Presented in conjunction with the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute
May 29–June 10, 2023
Live performances:
May 29, 2023 8pm at Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church
June 3, 2023 12:30pm at Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
June 7, 2023 1pm at Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building
June 10, 2023 7:30pm at Grace Church-on-the-Hill
Welcome message from Charlotte Nediger, Artistic Coordinator
Welcome to the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Festival, a series of concerts featuring the faculty and participants of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute (TBSI). On May 28, we welcomed 90 advanced students and professional musicians to the 22nd annual TBSI, the first in-person Institute since 2019. TBSI is a two-week intensive course in baroque repertoire and performance practice. As Artistic Coordinator, each year I oversee a busy and varied daily schedule that includes masterclasses, orchestra and choir rehearsals, chamber ensembles, private lessons, dance classes, and an array of lectures and workshops. At the Faculty of Music of the University of Toronto, we take over twelve classrooms, three teaching studios, and three rehearsal halls, replacing the resident pianos with sixteen harpsichords and three chamber organs. The sounds of baroque music resonate throughout the building.
TBSI is unique among summer workshops in that the faculty is drawn from an orchestra and choir, allowing us to share not only our individual expertise with the participants, but also our rich communal experience as one of the world’s leading period-performance ensembles. To complete our faculty team, we welcome singers with whom Tafelmusik has collaborated for many years: soprano Ann Monoyios, and baritone Peter Harvey.
Over the past 23 years, we have welcomed musicians from across Canada and the US, as well as from Europe, Russia, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, South Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Central and South America. The members of this ever-growing list of TBSI alumni form a rich and vibrant musical community. Several alumni sing and play on the Tafelmusik stage, and many others can be heard performing with ensembles around the globe.
As Artistic Coordinator of TBSI, I clock long hours, trying to keep one step ahead of the needs of the faculty and participants while teaching harpsichord and continuo. These long hours are amply rewarded with musical discoveries, warm friendships, and glorious music making. Thanks to all of the faculty for sharing their gifts and knowledge so generously, and to the participants for their hard work and enthusiasm. Thanks also to you, our audience, for joining us, and for encouraging the musicians of TBSI 2023.
TBSI Participants 2023
FLUTE
Vincent Canciello (Bedford, MA / Montréal, QC)
Asta Coffey (Bolton, ON)
Jacob Lawler (Sydney, Australia)
Emily Richardson (Calgary, AB / Toronto, ON)
Alex Valle (Edmonton, AB)
Keren Xu (Vancouver, BC)
OBOE
Stacey Berk (Roselle, IL / Stevens Point, WI)
Remy Libbrecht (Anchorage, AL)
Ezequiel Navarro (Aurora, IL)
Maurizio Domenico Paluzzi (Terni, Umbria, Italy)
BASSOON
Caroline Esparza (Salt Lake City, UT)
Kerry Ann Graham (Salt Spring Island, BC)
Katie Legere (Charlottetown, PEI / Kingston, ON)
Ashley Mania (Saline, MI)
Joseph Smith (Ottawa, ON)
VIOLIN
Aubrey Burdick (Olympia, WA)
Freya Creech (UK / Washington, DC)
Laura Hamilton (Livermore, CA /Oakland, NJ)
Erin James (Vancouver, BC)
Momoko Matsumura (Osaka, Japan / Winnipeg, MB)
Alex Miron-Perrault (Chambly, QC)
Liesl Mom (Kalamazoo, MI)
Cristina Prats-Costa (London, UK / New York, NY)
Melanie Riordan (Brooklyn, NY)
Annien Shaw (Cape Town, South Africa)
Emma Simmons (Eugene, OR)
Jung Tsai (Taipei, Taiwan / Kitchener, ON)
Nicole Vega (Santiago, Chile / Tallahassee, FL)
Arlan Vriens (Edmonton, AB / Toronto, ON)
Xueao Yang (China / Kitchener, ON)
VIOLA
Ethan Buell (Fort Collins, CO)
Eva Hassell (Ottawa, ON / Montréal, QC)
