Several soloists (Jacques Arsenault, Matthew Dalen, Justin Welsh and Nicholas Borg) were featured in the 16th Century Swedish carol, Gaudete, adapted by Jim Cooke, followed by our sopranos and altos in Ola Gjeilo’s sublime Tundra, featuring soprano Kelsey Taylor. Ola Gjeilo’s joyous Prelude started off the evening, followed by two selections (Kála Kálla and Éyze Shélig, featuring soprano Kelsey Taylor) from Eric Whitacre’s enchanting Five Hebrew Love Songs.
Gjeilo’s works, both choral and instrumental at our concert, along with a wide variety of seasonal selections by other composers. We were delighted to welcome back violinist Elizabeth Loewen Andrews and cellist Wendy Solomon as guest artists for this concert, and extended a warm welcome to violinist Laurel Mascarenhas and violist Rory McLeod, who joined our choir for the first time. Gjeilo two months ago, where he also accompanied two of his signature works on piano, including Tundra, which we performed that evening. Our choir was truly thrilled to hold a workshop with Mr. The evening’s performance featured several stunning works by the world-renowned Norwegian / NYC-based composer, pianist and recording artist, Ola Gjeilo.Īrtistic Director Jenny Crober has long been an admirer of this brilliant composer’s works, and has enthusiastically introduced our choristers – and our audience members – to several of his beautiful compositions over the seasons. On Saturday, Decemat 7:30 PM, the VOCA Chorus of Toronto presented ‘NORTHERN LIGHTS’.
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