Toronto Early Music Centre

Toronto Early Music Centre Ontario Registered Charity, #11926 6401 RR0001 donation https://www.canadahelps.org/en/dn/14556 These centred on the Musically Speaking series at St.

TEMC was founded in 1984 , initially to help coordinate the
activities of those involved in early music in Toronto. A core
component of TEMC's efforts has been presenting “historically
informed” concerts. As well as showcasing the incredible talent
of many local performers, TEMC has also presented numerous international early music luminaries, such as Marion Verbruggen, Barthold Kuijken, the G

othic Voices, the Taverner Consort, the Tallis Scholars, Emma Kirkby and Anthony Rooley, Fretwork, Hopkinson Smith, Tragicomedia, Anner Bylsma, Apollo's Fire, Ensemble Anonymous of Quebec, Norma Gentile, Alison Crum, James Bowman, Nancy Argenta, Daniel Taylor, the Huelgas Ensemble, Matthew White, The Skye Consort, Michael Collver (of Project Ars Nova), The Yukimi Kambe Viol Consort, the Kiili ensemble of Estonia, and Viva BiancaLuna. For several years, TEMC focused on educational and audience development activities. David's (Donlands) Anglican Church, an annual Early Music Fair at Montgomery's Inn, as well as performers' workshops and reading circles, the production of a quarterly newsletter, an email announcement service, lectures, and sales of recordings and facsimile editions. In the past few years, these activities have been greatly reduced, partly due to pandemic restrictions. TEMC is supported by donations from its members.

A new look at the well-known Tudor ballad of , this video shows all the gifts presented to My Lady Greensleeves by her ...
06/12/2026

A new look at the well-known Tudor ballad of , this video shows all the gifts presented to My Lady Greensleeves by her would-be lover.
https://youtu.be/IAHnmqSQdDw?si=HTlotRJCjiOwX-eU (9:56)
Often thought of as a romantic song, associated with and , Greensleeves is told from a man's point of view. We felt it was important to think about how the woman might have felt to be constantly bombarded with expensive and unasked-for presents.

The first reference to Greensleeves is in 1580 during the reign of . We've set our video in this period, and worked with a superb team of makers and historians to recreate My Lady Greensleeves' clothing, accessories, food, and other gifts as accurately as possible.

Greensleeves: Eloise Pennycott
The Lover: Callum Coates

Music by
Richard de Winter: tenor
Robin Jeffrey: lute
Sam Brown: lute
Alison Kinder: bass viol

Filmed at Athelhampton House and Tamarisk Farm by Bernadette Banner and Danny Banner.
Directed by Tamsin Lewis

The will be at Church Stretton Arts Festival in July 2026.
We will be playing a concert: 'With Gold Embroidered Gorgeously' - clothing described in 16th and 17th Century music and song.
There will also be a small exhibition of all the clothes and accessories created for our Greensleeves Project video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAHnmqSQdDw
and a workshop on Elizabethan embroidery and linens with The Medieval Tailor's Assistant

(c1570-c1630)Lamnatzéach al-hagitít / Psalm 8Hashkivénu / Evening prayerfrom the Hashirim Asher Lishlomo [The Songs of...
06/10/2026

(c1570-c1630)
Lamnatzéach al-hagitít / Psalm 8
Hashkivénu / Evening prayer
from the Hashirim Asher Lishlomo [The Songs of Solomon] of

Profeti della Quinta:
Doron Schleifer
Roman Melish
Lior Leibovici
Jacob Lawrence
Elam Rotem

https://youtu.be/5y5aE1320uk?si=H-9gqJMafMj-I7RO (7:09)
recorded December 2021 audio: Karel Valter
Special thanks to Dario Calimani and the Jewish community of .

More Information about choral music
https://www.jewishchoralmusic.com/rossi

image from book by Don Harrán: Salamone Rossi: Jewish Musician in Late Renaissance Mantua, Oxford Monographs on Music, 2003

Toronto Summer MusicTSM Festival presentsOpening Night: Thurs July 9 at 7:30 PM 273 Bloor St W TORONTO : Les arts fl...
06/10/2026

Toronto Summer Music
TSM Festival presents
Opening Night:
Thurs July 9 at 7:30 PM
273 Bloor St W TORONTO
: Les arts florissants & La descente d’Orphée aux enfers
https://www.rcmusic.com/tickets/seats/433401

William Christie, musical direction
Marie Lambert-Le Bihan, director
Stéphane Facco, director
Martin Chaix, choreography
Eleanor Freeman, assistant choreographer
Guy Merlo, technical director

Soloists
Bastien Rimondi, La Peinture, Orphée, & Ixion (alternating)
Richard Pittsinger, La Peinture, Orphée, & Ixion (alternating)
Camille Chopin, La Musique & Euridice
Kevin Arboleda-Oquendo, Un Guerrier & Pluton
Sarah Fleiss, La Poésie & Proserpine
Olivier Bergeron, La Discorde, Apollon, & Titye
Sydney Frodsham, L’Architecture & Aréthuse
Attila Varga-Tóth, Tantale
Josipa Bilić, La Paix & Daphné
Tanaquil Ollivier, Énone

Les Arts Florissants returns to Toronto for a breathtaking performance that tells the story of Orpheus’s descent into the underworld to rescue his lover, Euridice, from the grasps of Pluto, the god of the underworld. In addition to this powerful journey, the ensemble also performs their namesake work, Les arts florissants, celebrating the radiant spirit and expressive brilliance that have defined them for decades.

