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Choral Calendar (Dec. 2025)

By Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais on 10 November 2025 Baroque and Early, Choral, Classical Music, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Toronto, Vocal

Montreal Hallelujah ! Ensemble Caprice and Ensemble ArtChoral Dec. 4 Maison symphonique www.ensemblecaprice.com Handel’s Messiah Orchestre Classique de Montréal Thursday Dec. 12 at 7:30 p.m. Crypt of St Joseph’s Oratory, Mont-Royal www.orchestre.ca The Messiah: Hallelujah! Orchestre symphonique de Montréal Dec. 10 & 11 Maison symphonique www.osm.ca Christmas Oratorio Orchestre et Chœur Métropolitain Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal www.orchestremetropolitain.com Traditional Christmas Concert Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal Dec. 14 at 3:30 p.m. St Joseph’s Oratory www.saint-joseph.org Ottawa-Gatineau Come Sing the Messiah 2025 CAMMAC Ottawa-Gatineau Dec. 5 at 8 p.m. Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre www.cammac.ca/ottawagatineau Lumière de décembre : souffle…

Photos: SKP—Celebration Issue (@skpbeijing)

Jakub Józef Orliński: A Countertenor for Modern Times

By Justin Bernard on 10 November 2025 Baroque and Early, Contemporary, Interviews, Musique populaire, Opera

Jakub Józef Orliński is only 34 years old, but his media presence and aura have already launched him to the rank of one of the most recognizable personalities of the baroque music scene. Like many young artists, he started off quietly, without knowing where this life would lead him. In 2015, after already experiencing success singing roles in Poland and Germany, he began studies at Juilliard, New York’s prestigious music school, and became a finalist at the Metropolitan Opera auditions. And yet it was a unique event, on a July afternoon during a heatwave in 2017, that would put him…

Noëls éternels: Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal Goes on the Road

By Adrian Rodriguez on 10 November 2025 Baroque and Early, Choral, Classical Music, Interviews, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Vocal

by Adrian Rodriguez; based on an interview by Justin Bernard A festive spirit is once again blowing through Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM). After several years without touring, SMAM is hitting the road again. Five cities, five collaborations and one common thread: creating a genuine connection between professionals, the next generation and the public. “In every city we visit, a local choir joins us. In Ottawa, it’s Christ Church Cathedral Choir conducted by Andrew McAnerney; in Chicoutimi, the Ecce Novum and Conservatoire du Saguenay choirs; in Trois-Rivières, L’Orphéon; and in Quebec City, the Le Chœur de l’Université Laval,”…

Newswire | Rachel Podger & Tafelmusik to Tour in Western Canada

By Newswire on 30 October 2025 Baroque and Early, Newswire, Orchestral, West

Toronto, ON (October 27, 2025) — This November, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, directed by the incomparable Rachel Podger, embarks on an exhilarating Western Canada and U.S. tour (November 4–22, 2025) with a program titled Brilliant Baroque, a vivid musical journey through 17th- and 18th-century Europe. Praised by The Times as “the unsurpassed British glory of the baroque violin,” Rachel Podger returns for her second season as Principal Guest Director, leading Tafelmusik in a program that captures the colour, energy, and expressive power of the baroque. From Lully’s lively French dances to Bach’s transcendent counterpoint, Brilliant Baroque celebrates a tapestry of brilliant…

Meghan Lindsay (Pamina) & Rainelle Krause (Queen of the Night) in Opera Atelier's The Magic Flute. Photo: Bruce Zinger

Review | A Magic Flute For the People at Opera Atelier

By Gianmarco Segato on 17 October 2025 Baroque and Early, Classical Music, Concert Reviews, La Scena Online, Opera, Région, Toronto, Vocal

Opera Atelier opened its season on Oct. 15 with a revival of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, an opera which has played a key role in the company’s history starting with its first production in 1991. As founding co-artistic director Marshall Pynkoski mentioned in his pre-show speech, back then it was Canada’s first historically-informed, period staging of the perennial classic. In this, the company’s 40th-anniversary season, the period elements are still at the fore, but the strength of this revival lies in how strongly it connects with the audience both textually and visually. This effect is largely due to an artistic…

