Ruckus and Davóne Tines
Intrepid early music band Ruckus and pathbreaking singer Davóne Tines deliver the powerful bite of American revolutionary music, time-traveling through four centuries of songs, hymns, ballads, and newly commissioned works by Tines and Doug Balliett, featuring a special appearance by the Lavender Light Gospel Choir. It’s an ideal meeting of artistic sensibilities, as Tines—whose eye-opening programming and vulnerable performances are “redefining the rules and rituals of classical music” (San Francisco Classical Voice)—meets the visceral might of Ruckus, known for combining a baroque band’s questing spirit with the grit, groove, and jangle of American roots music as “the world’s only period instrument rock band” (San Francisco Chronicle). As we reflect on the Declaration of Independence’s 250th anniversary, this program asks: “How can this fragile American experiment hold? Can we find compassion for others? Can you find compassion for yourself?”
Part of: United in Sound America at 250
Performers
Ruckus
- Doug Balliett, Electric Bass
- Elliot Figg, Harpsichord, Piano, and Electric Keyboard
- Keir GoGwilt, Violin
- Manami Mizumoto, Viola
- Paul Holmes Morton, Baroque Guitar
- Shelby Yamin, Violin
- Clay Zeller-Townson, Baroque Bassoon, Taille, and Percussion
Davóne Tines, Bass-Baritone
Lavender Light Gospel Choir
Eric Williamson, Director
Program
FOSTER "Beautiful Dreamer"
DOUG BALLIETT Compassion Preludes (NY Premiere)
DAVÓNE TINES “Be the Lover of My Soul” (after Wesley’s “Jesus, Lover of my Soul”) (NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
HANDEL Air from Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 6, No. 10
DICKINSON "The Liberty Song" (arr. Doug Balliett; NY Premiere)
HANDEL Allegro from Concerto Grosso in D Minor, Op. 6, No. 10
CLARK "What Mean Ye"
SAWNEY FREEMAN "The New Death March"
J. M. SIMPSON "To the White People of America" (arr. Ruckus; NY Premiere)
SAWNEY FREEMAN "The Rays of Liberty"
DOUG BALLIETT Federal Nations (after Carr’s The Federal Overture and “Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage” from Handel’s Messiah; NY Premiere)
ROBINSON "The House I Live In" (arr. Davóne Tines and Doug Balliett; NY Premiere)
EASTMAN Buddha
OTIS "This Bitter Earth" (arr. Davóne Tines and Doug Balliett; NY Premiere)
DAVÓNE TINES "What Is My Hand in This" (arr. Doug Balliett; NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
BILLINGS "Chester" (arr. Doug Balliett; NY Premiere)
COOKE "A Change Is Gonna Come"
Event Duration
The printed program will last approximately 75 minutes with no intermission.
