Haralabos [Harry] Stafylakis

Vocal Music

Score & parts for all listed compositions are available for purchase. See notes on each work's info page or send an inquiry through the Contact page.

Symphony No. 2: Into Oblivion (2019)
A symphonic song cycle for bass-baritone & orchestra (40')
2(2 picc).2(corA).2(bcl).2(cbsn) / 4.2.3.1 / timp.+2perc. / hp / pno(cel) / strings
Text by D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), The Ship of Death.

PART ONE

Now It Is Autumn
A Smell of Ashes
Daggers, Bodkins, Bullets
Quietus

PART TWO

Already Our Bodies Fallen
Death-Flood Rising
At One with Darkness
She Is Gone

PART THREE

A Horizontal Thread
Renewed with Peace

Commissioned by Philippe Sly and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, with partial support from the Canada Council for the Arts.

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Into Oblivion (2019)
for bass-baritone & piano (40')
Text by D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930), The Ship of Death.
Commissioned by Philippe Sly.

EIDOS, Book I (2019)
for Roomful of Teeth (10')
[Encoded Images from the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows]
1. rigor samsa
2. gnossienne
3. ecstatic shock
Commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra for Roomful of Teeth and the Winnipeg New Music Festival.

A Parable for End Times (2018)
for choir & orchestra (15')
3(picc).2.3(bcl).2 / 4.3.3.1 / timp + 3perc / hp / pno+cel / strings / choir (SATB)
Text by Steven Erikson, from The Devil Delivered

Commissioned by the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

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The Esther Diaries (2012-13)
for soprano and chamber orchestra (36')
1.0.1.0 / 0.0.0.0 / 1 perc. / pno. / strings
Libretto by Ellen Frankel
Commissioned by Sharon Azrieli

The Metal and the Flower (2012)
for tenor, accordion, and piano (6')
Text by P. K. Page (1916-2010)
Winner of a 2013 Godfrey Ridout Award (SOCAN Foundation)

Ubi Sunt (2008)
for women’s choir, harp, vibraphone, and strings (8')
Commissioned by the Lorelei Ensemble under Beth Willer.
Winner of 2011 Godfrey Ridout Award (SOCAN Foundation)

The Keats Cycle (2007 / 2010)
for baritone or bass-baritone and orchestra (19')
Text by John Keats (1795-1821)

The Keats Cycle (2007)
for baritone or bass-baritone and piano (19')
Text by John Keats (1795-1821)

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