Festival of Carols
Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Noel Edison, Conductor & Narrator Michael Bloss, Organ Festival Brass
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto
Tonight, we welcome members of the Probus Club of Applewood and the Probus Club of Mississauga South.
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Concert Etiquette
For your enjoyment and the enjoyment of fellow patrons, please note: Talking, coughing, humming or unwrapping candies may disturb others, including performers. Please ensure that pagers, cell phones and watch alarms are turned off before the performance. Video, still cameras, and other recording devices are strictly prohibited during the concert. PROGRAMME
The audience is invited to stand and sing the carols listed in bold. Words are found on the insert.
Psalm 100 ...... Heinrich Schütz
Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing ...... arr. David Willcocks (Audience Participation)
What Child Is This? ...... arr. Paul Halley
Nova! Nova! * ...... Mark Sirett
Jubilate Deo ...... Giovanni Gabrieli
Joy To The World ...... arr. Julian Wachner (Audience Participation)
Jingle Bells ...... arr. Bob Chilcott
INTERMISSION
Ave Maria ...... Franz Biebl
Away in a Manger ...... arr. Elmer Iseler
Hodie, Christus natus est ...... Healey Willan
Carol of the Drum ...... Katherine K. Davis
Ring-a the News ...... Robert Evans
Angelus ad pastores ait ...... Giovanni Gabrieli
Quoniam tu solus sanctus / Cum Sancto Spiritu ...... arr. John Rutter from Gloria
The First Nowell ...... arr. Paul Halley (Audience Participation)
* Commissioned by TMC for tonight’s performance BIOGRAPHIES
NOEL MICHAEL EDISON BLOSS Artistic Director Organ & Conductor
Photo by Frank Nagy Frank by Photo Noel Edison is well established as one of Michael Bloss leads an enviable musical the most versatile and charismatic conductors life as a performer, educator and conductor. in the world today. As Artistic Director and He has toured and performed at venues in Conductor of two world-class Canadian Europe, Japan, and throughout North ensembles, the large-scale Toronto America. His US appearances include Mendelssohn Choir and the chamber-sized acclaimed recitals at the Cadet Chapel, Elora Festival Singers, Noel is widely West Point, the Cleveland Museum of Art, recognized and appreciated for his skillful, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Detroit as well as interpretive work with both choir and return engagements at Chicago’s Fourth orchestra. Presbyterian Church. Among a number of The 2010-11 season marks Noel Edison’s firsts for a Canadian was the designation of 14th season as Artistic Director and Preisträger at the International Bach Conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Competition in Leipzig, Germany playing Choir. His vision for the TMC is to create in Bach’s own church. performances that connect audiences Michael performs and has recorded with emotionally with some of the greatest the Elora Festival Singers, an ensemble with traditional and contemporary choral whom he was a Juno nominee. He has also repertoire. collaborated with the Toronto Symphony A native of Toronto, Noel moved to the Orchestra, including a recent appearance scenic village of Elora, where, in 1979, he playing Janacek’s Glagolitic Mass, and has co-founded the Elora Festival and, a year also premiered such contemporary works as later, the Elora Festival Singers as its choir- the North American premiere of Rufus in-residence. Since 1984, Noel has served as Wainright’s Prima Dona at Toronto’s Artistic Director of the Elora Festival as well Luminato Festival. Michael has been as Organist and Choirmaster of one of the featured on CBC Radio and Television, few all-professional church choirs in Canada NPR and Swiss Radio. He continues as a at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in collaborative musician with vocalists and Elora. In 1997 the Elora Festival Singers instrumentalists. were selected as the professional core of the A respected church musician and choral Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. conductor, Michael has enjoyed a long and In 2002 the University of Guelph distinguished career of music ministry and conferred upon Noel Edison the Honorary currently serves as Director of Music at Degree of Doctor of Music and on January Glenview Presbyterian Church in Toronto. 22, 2009 he was appointed to the Order of Ontario, the Province’s highest honour.
