FULL O Jerusalem! Cleveland OH 2020 Apollo’s Fire

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: O Jerusalem!  
• Composer: various  
• Libretto: various    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio  
• Recorded: March 10, 2020
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Brian Kay, Jeffrey Strauss, Daphna Mor, Amanda Powell, Sorab Wadia, Jacob Perry
• Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell  
• Orchestra: Apollo's Fire  
• Stage Director:   
• Costume Designer:   

Information about the Recording

• Published by: apollosfirebaroque  
• Date Published: 2020  
• Format: Streaming
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

“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 1: O Jerusalem!

0:01 Ir me kero, Madre, a Yerushalayim (Longing for Jerusalem)
6:02. Kuando el Rey Nimrod
Trad. Sephardic songs, arr. J. Sorrell
– Jeffrey Strauss, baritone; Sorab Wadia, tenor; Amanda Powell, soprano

9:25. Bani Adam (Children of Adam)
– Poem by Sa’adi of Shiraz, 13th c.

10:50 Ney improvisation – Daphna Mor

Set 2: The Jewish Quarter

2:01 Tsur Mishelo (trad. table Hebrew blessing)
– Daphna Mor, vocals

5:02 Nani Nani (trad. Sephardic ballad)
– Amanda Powell, soprano

10:41 Qanun improvisation – Zafer Tawil

11:43. A la Una Yo Nacì (trad. Sephardic ballad)
– Sorab Wadia, vocals
with Jacob Perry & Fiona Gillespie

Set 3: The Christian & Armenian Quarters

0:01 Havoon Havoon (Armenian hymn, arr. by René Schiffer)
– René Schiffer, cello and Sue Yelanjian, contrabass

3:43 Falconieri: Passacaglia
7:11 Salamone Rossi: Bergamasca
– Daphna Mor, recorder and Julie Andrijeski, violin

9:30 Santa Maria, Strela do Dia (Medieval cantiga, arr. by J. Sorrell)
– Amanda Powell and Brian Kay, vocals

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, tenorSet 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

 

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