Praised for their “well-thought-out articulation and phrasing” (Early Music Review) and “elegant string playing that was immaculate in tuning and balance” (Early Music Today), the Sebastian Chamber Players (Sebastians) specialize in music of the Baroque and Classical eras and newly commissioned works for period instruments.

Since their founding in 2001, the ensemble has performed throughout the United States. The group is comprised of members who have studied at the Historical Performance Program at the Juilliard School and as post-graduate fellows in early music at Yale University. The Sebastians were recently named the artists-in-residence at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Manchester, CT. They were finalists of the 2011 York International Early Music Competition and the 2011 Early Music America/Naxos Recording Competition.

PROGRAM

Roman Vigor, Venetian Romance

Daniel S. Lee and Alexander Woods, violins
Ezra Seltzer, cello
Jeffrey Grossman, harpsichord

Trio Sonata in A, Op.3, No.12 Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713)
Grave - Allegro - Adagio
Vivace
Allegro
Allegro
Allegro

Les Nations, Troisième Ordre: L’Impériale François Couperin (1668–1733)
Gravement
Vivement
Gravement, et marque - Tres lentement
Rondeau: Légèrement
Rondement
Vivement
Sarabande: Tendrement
Gigue: D’une légèrete modérée
Chaconne

Sonata duodecima Dario Castello (fl. early 17c)
from Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno, Libro II, (Venice, 1629)

Selections from Canzoni ovvero Sonate Concertate, Tarquinio Merula (1594–1665)
Libro III, (Venice, 1637)
Ballo detto Eccardo
Ballo detto Pollicio
Ciaconna

Trio Sonata in D minor, Op.1, No.12, RV 63, La Folia Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)