Toronto 
Events Description
the wolves cry, an end foretold
In THE KING’S GRIEF, The Happenstancers present Judith Weir’s micro-opera King Harald’s Saga, punctuating Weir’s tragic narrative with the music of Thomas Adès, Oliver Knussen, Thierry Tidrow, Mary Dering, John Dowland, and casting the works as incidental music within a larger drama.
The contemporary music in this performance features historical allusion and musical quotation, stealing the listener’s sense of chronological location and pulling them between the sounds of the past, present, and some-time else entirely.
Music by Judith Weir, John Dowland, Thomas Adès, and more
Recognized by The WholeNote Magazine as “the future of chamber music,” and as “Toronto’s chamber supergroup,” by Ludwig Van Toronto, The Happenstancers is a hybrid ensemble for the twenty-first century — part laboratory for experimentation with innovative curatorial techniques and concert forms, and part mixed vocal/instrumental contemporary chamber music ensemble.
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : 10-35
General Admission $35
Student $10
How to get tickets?
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Friday November 6, 2026 to Saturday November 7, 2026
The Happenstancers are presenting THE KING’S GRIEF twice —
November 6th, 2026 at 7:30 pm
November 7th, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Approx 90 minutes
Venue & Address
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1691 Bloor Street West, Toronto
Wheelchair accessible
Near Keele Station
