Mass for the Endangered

November 22, 2025

November 22, 2025

$22.50*

Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St W, Toronto

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Events Description

 

The Soundstreams season opener, Mass for the Endangered, featurs choral, instrumental, and orchestral works, performed by celebrated musicians Louise Bessette (piano), Judy Loman (harp), and Erika Raum (violin), with Soundstreams Choir 21 and Ensemble Soundstreams conducted by David Fallis.

The first half of the concert features several pieces from Olivier Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux: L’alouette calandrelle, Le traquet rieur, Le courlis cendré); R. Murray Schafer’s Wild Bird (originally premiered by this night’s performing harpist, Judy Loman); Andrew Balfour’s Gaze Upon the Trees; the Canadian premiere of Let them not say by Chris Hutchings; and Veni Creator Spiritus by Arvo Pärt.

The concert concludes with Mass for the Endangered by Sarah Kirkland Snider. Hailed by National Public Radio as “one of today’s most compelling composers for the human voice,” her piece is a poignant choral meditation on the fragility of our natural world. It blends Nathaniel Bellows’ evocative poetry with the traditional Latin Mass, a plea for compassion and stewardship in the face of environmental crisis.

Who is it for?

All ages

HOW MUCH

Tickets : $22.50*

*Tickets start at $22.50, see ticket website for more information.

How to get tickets?

Buy online

WHEN & WHERE

 

Date: Saturday November 22, 202 at 7:30 p.m.

2 hours including one intermission

Venue & Address

Trinity-St. Paul’s Centre, 427 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1X7

Wheelchair accessible

Street Parking

Paid Parking

Accessible by Public Transport

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