Photo by Frank Nagy Frank by Photo
TORONTO MENDELSSOHN CHOIR with a critically acclaimed performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor. The Mendelssohn The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMC) is Singers has appeared with the TSO and other Canada's world-renowned large vocal ensembles, and, in February 2007, performed ensemble. With over 150 voices, the TMC is in New York’s Carnegie Hall. Its vocal uniquely able to perform the great symphonic agility and emotional versatility make it an choral works the way they were intended – ideal ensemble for Baroque and resulting in a pure, powerful musical contemporary choral repertoire. experience. The TMC choral apprenticeship program TMC audiences enjoy choral masterpieces was created in 2009 to support the drawn from five centuries, including world development of young choristers. Through premieres of new compositions and some the program, experienced choristers between rarely heard works. In addition to the the ages of 17 and 22 join the choir as traditional concert season, the TMC appears apprentice choristers for certain regularly with the Toronto Symphony performances. Their participation is Orchestra (TSO) and makes other guest supported by a bursary and they also receive appearances. voice coaching and mentoring. The TMC presented its first concert as part The TMC has been recorded many times of Massey Hall’s inaugural season in 1895. since its debut recording in 1926. In 1986 the Since its inception, the TMC has flourished Choir was featured on EMI/Angel’s much- under the leadership of seven of Canada’s heralded recording of Handel’s Messiah. In pre-eminent conductors, most recently Noel 1993, the choir recorded part of the Edison. Under his tenure, the Choir has won soundtrack for the Academy Award-winning widespread praise from audiences and critics film Schindler’s List under the direction of for its performances in Toronto, New York, composer John Williams, and for the Naxos Vienna, Salzburg and most recently in Label, the Berlioz Requiem, conducted by Vancouver during the 2010 Cultural Noel Edison. A Festival of Carols, the Olympiad. choir’s latest recording of Christmas music, Twenty members of the Elora Festival was released to great acclaim in December Singers, founded and directed by Noel 2006. Edison, form the professional core of the The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir is Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and the generously supported by the Canada Council Mendelssohn Singers. The 70-voice for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Mendelssohn Singers, formed from the ranks Toronto Arts Council, and a dedicated group of the TMC, made its debut in April 2003 of individual and corporate donors. CHORISTERS OF THE TMC
SOPRANOS — 1st & 2nd Lesley Bouza * Debbie Fleming Jennifer Kerr + Valerie Rzepka + Leslie Bradshaw + Ginette Hébert + Kaitlyn Kim ¥ + Hannah Searson ¥ Ashley Burns Barbara Hodder Jessica Lui + Catherine Short + Bree Callahan ¥ Catherine Hough ¥ Marlene L. Lynds + Jennifer Taverner * Katherine Cao Merry-Anne Hutton * Caitlin Martin ¥ Christina Taylor Laureen Choi Christine Kerr + Andrea Naccarato * Anne Thorne + Sue Dunlop
Ann-Marie Barrett-Tandy Elena Davydova Natalie Image Sung-Mie Nam Ashley Callaghan Ann Edwards Pat M. Irwin May Ng Frances Chan Kirsten Fielding * Larisa Isakharova Dawn O’Dwyer Hye-Woon Chang Kim Finkelstein Janice Ketchen Crystal Penner * Joanne Chapin * Julia Goss + Lisa Milligan Angela Sanchez Mary Chiu + Sharon Groom Frances Mills Sahara Sloan Samantha Clarke + Heather Hudyma Marcia Myers Emily Wiener ¥ Susanna Cummings +
ALTOS — 1st & 2nd Betty Bennett + Laura Kelly + Catherine Peer Lina Valenzuela + Nicole Davis ¥ Jennifer Land Sarah Pelzer Nancy Wayment Cora M.M. Dusk Jessica Lloyd * Marg Rappolt Marjorie Wiens Karina Frost + Jennifer McGraw + Susan Richard + Emma Willemsma Patricia Ho-Asjoe Deborah Micucci Nellie Scholtes * Andrea Wong ¥ + Charlotte Hodgkins ¥ + Colleen Neufeld Zuzana Stastna Virginia Wright Marilyn Isaac Stewart Dace Zacs
Marlo Alcock + Boni Fox Gray Joanne Mintz Amy Rossiter + Joan Beaton Stephanie Fung Sue Newman + Carol Small Dana Boyko Rebecca Katzin Annie Odom Rebekah Smick Noreen Coombs Valarie Koziol + Frances Peksyk-Cichocki Olga Tylman * Kristin Crawford Claudia Lemcke * Merissa Preston Susan Worthington Margaret Fisher
TENORS — 1st & 2nd Andrew Byerlay Joseph Hsieh + Roger Musselman + Jamie Tuttle * Jin Young Choi + Clement Kam Hubert Razack + Christopher Wenman + Mike Colla ¥ Paul McCarty Rob Teehan * Conrad Willemse Charles Davidson *
Samuel Broverman + Cornel Isaila Andrew Kerr + John Peter Stafford Peter DeRoche Ronald Jewell Jan Kubanek Steve Szmutni * John Gladwell + Kimber Jonah + Y. Chung Li + Bill Wilson Ross Inglis * BASSES — 1st & 2nd Charles Butler Miles Hearn + Daniel Parkinson + Tim Reibetanz + Goody Cabral + Ross Hewitt Phil Penney + Alex Seredenko Barry Clegg Thom Hounsell Kevin Sean Pook * Edwin Sun Clive Gomperts Lawrie McEwan * Milovan Prelevic + Eric C.H. Tang + James Harbeck
Neil Aronoff * Martinus Hadiwinata + Eardley Samuels Vladimir Tsyglian Bryce Atkinson Tom Laurie Edward Shafran + André Vital Nevin Bauman Paul Martin McKernan Brian Snell + Peter Warren ¥ + John Brandsema + Marc Michalak * Karel Tamchyna + Michael York * John Grinvalds Justin Min Alexis Torres
+ Mendelssohn Singers
* Elora Festival Singers
¥ Apprentice Members
Glenn Gould Singers
FESTIVAL BRASS
TRUMPET TUBA PERCUSSION
Brendan Cassin Jane Maness Dean Pomeroy Michael Fedyshyn Larry Larson HORN ORGAN
Ted Clark Erin Cooper-Gay Michael Bloss David Quackenbush TROMBONE
Megan Hodge TYMPANI
Rachel Thomas Andy Morris Douglas Lavell TORONTO MENDELSSOHN CHOIR ORGANIZATION
HONORARY PATRONS BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADMINISTRATION
The Honourable Dale Rooney Cynthia Hawkins Lincoln M. Alexander Chair Executive Director George E. Connell Susan Jegins Kimber Jonah Sir Andrew Davis Vice-Chair Administrator & John R. Evans Gordon Galloway Box Office Manager The Honourable Secretary-Treasurer Henry N.R. Jackman Lloyd Chiotti Anne Longmore John B. Lawson, QC Kim Finkelstein * Director of Marketing Mrs. Frank F. McEachren Sharon Groom * Sue Newman Robin Lacey Greg Wagland Development Associate John Paynter Tim Reibetanz * The Right Honourable Laura Wood John N. Turner May Ng * Individual Gifts Sir David Willcocks Recording Secretary Manager John Williams * TMC Choristers Lorraine Spragg Librarian
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Christmas Quiz 2010 Christmas at the Movies—from yesteryear to yesterday
1. In which of the following movies did Bing Crosby NOT sing 'White Christmas'? a) Blue Skies b) White Christmas c) Going My Way d) Holiday Inn
2. In It’s A Wonderful Life, what is the name of George Bailey’s Guardian Angel? a) Clarence b) Raymond c) Jeremiah d) Thomas
3. In the 1974 version of Black Christmas, what Toronto location was used in the movie? a) Hart House b) St. Lawrence Hall c) Casa Loma d) Flatiron Building
4. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, why was the Grinch so nasty? a) His heart was black b) His heart was too small c) His heart was hard d) He had no heart
5. In It's A Wonderful Life, what part of George's house is always broken? a) The front door knob b) The floorboard on the second landing c) The living room window d) The banister
6. In A Christmas Carol, how many ghosts visited Scrooge? a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5
7. What is the name of the character that Tim Allen plays in the movie The Santa Claus? a) Sam Cassidy b) Sean Coleman c) Scott Calvin d) Sherman Cane
8. In the movie Home Alone, Macaulay Culkin plays a boy who is accidentally left alone at Christmas. What is the name of his character? a) Calvin b) Kenny c) Kevin d) Curtis
9. In the 1947 movie Miracle on 34th Street, Kris Kringle is hired to play Santa Claus by what large department store? a) FAO Schwarz b) Gimble’s c) Marshall Fields d) Macy’s
10. In The Nightmare Before Christmas, what are the names of the three mischievous children? a) Lock, Shock & Barrel b) Tremble, Quiver & Quake c) Lock, Load & Fire d) Good, Bad & Ugly
