Performance Today

Jeannette Sorrell founded the early music group Apollo's Fire back in 1992, and that fire is still burning hot. We'll hear Apollo's Fire at a concert in Cleveland on this episode of Performance Today.

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Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo's Fire Jeannette Sorrell founded the early music group Apollo's Fire back in 1992... and that fire is still burning hot. We'll hear Apollo's Fire at a concert in Cleveland on this episode of Performance Today.

Despite the English horn’s misleading name — it’s neither English nor a horn — the instrument produces a famously angelic sound that takes center stage in Hector Berlioz’ 'Roman Carnival Overture.' Berlioz originally composed the music for his opera 'Benvenuto Cellini.' Though the opera flopped, he salvaged its best melodies to create an orchestral centerpiece. In today's episode, Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the RAI National Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai) in a concert performance of the 'Roman Carnival Overture.'

📷Auckland War Memorial Museum

Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture Despite the English horn’s misleading name—it’s neither English nor a horn—the instrument produces a famously "angelic" sound that takes center stage in Hector Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture. Berlioz originally composed the music for his opera Benvenuto Cellini. Though the opera flopped...