35 LYTTON BLVD., TORONTO • 416.481.1141www.esgunited.org

35 LYTTON BLVD., TORONTO • 416.481.1141www.esgunited.org

35 LYTTON BLVD., TORONTO • 416.481.1141www.esgunited.org

welcome!Greetings and welcome to our ESG concert season! Our 2019–2020 series includes some of Canada’s finest performers and ensembles.

We begin our season with ‘ESG Remembers’ which features our ESG Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra. This spectacular concert pays tribute to the 100th anniversary of the Peace Treaty with choral masterworks to the fallen, including the Rutter Requiem and other works by Mark Sirett, Ruth Watson Henderson and Eleanor Daley.

Our second concert, ‘Gloria!’, will feature Chamber Orchestra, Organ and our ESG Concert Choir. This yearly tradition is an opportunity to get yourselves into the Christmas spirit with carols, choir, organ and orchestra.

For our third concert, the Elmer Isler Singers, with Artistic Director Lydia Adams, team up with long-time friends and colleagues, the Elora Singers and their conductor Mark Vuorinen, in a concert featuring stunning choral classics from Canada and beyond.

We hope you will consider being a part of this very exciting season of concerts at ESG.

Shawn GrenkeDirector of Music

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2019–2020

FEATURING SOME

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ESG RemembersSUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2019 AT 4:00 P.M. ESG Choir and Chamber Orchestra Join ESG as we remember all those who have been affected by war. Featuring the hauntingly beautiful Requiem of John Rutter and other moving and reflective pieces by Eleanor Daley, Ruth Watson Henderson, Mark Sirett and more.

Andrew Adair, organ Krista Rhodes, piano John Brownell, percussion

Clare Scholtz, oboe Angela Schwarzkopf, harp Shawn Grenke, conductor

Gloria! SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 2019 AT 4:00 P.M. ESG Choir, Organ and Chamber Orchestra

An ESG Christmas with Orchestra, Choir and Organ. Featuring Mark Hayes’ Gloria, Ola Gjeilo’s The Rose, Ešenvalds' Stars and other seasonal favourites.

Andrew Adair, organ Claire Harris, piano John Brownell, percussion Chamber Orchestra Shawn Grenke, conductor

Soaring Voices!SUNDAY APRIL 26TH, 2020 AT 4:00 P.M. Elmer Iseler Singers and the Elora Singers Unite

TWO GREAT CHOIRS, ONE GREAT SOUND!Lydia Adams and Mark Vuorinen, Conductors

Glorious sounds await you when two great choirs merge to present spectacular music, including the 36-voice work, Deo Gratias, by Ockeghen, Ave Maria by Franz Biebl and the stunning Rheinberger Abendlied. Also works by: Ēriks Ešenvalds, Hussein Janmohamed, Paul Mealor, Arvo Pärt, Uģis Prauliņš, and R. Murray Schafer.

order formS U B S C R I B E N O W T O O U R 2019-20 CONCERT SERIES!

ESG REMEMBERSSUNDAY, OCTOBER 27TH, 2019 AT 4:00 P.M

GLORIASUNDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, 2019 AT 4:00 P.M

SOARING VOICESSUNDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2020 AT 4:00 P.M

Benjamin Louwerscheimer, cello