Dear Friends,
 
Apollo’s Fire takes our name from the Ancient Greek god of music and healing. This year, the music of J.S. Bach is our guidestar as we set out on a journey that feeds the soul in a troubled world.
 
From the joy of the Brandenburg Concertos to the magnificence of the Mass in B Minor, with some thrilling Vivaldi and Mozart along the way… Join us for our 33rd season, and let’s share the magic of live performance!
 
Jeannette Sorrell

The season opens with sizzling virtuosity! Jeannette Sorrell leads the exhilarating Apollo’s Fire musicians in Bach’s masterpieces – featuring daredevil violinist Alan Choo in No. 4 and dazzling guest trumpeter Caleb Hudson of the Canadian Brass in No. 2.
 

“Swaggering and brilliantly played.” — THE LONDON TIMES

Friday, October 18, 7:30pm – St. Paul’s Episcopal, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

Saturday, October 19, 7:30pm – St. Paul’s Episcopal, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

Sunday, October 20, 5:00pm – First United Methodist Church, AKRON

*Monday, October 21, 7:30pm – Harkness Chapel, UNIVERSITY CIRCLE

Tuesday October 22, 7:30pm – ROCKY RIVER Presbyterian Church

 
*On Oct. 21, Brandenburg No. 2 is replaced by Bach’s Orchestral Suite No. 3.
 
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Generously sponsored by MICHAEL FRANK & PAT SNYDER* (*dec’d)

Reginald Mobley, countertenor
  
Gather with internationally acclaimed singer Reggie Mobley, AF concertmaster Alan Choo and 8 AF friends for soulful music of Purcell and Bach, including Purcell’s O Solitude and Bach’s haunting Cantata no. 82, Ich habe genug, featuring oboist Debra Nagy. Two uplifting Southern spirituals round out this intimate evening of hope and renewal.
  

Thursday, November 14, 7:30pm – First United Methodist Church, AKRON

Friday, November 15, 7:30pm – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

Saturday, November 16, 7:30pm – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

Sunday, November 17, 4:00pm – ROCKY RIVER Presbyterian Church

 
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Generously sponsored by MARILYN & TOM MCLAUGHLIN

Jeannette Sorrell’s heartwarming celebration of the Irish immigrant experience is back, with delightful new cast members including children.
 
On Christmas night in Old Ireland, families and friends gathered for singing, storytelling, and plenty of wassail. From a caroling party through the streets of Dublin to a holiday barn dance in Virginia… we follow the hopes and fears of the Irish who bravely crossed the Atlantic. Irish singer Fiona Gillespie joins with fiddlers, medieval harp, and hammered dulcimer to welcome Christmas with LOVE, DANCING, and PRAYER. Bring the whole family!
  

“Fiona Gillespie sang with power, polish, and idiomatic Irish inflection… with fiddles providing irrepressible Gaelic flair. One wonders if WASSAIL may become another Christmas tradition.” – CHICAGO CLASSICAL REVIEW

Tuesday, December 3, 7:00pm – St. Noel Church, WILLOUGHBY HILLS

Wednesday, December 4, 7:00pm – The BATH Church, UCC

Saturday, December 7, 7:30pm – CHAGRIN FALLS Performing Arts Center

Sunday, December 8, 3:00pm – AVON Performing Arts Center

 
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Generously sponsored by ELLEN & MIKE MEEHAN

Sound the trumpet! Jeannette Sorrell and the acclaimed Apollo’s Singers are nationally acclaimed for their dramatic interpretation of Messiah. The soloists become musical storytellers, bringing spirituality and drama to Handel’s richly layered masterpiece.
 
Duration: 2 hrs 15 min. including intermission
  

“The performance conducted by Sorrell was a revelation. ‘Messiah’ has seldom seemed so dramatic, so alive with detail.” — BACHTRACK.COM (London)

Tuesday, December 10, 7:00pm – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, AKRON

Thursday, December 12, 7:00pm – St. Raphael Church, BAY VILLAGE

Friday, December 13, 7:30pm – Trinity Cathedral, CLEVELAND

Saturday, December 14, 7:30pm – Trinity Cathedral, CLEVELAND

 
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Apollo’s Fire revels in fiery orchestral suites and concertos. Recorder virtuoso Daphna Mor performs Telemann’s famous Suite in A Minor for the first time on the AF stage. Violinists Alan Choo, Emi Tanabe, and Chloe Fedor take the spotlight in thrilling double and triple concertos by Vivaldi.
  

Thursday, February 6, 7:30pm – First United Methodist Church, AKRON

Friday, February 7, 7:30pm – ROCKY RIVER Presbyterian Church

Saturday, February 8, 7:30pm – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

Sunday, February 9, 4:00pm – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

 
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Generously sponsored by KAREN & RICHARD SPECTOR

Jonathan Pierce Rhodes, tenor | Alan Choo, violin
  
Mozart was profoundly influenced by two composers – his teacher, Franz Josef Haydn, and his extraordinary French-African colleague, Joseph Bologne (Chevalier de St-Georges). Haydn’s strikingly virtuosic Symphony no. 8 “Le Soir” and arias by Bologne meet Mozart’s delightful Violin Concerto no. 3 played by Alan Choo.
  

Thursday, February 27, 7:30pm – First United Methodist Church, AKRON

Friday, February 28, 7:30pm – St. Raphael Church, BAY VILLAGE

Saturday, March 1, 7:30pm – First Baptist Church, SHAKER HEIGHTS

Sunday, March 2, 3:00pm – CLEVELAND Museum of Art

 
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Bach’s magnificent Mass features a large and colorful orchestra, including several unusual instruments. Praised for her “revelatory performance” (Opera News) of Bach’s sacred works, conductor Jeannette Sorrell leads the festive forces – including trumpets, timpani, strings, choir, and soloists.
  

  “Glorious… an absorbing performance – luminous playing, genuine emotion, and tasteful drama.” – CLEVELAND.COM

Friday, April 4, 7:30pm – St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, AKRON

Saturday, April 5, 7:30pm – Trinity Cathedral, CLEVELAND

Sunday, April 6, 4:00pm – St. Christopher Church, ROCKY RIVER

Tuesday, April 8, 7:30pm – Trinity Cathedral, CLEVELAND

 
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This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts