2012 Performance Schedule


21 - 22

December

Handel: Messiah

Symphony Nova Scotia
Conducted by Alex Weimann

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Stacks Image 1521

13 - 14

December

Handel: Messiah
Bach: Christmas Oratorio (part IV)
"Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben"

Louisiana Philharmonic

New Orleans, Louisiana

Stacks Image 2291

7 - 9

December

Handel: Messiah

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Timothy Shantz

Jack Singer Concert Hall
Calgary, Alberta

Stacks Image 2310

16 - 17

November

Fairest Isle: "A Purcell Celebration"

Toronto Masque Theatre
Larry Beckwith, Artistic Director

Al Green Theatre
Toronto, Ontario

Stacks Image 1523

1

November

Rubbra: Amoretti
Füssl: Cantiunculae Amoris

Talisker Players Chamber Series

Trinity - St. Paul's Centre,
Toronto, Ontario

Stacks Image 1525

30

October

Rubbra: Amoretti
Füssl: Cantiunculae Amoris

Talisker Players Chamber Series

Trinity - St. Paul's Centre,
Toronto, Ontario

Stacks Image 2331

14

October

Schubertiad

Off Centre Music Salon
Inna Pekis & Boris Zarankin Artistic Directors

Glen Gould Studio,
Toronto, Ontario

Stacks Image 1527

23

September

James Rolfe: Winter (World Premiere)

New Music Concerts
Robert Aitken, Artistic director

Betty Oliphant Theatre
Toronto, Ontario

Stacks Image 1566

8

August

Music for a While - English Song Recital

Ottawa Chamber Festival
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor
Robert Kortgaard, piano

Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Ottawa, Ontario

Stacks Image 1529

29

July

Mad Dogs and Englishmen
The Noel Coward Songbook

Elora Festival
Talisker Players

St. John's Church
Elora, Ontario

Stacks Image 1862

16

July

Music for a While - English Song Recital

Music Niagara
Lawrence Wiliford, tenor
Robert Kortgaard, piano

Niagara on the Lake, Ontario

Stacks Image 2418

12

July

Roth: The Traveler

The Rivered Earth
Music and Beyond festival

Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Ottawa, Ontario

Stacks Image 2437

11

July

Roth: Songs in Time of War

The Rivered Earth
Music and Beyond festival

Dominion-Chalmers United Church
Ottawa, Ontario

Stacks Image 2471

15 & 17

June

Bach: Mass in B Minor

Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Mexico
Conducted by Carlos Miguel Prieto

Palacio de Bellas Artes
Mexico City, Mexico

Stacks Image 1585

23

April

Bach: Mass in B Minor

Music of the Baroque
Conducted by Jane Glover

Harris Theatre
Chicago, Illinois

Stacks Image 2490

22

April

Bach: Mass in B Minor

Music of the Baroque
Conducted by Jane Glover

First United Methodist Church
Evanston, Illinois

Stacks Image 2524

14

April

Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Evangelist)

Baldwin-Wallace College Bach Festival
Conducted by Dwight Oltman

Kulas Hall
Berea, Ohio

Stacks Image 1900

23 - 24

April

Bach: St. Matthew Passion (Evangelist)

Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Roberto Minczuk

Jack Singer Concert Hall
Calgary, Alberta

Stacks Image 2543

6

March

Canadian Art Song Project recital

Lawrence Wiliford and
Steven Philcox, Artistic Directors

Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts
Toronto, Ontario

Stacks Image 2562

2 - 4

March

Beethoven: Mass in C

Colorado Symphony
Conducted by Christoph König

Boettcher Concert Hall
Denver, Colorado

Stacks Image 1924

19

February

Aldeburgh Connection 30th Anniversary Gala

Stephen Ralls & Bruce Ubukata
Artistic Directors

Koerner Hall
Toronto, Ontario

Stacks Image 2596

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