Handel’s Messiah – December 8, Christ Church Cathedral LiveEvents December 2, 2015 3386 The McGill Chamber Orchestra presents Handel’s Messiah Continuing its grand Holiday tradition, the McGill Chamber Orchestra will once again present the classic of all classics, Handel’s Messiah. Four international soloists will be featured, as well as the Cathedral Singers and Musica Orbium choruses. Pre-show: 6:30 pm / Concert: 7:30 Dominique Labelle, soprano Lauren Segal, mezzo-soprano Antoine Bélanger, tenor James Westman, baritone Boris Brott, conductor Patrick Wedd, choir director For more information and tickets: www.laplacedesarts.com 514-842-2112 or 1-866-842-2112 The McGill Chamber Orchestra (MCO) is one of Canada’s most established chamber orchestras. It was founded in 1939 by Artistic Director Alexander Brott and his wife, Lotte Brott, cellist and General Manager till 1998. The orchestra began as the McGill String Quartet and soon thereafter grew into an ensemble which had as its members principal teachers of the McGill Conservatory of Music and eventually principal players in the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal where Alexander Brott served as Concertmaster and Lotte played in the cello section. The orchestra was quickly recognized as an ensemble of international standing. In 1989, Boris Brott joined the orchestra as Associate Conductor and, in 2000, he was appointed co-conductor of the orchestra. On the death of his father in 2005, he was appointed Artistic Director of the MCO. www.ocm-mco.org
