2023 Performance Schedule
20-21
Dec.
Handel: Messiah
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Conducted by Jeannette Sorrell
Capital Chamber Choir
Cantata Singers of Ottawa
Sonya Healam, soprano
tba, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor
tba, baritone
Southam Hall
Ottawa, Ontario
4
Nov.
Handel: Messiah
The Toronto Korean-Canadian Choir
Conducted by Helen Pratt
tba, soprano
tba, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor
tba, baritone
George Weston Recital hall
Meridian Arts Centre,
Toronto, Ontario
23
April
Vaughn Williams: Serenade to Music
MidAmerica Productions
New England Symphonic Ensemble
Alexandra Nowakowski, soprano
Emily Triebold, Contralto
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor
Tyler Duncan, baritone
Carnegie Hall
New York, New York
12
April
Roth: Songs in Time of War
Canadian Opera Company
The Free Concert Series in the Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
Lawrence Wiliford, Tenor
Sanya Eng, Harp
Patty Chan, Erhu
Michael Savona, Guitar
Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
Toronto, Ontario
4
February
Hatzis: Three Songs on Poems of Anne Michaels
UTNMF: Hatzis @ 70
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor
Steven Philcox, piano
Walter Hall, University of Toronto Faculty of Music
Toronto, Ontario
Wiliford was a constant source of wonder.... Vocally, he coped with the fiendishly difficult and high-lying tessitura with consummate skill. He deployed a palette of colours, a range of dynamic variation and a linguistic and verbal clarity rarely encountered.
- Richard Turp
Bachtrack, 2014
Wiliford['s] nimble grace and pure tenor are a delight.
- Glenn Sumi
Now Magazine, 2014
Haute-contre tenor Lawrence Wiliford was a powerful and passionate Myrtil, dazzling in his runs …
- Jeffrey Gantz
Boston Globe, 2014