Beethoven: Egmont Overture - Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell

Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture to Egmont
APOLLO'S FIRE | The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Live performance, April 29, 2017
First Baptist Church
Cleveland, OH
Olivier Brault, concertmaster
Susanna Perry Gilmore, asst concertmaster
Julie Andrijeski, princ. 2nd violin
Karina Schmitz, princ viola
René Schiffer, princ cello
Sue Yelanjian, princ contrabass
Kathie Stewart, princ flute
Debra Nagy, princ oboe
Erik Hoeprich, prins clarinet
Stephanie Corwin, princ bassoon
Todd Williams, princ horn
Steve Marquardt, princ trumpet
Mattthew Bassett, timpani
apollosfire.org
Passion.Period
Booking inquiries for Jeannette Sorrell:
Stefana Atlas, COLUMBIA ARTISTS
Booking inquiries for Apollo's Fire:
Rob Berretta, Opus 3 Artists
Video by Erica Brenner Productions
ericabrennerproductions.com
Cameras: Mathias Reed, Ken Wendt, Erica Brenner
Audio Engineer: Ian Dobie, Dobie Digital Productions
Video Editing: Erica Brenner

[@JesseArt]

I love how dark the period instruments makes this piece sound. You can also tell you all play with incredible passion. This conductor is dragon fire. She reminds me of my old choir director back in university. He could make your vocal chords react before your brain new what happened.

[@lucaogliari2912]

Karajan, Boehm, Jochum, Furtwangler are on another planet !!

[@giannisolga5191]

Count Egmont was beheaded in the Main Square of Brussels in 1568 after sentencing in the Court of Blood during the Spanish Fury of the Duke of Alba. His crime: feeling responsible to protect all his subjects, not just Catholics. I've just discovered Apollo's Fire. Jeannette Sorrell is over the top wonderful. I'm so happy. Thank you.

[@edwardkimball596]

I was noticing this morning the way a violin/viola player was watching the cello section. That’s part of what makes this ensemble so great. They pay attention to each other, not just the conductor.

[@judycook4314]

I too notice and appreciate this about them, particularly when they are performing as a smaller group.

[@mcburcke]

Finally, an Egmont with clarity of sound and performance. Contemporaneous instrumental timbres and size of orchestra...wonderful!...whooda thunkit? Well done, indeed.

[@austin7]

So so so refreshing to hear classical era music performed on period instruments. Such a different timbre and feeling. Thank you for sharing!!

[@johnlintern4811]

I only recently discovered this ensemble - what a discovery! They really do play with passion. They certainly are up there with the best. I really love period instruments - as Christopher Hogwood said, it's like stripping off the dull Victorian varnish of a great painting to give a fresh & new appreciation. This ensemble have certainly done this with the 'Egmont' overture! I shall be watching more of themo be sure!

[@pauldoerflingerMarcoPolo1947]

Magnifique d’interprétation et avec une femme d’exception qu’est Jeannette Sorrell qui mène la baguette après de nombreuses répétitions détaillées comme habituellement ! Bravissimo

[@lindaridd4393]

I remember when you came to the Cadogan Hall, London for the Proms, I was a volunteer and you kindly helped me after the concert with a disabled lady, talking about the theorbo etc., it made their day, thank you so much, you are so kind

[@lindaridd4393]

I forgot to mention, the Egmont Overture has a new meaning for me, I have been researching my ancestry and I found that Count Egmont is my umpteenth greatgrandfather, this is the best version ever!! than you once again, I love looking at your videos

[@firsttankcrews]

Absolutely wonderful rendition - and the videographer was excellent

[@hectorrodriguez4426]

Flawless perfomance!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@firsttankcrews]

I keep coming back this magnificent performance - it is sensational. Miss Sorrell is such a superb director and the extremely high quality of the musicianship of the core AF players has been enhanced by additional top rate Baroque artists who have swelled the ranks of the orchestra..

[@CanalPisco]

Awesome. The best Egmont that I already listen to. Thanks a lot

[@johnsunde4339]

And the somewhat more intimate hall embraces the timbre and magnifies it!

[@adalyubarksy9985]

My favorite overture . Excellent performance . I can play it all day . Thank you for posting it . Sehr Gut . Danke .

[@mariolinaporra3645]

il più bel Egmont che abbia mai ascoltato!!!!!

[@vitogeraci843]

Old crook Horns sound better than the one’s now. The old horns sound round, loud, distorted, cracking, and imperial. I love it

[@marcosPRATA918]

Magnífica harmonia e mistura de timbres (cores).

