Apollo's Fire "O Jerusalem!" (Full Concert) – Set 1: Longing for Jerusalem

Details

Description

Set 1 from "O Jerusalem!" – Crossroads of Three Faiths"
Conceived & directed by Jeannette Sorrell

Live Performance at the Cleveland Museum of Art
March 10, 2020

APOLLO'S FIRE | on period instruments
Jeannette Sorrell, Artistic Director

"O Jerusalem!" is a musical tour of the 4 quarters of the Old City – Jewish, Arab, Christian, and Armenian. Projected images designed by Camilla Tassi.

Set 1: O Jerusalem!

0:01 Ir me kero, Madre, a Yerushalayim (Longing for Jerusalem)
6:02. Kuando el Rey Nimrod
Trad. Sephardic songs, arr. J. Sorrell
– Jeffrey Strauss, baritone; Sorab Wadia, tenor; Amanda Powell, soprano

9:25. Bani Adam (Children of Adam)
– Poem by Sa'adi of Shiraz, 13th c.

10:50 Ney improvisation – Daphna Mor



Instrumentalists:
Julie Andrijeski, Emi Tanabe, Yael Cohen, violin
Daphna Mor, recorder
René Schiffer, cello
Sue Yelanjian, contrabass
Luke Conklin, oboe and flute
Zafer Tawil, qanun and oud
Brian Kay, vocals, oud, lute, baglama saz
William Simms, lute, theorbo
Parker Ramsay, medieval harp
Rex Benincasa, percussion

apollosfire.org
Passion.Period.

Tour booking inquiries:
Rob Berretta, Opus 3 Artists (in the U.S.)
Claude Boischot, K D Schmid Artists (in Europe)

-----
Video production by Erica Brenner