Mediterranean Nights
Jeannette Sorrell
Nell Snaidas
Steve Players and Nell Snaidas
Nell Snaidas, Steve Players and Jeannette Sorrell

Featuring NELL SNAIDAS, soprano &
STEVE PLAYER, dancer/guitar
A program created by Jeannette Sorrell


The program that took the Midwest by storm
now heads to the Southwest!

SOUTHWEST TOUR - March 4-11, 2012


Captivating Spanish and Italian love songs, castanets and driving foot percussion make this a memorable evening for classical, baroque and folk audiences. Nell Snaidas draws us into her world of 17th-century ballads, while Spanish dancer Steve Player sets sparks flying with daring improvisations. Passionate sonatas by Merula, Uccellini and Castello reach a redhot finish with Sorrell’s arrangement of Boccherini’s Fandango Quintet.

REVIEWS FROM THE 2009 TOUR  

“Inspired in all the ways one expects of this brilliantly led ensemble.” 
– PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW (“Top 10 Concerts of 2009”)

“Truly brilliant.  These lively songs and dances all had ground basses in common, but few of us would have noticed. There was just too much fun layered on top to pay attention to.” 
– PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE

“Apollo's Fire re-created a jam session that might have been heard 300 years ago on an Italian beach. Fascinating.”
– COLUMBUS DISPATCH  

“Part music-history lesson, part improvisational “jam session” (as Sorrell termed it) and part exhilarating Baroque beach party. . . . performed with spontaneous sonic combustion.”   
– THE CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER

“Steve Player and Nell Snaidas nearly burnt the place down with their sizzling intensity. Mr. Player was liquid motion . . . he whirled and leaped with joyous abandon.”
– COOL CLEVELAND.com


ITINERARY
Saturday
March 3
7:30pm
Lensic Auditorium
Tickets by phone: 505.988.1234
Tickets online through Lensic Auditorium
Santa Fe, NM

Sunday
March 4
4:00pm
Camelback Bible Church
3900 East Stanford Drive
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
For Tickets call 602-753-0190
Paradise Valley, AZ

Tuesday
March 6
8:00pm
Tucson Chamber Music Festival
Tickets by phone: 520.577.3769
Tickets online through Arizona Friends
of Chamber Music
Tucson, AZ

Thursday
March 8
7:30pm
St. Cecilia Music Center
Tickets by phone: 616.459.2224
Tickets online through St. Cecilia Center
Grand Rapids, MI


Behind the Scenes
Dancing on the Table-top: Steve Player on Vitality in Performance – Then & Now
Video
Hear the Music
All selections are LIVE performances by Apollo's Fire
El Cant dels Ocells / Traditional arr. Sorrell
Gaitas "Bagpipes" / Murcia arr. Sorrell
Sdegno / Mazzocchi
Fandango / Murcia, Boccherini arr. Sorrell
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