Message from Tim

Small is Beautiful!  And a small Bach Consort will lavish baroque riches upon you at the newly renovated Church of the Redeemer on Friday, May 13th under the direction of Harry Bicket. 

Maestro Bicket will be in Toronto to conduct Orfeo ed Euridice at the Canadian Opera Company. During his stay he will join the Bach Consort, leading the group from the harpsichord.  As a renowned Handel scholar he will introduce our first ever Handel cantata, the beautiful Silete Venti sung by Monica Whicher.

Not to worry – there is still plenty of Bach. We will  feature flautist Julie Ranti in the B minor Suite for flute and strings, baritone Phillip Addis in Ich habe genug (BWV 82) and our soloists together in Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (BWV 32).

The Bach Consort is proud to continue our support for Eva’s Initiatives and the TSO Adopt a Player Programme.  Both of these charities benefit the lives of young people in our city. Eva’s is a fabulous charity that works with homeless and at-risk youth to get them off the streets permanently by providing emergency and transitional housing, counselling, employment and training programs. Adopt a Player sends Toronto Symphony musicians into grade 4 and 5 classrooms across metro Toronto and the GTA. The musicians introduce classical music and help the children to create their own piece of music.

Please join us on May 13th for Beautiful Music and Good Cheer. Help us to help the coming generations. We can’t wait to see you.

 

Until then,

 

              Tim Dawson

 

Bach Consort bassist and Head Dreamer

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