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 sponsored by the Ulster Scots Agency/Discover Scotch-Irish, and included concerts at the Irish National Concert Hall (Dublin), the Irish National Opera House (Wexford), Belfast Castle, and the Snape Proms (Aldeburgh Festival, UK).

Tour booking inquiries for Apollo's Fire:
Columbia Artists Management (North and South America)
Intermusica Artists (in the UK)

apollosfire.org
Passion.Period

Video Production: Sisi Burn and Erica Brenner