Part of Hancher's 52nd Season

American bass-baritone Davóne Tines—heralded by the Los Angeles Times as “one of the most powerful voices of our time”—brings together opera, art song, contemporary classical, spirituals, gospel, and songs of protest to tell his deeply personal story of perseverance in ways that embrace all of humanity.

In Recital No. 1: MASS, Tines offers a program of spiritual and intellectual exploration. Tines envisions his work as stretching the boundaries of what classical music can be—and what impact it can have on an audience. Featuring works by Caroline Shaw (Hancher’s 2023–2024 composer-in-residence), J.S. Bach, Tyshawn Sorey, Margaret Bonds, and Julius Eastman, and using the framework of the Catholic Mass, the program interweaves Tines’s own lived experience to bring audiences through themes of spirituality, justice, and identity. This provocative recital will be performed at Hancher the evening before Easter Sunday.

“Tines is as mesmerizing as a singer can be. In his Mass, comfort and discomfort are intense. His voice can fill a space and then some, ringing gloriously but also, under pressure, distorting (you might even say queering) the very space he commanded.” — Los Angeles Times

PROGRAM
I. KYRIE
Caroline SHAW: Kyrie
Georg Friedrich HANDEL: “Leave Me, Loathsome Light,” from Semele, HWV 58
II. AGNUS DEI
Caroline SHAW: Agnus Dei
Tyshawn SOREY: Songs for Death, I. after Were You There
Margaret BONDS: “To A Brown Girl Dead”
Tyshawn SOREY: Songs for Death, III. after Swing Low
III. CREDO
Caroline SHAW: Credo
Johann Sebastian BACH: “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein,’” from St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
IV. GLORIA
Caroline SHAW: Gloria
Moses HOGAN: “Give Me Jesus”
V. SANCTUS
Caroline SHAW: Sanctus
Julius EASTMAN: Prelude to The Holy Presence of Joan D’Arc
VI. BENEDICTUS
Igee DIEUDONNÉ / Davóne TINES: Vigil

Davóne Tines Website

HANCHER EVENT PARTNERS
Mary K. Calkin
Michael S. & Renee Favo
Mark & Fran Lundy
Gary & Nancy Pacha