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Thursday, November 13, 2025 | 6PM & 9PM
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11/13/2025 6:00 pm 11/13/2025 7:00 pm America/New_York Emi Ferguson, FluteRuckus, Early Music Band
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
Where
Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall
Tickets
This event is currently available as part of a Performances Up Close series subscription package and the Princeton University Student Early Bird program.
Make-Your-Own package sales begin Monday, May 12, 2025. Single ticket sales begin online on Monday, August 4, 2025 at 11AM, and by phone on Monday, September 8, 2025.
Wit, panache, and the jubilant, virtuosic verve of a bebop-Baroque jam session"
—Boston Musical Intelligencier
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About the Event
Experience the music of J.S. Bach like never before as flutist Emi Ferguson and Ruckus break free from tradition, taking the composer’s timeless music into a vibrant new realm. Blending tradition with funk, whimsy, and fun, they invite you on a kaleidoscopic journey through some of Bach’s most playful and transcendent works with ever-evolving arrangements for baroque flute and the dynamic forces of Ruckus—featuring baroque bassoon, cello, guitars, harpsichord, theorbo, and bass. Interwoven throughout the program are Ruckus’ imaginative arrangements of Bach’s iconic and lesser-known keyboard works. Movements from The Well-Tempered Clavier, selections from his French Suites, and early drafts from the Anna Magdalena and Wilhelm Friedrich notebooks all make appearances. Bach’s deep love of family and friends resonates through these pieces, and as Ferguson explains, “These arrangements are our love letter and homage to the sense of community imbued in his work.” Embrace that sense of connection and join this wild musical adventure—where the stage itself becomes part of the performance, and you become part of the Bach-inspired community.
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Musicians
Emi Ferguson Flute
Clay Zeller-Townson Baroque Bassoon
Coleman Itzkoff Baroque Cello
Evan Premo Baroque Bass
Paul Holmes Morton Baroque Guitar
Adam Cockerham Theorbo & Baroque Guitar
Elliot Figg Harpsichord & Organ
Experience the music of J.S. Bach like never before as flutist Emi Ferguson and Ruckus break free from tradition, taking the composer’s timeless music into a vibrant new realm. Blending tradition with funk, whimsy, and fun, they invite you on a kaleidoscopic journey through some of Bach’s most playful and transcendent works with ever-evolving arrangements for baroque flute and the dynamic forces of Ruckus—featuring baroque bassoon, cello, guitars, harpsichord, theorbo, and bass. Interwoven throughout the program are Ruckus’ imaginative arrangements of Bach’s iconic and lesser-known keyboard works. Movements from The Well-Tempered Clavier, selections from his French Suites, and early drafts from the Anna Magdalena and Wilhelm Friedrich notebooks all make appearances. Bach’s deep love of family and friends resonates through these pieces, and as Ferguson explains, “These arrangements are our love letter and homage to the sense of community imbued in his work.” Embrace that sense of connection and join this wild musical adventure—where the stage itself becomes part of the performance, and you become part of the Bach-inspired community.
Musicians
Emi Ferguson Flute
Clay Zeller-Townson Baroque Bassoon
Coleman Itzkoff Baroque Cello
Evan Premo Baroque Bass
Paul Holmes Morton Baroque Guitar
Adam Cockerham Theorbo & Baroque Guitar
Elliot Figg Harpsichord & Organ
Program
- Sit On Stage!
“Fly the Coop,” a joyous, kaleidoscopic romp through some of J.S. Bach’s most playful and transcendent works. The hour-long program features new arrangements of Bach’s Flute Sonatas and keyboard works.