October 3, 2022
Ruckus & Emi Ferguson: Fly the Coop
Emi Ferguson, baroque flute
Ruckus:
Clay Zeller-Townson, baroque bassoon & founder
Elliot Figg, harpsichord and organ
Paul Holmes Morton, guitar
Adam Cockerham, theorbo
Coleman Itzkoff, 'cello
Doug Balliett, bass
Don’t miss this performance of “the world’s only period instrument rock band” (San Francisco Classical Voice) in music by J. S. Bach that is “a fizzing, daring display of personality and imagination” (N Y Times). Flautist Emi Ferguson of AMOC (“wonderful,” N Y Times) joins for a tour of J. S. Bach’s preludes and sonatas, as well as jazz pioneer Roscoe Mitchell’s Metropolis at 440 Oakwood Drive.
Program
J. S. Bach — Prelude in G major, BWV 884
J. S. Bach — Sonata for flute, BWV 1034
J. S. Bach — Prelude in C Minor, BWV 999
J. S. Bach — Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 847 BWV 847
J. S. Bach — Aria from Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
J. S. Bach — Sonata in C Major, BWV 1033
Roscoe Mitchell — "Cards" from Metropolis at 440 Oakwood Drive
J. S. Bach — Sonata in E Major, BWV 1035
J. S. Bach — Prelude in E Major, BWV 815a
Watch & Listen
Ruckus and Emi Ferguson perform the Siciliano from J. S. Bach’s Sonata, BWV 1035:
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