United in Sound: America at 250 Title: What Is Your Hand in This? The four movements of Doug Balliett's "Compassion Preludes" were interspersed throughout the program. NEW YORK PREMIERE of Doug Balliett's COMPASSION PRELUDES NEW YORK PREMIERE of Davóne Tines' BE THE LOVER OF MY SOUL (commissioned by Carnegie Hall) NEW YORK PREMIERE of Joshua McCarter Simpson's TO THE WHITE PEOPLE OF AMERICA, arr. Davóne Tines and Ruckus NEW YORK PREMIERE of John Dickinson's THE LIBERTY SONG, arr. Doug Balliett NEW YORK PREMIERE of Earl Robinson's THE HOUSE I LIVE IN, arr. Davóne Tines and Doug Balliett NEW YORK PREMIERE of Doug Balliett's FEDERAL NATIONS, after Carr and Handel NEW YORK PREMIERE of Davóne Tines and Doug Balliett's WHAT IS MY HAND IN THIS (commissioned by Carnegie Hall) NEW YORK PREMIERE of William Billings' CHESTER, arr. Doug Balliett