Praetorius CHRISTMAS VESPERS
December 12 – December 21, 2025
Praised as “a sheer delight” (NEW YORK TIMES), Apollo’s Fire’s acclaimed Christmas program returns! Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell weaves the extraordinary works of 17th-century composer Michael Praetorius into a Vespers service. The cathedral resounds in a splendor often reminiscent of Monteverdi – with antiphonal choirs, trumpets, sackbuts, cornettos, lutes, harp, strings and recorders. Familiar highlights include “Lo, how a Rose e’re blooming” and “In Dulci Jubilo.” Children’s voices shine in this haunting and joyous celebration of the Christ child.
“Charged with Apollo’s Fire’s signature energy… a spark that grows into a blaze.”
– GRAMOPHONE
Friday, December 12, 2025, 7:00PM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, AKRON
Thursday, December 18, 2025, 7:00PM
Trinity Cathedral, CLEVELAND
Friday, December 19, 2025, 7:00PM
Trinity Cathedral, CLEVELAND
Saturday, December 20, 2025, 7:00PM
First Baptist Church, SHAKER HEIGHTS
Featured Artists
Rebecca Myers, Andréa Walker, Molly Netter,sopranos
Gabriela Estephanie Solís,mezzo-soprano
Michael Jones, Matthew Newhouse,tenors
Matthew Dexter,bass
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with Apollo’s Singers
and members of Apollo’s Musettes (Treble Youth Choir)