11. In the original animated movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas, who was the narrator? a) Vincent Price b) Peter O’Toole c) Boris Karloff d) Christopher Lee
12. In National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, who plays the mother? a) Catherine O’Hara b) Beverly D’Angelo c) Jessica Lange d) A squirrel
13. In what town did the Bailey family live in the Christmas classic It’s A Wonderful Life? a) Bailey Park b) Granville c) Pottersville d) Bedford Falls
14. Many movies on Christmas themes have been made for television and the cinema over the years, including dozens of versions of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Which of the following films has NOT yet been made? a) The Jetsons’ Christmas Carol b) Popeye’s Christmas Carol c) Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol d) Micky’s Christmas Carol The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir announces its first Choral Conductors' Symposium for emerging choral conductors who wish to refine their skills.
In a four-day series of workshops and master classes, participants will work with acclaimed conductor Noel Edison, the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Elora Festival Singers.
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A Festival of Carols CD
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir with organ, brass and piano
Recorded at Grace Church on-the-Hill June, 2006
CDs on sale in the narthex at intermission and after the concert. Cost: $15.00 (inclusive of taxes) ~ Makes the perfect holiday gift!
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When the CD was released in 2006, The Toronto Star noted: “This disc contains a wonderful selection of 20 well-known Christmas carols in a variety of excellent arrangements. There is brass, organ and piano to accompany as Noel Edison carefully shapes the musical phrases.”
Hark! A Christmas celebration for trumpet and organ features HornPipes! duo Pamela Smitter-Baker (trumpet) and Michael Bloss (organ).
These virtuoso artists combine their unique musicality which results in a genre that remains to be defined.
The Hark! CD is an eclectic collection of classical Advent and Christmas tunes with a contemporary twist. Hear the best of timeless liturgical songs of the holiday season. Be suspended in time as you experience their joyful musical expression.
CDs on sale in the narthex at intermission and after the concert. Cost: $15.00 each or 2 for $25.00 (inclusive of taxes) At the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, we are committed to making great choral JOIN US IN music available and accessible to every- one. As a concert-going music lover, CREATING you understand the value of choral music, and you can appreciate our desire to share this wonderful art form with GREAT MUSIC generations to come.
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Thank you for your support!
Noel Edison TMC Artistic Director
P.S. I’d also like to personally thank the following people who made Leadership Gifts of $1,000 or more during last year’s campaign: Bryce & Nancy Atkinson Middlefield Group Irene Bailey Deane & Mary Nesbitt Joan Beaton Sue Newman Thomas H. Beechy Warren & Barbara Paddon Dana Boyko Peter M. Partridge Charles & Lenora Butler Frances Price Lloyd Chiotti Wayne Riddell, C.M. Till & Irene Davy Dale Rooney Noel Edison, O.Ont. Harley Smyth & Douglas G. Gardner Carolyn McIntire Smyth Jack Goad & Laura Wood Joan Farr & Len Speed Barbara Goldring Lorraine & Jim Spragg Cynthia Hawkins & Andrew Kerr Roy & Nancy Wayment Roger Hobbs Adam Zimmerman & Marilyn Isaac Stewart The Hon. Barbara J. McDougall Susan & Liman Jegins Valarie Koziol TMC Board of Directors Tom & Nancy Laurie TMC Staff John B. Lawson, QC All Sections of the June McLean Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
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Thank you & Merry Christmas from the 157 Choristers of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir!
