Minnesota Public Radio's "Performance Today" Features In-Studio Interview/Performance with Jeannette & the Principal Players
Minnesota Public Radio's Fred Childs hosts this fascinating radio interview, in which Jeannette and AF's principal players share their thoughts on AF's unique performance style. Recorded in October 2012 on the eve of AF's sold-out debut in St Paul, MN at the venerable Schubert Club.
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AF's "Sacrum Mysterium" Named One of BBC Magazine's Top 20 Holiday Concerts in America
“Cleveland Baroque orchestra Apollo's Fire joins forces with La Nef, a Montreal-based ensemble, for a programme of ancient Celtic music rooted both in church and countryside. The concert includes excerpts from a 13th-century service surrounded by hymns, carols and folk tunes. Expect a mix of bagpipes, fiddles, flutes and voices, which should build to a rambunctious, rollicking finale.”
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The Plain Dealer Features Jeannette Sorrell
“Since the start of Apollo's Fire, the founder has proved to be virtuoso organizer, inventive programmer -- her crossover concerts of folk music have become audience favorites -- and vibrant interpreter of music from before, during and after the Baroque era performed with a blend of historical and Sorrell-conjured panache.”
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ClevelandClassical.com Ponders the Secrets to AF's Success
"In covering an Apollo's Fire concert it is less incumbent upon the reviewer to say that Apollo's Fire was good than it is to discuss why they were good, and why they are consistently good... There are a number of reasons for Apollo's Fire's success. From the moment the musicians walked onto the stage, their very entrance communicated “We are performers. And we are here for you, the audience.” Apollo's Fire has stage presence.
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