{"id":100588,"date":"2023-11-27T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=100588"},"modified":"2023-11-27T13:49:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T18:49:12","slug":"preview-apocryphonia-presents-silent-fright-horrifically-chilling-classical-cabaret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/11\/27\/preview-apocryphonia-presents-silent-fright-horrifically-chilling-classical-cabaret\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW: Apocryphonia Presents Silent Fright: A Horrifically Chilling Classical Cabaret"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_100592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100592\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-PREVIEW-26.jpg\" alt=\"Clockwise (beg top left: Simmie J. Patoka; Catharin Carew; Ivan Jovanovic; Alexander Cappellazzo; Austin Larusson\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-PREVIEW-26.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-PREVIEW-26-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-PREVIEW-26-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-PREVIEW-26-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Clockwise (beg top left: Simmie J. Patoka; Catharin Carew; Ivan Jovanovic; Alexander Cappellazzo; Austin Larusson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In its mission to present works that look outside the usual repertoire, Apocryphonia looks beyond the usual holiday fare to present a concert that celebrates the art of horror via classical music. Established and emerging Toronto and area musicians come together for this unusual take on holiday music. The concert, titled Silent Fright, takes place at Heliconian Hall on December 2.<\/p>\n<p>Thinking outside the box to reveal the work of rare and under-programmed composers means going way beyond the usual suspects like Saint-Saens\u2019 Danse Macabre or Bach\u2019s Toccata in D Minor.<\/p>\n<h2>The Music<\/h2>\n<p>The programme\u2019s music is drawn from various eras and centuries, from the Early Romantic period to the modern era. The works that have been selected have either a sparse or non-existent recording history, along with themes of the macabre, the supernatural, and monsters.<\/p>\n<h3>Highlights include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>An excerpt from Charles Wakefield Cadman&#8217;s 1926 opera, A Witch of Salem<\/li>\n<li>A piece by Swedish composer Lars Erik-Larsson about an eerie hospital<\/li>\n<li>Songs that chronicle the fate of sailors caught by supernatural forces, demonic journeys, rats, and other delightfully frightening subjects<\/li>\n<li>A love story with a ghostly dimension by Pauline Viardot and ballads of murder by Carl Loewe;<\/li>\n<li>Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky \u2013 Modern Greek Song (In Dark Hell) Op. 16 No. 6<\/li>\n<li>Two Canadian works by Harry Somers and John Mais Capel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_100590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100590\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-FEATURE-1.jpg\" alt=\"The composers (all public domain images): John Alden; John Nicholas Ireland; Pauline Viardot; Lars-Erik Larsson; Harry Somers; Carl Loewe\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-FEATURE-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-FEATURE-1-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-FEATURE-1-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/11\/Copy-of-FEATURE-1-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The composers (all public domain images): John Alden; John Nicholas Ireland; Pauline Viardot; Lars-Erik Larsson; Harry Somers; Carl Loewe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A bit about some of the <strong>composers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>John Ireland<\/strong> (1879 \u2013 1962): An Englishman whose style spans Late Romanticism and Impressionism, he left a prodigious legacy of art songs and works for solo piano.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pauline Viardot<\/strong> (1821 \u2013 1910): A French dramatic mezzo-soprano, vocal pedagogue, and composer, Pauline Viardot had a glittering operatic career before turning to composition. Her work, admired by Liszt, included 5 operas and over 100 art songs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Alden Carpenter<\/strong> (1876 \u2013 1951): An American Impressionist (as he was known in his day), he was one of the first to introduce the idioms of jazz into orchestral music, leaving three ballets, along with works for piano and art songs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harry Somers<\/strong> (1925 \u2013 1999): A native Torontonian, Harry Somers was a prolific composer, and founding member of the Canadian League of Composers (CLC). He is probably best known for the opera Louis Riel, which was commissioned for the 1967 Centennial celebrations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carl Loewe<\/strong> (1796 \u2013 1869): Organist, music teacher and singer, Carl Loewe found the time to composer more than 400 songs, along with two symphonies and five operas. He was known as \u201cthe north German Schubert\u201d.