Music for Troubled Times
Jeannette Sorrell, direction, harpsichord, & program design
Amanda Powell, soprano
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2020, 7:30PM
CLEVELAND Museum of Art (Gartner Auditorium)
London, 1665: A year-long plague held the city in its grip, but haunting folk ballads and laments of Dowland and Purcell wafted from the windows of empty streets. Two centuries later, outbreaks of cholera and dysentery could not prevent Americans – black and white – from singing in joyous harmony at the end of the Civil War. In this new program from Jeannette Sorrell, 10 musicians conjure up these two historic pandemics through music, diaries and poems as we celebrate the resilience of the human spirit. WE SHALL OVERCOME.
Phone: 216-390-0012
Email: boxoffice@apollosfire.org
2020/10/09 - 2020/10/09
Additional time info:
Pre-Concert ZOOM Talks
Don’t miss the lively discussion with AF’s Visiting Scholar, Dr. Thomas Forrest Kelly of Harvard University. Choose Thursday 10/8 or Saturday 10/10 at 1:00pm. A ZOOM link will be sent to all ticket holders for these concerts.
Post-Concert VIRTUAL LOBBY
Meet 2-3 of the featured the artists in our new Q&A ZOOM discussions – Sunday 10/11 (for patrons who attend the live concert) and Tuesday 10/20 at 7:30pm (for patrons who watch the video at home). Sit down with a glass of wine for 30 minutes and toast the musicians on their performance!
Gartner Auditorium, Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Blvd., Cleveland, OH 44106