Hervé Niquet. Photo: Eric Manas

Les Idées heureuses : A season of inventiveness

By Justin Bernard on 3 October 2025 Baroque and Early, Interviews, Orchestral

Following the Bach suites reinterpreted by Dorothéa Ventura and Vincent Lauzer in September, Les Idées heureuses moves on to French repertoire with the same spirit of inventiveness, welcoming one of its great specialists, Hervé Niquet, in November. Ventura met him 30 years ago when she was a student at McGill University, attending his master classes in French baroque music. “I admit it was quite a shock,” she says. “Hervé expanded my horizons and I developed a love for this repertoire. We gave concerts in Montreal, Toronto, Paris, but this is the first time I’ve invited him. Hervé has always been…

Matthias Maute et Sophie Larivière, flûtes. Photo: Tam Photography

Ensemble Caprice : Two Flutes, One Direction

By Justin Bernard on 3 October 2025 Baroque and Early, Chamber Music, World Music

Since its creation in 1989, Ensemble Caprice has lived several lives, crossed continents, and continually reached ever-greater heights, reaching the size of a large orchestra that, depending on the project, is also capable of returning to more intimate dimensions, similar to the spirit of its beginnings. Their 2025-26 season perfectly illustrates these multiple facets, often reflecting their two contrasting venues. Performances at the large Maison symphonique and the intimate Le 9e, a new hall on the Montreal Eaton Centre’s art-deco style restored ninth floor, are symbolic of the musical treasures that this versatile ensemble seeks to bring to light. Ensemble…

Baroque: The New Season in Montreal and Toronto

By Philippe Gervais on 3 September 2025 Baroque and Early, Classical Music, Montreal, Toronto

Montreal Bourgie Hall Bourgie Hall seems to have reduced its early-music programming compared to recent years, but there are still excellent concerts presented by the Arion Baroque Orchestra and Les Idées Heureuses. It should be noted that most of these concerts are special events and are not listed in the hall’s annual season brochure. On Nov. 15 and 16, Arion features Armenian violinist Chouchane Siranossian in her Montreal debut. The program will include an early symphony by Mozart, Haydn’s famous Farewell symphony, and a tantalizing rarity, Andreas Romberg’s Violin Concerto No. 7 in E minor. Siranossian will be the best…

2025 Fall Festivals Guide

By La Scena Musicale Team on 3 September 2025 Baroque and Early, Classical Music, Contemporary, Jazz, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, West

Montreal Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC) Montréal, September 6 to October 26 | www.ciocm.org The Canadian International Organ Competition (CIOC) presents the 2025 Grand Organ Festival, with over 15 events in Montréal and across Québec from September 6 to October 26. Music lovers are invited to explore the King of Instruments through a varied program including jazz, classical, experimental, and everything in between. The headline concert on October 4 features Peter Richard Conte, who was principal organist at the legendary Wanamaker Grand Court Organ (the world’s largest fully functioning instrument) in Philadelphia for more than 35 years. VIP tickets include…

Tafelmusik and Rachel Podger: Love at First Bow

By Viktor Lazarov on 3 September 2025 Baroque and Early, Canadian Music, Classical Music, Orchestral, Strings, Toronto

Flying across bridges of time spread over ornate baroque landscapes, bellicose classical terrains, early romantic gardens, and idiosyncratic 21st-century reliefs, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra travels at a speed precious few ensembles could match. Three years short of a 50th anniversary, the Toronto-based ensemble opens their 2025-26 season with a star-studded cast of guest directors and soloists. “We’re starting our second season with Rachel Podger as principal guest director,” says violist Brandon Chui, one of Tafelmusik’s three artistic directors. Building on a decade-long symbiotic relationship, Tafelmusik and Podger kick off with Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 in G minor, one of the most recognizable…

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