# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Missa Pastoralis, with the Vesuvius Ensemble
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 06 Dec, 2025 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: This delightful holiday program celebrates the centuries-old tradition of the zampognari, the shepherd bagpipers of Southern Italy, who played the music believed to have sounded at the very moment of Christ’s birth.  The TCC will be joined by a top-notch ensemble of Baroque instrumentalists as well as by the Vesuvius Ensemble, one of North America’s only groups dedicated to the traditional music of Southern Italy.  The evening features music by Italian Baroque masters Durante, Caresana and Tartini alongside the traditional holiday music from Southern Italy which inspired them.

A reception with carol singing follows the concert!

Toronto Chamber Choir
Lucas Harris, conductor

Vesuvius Ensemble
Francesco Pellegrino, voice & chitarra battente
Tommaso Sollazzo, zampogne
Marco Cera, ciaramella

With period instrumentalists
Geneviève Gilardeau, violin
Cristina Prats Costa, violin
Felix Deak, cello
Christopher Bagan, chamber organ
Lucas Harris, theorbo & Baroque guitar

And vocal soloists from the Toronto Chamber Consort:
Anna Kwiatkowska, soprano
Lynn Featherstone, alto
Adam Wicks, tenor
Jacob Gramit, bass

Program:

Novena di Natale - Traditional
Quanno nascette ninno	- Sant'Alfonso Maria de' Liguori
La Serenata: Pastorale - Cristoforo Caresana
Magnificat à 5 in Bb major - Francesco Durante
La Tarantella - Cristoforo Caresana
La notti di Natali	- Traditional (Sicily)
Intermission
Madonna delle Grazie - Traditional (Campania)
Sonata in pastorale - Giuseppe Tartini
Messa in Pastorale à 4 - Francesco Durante	
Diu vi manna l’ambasciata - Traditional (Sicily)

Tickets at this link, or at the door.

https://torontochamberchoir.ca/e-registration/23/dec06
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/missa-pastoralis-with-the-vesuvius-ensemble/200029166997328
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, holiday, concerts, christmas
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 36

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://torontochamberchoir.ca/e-registration/23/dec06?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=toronto-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Toronto
- **state**: ON
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Calvin Presbyterian Church
- **lat**: 43.6894247485
- **long**: -79.395915253
- **full address**: Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave, Toronto, ON M4V 1S5, Canada

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Toronto Chamber Choir (https://allevents.in/org/toronto-chamber-choir/27048818)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 06 Dec, 2025 at 07:30 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Calvin Presbyterian Church, 26 Delisle Ave, Toronto, ON M4V 1S5, Canada
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Toronto Chamber Choir
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, holiday, concerts, christmas
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Missa Pastoralis, with the Vesuvius Ensemble ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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