Sugarloaf Mountain – Opening Sequence – Apollo's Fire at the Snape Proms, UK (2/8)

APOLLO'S FIRE performs "Sugarloaf Mountain"
Live at the Snape Proms (Aldeburgh Festival), UK
August 12, 2018

"Sugarloaf Mountain – An Appalachian Gathering," created and directed by Jeannette Sorrell, explores the Celtic roots of Appalachian music while following the stories of the Irish and Scottish immigrants who crossed the Atlantic to build new lives in the Appalachian mountains of America. The 2018 international tour was sponsored by the Ulster Scots Agency/Discover Scotch-Irish, and included concerts at the Irish National Concert Hall (Dublin), the Irish National Opera House (Wexford), Belfast Castle, and the Snape Proms (Aldeburgh Festival, UK).

MUSIC:
Mountains of Rùm (trad. Scottish, arr./adapted by Jeannette Sorrell)
We'll Rant and We'll Roar (trad. British Isles, arr. J. Sorrell)
Farewell to Ireland (trad. Irish, arr. J. Sorrell & R. Schiffer)
Highlander's Farewell (trad. Appalachian, arr. J. Sorrell & R. Schiffer)

APOLLO'S FIRE | Jeannette Sorrell, Artistic Director
on historical instruments

Amanda Powell, soprano vocals
Ross Hauck, tenor vocals
Madeline Apple Healey, dancer & soprano vocals
Ian Crane, bagpipes & bass vocals
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Susanna Perry Gilmore, fiddle
Kathie Stewart, early Irish flute
Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer
Brian Kay, baroque guitar
René Schiffer, cello

Booking inquiries for Apollo's Fire:
Columbia Artists Management (in North and South America)
Intermusica Artists (in the UK)

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Video production by Sisi Burns and Erica Brenner

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