Ruckus by Oram, Sancho, I., Billings, W., Arne, T. A., Ingalls, Read, D., Händel, Various, Noiztik (2023/2023), Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah, United States

Ruckus is a shapeshifting, collaborative Baroque band with a visceral and playful approach to early music. ARCADIAN VISIONS features Ruckus with soloists Emi Ferguson and Rachell Ellen Wong in joyful dialogue with the rustic pastoral traditions of 18th-century London and New England. Featuring trio sonatas by George Frideric Handel and Thomas Arne, country dances from Igntius Sancho, instrumental hymns from William Billings and Daniel Read, and a new work from Celeste Oram. Emi Ferguson, flute Rachel Ellen-Wong, violin Clay Zeller-Townson, bassoon and taille Elliot Figg, harpsichord Coleman Itzkoff, cello Douglas Balliett, bass Stephen Stubbs, guitar Paul Holmes Morton, baroque guitar and banjo