Baroque Music by Candlelight
Sunday, July 13, 2025 at 8:30PM
Fieldstone Barn
7450 Middlebrook Rd, Elora
$55 Adult | $20 Student | $10 Child
The Elora Singers
Elinor Frey, cello
Lucas Harris, lute
Jonathan Oldengarm, organ
Elora’s Fieldstone Barn is transformed into a candlelit venue for this stunning concert of music from the Baroque. The Elora Singers shine as soloists and ensemble in music from 17th century and 18th century Italy, France and England, accompanied by continuo players Elinor Frey (cello), Lucas Harris (lute), and Jonathan Oldengarm (organ).
The Elora Singers
The Elora Singers, under the direction of Mark Vuorinen, has established an international reputation as one of Canada’s finest professional choirs. Founded in 1980, it is the ensemble-in-residence of the Elora Festival for three weeks eachsummer, in addition to presenting a regular concert series,producing recordings, and touring across Canada and internationally.
Elinor Frey
Elinor Frey is an American-Canadian cellist, gambist, and researcher who has performed across the Americas and Europe in recital and with numerous chamber ensembles and orchestras. Her album Giuseppe Clemente Dall’Abaco Cello Sonatas, is winner of a Diapason d’Or, and Early Italian Cello Concertos, won the 2023 JUNO Award for Classical Album of the Year.
Lucas Harris
Lucas Harris is a specialist in historical plucked string instruments, and owns nearly twenty instruments ranging from early Renaissance lutes to an 1831 guitar by Gaetano Guadagnini. He discovered the lute during his undergraduate studies at Pomona College, where he graduated summa cum laude. He then studied the lute and early music at the Civica scuola di musica di Milano and at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen before beginning his freelancing career in New York City. For the past two decades he bases his activities in Toronto, where he serves as the regular lutenist for Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. He is a founding member of the Toronto Continuo Collective, the Vesuvius Ensemble (dedicated to Southern Italian folk music), and the Lute Legends Collective (an association of specialists in ancient plucked-string traditions from diverse cultures).
Jonathan Oldengarm
Hailed for his “unalloyed musicality”, organist, harpsichordist, conductor, chamber musician and arranger Jonathan Oldengarm loves to colour outside the lines. Passionate about repertoire from the 16th to 21st centuries, he is equally at home as a soloist and ensemble player. Jonathan maintains an active solo performance, broadcast and recording schedule, and is a laureate of several international competitions.