Apollo's Fire "O Jerusalem!" (Full Concert) – Set 4: Synagogue, Mosque & Cathedral

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Set 4 from "O Jerusalem!" – Crossroads of Three Faiths"
Conceived & directed by Jeannette Sorrell

Live Performance at the Cleveland Museum of Art
March 10, 2020

APOLLO'S FIRE | on period instruments
Jeannette Sorrell, Artistic Director

"O Jerusalem!" is a musical tour of the 4 quarters of the Old City – Jewish, Arab, Christian, and Armenian. Projected images designed by Camilla Tassi.

Set 4: Synagogue, Mosque, & Cathedral

Muslim Call to Prayer
– Zafer Tawil & Rex Benincasa

Sancta Maria succure miseris – medieval plainchant

Nigra sum sed formosa – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) – Vespers of 1610
– Jacob Perry, tenor

Nigra sum sed formosa – medieval plainchant

Tzur mishelo akhalnu (The Lord our Rock) – Medieval Hebrew prayer, arr. J. Sorrell
– Jeffrey Strauss, baritone & Sorab Wadia, tenor

Ki eshmera Shabbat (If I Guard the Sabbath) – Jeffrey Strauss, baritone
- Medieval Sephardic liturgical chant, arr. J. Strauss/J. Sorrell/R. Schiffer

From the Monteverdi Vespers of 1610:
Gloria Patri – Lauda Jerusalem
– Jacob Perry, tenor

Instrumentalists:
Julie Andrijeski, Emi Tanabe, Yael Cohen, violin
Daphna Mor, recorder
René Schiffer, cello
Sue Yelanjian, contrabass
Luke Conklin, oboe and flute
Zafer Tawil, qanun and oud
Brian Kay, vocals, oud, lute, baglama saz
William Simms, lute, theorbo
Parker Ramsay, medieval harp
Rex Benincasa, percussion

https://apollosfire.org/
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Tour booking inquiries:
Rob Berretta, Opus 3 Artists (in the U.S.)
Claude Boischot, K D Schmid Artists (in Europe)

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Video production by Erica Brenner
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