# Rhiannon Giddens at Miner Auditorium, February 16, 2020

[SFJAZZ](https://www.sfjazz.org/tickets/productions/rhiannon-giddens-1920/) presents [Rhiannon Giddens](http://rhiannongiddens.com/) with [Francesco Turrisi](http://www.francescoturrisi.com/), and Jason Sypher  
[Robert M. Miner Auditorium](http://www.sfjazz.org/center)  
[SFJAZZ Center, 205 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=SFJAZZ+Center,+205+Franklin+St,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
7:00 PM, Sunday, February 16, 2020

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## Set One

[7:02 PM] {lights down; no introduction; band out: RG: banjo; FT: accordion}

01. [7:03 PM] _Ten Thousand Voices_  
[7:06 PM] {RG swaps from banjo to violin}
02. [7:06 PM] _Inside Me Is Heaven_ »
03. [7:10 PM] (unidentified jig)  
[7:13 PM] {RB yack; FT swaps to drum; RB swaps back to banjo}
04. [7:17 PM] _Following the North Star_
05. [7:21 PM] _Gonna Write Me a Letter_  
[7:26 PM] {RG yack about banjos; FT swaps back to accordion}
06. [7:32 PM] _Briggs' Forró_  
[7:37 PM] {RG takes off banjo and yacks; FT swaps back to piano}
07. [7:37 PM] _At the Purchaser's Option_  
[7:39 PM] {RG adds banjo; FT swaps back to accordion}
08. [7:44 PM] _Wayfaring Stranger_  
[7:49 PM] {RG merch rap; FT yacks about drums & tarantella}
09. [7:56 PM] _Pizzica di San Vito_  
[7:59 PM] {set ends}

## Set Two

[8:21 PM] {lights down; duo out: RG: banjo; FT: hand drum; RG says they'll start with "two minstrel tunes from 1855"}

01. [8:28 PM] (unidentified tune \#1)
02. [8:31 PM] (unidentified tune \#2)  
[8:32 PM] {add JS; FT swaps to piano}
03. [8:35 PM] Henry Purcell: _Dido's Lament_ AKA _When I am laid in earth_, from the opera _Dido and Aeneas_ (ca. 1680)  
[8:39 PM] {RG yack about Ethel Waters and the Harlem Renaissance; RG: vox only; FT: accordion}
04. [8:43 PM] _Underneath Our Harlem Moon_  
[8:47 PM] {RG yack}
05. [8:50 PM] _Beth Cohen's Set_  
[8:57 PM] {FT yack about tambourines; RG swaps back to banjo}
06. [9:00 PM] _I'm On My Way_  
[9:03 PM] {RG yack about touring in Ireland}
07. [9:05 PM] (FT tambourine solo) » _Molly Brannigan_  
[9:08 PM] {FT swaps back to piano; RG introduces JS}
08. [9:20 PM] _He Will See You Through_  
[9:23 PM] {RG: thanks, then all off}  
   
**Encore**  
[9:27 PM] {RG: vox only; FT: hand drum}
09. [9:27 PM] _The Lonesome Road_ »
10. [9:30 PM] _Up Above My Head_  
[9:32 PM] {show ends}

## Performers

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

## Notes

Although it was almost entirely the same setlist as [last week's show](http://www.funfolks.net/dw/doku.php?id=2020:2020-02:2020-02-07) at Bing Hall, I thoroughly enjoyed hearing and seeing tonight's gig too. With top flight performers in a sweet acoustic space filled to capacity by an enthusiastic crowd of listeners, how can you go wrong?

Of course it would have been nice to get a little more variety into the setlist, but once I realized I'd erred and bought tickets to two shows on the tour, I was willing to gamble and see how things would turn out. Next time I'll be more careful to limit myself to a single night!

And how was that different tune? Suffice it to summarize: very very good! A more traditional aria choice than last week's offering, and a great one for highlighting the depth of RG's interpretive talent.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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