The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir (TMChoir) has introduced the main points of its 2025/26 season efficiency season. With monumental and iconic works, collaborations with artists and organizations, and Canadian expertise on this system, it guarantees to be a memorable one.
TMChoir might be persevering with their partnership with the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in programming that emphasizes TMChoir’s giant scale shows, and repertoire that features Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Whitacre, and extra.
The season additionally includes a collection of cross-disciplinary partnerships with 4 modern Canadian visible artists whose works might be exhibited alongside the mainstage performances. It underscores TMChoir’s concentrate on celebrating Canadian creators.
“We imagine deeply within the expertise that exists proper right here — in Toronto and in Canada,” says Creative Director Jean-Sébastien Vallée in a press release. “This season is a celebration of our capability to create, to collaborate, and to stage among the most difficult and iconic works within the choral repertoire. Whether or not via our performances or via these thrilling visible artwork partnerships, we’re showcasing Canadian excellence on each stage.”
Soprano Sinéad White was the soloist for the Coventry Carol, carried out with TMChoir on the Competition of Carols in 2023:
Mainstage Concert events
Brahms: A German Requiem (November 5 & 7)
Jean-Sébastien Vallée conducts the Choir with soloists Russell Braun, baritone, and Charlotte Siegel, soprano, and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, in Brahms’ deeply emotional work. The ultimate model of the work in seven actions was written between 1865 and 1868. Brahms’ mom had died in early 1865, and his nice good friend Robert Schumann had handed away in 1856, and plenty of students imagine the composer infused the work together with his personal emotions of loss and grief. It’s additionally his longest composition. The textual content is taken from the German Luther Bible, a model of the Bible translated by Martin Luther himself. It’s a piece characterised by its grand scale and luxurious orchestration. This system additionally consists of the world premiere of ECHO by composer-in-residence Stephanie Martin, a bit that additionally delves into love and loss.
Competition of Carols (December 2 & 3)
The vacation custom returns with conductor Jean-Sébastien Vallée and organist Jonathan Oldengarm because the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir carry out seasonal classics, together with a brand new fee by Composer-in-Residence Stephanie Martin titled Treasures that was impressed by the poetry of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery. The live performance might be recorded for business launch in 2026.
Bach: St. Matthew Ardour (March 24 & 25)
Bach’s St. Matthew Ardour is among the best choral works ever written, with its excessive drama, transcendent spirituality, and musical complexity. Jean-Sébastien Vallée, conductor and TMChoir carry out Bach’s masterwork with soloist Nicholas Nicolaidis because the evangelist, soprano Sherezade Panthaki, mezzo-soprano Allyson McHardy, tenor Isaiah Bell, and baritone Jonathon Adams. A Baroque orchestral ensemble will accompany the monumental work.
The Sacred Veil (April 25)
Jean-Sébastien Vallée conducts TMChoir on this live performance collaboration with Metropolitan United Church. Jonathan Oldengarm performs the organ and piano in in a program that centres on Eric Whitacre’s intimate work. The textual content was written poet Charles Anthony Silvestri, who tells the story of his spouse Julie, who died at age 36 of most cancers. The Sacred Veil explores love and grief, and the connection between the 2 feelings. The piece is introduced in partnership with Metropolitan United Church as a vigil for Most cancers Consciousness Month.
TMChoir with the TSO
TMChoir continues its custom of collaborating with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for 3 live performance occasions in 2025/26.
- The choir joins the TSO for Orff’s uber-dramatic Carmina Burana, which opens their season from September 18 to 21;
- They’ll be again, with Jean-Sébastien Vallée conducting each choir and orchestra for Handel’s Messiah in a Toronto custom, this yr from December 16 to 21;
- TMChoir joins the TSO and soloist for Beethoven’s beloved Ninth Symphony to shut the TSO season June 11 to 14.
Discover extra particulars concerning the concert events, and season subscriptions, [HERE].
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Anya Wassenberg is a Toronto Metropolis Editor at Ludwig Van. She is an skilled freelance author, blogger and writing teacher.
