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