Past Concerts


The First Cycle of Musical Revelations – 2022/2023

Apocryphonia’s First Cycle of Musical Revelations:
Five shows, including eight Canadian Concert Premieres.

The poster of Apocryphonia's first concert, 'In A Persian Garden: A Summer Afternoon of Song'

In A Persian Garden: A Summer Afternoon of Song

Concert Program

Snowdrops (1901) – Liza Lehmann (1862 -1918)
Oh, the Summer (1911) – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
Eleanore (1899) – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Impromptu in B Minor (1911) (Canadian Premiere) – Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Come, O Gentle Powers, from The Poisoned Kiss – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
In A Persian Garden – Liza Lehmann

Poster of Apocyphonia's second concert, Tracing the Tunes: Ralph Vaughan Williams and the English Folk Song

Sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts
& the Ralph Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust

Concert Program – All works by Ralph Vaughan Williams

Folk Songs of England (Selections) (1908 & 1912)
Six Studies in English Folk Song (1926)
The Lake in the Mountains, from 49th Parallel (1947)
Ten Blake Songs, from The Vision of William Blake (1957)  

Concert Program

Gabriel Angelus – Peter Philips (1561-1628)
Elisabeth Zachariae (North American Premiere) – Vicente Lusitano (1520-1561)
Gabriel Angelus Apparuit (North American Premiere) – Hermann Matthias Werrecore (1500-1574)
Magnificat Quinti Toni (versos impares) (North American Premiere) – Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)
Lucia Virgo (North American Premiere) – Vicente Lusitano (1520-1561)
Oy, Joseph! – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Tleycantimo Choquiliya – Gaspar Fernandes (1566–1629)
Natività di Christo – Biagio Marini (1594-1663)
Mirabile Mysterium – Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
Reges Tharsis – William Byrd (1543-1623)
Los Reyes – Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599)
Riu Riu Chiu – Mateo Flecha (1481–1553)

Concert Program

Vigilate! – William Byrd (1540–1623)
O Praise the Lord a5 (Canadian Premiere)- Thomas Tomkins (1572–1656)
Heu Me Domine – Vicente Lusitano (1520–1561)
Die mit Tränen säen – Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630)
Heroes Pugnate – Jacob Handl (1550–1591)
Mentre picciolo ferro (Canadian Premiere) – Scipione Lacorcia (1590–1620)
Ahi, tu Piangi – Scipione Lacorcia
Mirabile Mysterium – Jacob Handl
Wenn Filli ihre Liebesstrahl – Johann Hermann Schein
Elisabeth Zaccariae – Vicente Lusitano
Too much I once lamented – Thomas Tomkins
Reges Tharsis – William Byrd

Concert Program

Ave Maria (1921) – Nicanor Abelardo (1893—1934)
Kundiman ng Luha (1924)- Nicanor Abelardo
Sa Iyong Kandungan (1929) – Nicanor Abelardo
10 Moments lyriques, Op.27 (1898) [Excerpts] – Felix Blumenfeld (1863—1931)
6 Songs (North American Premiere) – John Mais Capel (1862—1931)
Im Blumengarten – Hanns Eisler (1898—1962)
Die Massnahme (1930) [Excerpts] – Hanns Eisler
Seventy Scottish Songs (1905)[Excerpts] – Helen Hopekirk (1856—1945)
Augenblicke der Weihe (1892) – Louis Lewandowski (1821—1894)
Les petits-poèmes (1915-17) [Excerpts] – Kōsaku Yamada (1886—1965)

The Second Cycle of Musical Revelations – 2022/2023

Apocryphonia’s Second Cycle of Musical Revelations:
Six shows, including [#] Canadian Concert Premieres.

