# Silkroad Ensemble at Zellerbach Hall Auditorium, November 17, 2023

[Cal Performances](https://calperformances.org/events/2023-24/illuminations-individual-community/american-railroad-silkroad-ensemble-with-rhiannon-giddens/) presents _American Railroad_ featuring [Silkroad Ensemble](http://www.silkroadproject.org/)  
[Zellerbach Hall Auditorium](https://calperformances.org/visit/venues/zh.php)  
[U.C. Berkeley, Bancroft Way at Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94305 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=U.C.+Berkeley,+Bancroft+Way+at+Telegraph+Ave,+Berkeley,+CA+94305+USA&hl=en)  
8:00 PM, Friday, November 17, 2023

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## Set One

[8:05 PM] {lights down; announcements; dead air}  
[8:06 PM] {applause for entrance of the performers}

01. [8:07 PM] _Swannanoa Tunnel I_ (trad. arr. Giddens) »
02. [8:09 PM] _Canoe Song_ (Pura Fé)
03. [8:14 PM] _Far Down Far_ (Maeve Gilchrist)
04. [8:21 PM] _Swannanoa Tunnel II_ (trad. arr. Giddens) »
05. [8:25 PM] _Steel-Driving Man_ (RG duet with SD; trad. arr. Giddens)
06. [8:28 PM] _Rela_ (Sandeep Das)
07. [8:33 PM] _Wíhaŋblapi Mázačhaŋku_ (Suzanne Kite)
08. [8:41 PM] _Rainy Day_ (Wu Man)
09. [8:47 PM] _Milimo_ (Niwel Tsumbu)  
[8:56 PM] {applause at end of set}

## Set Two

[9:18 PM] {lights down; applause at band entrance}

01. [9:18 PM] _Swannanoa Tunnel III_ »
02. [9:20 PM] _Time Elapse_ (Wu Man, Arr. Zhang Haihui)
03. [9:30 PM] _Have You Seen My Man?_ (Cecile McLorin Salvant)
04. [9:36 PM] _Swannanoa Tunnel IV_ (trad.; string quartet version)
05. [9:41 PM] (KW drum solo)
06. [9:46 PM] _Fugaku Sanju Rokkei_ (Kaoru Watanabe)
07. [9:52 PM] _Tamping Song_ (Haruka Fujii)
08. [9:56 PM] _Mahk Jchi_ (Pura Fé)
09. [10:03 PM] _O Shout!_ (Mazz Swift) »
10. [10:09 PM] _Swannanoa Tunnel V_  
[10:10 PM] {applause at end set}  
[10:11 PM] {RG introduces everybody}  
   
**Finale**  
[10:17 PM] {RG tuning}
11. [10:18 PM] _Steel-Driving Man_  
[10:26 PM] {final applause}  
[10:27 PM] {all bow up front; show ends}


## Performers

### Silkroad Ensemble

[Silkroad Ensemble](http://www.silkroadproject.org/)

* [Shawn Conley](http://shawnconleymusic.com/): contrabass;
* [Pura Fé Antonia Crescioni AKA Pura Fé](https://purafe.com/): lap steel guitar, vox;
* [Haruka Fujii](https://www.harukafujii.com/): marimba, percussion;
* [Sandeep Das](https://www.sandeepdas.com/): tabla;
* [Rhiannon Giddens](http://rhiannongiddens.com/): violin, banjo, vox;
* [Karen Ouzounian](http://www.karenouzounian.com/): cello, vox;
* [Mazz Swift](https://www.mazzmuse.com/): violin, vox;
* [Niwel Tsumbu](https://www.facebook.com/people/Niwel-Tsumbu-Sounds/100063691594584/): acoustic guitar, vox;
* [Francesco Turrisi](http://www.francescoturrisi.com/): accordion, frame drum;
* [Kaoru Watanabe](https://www.watanabekaoru.com/): shinobue flute, nohkan flute, saxophone, taiko drums, narimono percussion;
* [Michi Wiancko](http://michiwiancko.com/): violin, vox;
* [Wu Man](http://www.wumanpipa.org/): pipa;
* [Yazhi Guo](https://www.yazhiguo.com/): suona, other unidentified Chinese horns and whistles, Chinese percussion.

## Notes

Despite playing the same setlist as Wednesday night, tonight seemed rather different to me. Of course, the biggest change was the absence of surprise: I knew more or less what was coming all night. I'd worried a bit that I would be unhappy hearing a repeat performance, but it turned out to be really interesting to notice how the players varied their performances and reactions to one another.

[Program Notes](https://calperformances.org/program-notes/2023-24/american-railroad-silkroad-ensemble-with-rhiannon-giddens/) or {{:2023:2023-11:20231117pn.pdf|program notes}}

[American Railroad Tour Booklet](https://www.silkroad.org/s/American_Railroad_Program_231020_for_Web.pdf)

Ann Brice posted a nice history piece as a sort of [promo](https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/11/13/american-railroad) for this program with Berkeley News.

## Photos

Big thanks to Ting for the photo gallery!

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