Thu 11/10 @ 7:30PM
Fri 11/11 @ 7:30PM
Sat 11/12 @ 8PM
Sun 11/13 @ 4PM
Apollo’s Fire, Cleveland baroque chamber orchestra, will be stirring up some musical excitement with its next program, titled “Storms and Tempests.”
The program will highlight an Apollo’s Fire favorite, soprano Amanda Forsythe, in such popular arias as Antonio Vivaldi’s “Siam Navi” from L’Olimpiade, George Frideric Handel’s “Piangerò la sorte mia” from Giulio Cesare and Carl Heinrich Graun’s Tra le procelle assorto from Cleopatra e Cesare.
Another Apollo’s Fire favorite, violinist Alan Choo (the group’s new assistant artistic director, will be featured in Vivaldi’s Tempesta di Mare (Storm at Sea) concerto. The program will also feature orchestral works by Marin Marais, Jean-Baptise Lully, Evaristo Felice Dall’Abaco and Andre Grétry.
As usual, founder/artistic director Jeannette Sorrell will be leading the ensemble at these concerts, which will also celebrate the release of Forsythe’s latest recording with Apollo’s Fire titled Heavenly Bach: Arias & Cantatas of J.S. Bach.
The ensemble performs at Akron’s First United Methodist Church on Thursday; Rocky River Presbyterian Church on Friday; and St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights on Saturday and Sunday. Apollo’s Fire cellist René Schiffervwill do a pre-cncert talk an hour prior to each concert.
For tickets go to apollosfire.org.