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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