ORGAN RECITAL SCHEDULE – TUESDAYS AT 1:00pm
We invite you to watch our previous organ recitals on the Cathedral YouTube channel.
Our Tuesday Organ Recital series features some of the region’s finest organists and the powerful sounds of St. James Cathedral’s 5,000 organ pipes.
Concerts begin at 1:00 pm and last about 40 minutes. Admission is free and donations are encouraged. All are welcome!
January:
Jan 7 Mark Himmelman (Holy Saviour, Waterloo).
Jan 14 The organ at St. James Cathedral: History & explanation (Tom Bell).
Jan 21 Emmanuel Wong (U of T).
Jan 28 Aaron James (Toronto Oratory, U of T) with Corey Gemmell (violin).
February:
Feb 4 Sebastian Moreno (St. Jude’s, Oakville)
Feb 11 Manuel Piazza (St Thomas, Huron Street)
Feb 18 St. Stanislav Youth Choir (Slovenia) Damijan Močnik, conductor
Feb 25 Angus Sinclair (St. John’s, Kitchener)
March:
Mar 4 Jean-Paul Feo (St. James Cathedral)
Mar 11 Michael Pirri (St. Aidans in the Beach)
Mar 18 William O’Meara
Mar 25 The life and music of Orlando Gibbons, the last of the great Tudor musicians lecture-recital by Thomas Bell and JP Feo (St. James Cathedral)
April:
April 1 James Mooney-Dutton (UK)
Apr 8 Sebastian Moreau (Royal St. George’s College)
Apr 15 Holy Week: no recital
Apr 22 Jacob Wiens (St. Paul’s, Newmarket)
Apr 29 Peter Merrick (Glenview Presbyterian Church)
May:
May 6 William Lupton (Huron University)
May 13 Joshua Duncan Lee
May 20 Ying Quan (St. Paul’s Bloor Street)
May 27 Derrick Meador (Louisiana)
June:
June 3 Adam MacNeil (St. George’s, St. Catharines and Trinity College U of T)
June 10 Michał Szostak (Poland)
June 17 Stéphanie Gouin (Grace Church on the Hill)
June 24 Sarah Svendson (Rosedale United Church)
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Messiah by G. F. Handel, a night to remember!
St. James Cathedral Choir, the Chapel Choir of Trinity College UofT, Orchestra, and soloists had the pleasure of presenting Messiah by G.F. Handel on Friday, December 15, 2023. A packed cathedral was present to witness music-making of the very highest order. It was a night to remember!
Messiah program
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Our Briggs Recital was fabulous!
What a simply fabulous concert we enjoyed on Friday evening when David Briggs performed the inaugural recital of the new console.
A packed cathedral was present to witness music-making of the very highest order. What a treat!
Music is never an individual endeavour, and our most fulsome thanks are offered to numerous members of the cathedral community for their time: our own fabulous staff and volunteers at the doors, the wardens, John Struve who maintains the organ, and indeed everyone present.
A concert such as this is evidence of how music can bring people together.
Most of all, however, I would like to reiterate our thanks to Peter Farah for his most generous gift. As you may know, the console is dedicated to his father, the Reverend Canon Shafik Farah who was a priest both in Palestine and in the diocese of Toronto. It is a donation dedicated to the memory of a dear father, and to perpetuate the values that Canon Farah embodied and espoused. Given in memory of a man whose life bridged two worlds, the dedication is a prayer that the music which is created from the console gives life to everyone who enters the cathedral, whatever their faith, nationality, hopes, dreams, and state of mind. Music is a sign of the universality of God, of the world we inhabit and of the significance of our relationships with each other. The beauty of the console, with Canon Shafik’s signature carved into it, is a daily physical reminder of this truth, which I pray lives in every note which emanates from the organ from this time onwards.
If you would like to hear the concert again it is available at this link, on the Cathedral YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/live/ilw4v8asb-M?si=oGi8X5Q6fFieNHOa
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Our Gala Coronation Concert was fantastic!
The Choir of St. James Cathedral presented a gala concert with orchestra of the Coronation Anthems by G. F. Handel on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 7:30pm. We celebrated the coronation of King Charles III.
Wow! What a weekend! In the midst (finally) of beautiful spring weather, we kept Coronation weekend in grand style. The Gala Concert was simply fantastic, with a full house and magnificent music, beautifully performed. Bravo and our deepest thanks to all who made this such a marvellous way to mark an important national event – our dedicated choristers, talented guest players, an indefatigable administrative and property staff who just pulled out all the stops to accommodate a full house, and all the pre-concert details; our wonderful ushers and stewards who so graciously gave of their time. A deep tip of the hat to all! And, of course, a deep bow to Tom Bell! Wonderful, wonderful.
Our Gala Coronation Concert was also live-streamed. Click here to watch it.
