Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts presents

Ruckus Ensemble

Strawberry Fields: Music of Handel and Sancho

Lenard Chamber Music Series

New York-based Ruckus is a Baroque band with a fresh, visceral approach to early music. 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” (New Yorker). Most early music groups feature instruments like the harpsichord and the viola da gamba; and Ruckus does too, but you’ll also hear synthesizer, guitar, bassoon, bass, and Near Eastern frame drums. In this program, they will perform Strawberry Fields, a joyous feast of rustic dances from the 18th century, featuring Ignatius Sancho’s Twelve Country Dances for the Year 1779 and George Frideric Handel’s Op. 5 Trio Sonatas—all arranged with their signature groove.

PROGRAM:

• Handel, Sancho and English Country Dances

• 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: 10’

  • Tempo Ordinario - Allegro - Passacaille - Gigue - Minuett

• Sancho: Bushy Park - Lord Dalkeith’s Reel

• Handel: Trio in E Minor, op. 5 #3

  • Andante - Allegro - Sarabande - Allemande - Rondeau – Gavotte

• Sancho: Royal Bishop - Lindrindod Lasses - Strawberries and Cream

• Handel: Trio in D major, op. 5 #2

  • Largo (B minor trio) - Adagio - Allegro - Musette - Allegro - Musette - Marche - Gavotte

• Sancho: Duchess of Devonshire's Reel - Trip to Dillington

• All of One Mind - Mungo's Delight - Lady Mary Montagu’s Reel

Media Sponsors: Classical NEPM, CT Insider, Connecticut Magazine, Hartford Courant, 91.7 WHUS

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