Jeannette Sorrell, the internationally acclaimed, GRAMMY®-winning conductor and harpsichordist, returns to New York City twice this season. The first visit is this December, when Ms. Sorrell makes her New York Philharmonic debut with a beloved, must-hear work, Handel's Messiah. The Apollo's Fire's founder will lead the revered orchestra in four concerts, in which the Apollo's Singers - an acclaimed professional chamber chorus directed by Ms. Sorrell, participates.
Concurrently warming the Upper West Side, "Playing with Fire," receives its Symphony Space premiere screenings on December 16th. The 2019 documentary by the award winning director Allan Miller ("America's foremost filmmaker of documentaries on classical music." - The New York Times ) has been praised by The Cleveland Plain Dealer as "Illuminating… If you’ve ever wondered why orchestras need conductors and what, exactly, takes place on that podium, 'Playing With Fire' will answer all your questions. It dwells on what makes Sorrell unique as a leader, on her way of sculpting and shaping and getting to the dramatic heart of every phrase. ...The soundtrack, simply put, is stunning.”
The 8:00 pm screening will be followed by a live Q&A with Ms. Sorrell.
Handel's Messiah
December 14, 15, 17, 18, 2021 at 7:00 PM
The Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive, New York City
Jeannette Sorrel, conductor
New York Philharmonic
Soloists:
Amanda Forsythe, soprano
John Holiday, countertenor
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass-baritone
Apollo's Singers (Jeannette Sorrell, artistic director)
Symphony Space Presents
"Playing With Fire"
December 16, 2021 at 6:00 and 8:00 pm
Live Q&A following the 8:00 pm screening
Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York City
View the trailer, and more, here.
Ms. Sorrell returns to New York City March 24, 2022 with Apollo's Fire in a lively program of virtuoso works by Bach and Vivaldi at Carnegie Hall.
About Jeannette Sorrell, conductor & harpsichordist
“Sorrell is an absolute dynamo onstage…. a force to be reckoned with. She brought the energy and creativity that… have granted her celebrity status within the early music world.” - San Francisco Classical Voice
GRAMMY®-winning conductor Jeannette Sorrell is recognized internationally as one of today’s most compelling interpreters of Baroque and Classical repertoire. She is credited by BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE for “forging a vibrant, life-affirming approach to early music.”
Sorrell founded Apollo's Fire, "the USA's hottest baroque band" ( Classical Music Magazine, UK), in 1992. Since then the renowned period ensemble has played over 700 concerts in Northeast Ohio and 1,100 concerts nationally and abroad.
Apollo’s Fire celebrates its 30th anniversary this 2021-22 season with 28 concerts in Northeast Ohio; its new 5-concert Windy City Series in Greater Chicago, which has become Apollo's Fire second home; and tour engagements across the country (return engagements at New York's Carnegie Hall (March 24, 2022); the Green Music Center in Sonoma, CA (October 30, 2021); Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC (January 27, 2022); the Vilar Performing Arts Center in Vail/Beaver Creek, CO (January 31, 2022); and Worcester Music, Tuckerman Hall, in Massachusetts (March 26, 2022).
As artistic director of Apollo's Fire, Sorrell has led the ensemble as conductor and harpsichord soloist in sold-out concerts from Carnegie Hall and London’s BBC Proms to the Tanglewood and Ravinia festivals, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), the Boston Early Music Festival series, the Library of Congress and at major venues in Toronto, Los Angeles and San Francisco, to name but a few. In Cleveland, Ohio, she and Apollo’s Fire have built one of the largest audiences of any baroque orchestra in North America. Sorrell has led Apollo’s Fire on five European tours, with sold-out concerts at the BBC Proms in London (with live broadcast across Europe), the Aldeburgh Festival (UK), Madrid’s Royal Theatre, Bordeaux’s Grand Théàtre de l’Opéra, and major venues in Lisbon, Metz (France), and Bregenz (Austria); as well as concerts at the Irish National Concert Hall (Dublin), the Irish National Opera House (Wexford), the Birmingham International Series (UK), the Tuscan Landscapes Festival (Italy), and Belfast Castle with a live broadcast carried by the Associated Press of Europe.
In demand with symphony orchestras and period groups alike, in addition to her anticipated debut with the New York Philharmonic, this season Ms. Sorrell also debuts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic leading Bach’s St. John Passion . Sorrell has led such orchestras as the Pittsburgh Symphony, the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center, the St Pauli Chamber Orchestra, the New World Symphony, and the Utah Symphony, among others.
The architect of Apollo’s Fire’s Young Artist Apprentice program, which has produced many of the nation’s leading young professional baroque players; and the new Artistic Leadership Fellows program, she has released 26 commercial CDS with Apollo’s Fire, including the GRAMMY® winning “Songs of Orpheus” featuring tenor Karim Sulayman, and 8 Billboard Classical bestsellers. Her YouTube videos with Apollo’s Fire have received over 8 million views.
The daughter of a European immigrant father and American mother, she grew up as a musician and dancer. Sorrell studied conducting under Leonard Bernstein, Robert Spano, and Roger Norrington at the Tanglewood and Aspen music festivals. As a harpsichordist, she studied with Gustav Leonhardt in Amsterdam and won First Prize and the Audience Choice Award in the Spivey International Harpsichord Competition, competing against over 70 harpsichordists from Europe, Israel, the U.S., and the Soviet Union. (Full bio: https://apollosfire.org/about/jeannette-sorrell/ )
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