Yannick Nezet-Seguin will conduct the Bach Consort in St.Matthew Passion on February 15th 2008 at 7:30 pm, at Eglinton St.George's United Church, 35 Lytton Blvd. Tickets are $60 per person, which includes beverage.
Monica Whicher, Elizabeth Turnbull, Russell Braun, Alex Dobson, Colin Ainsworth and Lawrence Wiliford are soloists.
Proceeds go to the youth programmes of Eva's Phoenix and TSO Adopt-a-Player.
To reserve tickets call ( 416 ) 481-1141 ext. 250.
This year, due to scheduling reasons, the Bach Consort will unfortunately be unable to present their Christmas Oratorio. I've seen it several times ( Yannick conducted in 2005, and Jane Glover last year ), and highly recommend - I assume it'll return in December 2008.