Join us for a champagne reception for the entire audience after the concert!

A about clothing choices for virtuous women...sung to the tune of the popular dance melody .From 'A banquet of dain...
06/09/2026

A about clothing choices for virtuous women...sung to the tune of the popular dance melody .

From 'A banquet of daintie conceits Furnished with verie delicate and choyse inuentions, to delight their mindes, who take pleasure in musique, and there-withall to sing sweete ditties, either to the lute, bandora, virginalles, or anie other instrument.'
Anthony Munday, 1588
Music: Anon, arr William , from Thomas 's Consort Lessons, 1599

Emily Atkinson: soprano
Sam Brown: lute
Alison Kinder: bass viol

This video is part of a series of recordings of music and song associated with dress in early modern England, as part of the Greensleeves Project. https://greensleevesproject.uk/
Recorded with support from the Continuo Foundation and the Society of Antiquaries of London

A Dittie, deliuering a freendlye admonition to VVomen, to haue care of theyr own estates, to shunne such vaine occasions, as oftentimes call theyr good names in question: and after the example of Sara, to order themselues in all their actions.
This Dittie is sung to a pleasaunt new note, called Mounsieures Allemaigne.

Remember good olde Sara,
though she be dead and rotten:
Shee left a lesson to all Wiues,
which should not be forgotten.
Shée reuerenced her Husbande,
and called him her Lord:
And feared least she should offend,
either in déede or word.
She did not like some Women,
her wedded mate despise:
But as olde Abraham had her hart
so did he please her eyes.
Neither would she cloath her selfe
beyond her Husbands state:
As now some Women vainly doo,
and rue if all too late.

She did regard her houshold,
least any thing should lacke:
And would not let her Seruants want,
to lay it on her back.

https://youtu.be/MDydFoOPiSo?si=jqBDx96W-_Wr-rxA (5:32)

harpsichord player & maker: I'm about to release a CD entirely composed of ricercars. Jacobo is one of the earliest ...
06/08/2026

harpsichord player & maker: I'm about to release a CD entirely composed of ricercars. Jacobo is one of the earliest composers featured. His music is remarkably expressive and varied. Here's just one short piece, using the , on which about one third of the music is played (two different harpsichords are also used).

Q. You’re generally playing instruments made by yourself. How many have you made?

A. Around 300 of various types, over nearly 50 years.

Q. Which do you prefer – making or playing?

A. Neither, but I’ve just finished my last instrument, so from now on it’s playing and teaching.I also enjoy writing. My book, published in 2010, was very satisfying, and hundreds of purchasers have thanked me for it. Also, musical periodicals have published several of my articles, building on the contents of the book. All these, and CDs, can be found at https://www.colinbooth.co.uk

https://youtu.be/nVoZuYqDgjY?si=SuQXWkn2CreHfPM1 (1:56)

ERBARME DICH!AYRES EXTEMPORAEhttps://www.ayresextemporae.com/Winner of the 2024 International , the trio makes its ...
06/07/2026

ERBARME DICH!
AYRES EXTEMPORAE
https://www.ayresextemporae.com/
Winner of the 2024 International , the trio makes its recording debut on with a programme that explores various colours and textures made available by the group’s unusual combination of violin, five-string cello and cello. Erbarme dich! represents a spiritual journey from torment to redemption built around the instrumental transcriptions of arias and sonatas by , interwoven with the expressive depth of works by and . It is a profound reflection on these universal themes, tracing the full spectrum of human emotion from anger, guilt or remorse to acceptance and, ultimately, peace. The aria from the cantata BWV 55 lends its name to this programme: a plea for mercy of touching vulnerability, signalling the beginning of the journey towards absolution.

Stream/Download/Buy
https://lnk.to/ErbarmeDich_AyresExtemporaeIDERBARME DICH!

Video
https://youtu.be/7DsaBVaijHk?si=7Tue7braJan8Fxxc (1:47)

George Frideric : Ad te clamamus – Eia, ergo, advocata nostra"(from Salve Regina, HWV 241)Julia Lezhneva, sopranoHelsin...
06/05/2026

George Frideric : Ad te clamamus – Eia, ergo, advocata nostra"
(from Salve Regina, HWV 241)
Julia Lezhneva, soprano
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
dir. Aapo Häkkinen




https://youtu.be/MMw4gJeCBUA (7:06)
23 January 2015
Herkulessaal der Residenz München

The first act of Rinaldo is now free to watch. This performance was filmed at St George's, Bloomsbury, in October last y...
06/04/2026

The first act of Rinaldo is now free to watch. This performance was filmed at St George's, Bloomsbury, in October last year, after a memorable tour of East Asia. directs from the harpsichord, and the title role is sung by .
wrote in 1711, his first opera for the London stage, and one that truly made his name. Today, it remains a true favourite for many. We look forward to releasing Acts Two and Three over the coming months.

CONDUCTOR & SOLOISTS
Harry Bicket Director & Harpsichord
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen - Rinaldo
Mary Bevan - Almirena
Rachael Wilson - Armida
Paula Murrihy - Goffredo
Ashley Riches - Argante
Alexander Chance - Eustazio
Andy Shen Liu - Araldo / Donna / Mago

https://www.englishconcert.co.uk/handel-for-all/rinaldo-act-1/?utm_campaign=Untitled+Campaign+Created+2026%2F06%2F02%2C+1%3A03%3A27+PM&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ctct


Image:
From Les Musiciens Celebres, Lucien Mazenod, Paris, 1948. (Colorised black and white print). Artist John Faber the Younger. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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