"Praetorius Christmas Vespers" in collaboration with the Toronto Consort
Friday, December 09, 2022 | 08:00 PM
Friday, December 9 @ 8:00 pm, Saturday, December 10 @ 2:00 pm and 8:00 pm, at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul's Centre.
Inspired by hearing Schütz’s Italian-influenced music in Dresden, Michael Praetorius went on to compose more than a thousand chorale settings in both simple and polychoral Venetian styles. He also spread encyclopedic knowledge of then-current musical practices and instruments through his multi-volume Syntagma musicum. This delightful holiday concert, conducted by former TCC director David Fallis, features all the musical elements of a Christmas Day vespers service as it would have been heard in Praetorius’s church. The TCC is proud to play the role of the singing German congregation!
