Apollo's Fire "O Jerusalem!" (Full Concert) – Set 5: Arab Quarter & Neighborhood Celebration

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Set 5 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 5: Arab Quarter & Neighborhood Celebration

Qanun improvisation – Zafer Tawil
Lamma bada – traditional Arab/Andalusian mwasha, arr. J. Sorrell
Amanda Powell with Zafer Tawil

Longha Farahfaza – traditional Arabic/Riad al Sunbati
Longha Nahawand – traditional Arabic/Turkish

La Komida la Manyana (The Morning Meal) – traditional Sephardic/Ladino song, ed. R. Schiffer
Jeffrey Strauss, Sorab Wadia, Amanda Powell, Adriana Ruiz & Company


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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