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Saturday, November 21, 2026 8:00PM
Soka Performing Arts Center
1 University Drive
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
Co-presented with Soka Performing Arts Center

Eclectic Orange Series sponsored by Jelinek Family Trust

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Program

BACH: The Craftsman, BWV 1034 (ca. 1724)
     Prelude in G major, after BWV 884
     Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 (Adagio ma non troppo, Allegro)
     Prelude in E minor, after BWV 855
     Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 (Andante, Allegro)
BACH: The Teacher and the Student, BWV 1033 (ca.1717/1731)
     Aria, from the Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
     Sonata in C major, BWV 1033 (Andante - Presto, Allegro)
     Prelude in C minor, after BWV 999
     Sonata in C major, BWV 1033 (Adagio, Minuet 1 & 2)
BACH: The Unpredictable (selections to be announced from the stage)
BACH: The Eccentric, BWV 1035 (ca. 1741)
Sonata in E major, BWV 1035 (Adagio ma non tanto, Allegro, Siciliano)
Prelude in E major, after BWV 815a

Bach meets funk, whimsy, and a whole lot of fun. Join flutist Emi Ferguson and Ruckus on a wild romp through some of Bach’s most playful and transcendent music. With freshly reimagined arrangements of Bach’s Flute Sonatas and Keyboard Preludes, Emi Ferguson and Ruckus invite you to hear Bach like you’ve never heard him before.

Ruckus, the super-powered baroque rhythm section, explodes Bach’s single bass line into a rainbow of textures and colors, continually shifting like light over the landscape as Ferguson’s flute lines dance above. Contrasting the three flute sonatas on the album are new arrangements of a variety of Bach’s keyboard preludes, with selections ranging from the beloved Well Tempered Clavier to alternate movements from keyboard suites that are rarely performed.

The world’s only period‑instrument rock band.
San Francisco Classical Voice (on Ruckus)

…the rough‑edged intensity [of Ruckus] that fuses the early‑music movement’s questing, creative spirit with the grit, groove and jangle of American roots music.
The New Yorker (on Ruckus)