Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain / Sorrell, Apollo's Fire

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Label
Avie Records
Release Date
October 19, 2018
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TRADITONAL
    • PERFORMER
      Apollo's Fire, Powell, Hauck, Strauss, Apollo's Singers, Sorrell
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 19, 2018
    • UPC
      822252239621
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AV2396
    • LABEL
      Avie Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Christmas Eve Reel - Christmas Eve in America - Old Christmas Eve (Ireland, England, Appalachian) (arr. J. Sorrell)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    2. The Truth Sent from Above (arr. J. Sorrell)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Amanda Powell, Ross Hauck

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    3. Sheep Under the Snow - Apples in Winter - Little Christmas Reel (arr. R. Schiffer)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Susanna Perry Gilmore

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    4. Blow, Northern Wind (arr. B. Kay)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Brian Kay

    5. Don Oiche Úd I mBeithil (arr. B. Bigley)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Brian Bigley

    6. That Night in Bethlehem (arr. J. Sorrell)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Musettes, Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Jeffrey Strauss

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    7. Nowell sing we, both all and some (arr. J. Sorrell)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Amanda Powell, Ross Hauck, Molly Netter, Jeffrey Strauss

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    8. Innesheer - Ships in Full Sail and I Saw Three Ships - New Christmas Reel (arr. K. Stewart)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire, Apollo's Musettes

      Performer: Kathie Stewart

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    9. Yorkshire Carol - Somerset Wassail - Kentucky Wassail (arr. J. Sorrell)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire, Apollo's Musettes

      Performer: Michael Temesi, Jeffrey Strauss

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    10. Bright Morning Stars

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Amanda Powell, Tina Bergmann, Ross Hauck

    11. Christ Child's Lullaby (Talladh Chriosta) (arr. J. Sorrell and A. Powell)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Amanda Powell

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    12. Frost and Snow - 28th of January - Dominion Reel (arr. R. Schiffer and T. Bergmann)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Tina Bergmann

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    13. Jesus Born in Beth'ny (arr. J. Sorrell)

      Composer: Traditional, Jeannette Sorrell

      Ensemble: Apollo's Musettes

      Performer: Michael Temesi

    14. Star in the East - Shepherd's Star

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    15. Joseph and Mary - I Wonder As I Wonder (arr. J. Sorrell and J.J. Niles)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Amanda Powell, Ross Hauck

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    16. The Gravel Walk - Over the Isles to America (arr. J. Sorrell)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Jeannette Sorrell

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    17. Hop High Ladies - June Apple Reel

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Ian Crane, Brian Bigley

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    18. Cold Frosty Morning - Old Christmas - Breakin' Up Christmas (arr. R. Schiffer and T. Bergmann)

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell

    19. The Parting Glass

      Composer: Traditional

      Ensemble: Apollo's Fire

      Performer: Amanda Powell, Ross Hauck

      Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell


Following the release of the award-winning Sugarloaf Mountain: An Appalachian Gathering, which was a Top 5 Billboard Classical Crossover hit, Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire present Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain. In this celebration of the American immigrant experience, fiddlers, medieval harp, hammered dulcimer, bagpipes and singers join with children’s voices to evoke the Celtic roots of an Appalachian Christmas. From Christmas Eve in medieval Scotland to folk carols and shape-note hymns at a toe-tapping Christmas gathering in Virginia, Apollo’s Fire follows the journeys of the Irish and Scottish settlers who bravely crossed the Atlantic, settled in the mountains and welcomed Christmas with love, singing, dancing and prayer. Acclaim for the premiere performances of this program was widespread: “The lightning strike of genius can happen, sometimes even repeatedly to those willing to earn it. Jeannette Sorrell is one such person. This show was intense, interesting, spectacularly performed, and deeply moving. If that’s not genius, I don’t know what is.” (Seen & Heard International)

REVIEWS:

Apollo’s Fire is a celebrated baroque orchestra, but their ventures into folk music are just as celebrated. This is music of and by amateurs, here arranged and performed with professional skill, but without sacrificing its vibrant folk quality to the glitz of showbiz. This recording is a must have for anyone susceptible to the allure of this tradition.

– American Record Guide

There are other ways to reveal fresh musical truths in the context of Christmas, and the determination of another early music group to do so has produced my vote for festive disc of the year. Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain from Apollo’s Fire charts the passage of Scottish and Irish immigrants to the Appalachian Mountains in the 1830s. The Baroque music group gives us sounds we don’t often associate with Bethlehem but are probably far closer to what was heard there: zingy harps, reedy winds and plenteous modality.

– Gramophone