Apollo's Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra ...
Α popular and critically acclaimed orchestra devoted to repertory from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (i.e., mostly works from the Baroque and early Classical era). Apollo's Fire, The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra is a popular and critically acclaimed period-instrument ensemble specializing in early music (Renaissance, Baroque and early Classical) based in Cleveland, Ohio . The ensemble unites a select pool of early music specialists from throughout North America and Europe. Under the direction of Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell , the ensemble has been praised internationally for a fresh and vibrant approach to baroque performance, and for creative and innovative programming. Named for the classical god of music and the sun, Apollo's Fire was founded in 1992 by Jeannette Sorrell with the assistance of flutist Kathie Lynn Stewart and Roger Wright, then Artistic Administrator of the Cleveland Orchestra (now with the BBC). The orchest