# Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi at Bing Concert Hall, February 7, 2020

[Stanford University Live](https://live.stanford.edu/calendar/february-2020/rhiannon-giddens-francesco-turrisi) presents [Rhiannon Giddens](http://rhiannongiddens.com/) & [Francesco Turrisi](http://www.francescoturrisi.com/), with Jason Sypher  
[Bing Concert Hall](http://live.stanford.edu/bingconcerthall/)  
[Stanford University, 327 Lasuen St, Stanford, CA 94305-5005 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Stanford+University,+327+Lasuen+St,+Stanford,+CA+94305-5005+USA&hl=en)  
7:30 PM, Friday, February 7, 2020

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## Set One

[7:36 PM; lights down; greetings and announcements from Chris Lorway; band out: RG: banjo; FT: accordion]

01. [7:39 PM] _Ten Thousand Voices_ »  
[7:41 PM; RG swaps from banjo to violin]
02. [7:41 PM] _Inside Me Is Heaven_ »
03. [7:45 PM] (unidentified jig, missing time marker for transition)  
[7:49 PM; RB yack; FT swaps to drum; RB swaps back to banjo]
04. [7:52 PM] _Following the North Star_ (false start - banjo feedback)
05. [7:53 PM] _Following the North Star_ (false start \#2 - more banjo feedback)
06. [7:54 PM] _Following the North Star_  
[7:58 PM; RG introduces the next tune as coming from Ola Belle Reed]
07. [7:58 PM] _Gonna Write Me a Letter_  
[8:03 PM; RG yack about banjos; FT swaps back to accordion]
08. [8:09 PM] _Briggs' Forró_  
[8:14 PM; RG takes off banjo and yacks; FT swaps back to piano]
09. [8:17 PM] _At the Purchaser's Option_  
[8:21 PM; RG adds banjo; FT swaps back to accordion]
10. [8:22 PM] _Wayfaring Stranger_  
[8:27 PM; RG merch rap; FT yacks about drums & tarentella]
11. [8:33 PM] _Pizzica di San Vito_  
[set ends 8:36 PM]

## Set Two

[8:58 PM; lights down; duo out: RG: banjo; FT: hand drum; RG says they'll start with "two minstrel tunes from 1855"]

01. [9:04 PM] (unidentified tune \#1)
02. [9:05 PM] (unidentified tune \#2)  
[9:06 PM; add JS; FT swaps to piano; RG talks about studying opera at Oberlin]
03. [9:08 PM] Gian Carlo Menotti: _the Black Swan_ from _The Medium_ (1946)  
[9:13 PM; RG yack about coon songs & Ethel Waters; RG: vox only; FT: accordion]
04. [9:15 PM] _Underneath Our Harlem Moon_  
[9:20 PM; RG more yack about Ethel Waters; RG swaps to violin; FT swaps to accordion]
05. [9:23 PM] _Beth Cohen's Set_  
[9:30 PM; FT yack about tambourines; RG swaps back to banjo; FT on hand drum]
06. [9:33 PM] _I'm On My Way_  
[9:36 PM; RG yack about touring in Ireland]
07. [9:38 PM] (FT tambourine solo) »
08. [9:40 PM] _Molly Brannigan_  
[9:45 PM; FT swaps back to piano; RG talks about future plans]
09. [9:51 PM] _He Will See You Through_  
[set ends 9:55 PM; bows; all off!]  
   
**Encore**  
[9:57 PM; RG yack about Grammy Awards; RG: tambourine; FT: piano]
10. [9:59 PM] _The Lonesome Road_ »
11. [10:03 PM] _Up Above My Head_  
[show ends 10:05 PM; wow!]

## Performers

* [Rhiannon Giddens](http://rhiannongiddens.com/): violin, fretless banjo, tambourine, vox;
* Jason Sypher: contrabass;
* [Francesco Turrisi](http://www.francescoturrisi.com/): accordion, piano, hand drums.

## Notes

Having really enjoyed her [Bing show in 2016](http://www.funfolks.net/dw/doku.php?id=2016:2016-11:2016-11-16), I was psyched to see her on the schedule for this season, and bought a pair of primo floor seats in anticipation of a sublime evening.

The official program for [this event](https://encorespotlight.com/event/stanford-live-rhiannon-giddens-with-francesco-turrisi-2020/) is bizarrely brief -- probably put together well in advance of the show, and I neglected to pick up any additional handout (if one was provided), so the notes I scribbled during the show into the white space on two pages form the basis of the setlist posted above, with confirmation for a few tune titles from the Leal review referenced below.

A "feature article" later in the program, _the Radical Inclusiveness of Rhiannon Giddens_ can be found beginning on p.18; for convenience, I've copied both into a {{:2020:2020-02:20200207pn.pdf|program notes pdf}}

Jonathan Leal posted a [review](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/stanford-live/rhiannon-giddens-francesco-turrisi-and-jason-sypher-transform-bing-with-there) of the show with SFCV.

dibyaduti posted about 36 min of audience-video from one of the side tier seats at [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4K5KWuO0og); I checked out a few seconds and decided I didn't need to see the rest, but I'm not real tolerant of shaky hand-held camerawork -- you might enjoy it better than me!

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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