Concert: Missa Pastoralis
Saturday, December 06, 2025 | 07:30 PM
2025-12-06 07:30 PM 2025-12-06 Concert: Missa Pastoralis Toronto Chamber Choir Canada America/New_YorkThis delightful holiday program celebrates the centuries-old tradition of the zampognari, the shepherd bagpipers of Southern Italy, who played the music believed to have sounded at the very moment of Christ’s birth. The TCC will be joined by a top-notch ensemble of Baroque instrumentalists as well as by the Vesuvius Ensemble, one of North America’s only groups dedicated to the traditional music of Southern Italy. The evening features music by Italian Baroque masters Durante, Caresana and Tartini alongside the traditional holiday music from Southern Italy which inspired them.
A reception with carol singing follows the concert!
Toronto Chamber Choir
Lucas Harris, conductor
Vesuvius Ensemble
Francesco Pellegrino, voice & chitarra battente
Tommaso Sollazzo, zampogne
Marco Cera, ciaramella
Period Instrumentalists
Geneviève Gilardeau, violin
Cristina Prats Costa, violin
Felix Deak, cello
Christopher Bagan, chamber organ
Lucas Harris, theorbo & Baroque guitar
Sololists from the Toronto Chamber Consort
Anna Kwiatkowska, soprano
Lynn Featherstone, alto
Adam Wicks, tenor
Jacob Gramit, bass
Program
Novena di Natale - Traditional
Quanno nascette ninno - Sant'Alfonso Maria de' Liguori
La Serenata: Pastorale - Cristoforo Caresana
Magnificat à 5 in Bb major - Francesco Durante
La Tarantella - Cristoforo Caresana
La notti di Natali - Traditional (Sicily)
Intermission
Madonna delle Grazie - Traditional (Campania)
Sonata in pastorale - Giuseppe Tartini
Messa in Pastorale à 4 - Francesco Durante
Diu vi manna l’ambasciata - Traditional (Sicily)
