THE AULOS ENSEMBLE
Saturday evening, January 27, 2001, at 7:30 p.m.
Martha-Ellen Tye Recital Hall, ISU Music Hall
The New York Times says that the Aulos Ensemble presents "authentic Baroque performance at its best." Formed in 1973 by five Juilliard graduates, the Aulos Ensemble was at the forefront of the now vigorous movement to give performances with original instruments. With the release of their first recording in 1978, Aulos' reputation for exhilarating performances informed with scholarly insight was firmly established.
Since the 1980s, Aulos has brought the joy of its music making to an ever-larger public through its appearances on America's major chamber music series and its expanding discography. It inaugurated a New York concert series featuring guest artists prominent in the field of original instruments collaborating with the ensemble. The New York Times wrote, "The players of New York's Aulos Ensemble were fluid singers all, their lines never losing clarity or shape, always sounding flexible and spontaneous." The San Francisco Examiner wrote, "The performances were by far the most exhilarating examples of Baroque playing that these ears have heard." Many of its performances have been recorded for National Public Radio.
Aulos' first recording for the Musical Heritage Society "Original Telemann" was released in 1981 in connection with the composer's tercentenary. This recording was universally hailed as one of the most accomplished and significant observances of the Telemann year, receiving the "Critic's Choice" award of High Fidelity Magazine. Since then, the Ensemble has released over a dozen CDs on the same label. Its latest releases include "A Baroque Christmas" with soprano Julianne Baird.
Members of the Aulos Ensemble are Christopher Krueger, playing flute; Marc Schachman, playing baroque oboe; Linda Quan, playing baroque violin; Myron Lutzke, playing baroque violoncello; and Arthur Haas playing harpsichord. Krueger is principal flutist with the Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, the Bach Ensemble, Smithsonian Chamber Players, and Boston Baroque. Schachman has performed as soloist and principal oboe with "original instrument" orchestras throughout America.
The program to be performed in Ames on January 27, 2001, is entitled "Masters of the High Baroque." It will include Vivaldi's Concerto in G minor, RV 107; Trio-Sonata in G maj., after BWV 525, by J.S. Bach; Couperin's Eighth Concerto "Dans le Gout Theatral"; Handel's Trio-Sonata in D minor, Opus 2, No. 6; and Rameau's Suite from "Les Indes Galantes."
As part of its outreach mission, Ames Town and Gown will also sponsor lecture-demonstrations by Aulos at both the Ames High School and the Ames Middle School on January 26. Aulos frequently presents master classes and lecture-demonstrations in 17th and 18th century performance practice at colleges and universities throughout the country.
The 2000-2001 season of Ames Town & Gown is presented with support from the Ames Commission on the Arts.
