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Apollo’s Fire and vocalists find grace and glory in Bach’s Mass in B minor

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United StatesUnited States J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Rebecca Myers (soprano), Aryssa Leigh Burrs, Gabriela Estephanie Solís (mezzo-sopranos), Emily Marvosh (contralto), Jacob Perry (tenor), Edward Vogel (baritone), Charles Wesley Evans (baritone), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio, 4.4.2025. (MSJ)

Jeannette Sorrell conducts Rebecca Myers (soprano), Gabriela Estephanie Solís (mezzo-soprano) and Apollo’s Fire © Apollo’s Fire

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Delicate instruments shine in Vivaldi and Telemann with Daphna Mor and Apollo’s Fire in Ohio

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United StatesUnited States Vivaldi, Telemann – Virtuoso Brilliance’: Daphna Mor (recorder), HyunKun Cho (viola da gamba), Emi Tanabe, Chloe Fedor, Edwin Huizinga and Carrie Krause (violins), Apollo’s Fire / Alan Choo (violin and direction). First United Methodist Church, Akron, 6.2.2025. (MSJ)

Violinist Alan Choo

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Bach’s Brandenburgs live (again!) in Ohio under Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire

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United StatesUnited States Bach: Caleb Hudson (natural trumpet), Kathryn Montoya (recorder), Gaia Saetermoe-Howard (oboe), Alan Choo (violin), Nicole Divall (viola), Min Young-Kim (viola), Kathie Stewart (recorder), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (harpsichord and conductor). First United Methodist Church, Akron, 20.10.2024. (MSJ)

Apollo’s Fire in Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.2 under Jeannette Sorrell © Apollo’s Fire

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Apollo’s Fire burns darkly in a program of Hispanic music

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United StatesUnited States Various, ‘¡Hispania! A voyage from Spain to the Americas’: Sophia Burgos, Andréa Walker (sopranos), Alan Choo, Emi Tanabe (violins), Jeremías García (guitar), Sandi Bohl (castanets), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor and harpsichord). St. Bernard Catholic Church, Akron, 20.3.2024. (MSJ)

[front l-r] Andréa Walker, Jeannette Sorrell and Sophia Burgos after the opening night performance © Apollo’s Fire

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Apollo’s Fire soars with ‘Fire & Joy’ in Ohio

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United KingdomUnited Kingdom Vivaldi, Bach – ‘Fire & Joy’: Deborah Nagy (oboe), Nicole Divall (viola d’amore), Alan Choo, Edwin Huizinga (violins) Daphna Mor, Kathie Stewart (recorders), René Schiffer (cello), Apollo’s Fire / Jeannette Sorrell (conductor). First United Methodist Church, Akron, Ohio, 11.16.2023. (MSJ)

Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire at the end of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No.4 © Erica Brenner/AF

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