Concert Programs

USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia concert program

May 2, 2025
8:00 p.m.

USC Thornton’s early music ensemble, the Baroque Sinfonia, is led by faculty members Adam Knight Gilbert and Jason Yoshida in “The Power of Music:
Music of the German Baroque.”

Program

Marche
Minuet

Esprit Philippe Chédeville (1692-1762)
Servaes de Koninck (1659-1695)

Quid siletis?

Servaes de Koninck (1653-c. 1701)

Lamento “Ach daß ich Wassers gnug”
Christ lag in Todesbanden
Ich freue mich

Johann Christoph Bach (1642-1703)
Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630)
Johann Vierdanck (c. 1605-1646)

Fantasia #10 for Violin

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Concerto for Viola in G

Georg Philipp Telemann

Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott

Georg Philipp Telemann

Concerto in F (BWV 1057)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Cantata “Der Herr, danket an uns” (BWV 196)

J.S. Bach

Acknowledgements

Generous scholarship support for the members of the USC Thornton Baroque Sinfonia is provided by the Colburn Foundation. We are also grateful for generous scholarship support from the Rutherford Fund, established by our dear late friend and donor Bill Rutherford. Special thanks to our generous friends and donors Tom Rosenthal, Bob Attiyeh and Mike Rosell. We offer very special thanks to the late Sharon Lilly for her years of generous support and friendship. Finally, warm thanks to our TA Erin Young for her hard work and to Alex Kuncz for his persuasive repertory suggestions.
 
This concert is made possible with generous support for the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute.
 
For more information, go to: https://dornsife.usc.edu/emsi/seminar-series/music-series/

Ensemble

USC THORNTON BAROQUE SINFONIA
Yan Cui, soprano
Graycen Gardner, soprano
Alana Mailes, soprano
Nicole Ragone, soprano
Luis Lechuga y Espadas, countertenor, recorder, oboe da caccia
Alex Kuncz, tenor, oboe
Michael Raleigh, bass
Jason Yang, bass
 
Veronika Manchur, violin
Diana Dawydchak, violin
Prosper Luchart, violin & viola
Robert Wang, lute
Erin Young, theorbo**
Hejun Yang, harpsichord
Makena James, organ
Jason Yoshida, theorbo & archlute*
Aaron Huerta, recorder, oboe
Jingming Zhao, oboe
Lot Demeyer, oboe*
Adam Knight Gilbert, recorder & dulcian
 
with special guest
Eva Lymenstull, cello
 
* Thornton Early Music Faculty
** Early Music TA

USC THORNTON EARLY MUSIC FACULTY
Adam Knight Gilbert, program director
Rotem Gilbert, early music ensembles & musicology
Jason Yoshida, plucked strings & early music ensembles
Jennifer Kampani, voice & early music ensembles
Lot Demeyer, baroque oboe & oboe band
Lucinda Carver & Ian Pritchard, harpsichord & historical keyboards