Toronto Early Music Centre
PO BOX 714, STN P M5S 2Y4 Toronto, ON, Canada

Nov 27 at 8pm & 29 at 3pm #BostonEarlyMusicFestival shares FREE streaming broadcasts of two productions inspired by the #Orpheus legend from our #GRAMMY #AwardWinning Chamber Opera Series! Fri Nov 27 at 8pm EST please watch our June 2015 production of #Monteverdi's Orfeo https://bemf.org/conc/boston-concerts/broadcast-monteverdi/ ...and again on Sun Nov 29 at 3pm EST for a double-bill featuring #Charpentier's La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers https://bemf.org/con/boston-conce...rts/broadcast-charpentier/ These broadcasts will be freely available for a limited time on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/bostonearly/ - subscribe to our channel today! Be sure to watch for additional new videos, including documentaries on the making of each production, video lectures, and a 30-minute excerpt from BEMF’s 2017 fully staged production of #Campra’s Le Carnaval de Venise featuring an Orpheus-themed "opera-within-an-opera" attended by the characters of the larger story. Even though our stage remains silent, BEMF is dedicated to sharing these spectacular productions with fans and friends around the world. We are also committed to compensating over 70 gifted BEMF artists directors, singers, dancers, instrumentalists, and scholars who brought these performances to life. Our broadcasts will be available FREE to enthusiasts old and new thanks to contributions from many generous patrons. We invite you to join our growing family of supporters by making a tax-deductible contribution today at BEMF.org/SUPPORT. Both productions are led #PaulODette and #StephenStubbs, Stage Director #GilbertBlin, Concertmaster #RobertMealy, and Choreographer #MelindaSullivan. Each production features sublime performances by the all-star BEMF Vocal and Chamber Ensembles and GRAMMY Award-winning tenor #AaronSheehan in the title role, gorgeous costumes designed by Anna Watkins, and videography by Kathy Wittman of Ball Square Films with audio from Sound Engineer Frank Cunningham (Charpentier) and #WCRB #ClassicalRadioBoston (Monteverdi).

Happy St Cecilia’s Day! Franz Joseph #Haydn (1732-1809) an excerpt from #StCecilia Mass, Hob. 22:5 sung by #LucyCrowe, soprano, with Les Musiciens du Louvre cond #MarcMinkowski https://youtu.be/wweEQmwOHlU (3:10)

Thurs Nov 26 at 8pm EST Passions of the Soul #Tafelmusik Curated and directed by #ElisaCitterio, this program takes you on a winding journey, visiting the peaks and valleys of the emotional landscape: from the grandeur of Lalande’s Chaconneinspired by the magnificent fountains of Versaillesto Locatelli’s mournful Sinfonia Funebre, and Telemann’s suite La Bourse, an irreverent depiction of the roller-coaster of emotions experienced by investors in the stock market. Plea...se note: single ticket purchasers will be able to re-access this concert for a full 48 hours after the original broadcast time. You can revisit your ticket link, contained in your confirmation email, to watch until Nov 28 at 7:59pm EST. Box Office by email at [email protected], or by phone at 1 (833) 964-6337. PROGRAM: * Jean-Marie Leclair Ouverture to Scylla et Glaucus* * Giuseppe Tartini Concerto for violoncello in A Major* * Pietro Antonio Locatelli Sinfonia Funebre* * Michel Richard de Lalande Chaconne from Les fontaines de Versailles* * Johann Christoph Pez Orchestral suite in D Minor* * Johann Sebastian Bach Concerto for 3 violins in D Major, after BWV 1064 * Georg Philipp Telemann Suite in B-flat Major La Bourse (The Stock Exchange) https://www.tafelmusik.org/concert-calend//passions-soul-0

#SimonRickard playing the #musette, small French bagpipes that were traditionally heard at Christmas time in France. Traditional French Christmas carols such as this were used in Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit (1694) https://youtu.be/ZGA-rpya57M

Thurs Nov 26 at 2pm Panel Discussion - Recognizing the need for reflection and change, we will present a panel discussion on diversity in early music, featuring musicians, educators and administrators of colour from Canada, the US and Europe. They will have a frank discussion about their experiences with overt and systemic racism, barriers to participation, why increased representation matters, and solutions for the short and long term. www.torontobachfestival.org

#Ockeghem Fors seulement for three voices... playalong from a 1510 (or learn to read) #mensural notation (or simply enjoy listening) #facsimile #historicalperformance #musicmanuscript #LobkeSprenkeling https://youtu.be/roTrFvEyKhw (14:22)