Members of Nashville’s ALIAS Chamber Ensemble play works by two Baroque era favorites.  The performers are Zeneba Bowers, violin; Matt Walker, cello; Kevin Bate, cello; Jessica Dunnavant, baroque flute and Francis Perry, theorbo. 

First, Zeneba , Matt and Francis perform a Trio Sonata in D minor by Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682).  

Zeneba discusses the instruments and the challenges of using period instrumentation. She also mentions their upcoming trip to Ireland.

New to Nashville, Kevin Bate is introduced on his first Studio C appearance.

The Paris Quartet No. 1 in G major by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767) follows featuring  Zeneba  Bowers, violin; Matt Walker, cello; Kevin Bate, cello; Jessica  Dunnavant , baroque flute and Francis Perry,  theorbo .

After the music, Francis discusses Music City Baroque and other early music offerings in Nashville including the Nashville Early Music Festival coming up in 2017.

Next week pianist Alex Bolton will perform.