Farewell to Ireland (from “Sugarloaf Mountain“) – Apollo’s Fire LIVE at the Snape Proms, UK
Farewell to Ireland (trad. Irish)
Highlander’s Farewell (trad. Appalachian)
– arranged by Jeannette Sorrell and René Schiffer
from “Sugarloaf Mountain – An Appalachian Gathering“
APOLLO’S FIRE
Jeannette Sorrell, Artistic Director/harpsichord
on historical instruments
Live at the Snape Proms (Aldeburgh Festival), UK
August 12, 2018
Susanna Perry Gilmore, fiddle
Kathie Stewart, Irish flute
Ian Crane, Scottish small pipes
Tina Bergmann, hammered dulcimer
Brian Kay, baroque guitar
René Schiffer, cello
Jeannette Sorrell, harpsichord
Amanda Powell, percussion
Madeline Apple Healey, dancer
“Sugarloaf Mountain – An Appalachian Gathering,“ created and directed by Jeannette Sorrell, explores the Celtic roots of Appalachian music while following the stories of the Irish and Scottish immigrants who crossed the Atlantic to build new lives in the Appalachian mountains of America. The 2018 international tour was