Timothy Holman (Glendale Heights, IL)
Juliana Kilcoyne (Stillwater, MN)
Suzie Kim (Sydney, Australia)
Madison Marshall (Salt Lake City, UT)
Samuel Rothermel (Hummelstown, PA)
Leo Purich (Pointe-Claire, QC)
Élisa Trudel (Montréal, QC)
Seth Van Embden (Millville, NJ / Miami Beach, FL)
VIOLONCELLO
Kelly Cooper (Oujé-Bougoumou, QC / Ottawa, ON)
Cheryl de Havilland (Cape Town, South Africa)
Zoë Douthit (New York, NY / Chicago, IL)
Amos Friesen (Montréal, QC)
Iñigo Gauthier-Mamaril (Gatineau, QC / Montréal, QC)
Katerina Kotar (Eau Claire, WI / Baltimore, MD)
Miriam Stewart-Kroeker (Waterloo, ON)
Aline Thévard (Saguenay, QC / Victoria, BC)
Eve Thompson (London, ON)
DOUBLE BASS
Mercedes Cartwright (Dublin, Ireland / Southampton, UK)
Iris Leck (Midland, ON / Ottawa, ON)
Josue Reyes (Houston, TX)
LUTE/GUITAR
Ross Malcolm Boyd (Charlottetown, PEI)
Luce Burrell (Story, WY / Bloomington, IN)
Nik Divall (Sydney, Australia)
Gary Goertz (Ann Arbor, MI)
John Himes (Clifton Springs, NY / Winnipeg, MB)
HARPSICHORD
Monique Arar (Columbus, OH / Atlanta, GA)
Caleb L Carman (New York, NY)
Ryoko Hou (Sapporo, Japan / Toronto, ON)
Rina Khan (Toronto, ON)
Conor Lyons (Chicago, IL)
Connor Page (Vancouver, BC)
Zin Cho (Seoul, South Korea)
Theresa Thordarson (Winnipeg, MB)
SOPRANO
Vivien Illion (Toronto, ON)
Caroline Christopher (Manchester, CT)
Natasha Henry (Montréal, QC)
Roseline Lambert (Québec, QC / Toronto, ON)
McKenzie Warriner (Alameda, SK / Toronto, ON)
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Rocky Duval (New York, NY)
Evangeline Stone-Barney (Montréal, QC / Toronto, ON)
COUNTERTENOR
Matheus Coura (Vila Velha, Brazil / San Francisco, CA)
James Dyck (Edmonton, AB)
Peter Koniers (Philadelphia, PA / Toronto, ON)
Matthew Muggeridge (Ottawa, ON / Toronto, ON)
TENOR
Henry Branson (Durham, NC)
Nathan Gritter (Mississauga, ON / Toronto, ON)
Sharang Sharma (London, ON)
BASS/BARITONE
Matthew Black (Ajax, ON)
Alex Chen (Cambridge, ON / Victoria, BC)
Seth Hobi (Cleveland, OH)
Maxence Lasserre-Engberts (Québec, QC)
CONTINUO TEAM
Lysiane Boulva (Québec, QC)
Michael Delfin (Madera, CA / Cincinnati, OH)
Louise Hung (Coquitlam, BC / Toronto, ON)
Jonathan Stuchberry (Penticton, BC / Toronto, ON)
TBSI Faculty 2023
FLUTE
Sandra Miller
OBOE
John Abberger
BASSOON
Stephanie Corwin
VIOLIN
Patricia Ahern
Christopher Verrette
Julia Wedman
Cristina Zacharias
VIOLA
Brandon Chui
VIOLONCELLO
Michael Unterman
DOUBLE BASS
Pippa Macmillan
HARPSICHORD
Charlotte Nediger
Borys Medicky
LUTE/GUITAR
Lucas Harris
VOICE
Peter Harvey
Ann Monoyios
CHOIR DIRECTOR
Ivars Taurins
DANCE
Julia Sedwick (Opera Atelier)
TBSI Staff 2023
ARTISTIC COORDINATOR
Charlotte Nediger
ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
Kaitlin Saito
PRODUCTION
Beth Anderson
Cayla Bekk
Su Kim
Ainsley Naylor
ASSISTANT TO THE ARTISTIC COORDINATOR
Lysiane Boulva
ADMINISTRATION DESK ASSISTANT
Liliana Mahave
KEYBOARD MAINTENANCE
Thomas Linken
Borys Medicky
Opening Night: TBSI Faculty Concert
Monday, May 29, 2023 at 8pm
Jeanne Lamon Hall, Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre
Program
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Suite for orchestra
Ouverture – Les ombres [The shadows] – Air vîte – Chaconne
directed by Christopher Verrette
JOHANN ADOLPH HASSE
Sinfonia for strings in G Minor, op. 5, no. 6
Allegro – Andante – Allegro
directed by Cristina Zacharias
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Concerto grosso in F Major, op. 6, no. 2
Andante larghetto – Allegro – Largo – Allegro ma non troppo
directed by Julia Wedman
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Gloria, from Missa Assumpta est Maria
directed by Ivars Taurins
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Aria “Merkt, und höret, ihr Menschenkinder” from Cantata 7
Recitative & Aria “Beglückte Herde”
from Cantata 104
“Lobet den Herrn/Hallelujah”
from Motet “Singet dem Herrn”
Peter Harvey, baritone soloist
directed by Patricia Ahern & Ivars Taurins
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
VIOLIN
