North Wind Concerts: 2026-27 Season Subscription

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The 2026-27 season at North Wind Concerts features six concerts of early chamber music to delight your spirit and refresh your soul. We look forward to welcoming you!

Guarantee yourself a seat for all six concerts for the low price of $149, less than $25 per show. Single concert tickets will go on sale in early June.

The concerts:

CANIS FAMILIARIS

Sunday, Oct. 4, 2026, 3:00 p.m. Heliconian Hall

Directed by Louise Hung and featuring music by Charpentier, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau, Sweelinck, and Bull. Cristina Zacharias & Patricia Ahern, violins; Matt Antal, viola; Felix Deák, cello; Louise Hung, harpsichord.

BY STARLIGHT

Saturday Nov. 21, 2026, 7:30 p.m. Church of the Redeemer.

Toronto’s multi-faceted festive season kicks off with the Musicians of the Egg. Michele Deboer, Laura Pudwell, Cory Knight, Olivier Laquerre, voices; Ben Grossman, percussion & hurdy gurdy; Jonathan Stuchbery, lutes; Alison Melville, recorders & flutes.

SEVENTH HEAVEN

Saturday Jan. 23, 2027, 7:30 p.m. Church of the Redeemer

The colourful and seldom-heard Septets for winds and strings by Ludwig von Beethoven and Franz Berwald, in all their tuneful glory. Colin Savage, clarinet; Elke Eble, horn; Ondrej Golias, bassoon; Elizabeth Andrews, violin; Matt Antal, viola; Mary-Katherine Finch, cello; Natalie Kemerer, bass.

APOLLO’S VENGEANCE

Friday Feb. 26, 2027, 7:30 p.m. Metropolitan United Church

A 17th-century Roman serenata featuring instrumental works, operatic excerpts, games, readings, and canzonettas, co-produced by the Gallery Players of Niagara of St. Catharines, Hamilton’s Capella Intima, and NWC. Sheila Dietrich & Len Torrie, sopranos; Laura Pudwell, alto; Bud Roach, tenor & Artistic Director (Capella Intima); David Roth, baritone; Patricia Ahern & Michelle Odorico, violins;  Alison Melville & Colin Savage, recorders; Margaret Gay, cello & Artistic Director (Gallery Players of Niagara); Jonathan Stuchbery, theorbo; Borys Medicky, organ/harpsichord.

CHAMBER OF WONDERS 1

Friday Mar. 19, 2027, 7:30 p.m. Heliconian Hall

An intriguing exploration of the surprising connections between the French Baroque and traditional music from Korea, and the use of Baroque and traditional instruments in modern musical idioms. Jin Cho, traverso & daegeum (Korean flute); Roa Lee, gayageum (Korean zither); Louise Hung, harpsichord.

DEAR DIARY

Friday April 30, 2027, 7:30 p.m. Heliconian Hall

Cosmopolitan and intimate chamber music for recorders, harpsichord and bass viol from 17th- and early 18th-century London, and writings by Samuel Pepys, Roger North, and others. Alison Melville & Colin Savage, recorders; Felix Deák, bass viol; Louise Hung, harpsichord; and author Martha Baillie, reader.