Tag Archives: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Tafelmusik Beethoven 4 and 5

Posted on September 25, 2023 by barczablog

Tafelmusik launched their 45th season with a concert titled “Beethoven 4 and 5“ at Koerner Hall, perhaps in echo of their anniversary. We not only heard a wonderful concert, but witnessed a moving reunion between the ensemble and their regular … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Reviews | Tagged Bruno Weil, Koerner Hall, Ludwig van Beethoven, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Leave a comment

Resurrection Again

Posted on April 10, 2023 by barczablog

Handel’s oratorio The Resurrection received its belated Canadian premiere in Opera Atelier’s production brought to Koerner Hall, an early work long neglected. Although the production had been prepared in 2021 it had to be filmed because in-person performance wasn’t possible … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Opera, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged Allyson McHardy, Carla Huhtanen, Colin Ainsworth, David Fallis, Douglas Williams, George Frideric Handel, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Koerner Hall, Marshall Pynkoski, Meghan Lindsay, Opera Atelier, Resurrection, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Leave a comment

A Tafelmusik Tribute to Jeanne Lamon

Posted on June 3, 2022 by barczablog

Tonight I watched a Tafelmusik concert recorded in April, celebrating the life of Jeanne Lamon. I knew the curated experience from Alison Mackay and Christina Mahler would be meaningful, and they exceeded expectation. R.H. Thomson narrated a kind of documentary … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Reviews | Tagged Alison Mackay, Barbara Willis Sweete, Brett Polegato, Bruno Weil, Christina Mahler, Ivars Taurins, Jeanne Lamon, Julia Wedman, R.H. Thomson, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | 2 Comments

Virtual Bach

Posted on May 7, 2022 by barczablog

While I hoped to go to Tafelmusik’s presentation of the Bach B-minor Mass Thursday night in Massey Hall it was not to be. I was still testing positive for COVID. Instead Friday night I chose to watch a live concert … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Reviews | Tagged Joanne Lunn, Jonathan Adams, JS Bach, Masaaki Suzuki, Massey Hall, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Thomas Hobbs, Tim Mead | Leave a comment

Bold Angel from Opera Atelier

Posted on October 31, 2021 by barczablog

Opera Atelier’s new film of Angel –fully-staged and filmed at St. Lawrence Hall—will be streaming until Friday, November 12. Angel is a bold experiment. I’m not sure how to describe the work, an interesting mixture of styles and idioms that … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Architecture & Design, Cinema, video & DVDs, Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged Antonio Vivaldi, Christopher Bagan, Colin Ainsworth, Douglas Williams, Edward Huizinga, Elisa Citterio, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, John Milton, Marshall Pynkoski, Max Richter, Measha Brueggergosman, Meghan Lindsay, Mireille Asselin, Opera Atelier, Paradise Lost, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | Leave a comment

Time to Lift Up Your Heads

Posted on April 5, 2020 by barczablog

Come along with me as I muse about one of my favorite pieces of music, on a day when it seems especially apt. There are good years when we’re rolling along enjoying springtime pleasures. And there are years when it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Personal ruminations & essays, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged George Frideric Handel, Ivars Taurins, Lift Up Your Heads, Messiah, Psalm 24, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir | Leave a comment

Mackay’s Indigo Project

Posted on February 28, 2020 by barczablog

Alison Mackay has a knack for making intriguing connections. Every now and then Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra turn to their former bass player to curate a concert, and tonight she may have done her best yet with The Indigo Project at … Continue reading →

Posted in Dance, theatre & musicals, Music and musicology, Reviews | Tagged Alison Mackay, Cynthia Smithers, Earl Haig Secondary School, Indigo, Suba Sankaran, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Trichy Sankaran, Unionville Seconary School | Leave a comment

Vittorio Ghielmi dreaming Jupiter

Posted on February 8, 2020 by barczablog

“Dreaming Jupiter” is the name of the concert program this week from Tafelmusik at Jeanne Lamon Hall, that might epitomize everything about their approach to making music. Where the Toronto Symphony are lately the place you go hear the pieces … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Reviews | Tagged Jeanne Lamon Hall, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, viola da gamba, Vittorio Ghielmi | 2 Comments

Tribal Messiah

Posted on December 22, 2019 by barczablog

I’m trying to find the right word, so please bear with me. For someone who goes to see concerts & theatre more often than most people, you might never guess that I’m sometimes frustrated. My mantra is “I’m a lucky … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Opera, Personal ruminations & essays, Reviews, Spirituality & Religion | Tagged Alexander Shelley, George Frideric Handel, Ivars Taurins, Lucile Richardot, Margaret Rood, Mozart, Peter Harvey, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, Thomas Hobbs, Toronto Symphony Orchestra | 1 Comment

How to Singalong

Posted on December 13, 2019 by barczablog

I don’t presume to know how one does the Singalong Messiah thing. I am no expert. [morning after emendation… There are different sorts of experts. Singers? organists, conductors, musicians? or the textual scholars, people who really know Handel? I avoid … Continue reading →

Posted in Music and musicology, Personal ruminations & essays, Press Releases and Announcements | Tagged English Baroque Soloists, George Frideric Handel, Ivars Taurins, John Eliot Gardiner, Messiah, Monteverdi Choir, Novello, Roy Thomson Hall, Singalong, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra | 2 Comments