A Musical Banquet with Dame Emma Kirkby

Fri and Sat, Oct 17, 18 at 8pm
Sun Oct 19 at 3:30pm
Wed Oct 22 at 7pm
Thurs Oct 23 at 8pm
Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre

Tues Oct 21 at 8pm
George Weston Recital Hall

For tickets by phone, call the Tafelmusik Box Office at 416-964-6337.
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About the Concert

Directed by Jeanne Lamon and Ivars Taurins

“… the quintessence of pure sound in the singing of early music.” Globe and Mail

Programme:

Hume	Cease leaden slumber
Monteverdi	Con che soavita
Monteverdi	Confitebor tibi domini
Handel	V’Adoro pupille Questo è il cielo Sweet bird Or let the merry bells
Rameau	Motet In convertendo: Laudate nomen Dei / Euntes ibant Excerpts from Castor & Pollux

Savour a veritable feast of baroque music, featuring international singing sensation Dame Emma Kirkby. For this occasion, she has chosen a selection of her favourite baroque gems to perform with the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir. Dame Emma will display her consummate artistry through some of the most expressive music by great baroque composers: Handel, Rameau and Monteverdi.