Second Concert of the Season
"Jewels of Jewish Baroque", the second concert of the Callipygian Player's debut season featured the music from Salamone Rossi and his contemporaries in 17th century Europe.
Audiences in Evanston and Naperville enjoyed rarely-performed selections of both secular and religious music from that time.
Following the concert, the audience joined the performers on stage to view their period instruments and learn more about their history and capabilities.
Nell Flanders discusses the baroque violin while David Schrader explains features of the harpsichord.
Deborah Fox describes the theorbo to a rapt audience.
First Concert of the Season
The Inaugural Performances of the Callipygian Players were held on April 23 and 24, 2004.
Entitled "The European Tour", they celebrated the diversity of baroque music playing selections from Tessarini, Schmeltzer, Leclair, Purcell and many others.
Players, from left to right: Martin Davids, Nell Flanders, Craig Trompeter,
Jerry Fuller, Elizabeth Holzman and Jeri-Lou Zike.
After the concert, the audience was invited to examine the period instruments and talk with the performers.
Craig Trompeter (above) discusses the viola da gamba with members of the audience.
Yonit Kosovske (above) explaining the features of the harpsichord.
Nell Flanders (above) answering questions about the baroque violin.