RUCKUS
featuring EMI FERGUSON, FLUTE
and RACHELL ELLEN WONG, VIOLIN

salomon series
sunday, february 25 at 2:00 PM at the town Hall
virtual concert released on monday, february 26

PROGRAM:

“STRAWBERRY FIELDS”
A joyous feast of rustic dances from the 18th century. Featuring Ruckus' dazzling arrangements of Ignatius Sancho's 12 Country Dances for the year 1779 and the evergreen trio sonatas of Georg Frederic Handel, this program will have audiences craving to get on their feet!

Sancho: Lady Mary Montagu's Reel - Culford Heath Camp -Ruffs and Rhees, From The 12 Country Dances for the Year 1779                                         
Handel: Trio in G, op. 5 # 4
Sancho: Air - Bushy Park - Lord Dalkeith’s Reel 
Handel: Trio in E Minor, op. 5
~ intermission ~
Sancho: Royal Bishop -  Lindrindod Lasses -  Strawberries and Cream
Handel: Trio in D major, op. 5
Sancho: Duchess of Devonshire's Reel - Trip to Dillington
All of One Mind - Mungo's Delight - Lady Mary Montagu’s Reel

RUCKUS
featuring
Emi Ferguson, flute
Rachell Ellen Wong, violin

Join us in discovering the music and life of Ignatius Sancho here.

Bio: 

Ruckus is a shapeshifting, collaborative baroque ensemble with a visceral and playful approach to early music. The ensemble debuted in Handel’s Aci, Galatea e Polifemo in a production directed by Christopher Alden featuring Anthony Roth Costanzo, Ambur Braid and Davóne Tines at National Sawdust. The band’s playing earned widespread critical acclaim: “achingly delicate one moment, incisive and punchy the next” (New York Times); “superb” (Opera News). Read more…

Hailed by critics for her “tonal bloom” and “hauntingly beautiful performances,” English-American performer and composer Emi Ferguson stretches the boundaries of what is expected of modern-day musicians.  A recipient of an 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant, Emi’s unique approach to the flute can be heard in performances that alternate between the Silver Flute, Historical Flutes, and Auxilary Flutes, playing repertoire that stretches from the Renaissance to today. Read more…

Recipient of a prestigious 2020 Avery Fisher Career Grant - the only early music specialist in the respected program’s history - and Grand Prize winner of the inaugural Lillian and Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition, violinist Rachell Ellen Wong is a star on both the modern and historical performance violin stages. With performances across five continents, Rachell has established herself as one of the leading historical performers of her generation, collaborating with esteemed ensembles such as the Academy of Ancient Music, Jupiter Ensemble led by lutenist Thomas Dunford, Bach Collegium Japan, Ruckus Early Music, and Les Arts Florissants, among others. Read more…

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Photo credits: Anthony Dean (Ruckus), Rebecca Fay (Ferguson) and Lucien Knuteson (Wong)