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lars-Erik Larsson<\/strong> (1908 \u2013 1986): Swedish composer, conductor, radio producer and educator Lars-Erik Larsson was a student of Alban Berg. His compositions range from 12-tone serialism through folk music to Neo-Romanticism and Classicism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full list of composers includes: Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Franz Schubert, Benjamin Britten, Lars-Erik Larsson, Pauline Viardot, John Ireland, Harry Somers, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, John Alden Carpenter, Clara Wieck, Dylan Langan, Carl Loewe, John Mais Capel, Gustav Holst, Matvey Nikolaevsky, Charles Wakeman Cadman, and Richmond &amp; Maxwell.<\/p>\n<h2>The Performers<\/h2>\n<h3>Catherin Carew, mezzo-soprano<\/h3>\n<p>Mezzo-soprano Catharin Carew (she\/they) is experienced in recital and opera performance, with a diverse repertoire. Career highlights have included the premiere of Ana Sokolovic&#8217;s The Midnight Court at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and performing Mrs. Grose in The Turn of the Screw at Aldeburgh. Recent performances include Brang\u00e4ne in Tristan und Isolde and mezzo soloist in Robert Cohen&#8217;s Alzheimer Stories with Pax Christi Chorale.<\/p>\n<h3>Simmie J. Patoka, soprano<\/h3>\n<p>Soprano Simmie J. Patoka (they\/them) is based on Ontario. Stage credits include singing Suor Genovieffa in Puccini\u2019s Suor Angelica, the First Lady in Mozart\u2019s The Magic Flute and Elvira in Rossini\u2019s L\u2019Italiana in Algeri, along with musical theatre roles such as Paulette in Legally Blonde and Casey in First Date.<\/p>\n<h3>Austin Larusson, baritone<\/h3>\n<p>Baritone Austin Larusson recently starred as Hugo in Tales of the Grotesque at the historic Campbell House in Toronto. Other recent stage credits include the role of Frank in Die Fledermaus, Masetto in Don Giovanni, and the Sacristan in Tosca, along with covering Scarpia with Toronto City Opera. Career highlights include Shem and Patho in Conan and the Stone of Kellior, John Sorel in The Consul, and Conte Di Luna cover in Il Trovatore. He\u2019ll be performing as Elder McLean in the upcoming production of Susannah with Toronto City Opera.<\/p>\n<h3>Alexander Cappellazzo, tenor<\/h3>\n<p>Tenor Alexander Cappellazzo is Toronto-based, and has performed with Voicebox: Opera in Concert, Toronto City Opera, and other companies in the city. He draws from a diverse repertoire that includes operatic and choral works from Bach to Wagner. Alexander is a graduate of McGill University with Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degrees in Vocal Performance and Opera.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander founded Apocryphonia in 2022.<\/p>\n<h3>Ivan Jovanovic, pianist<\/h3>\n<p>A native of Serbia Ivan Jovanovic began his music education at the Belgrade Faculty of Music, earning both a BMus and MMus in piano performance. He joined the Belgrade Opera Orchestra in 2004 as a r\u00e9p\u00e9titeur and concert pianist. He came to Toronto in 2013 to complete his MMus in Collaborative Piano from the University of Toronto, and he won the Gwendolyn Williams Koldofsky Prize in<br \/>\nAccompanying that year. He is currently a regular vocal coach and harpsichordist in UofT\u2019s Early Music Department.<\/p>\n<p>From 2014 to present, Jovanovic has been the accompanist at Toronto City Opera, and in 2017 extended his role to Music Director.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tickets are PWYC with a suggested $30\/20 price, and you can find tickets and more information [<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/742932179147?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/strong>].<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Are you looking to promote an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/advertising\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0e101a\"><u>event<\/u><\/span><\/a>? Have a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/masthead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>news tip<\/u><\/a>? 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