Welcome to our December/January issue as we turn the annual calendar page, halfway through our season for the 25th time, juggling as always, secular stuff, the spirit of the season, new year resolve and winter journeys! Why is Mozart's Handel's Messiah's trumpet a trombone? Why when Laurie Anderson offers to fly you to the moon you should take her up on the invitation. Why messing with Winterreisse can (sometimes) be a very good thing! And a bumper crop of record reviews for your reading (and sometimes listening) pleasure. Available in flipthrough here right now, and on stands commencing Thursday Nov 28. See you on the other side!
December 31 • 7:00 pm O C S C Michelangelo Mazza conductor Karine Babajanyan soprano Maria Kataeva mezzo soprano Luc Robert tenor A glamourous start to New Year’s Eve, with final bows at 9:30 pm, leaving plenty of time for a midnight toast! Michele Kálmándy baritone Celebrate New Year’s Tickets: 416.872.4255 roythomsonhall.com European Singers, Ballroom Dancers & Ballet Enjoy Waltzes & Operetta Hits Strauss Symphony of Canada January 1 • 2:30 pm Michael Zehetner, conductor (Vienna) Micaëla Oeste, soprano (Berlin) Tilmann Unger, tenor (Munich) Co-presented by Attila Glatz Concert Productions and Roy Thomson Hall Media Partner:
2019/20 Season HANDEL Elisa Citterio, Music Director MESSIAH Directed by Ivars Taurins Margot Rood, soprano Lucile Richardot, mezzo-soprano Thomas Hobbs, tenor Peter Harvey, baritone Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Dec 17–20, 2019 KOERNER HALL, TELUS CENTRE Sing-Along MESSIAH Directed by Mr. Handel Dec 21, 2019 at 2pm ROY THOMSON HALL tafelmusik.org 'Ev'ry Valley shall be Exalted' (from Messiah): per Messiah ticket goes to revitalizing the Don River Valley for the Toronto community Flock, detail, Krzysztof Browko In partnership with: tafelmusik.org UP NEXT GONE WITH THE WINDS SPECIAL CHOIR EVENT MORE BACH MOTETS Jan 16-19, 2020 Jeanne Lamon Hall Jan 25, 2020 Jeanne Lamon Hall Wind music featuring Mozart, Beethoven & Rossini Bach family motets + suites for solo cello
