CARNEGIE HALL
FESTIVALS
UNITED IN SOUND:
AMERICA AT 250
Friday, January 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall
Ruckus and Davóne Tines
What Is Your Hand in This?
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
Part I
STEPHEN FOSTER
(1826-1864)
DOUG BALLIETT
(b. 1982)
DOUG BALLIETT
DAVÓNE TINES
(b. 1986)
Part II
GEORGE FRIDERIC
HANDEL (1685-1759)
DOUG BALLIETT
JOHN DICKINSON
(1732-1808)
GEORGE FRIDERIC
HANDEL
GEORGE
WHITEFIELD CLARK
(1831-1911)
Part III
SAWNEY FREEMAN
(ca. 1769-1828)
JOSHUA McCARTER
SIMPSON (1820-1877)
SAWNEY FREEMAN
DOUG BALLIETT
EARL ROBINSON
(1910-1991) / ABEL
MEEROPOL (1903-1986)
Beautiful Dreamer (1864)
Overture, from Compassion Preludes
(2025; New York Premiere)
The Four Fs, from Compassion Preludes
(2025; New York Premiere)
Be the Lover of My Soul (after Charles
Wesley's "Jesus, Lover of My Soul")
(2025; New York Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
II. Air, from Concerto Grosso in D Minor,
Op. 6, No. 10 (1739)
Scherzo, from Compassion Preludes
(2025; New York Premiere)
The Liberty Song (1768; arr. Doug Balliett, 2025;
New York Premiere)
IV. Allegro from Concerto Grosso in
D Minor, Op. 6, No. 10 (1739)
What Mean Ye? (set to "Mear" from
The Sacred Harp) (1856)
The New Death March (ca. 1801)
To the White People of America (set to
Stephen Foster's "Massa's in the Cold, Cold
Ground") (1854; arr. Ruckus, 2025; New York Premiere)
The Rays of Liberty (ca. 1801)
Federal Nations (after Benjamin Carr's
The Federal Overture and "Why do the
nations so furiously rage" from George
Frideric Handel's Messiah)
(2025; New York Premiere)
The House I Live In (1942; arr. Davóne Tines and
Doug Balliett, 2025; New York Premiere)
Part IV
JULIUS EASTMAN
(1940-1990)
CLYDE OTIS
(1924-2008)
DAVÓNE TINES
WILLIAM BILLINGS
(1746-1800)
SAM COOKE
(1931-1964)
DOUG BALLIETT
DAVÓNE TINES
Buddha (1984)
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This Bitter Earth (1960; arr. Davóne Tines and
Doug Balliett, 2025; New York Premiere)
What Is My Hand in This (2025; arr. Doug Balliett;
New York Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)
Chester (1778; arr. Doug Balliett, 2026; New York Premiere)
A Change Is Gonna Come (1964)
Nunc Dimiitis, from Compassion Preludes
(2025; New York Premiere)
Be the Lover of My Soul (Reprise; after
Charles Wesley's "Jesus, Lover of My Soul")
Tonight is a fantastic program celebrating the American musical tradition of dissent with Davóne Tines, Ruckus, and the Lavender Light Gospel Choir
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