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Biography

Founded in Toronto, Canada in 1979, by Kenneth Solway (oboe) and Susan Graves (bassoon), the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra – commonly referred to as Tafelmusik – is a baroque orchestra that focuses on early music. Tafelmusik has 19 full-time members who specialize in historical performance and technique, often using period instruments and utilizing the Tafelmusik Chamber Choir (established 1981) and additional musicians if required. One of those additional musicians, acclaimed American violinist Jeanne Lamon, performed several times with the ensemble in the late 1970s. In 1981, she was offered the position of Music Director with the orchestra and relocated to Toronto, Canada. Under her leadership for the next 33 years, Tafelmusik became one of the most popular and best recognized early and baroque music ensembles in the world. The ensemble is known for their live performances, taking their unique sound across Canada, the US, Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Greece, and many other countries. In 2014, Jeanne Lamon stepped down from full-time duties and took over as Chief Artistic Advisor until the arrival of Italian violinist and new Music Director Elisa Citterio in 2017. Jeanne Lamon continued to occasionally perform with Tafelmusik for the next several years. Tafelmusik released dozens of releases – including compilations – since their inception including The Complete Instrumental Music of Leonardo Leo (1988), Vivaldi: Concertos for Strings (1992), Biber: Harmonia Arificioso Ariosa (1994), Bach: Violin Concertos (1995), A Baroque Feast (2002), and the 47CD box set The Complete Sony Recordings (2015). They have won many awards and accolades throughout the years including nine JUNO Awards and remain one of the most in-demand early and baroque music orchestras in the world. Jeanne Lamon died of lung cancer on June 20, 2021. She was 71.
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  2.   Cantata "Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170: V. Aria: Mir ekelt mehr zu leben featuring Tafelmusik
  3.   Symphony No. 6 in F Major, "The Pastoral", Op. 68: III. Allegro (Attacca) featuring Jeanne Lamon
  4.   Cantata "Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170: IV. Recitative: Wer sollte sich demnach featuring Tafelmusik
  5.   Cantata "Widerstehe doch der Sünde", BWV 54: III. Aria: Wer Sünde tut, der ist vom Teufel featuring Tafelmusik
  6.   Cantata "Widerstehe doch der Sünde", BWV 54: II. Recitative: Die Art verruchter Sünden featuring Tafelmusik
  7.   Cantata "Widerstehe doch der Sünde", BWV 54: I. Aria: Widerstehe doch der Sunde featuring Tafelmusik
  8.   Henry Purcell: Ouverture du Roj Arthur (Lent)
  9.   III. Allegro featuring English Chamber Orchestra
  10.   Cantata "Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170: III. Aria: Wie jammern mich doch die verkehrten Herzen featuring Tafelmusik
  11.   Cantata "Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170: II. Recitative: Die Welt, das Sündenhaus featuring Tafelmusik
  12.   Cantata "Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170: I. Aria: Vergnugte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust featuring Tafelmusik
  13.   I. Allegro featuring Tafelmusik
  14.   I. Allegro con brio (Cadenza Improvised by Jos van Immerseel) featuring Tafelmusik
  15.   III. Rondo. Molto allegro featuring Tafelmusik
  16.   III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando featuring Tafelmusik
  17.   III. Allegro featuring New York Philharmonic
  18.   Stabat Mater in F Minor : I. Stabat Mater dolorosa (Largo) by Tafelmusik
  19.   II. Largo featuring Tafelmusik
  20.   I. Allegro ma non troppo featuring Vera Beths
  21.   III. Rondo. Allegro featuring Vera Beths
  22.   Stabat Mater in F Minor: III. O quam tristis (Andante) by Tafelmusik
  23.   Stabat Mater in F Minor: IV. Quis est homo (Largo) by Tafelmusik
  24.   II. Larghetto featuring Vera Beths
  25.   III. Rondo. Vivace featuring Tafelmusik
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