Messiah rings in the festive season in Toronto

By Dan Wang, 21 December 2016

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Reviewed at Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto on 18 December 2016

Handel, Messiah

Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Nicholas McGegan, Conductor

Yulia Van Doren, Soprano

Abigail Levis, Mezzo-soprano

Isaiah Bell, Tenor

Daniel Okulitch, Bass-baritone

Toronto Mendelssohn Choir

Chanda VanderHart, 9th February

On their European tour, the Toronto Symphony calls in at the Wiener Konzerthaus for a diverse program conducted by Gustavo Gimeno.

****1

John Gilks, 18th September

The Toronto Symphony kicks off the 2025-26 season with an intriguing and exciting double bill of the very new and the very familiar.

****1

John Gilks, 28th May

Kristiina Poska makes a successful Toronto debut with solid Beethoven and some spicy Caribbean fireworks from Stewart Goodyear.

***11

Michelle Assay, 20th March

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra’s latest concert, tipped for European touring next year, fails to convince.

***11

Michelle Assay, 26th February

Thomas Adès serves up an astronomical programme, pairing his Piano Concerto and Paradiso with Holst’s crowd favourite, The Planets.

****1

John Gilks, 6th November

John Adams returns to Toronto to conduct the TSO in an exciting and varied programme marked also by the debut of Spotlight Artist Anna Prohaska.

****1

Dan Wang is a graduate student in music history and theory at the University of Chicago.