Do you love to sing? Singsation Saturdays are for you
The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir presents Singsation Saturdays, a series of choral workshops where anyone who loves to sing is invited to join with noted local conductors, other singers and TMC choristers to sing selections from some of the great choral masterpieces and gain insight into these notable works.
Time: 10:30 am to 1:00 pm
Location: Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Cameron Hall, 1585 Yonge St. Fee: $10, includes refreshments. Participants register at the workshop. Info: 416-598-0422 or www.tmchoir.org
Upcoming Singsation Saturday Workshops
January 15, 2011: choral compositions by three Toronto women – Ruth Watson Henderson, Eleanor Daley and Lydia Adams. With guest conductor Shawn Grenke, Director of Music at All Saints’ Kingsway Anglican Church in Toronto.
February 12, 2011: Requiem by Gabriel Fauré and O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen. With guest conductor Kelly Galbraith, Artistic Director of Cantores Celestes.
April 9, 2011: Choruses by Gilbert & Sullivan. With guest conductor Brian Farrow, Music Director of the Scarborough Gilbert & Sullivan Society.
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BMO Financial Group George Lunan Foundation Janice Ketchen RBC Foundation John Goad & Laura Wood KTS Consulting and Project Barbara Goldring Management Inc. Cynthia Hawkins & Robin Lacey Director’s Circle Andrew Kerr Marlene L. & Scott Lynds ($10,000 - $14,999) Barbara Hazlett Joseph Marik
Barrick Gold Corporation Roger Hobbs Clare Pace CIBC Marilyn Isaac Stewart Marg Rappolt The Co-operators Susan & Liman Jegins RBC Financial Group Enbridge Gas Distribution Valarie Koziol (Employee Volunteer Grants) Tippet Foundation John B. Lawson, QC Tim Reibetanz Manulife Financial Robert J. Riddle Benefactor June McLean Spragg Productions Inc. ($5,000 - $9,999) Deane & Mary Nesbitt Ross R. & Cynthia Stretton Norman & Margaret Jewison Sun Life Financial Adam Hermant Family Charitable Foundation (Employee Volunteer Grants) Edwards Charitable Annie Odom TD Bank Financial Group Foundation Warren & Barbara Paddon (Employee Volunteer Grants) J.P. Bickell Foundation Peter M. Partridge McLean Foundation RBC Dominion Securities / Friend Sue Newman The MacKay Group Scotiabank ($100 - $499) Wayne Riddell, C.M. Dale Rooney Choristers of the Patron Tom & Ann Shaffer Toronto Mendelssohn Choir ($2,500 - $4,999) Harley Smyth & Flora Agnew Hope Anderson Ernst & Young LLP Carolyn McIntire Smyth Joan Farr & Len Speed Ronald Benson Taketo & Vija Murata Suzanne Bradshaw, C.M. Frances Price Lorraine & Jim Spragg TD Securities Bob Brennan Vale Inco Limited Harriet (Sis) Bunting Weld Roy & Nancy Wayment Adam Zimmerman & Suzanne Burns Choir Circle Barbara McDougall Bryan & Patrice Callaghan ($1,000 - $2,499) Iivi Campbell
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The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir wishes you and your family a joyous and safe holiday season.
Answers to Christmas Quiz 2010 1. c) Going My Way 8. c) Kevin
2. a) Clarence 9. d) Macy’s
3. a) Hart House 10. a) Lock, Shock & Barrel
4. b) His heart was too small 11. c) Boris Karloff 5. d) The banister 12. b) Beverly D’Angelo 6. c) 4 (the 1st was the ghost of 13. d) Bedford Falls Jacob Marley)
7. c) Scott Calvin 14. b) Popeye’s Christmas Carol