The Schobertiade

Apocryphonia Presents: The Schobertiade

Friday, June 14th - 7:00pm

Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor St W, Toronto

Before Schubert, there was Mozart...

before Mozart, there was Schobert.

The 18th Century composer Johann Schobert is primarily known for three things:

• Influencing Mozart and the 'Classical Crew' with his truly imaginative keyboard sonatas.
• Dying after cooking poisonous mushrooms he insisted on multiple occaisons were safe to eat.
• Being one vowel away from the Romantic Austrian composer Franz Schubert

The Schobertiade touches upon these claims to fame (mostly the first one), and more!

The night includes elections from his Sonatas for Keyboard and Strings Op. 14 , including violin parts hitherto unrecorded.

Alongside the sonatas are works by his 18th Century contempory in London: Guiseppe Agus, and 20th Century non-contemporaries: Paul Constantinescu of Romania, and Ralph Vaughan Williams of England.

Performing these works are:

Andrea Botticelli - Fortepiano

Rezan Onen-Lapointe - Violin

Michelle Odorico - Violin

Laura Jones - Cello

Alexander Cappellazzo - Tenor

Apocryphonia once again brings to the surface sounds which have been kept from you for reasons unknown. Don't miss out on this one, this is your chance to hear this rare music live. See you on June 14th at The Schobertiade!

Apocryphonia goes beyond the known and the popular in classical music to reveal the beautiful, the lost, and the rare. The name is derived from the two words:

Apocryphus: 'secret, or non-canonical', from the Greek adjective ἀπόκρυφος (apokryphos), 'obscure'. The word apocrypha originally meant a text too sacred and secret to be in everyone's hands.

-phone: from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) 'sound'

Apocryphonia's aim is to seek out and share the hidden and the obscure; whether it be music from composers you may never have heard of, or rare works by well known names.

Apocryphonia’s founder, Alexander Cappellazzo always felt as though the classical music that inspired him to become a musician was not the classical music that was regularly being performed and taught. Apocryphonia brings local musicians and audiences together and gives them the opportunity to hear and perform works that are rarely performed in ways that highlight their unique qualities; introducing a new favourite piece, or new favourite composer.

In a generally orthodox atmosphere of concert programmation, Apocryphonia shows may be the only time you’ll get to hear some of these pieces live in concert!

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Church of the Redeemer, 162 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Canada