Performances: April 25 - 28
We come to the end of another Apollo’s Fire season and as with all their performances, these promise to be delightful as well. To close the season, Apollo’s Fire and Music Director Jeannette Sorrell will be joining with internationally acclaimed soprano Amanda Forsythe for an evening of sparkling arias and orchestral brilliance.
The program was inspired by the famous friendship between “Papa Haydn” and his young protégé Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Included in this varied program will be selections from Haydn’s “Sturm und Drang” period (stormy, agitate music) that will segue into the laughter and tears of Mozart’s early operas. It promises to be an evening of contrasts between the two polar opposite personalities.
Amanda Forsythe is known for her “effortless and subtle vocal artistry” (The Boston Globe) and her “wonderful agility and silvery top notes” (Opera News). Fresh from triumphs at Covent Garden in London, Forsythe returns to Cleveland to continue her much-praised series of collaborations with Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire. Forsythe and Sorrell have previously collaborated on two acclaimed CD recordings – Handel’s Messiah and a disc of Mozart.
Conductor Jeannette Sorrell has been called “an outstanding Mozartian… Her Mozart achieves a near-perfect combination of real dramatic cogency and the ability to sing….” (Fanfare Record Magazine).
Contrasting AF’s recent chamber offerings, this evening features an orchestra of 28 musicians. This program offers a rare chance to hear Mozart and Haydn on period instruments. All of the players are period-instrument specialists, assembled from across North America.
REPERTOIRE
HAYDN L'Isola disabitata Overture
HAYDN Fra un dolce delirio (L'isola disabitata)
HAYDN Symphony no. 44 "Trauer" – selections
MOZART La Finta Semplice Overture
MOZART Sposo mia/Fra i pensier (from Lucio Silla)
MOZART In un istante/Parto m’affretto (Lucio Silla)
MOZART Alleluia (from Exsultate Jubilate)
MOZART Symphony no. 33 in B-flat, K. 319
TICKETS
Tickets for local performances start at $21. Student, senior, young adult, and group discounts are available in select seating sections. Student tickets are free in Fairlawn, made possible by the GAR Foundation. Tickets are available through the Apollo’s Fire box office at (216) 320-0012 or online at www.apollosfire.org.
PRE-CONCERT TALKS
Join the large and lively crowd who come for this popular series of talks, one hour before each performance. Pre-concert talks are sponsored by the Friends of Apollo’s Fire.
CONCERTS
Thursday, April 25, 7:30 PM
Fairlawn Lutheran Church
3415 West Market Street
Fairlawn, OH 44333
Friday, April 26, 8:00 PM
Saturday, April 27, 8:00 PM
First Baptist Church
Fairmount Boulevard
Shaker Heights, OH 44118
Sunday, April 28, 4:00 PM*
Oberlin College, Finney Chapel
90 North Professor Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
* Presented by Oberlin College. Limited tickets available through AF. Call AF for pricing or seating info to this concert.
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