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December 18, 2015

Messiah on Messiah turns out even

2015-16 Season

Michael Vincent, Musical Toronto and The Toronto Star Toronto boasts over 30 Messiah’s performed across the city, and…

December 16, 2015

Big, fat Messiah

2015-16 Season

John Gilks, Operaramblings blog Sir Andrew Davis is in town conducting his own orchestration of Handel’s Messiah.  In…

December 11, 2015

Toronto theatres offer three unique versions of Handel’s Messiah

2015-16 Season

Robert Harris, The Globe and Mail Sir Andrew Davis is perhaps the leading British conductor of his generation.…

December 1, 2015

New Ears Encounter the German Romantics

2015-16 Season

New Ears Review the German Romantics: This Is Not What I Thought Classical Music Was I know one…

December 1, 2015

A fine sampling of German Romanticism

2015-16 Season

Michael Johnson, concertonet.com This program by the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir was doubly unusual in that it presented a…

July 2, 2015

Luminato’s ‘Apocalypsis’ Offered A New View to the End of the World

2014-15 Season

Tom Beedham, Noisey The apocalypse began before the audience could find its seats. While some still filtered in…

July 2, 2015

The Rebirth of R. Murray Schafer’s Apocalypsis

2014-15 Season

Neil Crory, Musical Toronto Luminato festival: Apocalypsis,R. Murray Schafer (Composer) Lemi Ponifasio (Director). Sony Centre, Sunday. Toronto’s Luminato…

June 29, 2015

Luminato’s Apocalypsis is a complicated triumph

2014-15 Season

Robert Harris, Globe and Mail Toronto’s Luminato Festival has staked a great deal on the highly original and…

June 11, 2015

TSO conveys emotion of Mahler’s Symphony No. 2

2014-15 Season

Michael Vincent, Toronto Star Toronto Symphony Orchestra, with Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and guests. Peter Oundjian, conductor. There may…