Concert Program

Las Horas de una Estancia, Op. 11 (1943)- Alberto Ginastera (1916 – 1983)
Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22 (1952)- Alberto Ginastera
Romantic Sonata (1946) [Canadian Premiere] – Fikret Amirov (1922 – 1984)
Sevil (1953) [Excerpts] – Fikret Amirov (1922 – 1984)

Concert Program

A Witch of Salem (1926) [Excerpt] – Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881–1946)
Haha! (The Evil Laugh Aria), from Rapunzel (2019) – Dylan Langan (1995–)
The Rat (1918) – John Ireland (1879–1962)
Die Beschwörung (1862) – Pauline Viardot (1821–1910)
Fog Wraiths (1913) – John Alden Carpenter (1876–1951)
Lorelei (1843) – Clara Wieck Schumann (1819–1896)
The Mermaid (1889) – John Mais Capel (1862–1931)
Moon Cracks and Spreads Winter Night (1966) – Harry Somers (1925–1999)
Allmänna Salen (1946) – Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
Song of the Dagger (1912) – Charles Tomlinson Griffes (1884–1920)
The Willow Tree (1909) – Gustav Holst (1874–1934)
Edward (1817) – Carl Loewe (1796–1869)
The Children (1969) – Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
An Schwager Kronos (1816) – Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
Neo-Greek Song (1872) – Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
Tango Satanique (1923) – Matvey Nikolaevsky (1882–1942)
The Ballad of Jane Doe, from Ride the Cyclone (2008) – Jacob Richmond
& Brooke Maxwell

Concert Program

The Salutation Carol – Anon. (c. 1400s)
Coventry Carol
– Anon. (c. 1500s)
Lullaby, my sweet little baby – William Byrd (1540–1623)
Riu Riu Chiu – Mateo Flecha (1481–1553)
Angelus ad Virginem – Anon. (c. 1360)
Mirabile Mysterium – Jacob Handl (1550–1591)
Tleycantimo Choquiliya – Gaspar Fernandes
Resonet in Laudibus – Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
Ther is no rose of swych virtu – Anon. (c. 1420)
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen – Michael Praetorius
Quid petis, o fili? – Richard Pygott (c.1482–1552)
Gaudete – Anon. (c. 1582)

Concert Program

Cor mio, deh non languire – Salamone Rossi (1570 – 1630)
Sfogava con le stelle – Salamone Rossi
Udite, lagrimosi spirti
– Salamone Rossi
Barechu – Salamone Rossi
Lamnatzeach Al Hagitit, Psalm 8 – Salamone Rossi
Mizmor l’Todah, Psalm 100
– Salamone Rossi
Tu parti a pena giunto – Salamone Rossi
Mia vita, s’egli è vero
– Salamone Rossi
Lamnatzeach Binginot Mizmor Shir, Psalm 67 – Salamone Rossi
Hallelujah Haleli, Psalm 146
– Salamone Rossi
Questa dolce sirena – Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1559 – 1609)
Rose, gigli e viole – Salamone Rossi
Se’l leoncorno – Salamone Rossi
Si ch’io vorrei morire – Claudio Monteverdi (1567 – 1643)
Clori mia, Clori bella – Salamone Rossi
Elohim Hashivenu – Salamone Rossi
Rimanti in pace – Salamone Rossi
Hashkivenu Adonai
– Salamone Rossi
Kaddish
– Salamone Rossi

Concert Program

Priego ad amore – Barbara Strozzi (1619 – 1677)
Vagh’amorsi augelli – Maddalena Casulana (c.1544 – c.1590)
Dolci e vaghi augelletti (Canadian Premiere) – Maddalena Casulana
L’Usignuolo – Barbara Strozzi
Stavasi il mio bel sol – Maddalena Casulana
Appena il sol con le sue chiome belle – Barbara Strozzi
Facciami quanto vuol (Canadian Premiere) – Maddalena Casulana
Aura che mormorando (Canadian Premiere) – Maddalena Casulana
L’amante modesto – Barbara Strozzi
Silentio nocivo – Barbara Strozzi
Noisosa lontananza – Barbara Strozzi
Il ritorno – Barbara Strozzi
Viv’ardor viva fiamma – Maddalena Casulana
Gli amanti falliti – Barbara Strozzi

Concert Program

Sonata in D Minor, Op. 14 No 4 – Johann Schobert (1735 – 1767)
Sonata Bizantana, Mvt. 3 Finale – Paul Constantinescu (1909 – 1963)
Notturno in D Major – Giuseppe Agus (1725 – 1800)
Sonata in C Minor, Op.14 No.3 – Johann Schobert
Merciless Beauty – Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958)
Sonata in Eb Major, Op.14 No.1 – Johann Schobert