Jonathan Stuchbery

With its earlier sunsets and cooler temperatures, November is a month for introspection and preparations for winter celebrations. In a program of musical gems from Medieval and Renaissance Europe and a few additional surprises, The Musicians of the Egg present a celebratory and evocative introduction to the season. November 21 is also National Gingerbread Cookie Day; related treats will be on hand!

The Musicians of the Egg: Michele Deboer, Laura Pudwell, Cory Knight, Olivier Laquerre, voices; Jonathan Stuchbery, lutes; Alison Melville, flutes; Ben Grossman, hurdy gurdy, percussion.

The Yuletide of Yore returns to York yet again! Toronto's only early music vocal quintet presents handpicked selections from its collection of Renaissance carols, motets and songs: the Diapente Book of Carols. Cheery festive favourites, majestic motets & musical holiday magick await your ears!

The Guelph Chamber Choir's annual performance of Handel's Messiah.

Before the 16th century madrigal became that genre we all know and love, it grew from simpler songs known as frottolas, ballatas & canzonettas. The Diapente Quintet invites you to hear how the style evolved over the course of the 1500s, from early vocal works by Bartolomeo Tromboncino & Sebastiano Festa all the way to the famous heavy-hitters of the madrigal world, Philippe Verdelot & Jacques Arcadelt

A 17th-century Roman serenata featuring instrumental works, operatic excerpts, games, readings and canzonettas, all imagined in the spirit of Queen Christina of Sweden’s Roman patronage. NWC is delighted to be presenting this artistic co-production by the Gallery Players of Niagara (St. Catharines) and Hamilton’s Capella Intima, with the assistance of Metropolitan United Church. The last collaboration between these groups in February 2024 was a brilliant musical success, and this event promises to be just as grand!

Sheila Dietrich & Len Torrie, sopranos; Laura Pudwell, alto; Bud Roach, tenor & Artistic Director; David Roth, baritone; Patricia Ahern & Michelle Odorico, Baroque violins; Alison Melville & Romina Abadi, recorders; Margaret Gay, baroque ‘cello & Artistic Director; Jonathan Stuchbery, theorbo; Borys Medicky, organ/harpsichord.