Toronto, November 17, 2022 — Celebrate this holiday season with Toronto’s beloved tradition — Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s annual celebration of music: Festival of Carols. This year, the TMChoir is bringing back the much-anticipated sing-along portion of the concert with pieces such as Joy to the World, Silent Night, and O Come All Ye Faithful. Under...
Lydia Pervić The Whole Note November 6, 2022 Here’s some good news for a change: there’s a new professional chamber choir in Toronto, the city that barely has any, and none independent from larger arts organizations. Meet the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers, the new 24-member chamber choir within the larger Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, now forging its own...
Paula Cirton Ludwig Van November 3, 2022 Is there anything grander in a concert hall than a big chorus, a big orchestra, and big piece of music? The huge romantic sweep of Mendelssohn’s final oratorio Elijah (1846) filled Roy Thomson Hall to the rafters, except you couldn’t make out one word that was being sung. It...
Joseph So La Scena Musicale November 3, 2022 Following the intimate, a cappella opening show given by the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers in Trinity St. Paul’s Centre a month ago, the full Toronto Mendelssohn Choir launched its new season in grand style last evening, with an old favourite – Mendelssohn’s Elijah. Together with the University of Toronto’s MacMillan Singers...
The program notes are written by Rena Roussin, Musicologist-in-Residence. A resounding success at both its 1846 premiere in Birmingham, England, and at its revised London premiere in 1847, Felix Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah has remained a beloved staple of English-language choral repertoire ever since. Having experienced earlier success with his 1836 oratorio Paulus, which depicted the life...
Toronto, October 17, 2022 – On November 2nd, witness the tour de force that is Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah, performed by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir in the grandest of settings, Roy Thomson Hall. This performance, in partnership with the University of Toronto’s MacMillan Singers and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, combines 200 of Canada’s foremost musical talents,...
Ken Stephen Large Stage Live! October 3, 2022 The versatility of the renowned Toronto Mendelssohn Choir was on display in a new format at the season-opening concert on Saturday night. This first performance featured 23 voices of the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers, the professional core group of the larger symphonic choir. For this concert, the Singers...
The program notes are written by Rena Roussin, Musicologist-in-Residence. [Content warning: The fourth paragraph of these program notes discusses homophobic violence and death by suicide] Welcome to the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir’s 2022-2023 Season! Tonight’s concert reflects on pilgrimages and journeys and quests of numerous natures. While one might be tempted to associate the term ‘pilgrim’...
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir charts a new path this season with The Pilgrim’s Way, which opens their 22/23 lineup of concerts. Led by Artistic Director and Conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée, the TMChoir introduces the Toronto Mendelssohn Singers, a professional vocal ensemble of 24-voices which will appear on October 1st at Trinity St-Paul’s United Church for this...