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:::This article is about The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. For information about the musical term, see Tafelmusik

The Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (also known as Tafelmusik) is a Canadian baroque orchestra specializing in early music. They often perform with choir and play on period instruments.

The orchestra was founded in 1979. Violinist Jeanne Lamon has been its musical director since 1981.

The orchestra has 19 full-time members who specialize in historical performance and technique, with additional musicians joining the ensemble when required.

The Tafelmusik Chamber Choir, under the direction of Ivars Taurins, was formed in 1981 to complement the orchestra.

Performing

Tafelmusik performs over 50 concerts for it subscription season at its home venue in Trinity-St. Paul's United Church, a historic church in the Annex neighborhood of Toronto.

Its annual Messiah and Sing Along Messiah have become very popular events during Toronto's Christmas season.

The orchestra tours about twelve weeks each year across Canada, the United States and Europe. It has also toured in the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong and Japan, as well as Israel and Greece.

Since 1993, Tafelmusik has been orchestra in residence at the German Klang und Raum Festival in the small village of Irsee in Bavaria.

Awards

the 1996 Echo Klassik Award for Best Orchestra of the Year (Germany's highest recording accolade)
four Canadian Juno Awards for Best Classical Album, most recently in 1995 for Bach's Brandenburg Concertos

The orchestra's recordings have also received the following awards:

Diapason D'Or awards
Record of the Year in Absolute Sound Magazine
Disc of the Month in CD Review
nominations for Record of the Year in Gramophone Magazine
England's The Penguin Guide has awarded Tafelmusik's recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons its highest accolade — the Rosette in 1994.

Discography

The orchestra records exclusively on the Sony Classical label including Sony Classical's Vivarte series. Some of its recordings include:

Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
The Mozart Requiem (directed by Bruno Weil)
the complete piano concertos of Beethoven (with Jos van Immerseel as soloist and conducted by Bruno Weil)
works by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks coupled with Concerti a due cori Nos. 1-3
works by Salamone Rossi

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