Eclecticism and egalitarianism in Davóne Tines' Carnegie Hall recital

Davóne Tines

Adam Nielsen and Davóne Tines

By Kurt Gottschalk, 06 November 2022

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“he was there to present a continuity, not to declare revisionist equanimity”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Weill, New York City on 3 November 2022

Shaw, Kyrie

Bach, Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust - Cantata, BWV170 (Wie jammern mich doch)

Shaw, Agnus Dei

Sorey, Songs for Death: Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?

Bonds, To a Brown Girl, Dead

Sorey, Songs of Death: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Shaw, Credo

Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV 244: Mache dich, mein Herze, rein

Shaw, Gloria

Hogan, Give Me Jesus

Shaw, Sanctus

Eastman, The Holy Presence of Joan d'Arc: prelude

Dieudonné, Vigil

Davóne Tines, Bass-baritone

Adam Nielsen, Piano

A vocally perplexing economics assignment from David Lang

No’a L. bat Miri, 19th March

The New York Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel deliver the world premiere of Lang's The wealth of nations, inspired by Adam Smith's famous treatise.

***11

Sonnambula and Davóne Tines restore a court entertainment at The Frick

Kurt Gottschalk, 2nd November

Restoring the music and the color of a 400-year old piece of musical theatre, New York City renaissance ensemble Sonnambula teams up with bass-baritone Davóne Tines to present A Black Masque.

****1

Finnish mythology brought to life as the Sibelius Festival opens

Peter Connors, 28th August

Kullervo opens the 26th Sibelius Festival in Lahti, but the new edition brings a big change: not all the music will is by Sibelius!

****1

The Greatest Story Ever Told gets a new look in the Met's El Niño

Kurt Gottschalk, 23rd April

John Adams’ Nativity oratorio is fully staged in a new production by Lileana Blain-Cruz, her first time directing at the Met.

****1

Zest and spirit in Adams' Girls of the Golden West in Los Angeles

Laurence Vittes, 27th January

John Adams' opera, in its third revision since its 2017, receives an outstanding concert performance in Walt Disney Concert Hall under the composer's baton.

****1

An unlikely meeting of Morton Feldman and the blues

Kurt Gottschalk, 27th September

Sorey’s instrumentation mirrors Feldman’s Rothko Chapel in a moving evening of musical high drama at Park Avenue Armory.

*****

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Kurt Gottschalk

Kurt Gottschalk is a journalist and author based in New York City. His writings on contemporary and classical music, jazz and improvisation have been published in outlets throughout Europe and America and he has two volumes of short fiction to his name. He produced and hosted the Miniature Minotaurs radio programme on WFMU and currently hosts Afternoon New Music on WKCR.

Davóne Tines’ Carnegie Hall recital debut brings eclecticism and egalitarianism