[@jacobespinoza1154]

I have to listen to this every

[@luisrueda7672]

Magníficamente dirigida, es espléndida!!!. Grandiosa. Gracias

[@rogertahontianshan]

An amazing ouverture from Beethoven,it is even based on the history from Zottegem in Belgium

[@robertsincich4497]

Outstanding . We'll done !

[@dirkhoekstra727]

WOW! LOVE IT!!!

[@Musicsson]

Great orchestra. Great conductor, super talented!

[@sergiothepilot]

Excellent!!!!!! Beautiful sound, very smooth!!!!!!

[@user-pw4ps4qe3c]

amazing!!! finaly normal tempi!!! thank you❤

[@Desireyso58]

BRAVO Jeannette!!! Lovely Rendition!!!

[@alejandromosquerasouto6614]

Me encanta esta versión de Egmont. Sabor y musicalidad plenas. Magnífico

[@boolofsson3367]

Superb... Thank You... 😊

[@marazulization]

Very good!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@Abd92SharafEldien]

totally different BRAVOOOO (Y)

[@afrofinka]

Brava Maestra, bravi tutti👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 the articulations and the balance are fantastic !

[@johnkusske7535]

Beethoven would have loved this, and I do too!

[@rihardserdmanis17]

Great!

[@rareword]

Great director

[@maireadtallon1897]

Please come soon again to Ireland. Mairéad Tallon, Fublin

[@jacobespinoza1154]

Please publish this on Spotify

[@danielpincus221]

Felix luvvvvved this side of Ludwig.

[@revrichardclark7480]

A performance of great strength, control and authority

[@thetransplanter3337]

💖

[@samuelszabo7150]

The best... Chapeau bas, Jeannette Sorrell!

[@5678__smrt]

7:01 Finale

[@dahlrussell]

Apollo's Fire is one of the premier orchestras in the world, and one of the few specializing in period instruments. In my days as a Classical Radio Programmer and Host, I could always depend on Jeanette Sorrell and this group of musicians! If you would like to hear a pre-concert (or post-concert) lecture on this piece, I have linked to this performance as my highlighted performance of this piece. In the text below my lecture video, I have also linked to a performance by the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Thielemann, so you can compare the texture of the original instruments to modern - it's an immediately apparent sound! To hear my lecture on Beethoven, this work, and the interplay between technique and emotion, just click here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3zKmYiaqNifh9k

[@AleksSHAGI]

Боже, как драматично! Браво!

[@alvarogarciabarbosa3199]

Other notes!!

[@berndwaniewski3472]

The Egmont ouverture by Beethoven also here performed by the E.T.A.Hoffmann Chamber Orchestra Berlin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHqoi42fiL6ih7M

[@jacobespinoza1154]

Please

[@jacobespinoza1154]

What hz did they play this in

[@jacobespinoza1154]

Day

[@ramaponzi]

that's a drug wao !!!

[@NothingMaster]

This is the music I would have wanted if I was to jump into a super massive black hole.

[@csteamofficial3986]

LATTE DI NOCI

[@csteamofficial3986]

LA MIA RISPOSTA A TUTTO CIò è ZENZERO

[@austinhalsey300]

GUCCI GANG

[@alejandrinoo.g5100]

La obra es del gran BEETHOVEN; pero está interpretación no suena a Beethoven.

[@ladylaurel18]

Why? Por que crees eso?

[@Musicsson]

Good Lord, how "modern" movie score composers steal from all these masters... "Pirates of the Caribbean"... the theme is obviously stolen from Egmont...

[@kenharrington2204]

OMG!!!!! lol

[@thomasmaze9156]

Tout dans cette version d'Egmont a l'air bon: la chef, les musiciens, les instruments d'époque... Sauf qu'il s'agit de Beethoven, et que de mon point de vue, une interprétation sur instruments d'époque ne rend absolument pas justice à sa musique. L'écoute de cette ouverture m'a laissé de marbre, ce qui est dommage quand il s'agit d'Egmont. Je tiens à préciser que ceci n'est que mon opinion et que je ne détiens pas la vérité.

[@novailspoesie6097]

I came from the furtwängler Egmont overture ... what should I say... sorry misses fire but this Interpretation is too high and fast for me ... destroying the whole peace ... hear Furtwänglers Interpretation ... that is real strength... and you can feel Egmont and the whole peace makes sense ...

[@jackarcher7495]

Well, it's making a lot of sense to me. I suspect there's room for both Furtwangler and Sorrell in Egmont.

[@novailspoesie6097]

@@jackarcher7495 nothing is bad or good, it just has its specialisations and petsonalitys