Apollo's Fire sets Cleveland aflame

By Frank Kuznik, 24 February 2014

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Reviewed at Rocky River Presbyterian Church, Rocky River Presbyterian Church on 23 February 2014

Traditional, Ah El Novio No Quere Dinero (The Bridegroom Wants no Money) (Traditional Sephardic Wedding Song )

Traditional, Avinu Malkeinu (Our Father, Our King) (Medieval Sephardic Sacred Chant)

Traditional, La Rosa Enflorece (The Rose Blooms) (Medieval Sephardic Love Song )

Apollo's Fire

Nell Snaidas, Soprano

Karim Sulayman, Tenor

Jeffrey Strauss, Baritone

Animated seasonal Vivaldi from Apollo’s Fire

Mark Pullinger, 15th April

Has St Martin-in-the-Fields ever heard a more polished performance of that Baroque evergreen, The Four Seasons?

****1

Coffee House Baroque: Apollo’s Fire

Mark Pullinger, 15th August

Jeanette Sorrell and her Cleveland Baroque band Apollo’s Fire are renowned for their inventive programming and “A Night at Bach’s Coffeehouse”, with guest soloist Alina Ibragimova, deftly offered a balanced musical diet.

***11

New World Baroque: Apollo's Fire in tour send-off

Frank Kuznik, 12th August

A hit in its hometown, Apollo's Fire is making believers on the festival circuit both in the US and abroad this summer.

****1

Baroque Blues: Apollo's Fire in café style

Frank Kuznik, 13th February

Apollo's Fire digs deep into the roots of early music and finds some surprisingly contemporary sounds.

****1

A riveting Messiah in Cleveland

Timothy Robson, 12th December

Can a Handel's well-worn masterpiece get dramatic new life? Cleveland's Baroque orchestra Apollo's Fire and conductor Jeannette Sorrell answer with a definitive, “Yes!”

*****

Baroque Blues: Apollo's Fire in café style

Frank Kuznik, 13th February

Apollo's Fire digs deep into the roots of early music and finds some surprisingly contemporary sounds.

****1

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Frank Kuznik

Frank Kuznik is the former Editor-in-Chief and Culture Editor of The Prague Post, Central Europe’s premier English-language weekly newspaper. He currently divides his time between Prague and his hometown in the US, Cleveland, where he covers northeast Ohio's dynamic classical music scene. In Prague he is an habitué of the Rudolfinum, National Theater, State Opera and other storied classical music venues, and an unabashed fan of Czech music.