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In a performance dedicated to early-music aficionado and patron William Rutherford, James Tyler directs the USC Thornton Early Music Ensemble in “A Baroque Entertainment,” featuring works by Handel, Heinichen and Vivaldi.
Under the Tyler's direction, the Thornton Early Music Ensemble has been the Early Music Ensemble-in-Residence at the University of Southern California since 1987.
A consort of seven musicians at its inception, the ensemble’s personnel has increased threefold and its performances of large- and small-scale chamber repertories from the High Renaissance through the late Baroque era have been enthusiastically received by early music aficionados and general music-lovers alike.
As well as being masters and doctoral degree candidates at the USC Thornton School of Music, members of the TEME populate some of L.A.’s best-known professional ensembles and are among its most gifted exponents of early repertories.
The Thornton Early Music Ensemble’s off-campus appearances have included performances in the U.K-L.A. Festival, the L.A. Bach Festival, the J. Paul Getty Museum Summer Music Festival, the Cal State Summer Arts Festival, and in concert series at UCLA, Occidental College, Chapman University, Pomona College, the Skirball Cultural Center, and many others.
This concert, entitled “A Baroque Entertainment,” is dedicated to William Rutherford for his commitment to the advancement of early music study and performance and his generous support of the Thornton School of Music.
The program includes George Frideric Handel’s Harp Concerto op. 4, No. 6 with Peck-Sing Tee, soloist; Handeo’s second concerto from Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer with M. Anne Rardin, Joel Pargman, Maia Jasper and Deborah Cha on Baroque violin; Johann David Heinichen’s Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Violoncello, Archlute and Strings with Asuncion Ojeda, Baroque flute, Paul Sherman, Baroque oboe, Mark Foster, Baroque cello and Žak Ozmo, archlute; Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto for Recorder (RV 108) with Stephan Haas, recorder; and vocal and instrumental music by Handel, Vivaldi, Caldara and Hasse with Kathia Ibacache and Allyson Ramsey, soprano; Carol Lisek, contralto; Paul Shikany, tenor; Aaron Oltman, Baroque viola; Dirk Freymuth, viola da gamba and Baroque guitar; Vanessa Rogers, harpsichord; and James Tyler, archlute.
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