MOZART - Ballet Music from Idomeneo - Apollo's Fire/Sorrell

W. A. Mozart
Ballet Music from Idomeneo (edited by J. Sorrell)
APOLLO'S FIRE | The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra
Jeannette Sorrell, conductor
Live performance, October 12, 2018
at the Cleveland Museum of Art
Performed on period instruments
with
Johanna Novom,, concertmaster
Susanna Perry Gilmore, associate concertmaster
Adriane Post, princ. 2nd
Karina Schmitz, princ. viola
René Schiffer, princ. cello
Sue Yelanjian, princ. bass
Kathie Stewart, princ. flute
Debra Nagy, princ. oboe
Stephanie Corwin, princ. bassoon
Todd Wilson, princ. horn
Steve Marquardt, princ trumpet
Matthew 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 PRODUCTION:
Erica Brenner Productions
Cameras: Ken Wendt, Mathias Reed, Joe Boyle, Erica Brenner
Audio Engineer: Daniel Shores

[@manolis.799]

The more I hear of Madame Sorrell and her magnificent ensemble the more I am impressed. Her imagination and gift for drama make every performance a delight.

[@user-qm7qd1ri9u]

Absolutely brilliant, light and majestic! Conductor's and musicians love to this music is seen in every note.

[@olly8453]

I've always loved Jeannette Sorrell's conducting and her consistently fine choice of Tempo. Such an underrated orchestra too.

[@luisrueda7672]

Magnífico, grandioso, Mozart es exquisito y escucharlo con ésta genial dirección es un deleite. Gracias.

[@mereyeslacalle]

Encantadora , magnífica ; es un placer disfrutar de la dirección de Jeannette Sorrell .

[@bedenerexhepaj293]

Superb!!! Beautiful performance!!! Thank you!!!😮

[@firsttankcrews]

What a superb performance - well done to the orchestra but especially to Johanna Novom as concert master..

[@judycook4314]

She comes to life as concertmaster!

[@andreaferioli7734]

Siete uno spettacolo brave complimenti

[@donaldgoodell7675]

The Balletmusik that young Mozart (age 24) was eventually oblig’d to provide between Acts 1 & 2 of Idomoneo were something of a last minute decision (the various Ballet movements were compos’d for the Munich Rezidenztheater in early-mid Jan 1781) and apparently were meant to obviate the usual custom of inserting ballets of other composers into any of a single-opera seria composer’s work) made completion of this grand opera even more onerous (‘I think I’ve compos’d - & re-compos’d - enough Musik for this Opera-including all those goddamned dance-movements-to fill up two operas by now...but the end of my work is finally within sight...’ he wrote to his father that same month) and were specifically taylor’d for individual dancers (‘fuer Mdme Falgera...’ ‘pas de dieux pour Mdme. Hartig et Mssr. Antoine; pas seul (solo dance) for LeGrand’ = the Ballet Master &tc. as well as the entire Corps de Ballet. Jeanette Sorrel’s curious decision to cut the last four sets of ballet dances out and concentrate on the first half seems a great shame to modern audiences-probably because the second-half of the Ballet Music for Idomoneo consists mainly of ‘unfinish’d fragments’ and we are not sure how many of these were actually perform’d during the ‘riotous’ 1781 Munich Carnival Season immediately following Christmas (Idomoneo premier’d 29 Dec 1781 with both Leopold & Nannerl Mozart in attendance)-although many found the premiere performance & staging of this masterpiece ‘somewhat less than stellar’ Mozart’s fame and respect from his musicians as an ‘independent’ composer far away from the confines of smothering Salzburg gave him the courage to finally tell the Archbishop several months later (whilst on a State Visit to Vienna) to ‘stick his job where the moon-don’t-shine’ - which resulted in the 6’7” Comte Arco to kick the tiny composer (4’11” without his 2” heels !) down the front staircase of the Archbishop’s Viennese Archepiscopal Palace possibly further injuring young Mozart’s kidneys in the process...

[@simonkawasaki4229]

Where did you get the information on the premiere? I cannot find any reports on it anywhere.

[@donaldgoodell7675]

Simon Kawasaki : the premiere of Idomoneo in Munich (Cuvillies Theatre, conducted by Christian Cannabich of the Mannheim Orchestra) was [recte] 29 JAN 1781 - sorry I typ’d ‘December’ by mistake - thanks for catching the typo !

[@yp3424]

The performance was fine and the information accurate. For further education, I recommend the booklet of the "Idomeneo, re di Creta" recording under J. El. Gardiner. There's only one objection; according to german musicologists who took part in the 2006 Mozart-year celebrations for his 250th anniversary, it was confirmed that, he was almost 1m 61cm (5.4") tall, obviously not a 4.11" dwarf. (I am not quite sure about the size of his heels). Of course ,that factor didn't play any role at all. We are discussing about geniuses like Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert, who were reportedly short, not "wannabe" top-models.

[@drasdrubalcesar]

Bravíssimo !!!!

[@marcosPRATA918]

Música entusiasmante!!

[@jorgeluisseguel1563]

Excelente dirección de la obra. celebro que su directora nos transmita su placer por la música de Mozart!!!

[@donaldgoodell7675]

Correction : premiered 29 January 1781 !!!

[@Rosangela161]

Adorable! Masterly performance. Thank you so much.

[@mcburcke]

Beautifully done!

[@walterwynn3562]

Awesome music..😅

[@mariaesperanza6548]

👍❤️

[@WmWQuickMD]

Absolutely lovely music! A curiosity question: why are some of the women wearing casual outfits while others are in formal black dresses?

[@user-unetaro]

8:58

[@user-yk4st2re7y]

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