Apollo's Fire & Jeannette Sorrell - Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain conjures a holiday celebration of the Scottish and Irish immigrants who settled in the Appalachian Mountains. With Jeannette Sorrell directing Apollo’s Fire and a host of singers young and old in folk carols and shapenote hymns, Christmas is welcomed with love, singing, dancing and prayer. Following the release of the award-winning Sugarloaf Mountain: An Appalachian Gathering (AV2329), which was a Top 5 Billboard Classical Crossover hit, Jeannette Sorrell and Apollo’s Fire present Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain. In this celebration of the American immigrant experience, fiddlers, medieval harp, hammered dulcimer, bagpipes and singers join with children’s voices to evoke the Celtic roots of an Appalachian Christmas. From Christmas Eve in medieval Scotland to folk carols and shape-note hymns at a toe-tapping Christmas gathering in Virginia, Apollo’s Fire follows the journeys of the Irish and Scottish settlers who bravely crossed the Atlantic, settled in the mountains and welcomed Christmas with love, singing, dancing and prayer.

Artists: Apollo’s Fire - Jeannette Sorrell, director Amanda Powell, soprano Ross Hauck, tenor Jeffrey Strauss, baritone

Critical Acclaim:

“The lightning strike of genius can happen, sometimes even repeatedly to those willing to earn it. Jeannette Sorrell is one such person. This show was intense, interesting,

spectacularly performed, and deeply moving. If that’s not genius, I don’t know what is.” - Seen & Heard International

”The five sold-out performances of “Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain” this month attest to the popularity of Apollo’s Fire’s crossover shows. This one is just as alluring and

infectious as its predecessor” - ClevelandClassical.com


Tracklist:
1. Christmas Eve Reel / Christmas In America / Old Christmas Eve (Arr. Jeannette Sorrell) 03:22
2. The Truth Sent from Above (Arr. Jeannette Sorrell) 05:28
3. Sheep under the snow / Apples in Winter / Little Christmas Reel (Arr. René Schiffer and Susanna Perry Gilmore) 04:15
4. Blow, Northern Wind (Arr. Brian Kay) 03:30
5. Don Oiche úd I mBeithil (That Night in Bethlehem) (Arr. Brian Bigley) 01:52
6. That Night in Bethlehem (Don Oiche úd i mBeithil) (Arr. Jeannette Sorrell) 03:39
7. Nowell Sing We, Both All and Some (Arr. Jeannette Sorrell) 01:48
8. Innesheer / Ships in Full Sail + I Saw Three Ships / New Christmas Reel (Arr. Kathie Stewart) 03:50
9. Yorkshire Carol / Somerset Wassail / Kentucky Wassail (Arr. Jeannette Sorrell) 05:45
10. Bright Morning Stars 03:12
11. Christ Child’s Lullaby (Talladh Chriosta) (Arr. by Jeannette Sorrell and Amanda Powell) 05:47
12. Frost & Snow / 28th of January / Dominion Reel (Arr. Tina Bergmann and René Schiffer) 03:56
13. Jesus Born in Beth’ny (Arr. Jeannette Sorrell) 01:31
14. Star in the East | The Shepherd’s Star 03:40
15. Joseph & Mary / I Wonder as I Wander (Arr. Jeannette Sorrell 05:07
16. The Gravel Walk / Over the Isles to America 02:34
17. Hop High Ladies / June Apple Reel 02:29
18. Cold Frosty Morning / Old Christmas / Breakin’ Up Christmas (Arr. René Schiffer, Jeannette Sorrell and Tina Bergmann) 04:18
19. The Parting Glass 02:13