RUCKUS
Katie Hyun, violin
Nicholas Phan, tenor
Tickets on sale now!
$60 includes the concert—and champagne!
Let’s come together and raise a toast to our season with a special concert featuring renowned tenor Nicholas Phan, Co-Artistic Director Owen Dalby, violinist Katie Hyun, and Ruckus: an early music band that lives up to its name. Experience Baroque music like it's supposed to be: riveting, energetic, and improvisatory.
Ruckus is a baroque band with a fresh, visceral approach to early music. The ensemble’s debut earned widespread critical acclaim: “achingly delicate one moment, incisive and punchy the next” (The New York Times), “superb” (Opera News). Ruckus’ core members form a continuo group, the baroque equivalent of a rhythm section: guitars, keyboards, cello, bassoon and bass. The ensemble aims to fuse the early-music movement’s questing, creative spirit with the grit, groove and jangle of American roots music, creating a unique sound of “rough-edged intensity” (The New Yorker).
Great tenor arias by Bach and Buxtehude pair with instrumental works by Frescobaldi, Handel, Purcell, and a new work by Celeste Oram.
Join us for this special season-ending celebration concert as we toast a wonderful return to live music!
*Please note, this concert is not part of the season subscription package. Given the uptick in covid cases, we want to make sure everyone feels safe. Our champagne toast will take place outside at intermission and we request all guests wear masks indoors.
Get to know Ruckus & Nicholas Phan
Emi Ferguson & Ruckus: J.S. Bach - Sonata in E Minor, BWV 1034: II. Allegro
J.S. BACH: St John Passion, No. 20 "Erwäge" featuring Nicholas Phan, tenor with Apollo’s Fire