Rebecca Claborn

Mezzo-Soprano

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Christmas in Dresden

  • Calvin Presbyterian Church 26 Delisle Ave Toronto, ON, M4V 1S5 Canada (map)

Toronto Chamber Choir and the Toronto Continuo Collective

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We celebrate the festive season with music from Dresden in the time of Heinrich Schütz and Michael Praetorius.  The new musical idiom these composers forged managed to synthesize the opposed ideas of sacred music and dance music, Latin and vernacular, complex polyphony and simple melodicism.  The resulting music seems to magically satisfy us from every possible angle at once, convincing us that it can link Earth and Heaven.  The voices of the TCC will float above a lush carpet of chamber organ, a Baroque string ensemble, and the joyous musical pointillism of Toronto’s favourite “pluck band,” the Toronto Continuo Collective.

Anna Kwiatkowska, soprano

Rebecca Claborn, mezzo-soprano

Jonathan MacArthur, tenor

Richard Hrytzak, baritone

Earlier Event: December 7
Händel: Foundling Hospital Anthem
Later Event: February 13
Official Launch Party!