Patricia Ahern
Geneviève Gilardeau
Christopher Verrette
Julia Wedman
Cristina Zacharias
VIOLA
Brandon Chui
Patrick G. Jordan
VIOLONCELLO
Michael Unterman
DOUBLE BASS
Pippa Macmillan
FLUTE
Sandra Miller
OBOE
John Abberger
BASSOON
Stephanie Corwin
ARCHLUTE/GUITAR
Lucas Harris
HARPSICHORD/ORGAN
Charlotte Nediger
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Ivars Taurins Director
SOPRANO
Roseline Lambert
Carrie Loring
Meghan Moore
Susan Suchard
Sinéad White
Jennifer Wilson
ALTO
Kate Helsen
Simon Honeyman
Valeria Kondrashov
Peter Koniers
Jessica Wright
TENOR
Paul Jeffrey
Will Johnson
Robert Kinar
Cory Knight
Sharang Sharma
BASS
Alexander Bowie
Parker Clements
Keith Lam
Alan Macdonald
Graham Robinson
Baroque Portraits: TBSI Faculty Chamber Recital
Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 12:30pm
Walter Hall, University of Toronto
Program
GIOVANNI BASSANO
JOHANN ROSENMÜLLER
Ricercata prima
Sonata settima a 4
JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Quartet in D Major
Largo – Allegro – Largo – Allegro
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Canonic Sonata no. 2 in G Minor
Presto – Largo – Vivace
JEAN-BAPTISTE BARRIÈRE
Sonate a 3, Book 3
Adagio – Allegro – Aria: Largo – Giga
LOUIS-NICOLAS CLÉRAMBAULT
Cantate “Pigmalion,” Book 2
MARCO UCCELLINI
Sonata sopra la bergamesca, op. 3
TBSI Faculty
Peter Harvey baritone
Sandra Miller flute
John Abberger oboe
Stephanie Corwin bassoon
Patricia Ahern, Christopher Verrette, Julia Wedman & Cristina Zacharias violins
Brandon Chui viola
Michael Unterman violoncello
Pippa Macmillan violone
Lucas Harris theorbo/guitar
Charlotte Nediger harpsichord/organ
TBSI Orchestras & Choir
Wednesday, June 7, 2023 at 1pm
Walter Hall, University of Toronto
Program
ARCANGELO CORELLI
Concerto grosso in D Major, op. 6, no. 1
coached by Christopher Verrette
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Suite for orchestra in E Minor
Ouverture – Les Cyclopes – Galimatias – Hornpipe directed by Cristina Zacharias
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Concerto for strings in E Minor, RV 134
Allegro – Andante –Allegro
directed by Patricia Ahern
JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY
Suite from Acis & Galatée
Ouverture – Menuet – Rigaudons – Entrée de Poliphème – Prélude pour Galatée – Gavotte – Air – Passacaille
directed by Julia Wedman
JOHN BLOW
Salvator mundi
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Kyrie-Christe du Lamm Gottes, BWV 233a
Motet “Ich lasse dich nicht”
Chorus “Brich den Hungrigen dein Brot” from Cantata 39
Sanctus in D Major, BWV 238
Choral works directed by Ivars Taurins
The Grand Finale
Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 7:30pm
Grace Church on-the-Hill
TBSI Orchestra & Choir
TBSI Faculty & Members of Tafelmusik Chamber Choir
Directed by Ivars Taurins
Program
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
Concerto grosso in D Major, op. 6, no. 5
Larghetto e staccato/Allegro – Presto – Largo – Allegro
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Suite from Dardanus
Ouverture – Air gracieux – Marche pour les différentes nations – Menuet tendre en rondeau – Tambourins – Rigaudons – Ritournelle vive – Air pour les magiciens – Air vif – Sommeil [Sleep] – Air très vif – Tambourins – Chaconne
INTERMISSION
MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER
Missa assumpta est Maria
JAN DISMAS ZELENKA
Cum sancto spiritu, from Missa dei filii
TBSI Faculty
Sandra Miller flute
John Abberger oboe
Stephanie Corwin bassoon
Geneviève Gilardeau, Christopher Verrette, Cristina Zacharias violin
Brandon Chui viola
Michael Unterman violoncello
Pippa Macmillan double bass
Lucas Harris lute
Charlotte Nediger harpsichord
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir Members
Jane Fingler, Carrie Loring soprano
Simon Honeyman countertenor
Robert Kinar, Cory Knight tenor
Parker Clements, Paul Jeffrey, Alan Macdonald, Graham Robinson bass
TBSI 2023 is generously supported by RBC Emerging Artists Project
Thank you to our government sponsors
