Davóne Tines, Bass-Baritone Ruckus | Jan 30, 2026 at 7:30 PM

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Carnegie Hall Presents

Davóne Tines, Bass-Baritone
Ruckus

What Is Your Hand in This?

Friday, January 30, 2026 7:30 PM Zankel Hall Center Stage

Davóne Tines by Noah Elliott Morrison, Ruckus by Fay Fox

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 new co-commissioned works by Tines and Doug Balliett. 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: Cross Currents, United in Sound: America at 250, and Zankel Hall Center Stage

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Performers

Davóne Tines, Bass-Baritone
Ruckus
- Doug Balliett, Violone and Electric Bass
- Elliot Figg, Harpsichord and Synthesizer
- Keir GoGwilt, Violin and Viola
- Manami Mizumoto, Violin
- Paul Holmes Morton, Banjo and Theorbo
- Shelby Yamin, Violin
- Clay Zeller-Townson, Reeds and Percussion

Program

WESLEY "Jesus, Lover of My Soul" (arr. Davóne Tines; NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

HANDEL "Calm Thou My Soul…Convey Me to Some Peaceful Shore" from Alexander Balus

TRAD. "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes"

ANON. "What Mean Ye"

EASTMAN Buddha

DICKINSON "The Liberty Song" (arr. Doug Balliett; NY Premiere)

J. M. SIMPSON "To The White People of America" (arr. Davóne Tines and Ruckus; NY Premiere)

CARR Federal Overture (arr. Doug Balliett; NY Premiere)

HANDEL "Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage" from Messiah (arr. Doug Balliett; NY Premiere)

OTIS "This Bitter Earth"

ROBINSON "The House I Live In" (arr. Davóne Tines and Doug Balliett; NY Premiere)

DOUG BALLIETT Steps to Compassion (NY Premiere)

DAVÓNE TINES / DOUG BALLIETT "What Is My Hand in This" (NY Premiere, commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

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