama, Artistry, Inspiration: the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir 2013/14 season
2013-14 Season
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, under Artistic Director Noel Edison, has created an exciting 2013/14 season. The season, the TMC’s 120 th season, includes a celebration of Benjamin Britten’s centenary with a performance of two rarely-performed cantatas, a guest appearance by tenor superstar Ben Heppner at Festival of Carols, and Bach’s Mass in B minor at Koerner Hall. The TMC will also perform four concerts with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
May 24, 2013
An invigorating performance: Missa Solemnis in D Major
2012-13 Season
Michael Johnson, Concertonet Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis doesn’t come around often enough, a fact that prevents it from becoming stale – and all the more reason to welcome it when it…
May 23, 2013
Concert Review: TSO speaks a little too softly with Brahms’s A German Requiem
2012-13 Season
Arthur Kaptainis, National Post Softness reigned at the start, of course, as the violas and cellos traced their lines with the audio equivalent of a dotted line and the Toronto…
May 23, 2013
TSO, Mendelssohn choir and soloists give Brahms his due
2012-13 Season
Robert Harris, The Globe and Mail And fittingly, Toronto’s Mendelssohn Choir, fresh off a performance of the Missa Solemnis just a week ago, provided the backbone of the TSO performance…
May 22, 2013
Toronto Symphony Orchestra fails to transcend minutiae in Brahms German Requiem
2012-13 Season
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, out in full force, sang with its characteristic mix of subtlety, power and precision. The Toronto Symphony players (with woodwinds and brass on risers, all bizarrely crammed into one corner of the stage with the piano, organ console and harp) were in great form.