Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Recorded Live at the Met - October 23, 2021)

Blanchard: Fire Shut Up in My Bones (Recorded Live at the Met - October 23, 2021)

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Latonia Moore, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Angel Blue, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Will Liverman

2022

Terence Blanchards opera Fire Shut Up In My Bones uit 2019, gebaseerd op de memoires van de New York Times-journalist Charles Blow met dezelfde titel, was de eerste opera van een zwarte componist die werd opgevoerd in het Metropolitan Museum of Art. De opera gaat over een jonge man, Charles, die als kind werd misbruikt door zijn neef Chester. Charles vindt geleidelijk een manier om met dat trauma om te gaan en besluit uiteindelijk af te zien van wraak. De muzikale taal, die wordt beïnvloed door Italiaanse opera, jazz, R&B en gospel, is net zo krachtig als het verhaal. Will Liverman zet Charles ontroerend en menselijk neer, waarbij hij wordt ondersteund door een sterke cast met onder meer sopranen Angel Blue en Latonia Moore, en bas-bariton Ryan Speedo Green. Het werk wordt opzwepend gedirigeerd door Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

Opening

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

0:46

Tears from a walled off place

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman

2:13

Who you shooting at, boy?—So you've come back, boy

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Angel Blue, Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

3:47

Charles?—Mama?—Boy, I tole you not to skip like that

Walter Russell III, Jon Luc Jobson-Larkin, Will Liverman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Oleode Oshotse, Judah Taylor, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Latonia Moore, Cheikh Mbaye

1:36

Don't be in such a rush ta grow

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Latonia Moore, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

2:50

Mama, can I come to work with you?

Will Liverman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Walter Russell III, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Latonia Moore

2:13

Hey Uncle Paul—Hey boy, How my baby?

Angel Blue, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Will Liverman, Walter Russell III, Ryan Speedo Green

3:52

Legs, thighs, breasts, wings

Terrence Chin-Loy, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Denisha Ballew, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Latonia Moore, Chauncer Packer, Norman Garrett, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Briana Hunter

3:02

What 'chu doin' here, Spinner

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Latonia Moore, Chauncey Packer, Norman Garrett

2:33

Mama, look at me! I got muscles!

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Angel Blue, Walter Russell III, Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Latonia Moore

2:56

Where did Love lose me?

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Latonia Moore, Walter Russell III, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2:49

I get on my knees, pray to the Lord to make me strong.

Walter Russell III, Chauncey Packer, Denisha Ballew, Latonia Moore, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Briana Hunter

5:15

Sometimes you gotta just leave it

Chauncey Packer, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Latonia Moore, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman

2:16

See how da ground pack hard and smooth

Cheikh Mbaye, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ryan Speedo Green, Judah Taylor, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Walter Russell III, Jon Luc Jobson-Larkin, Oleode Oshotse, Denisha Ballew, Latonia Moore

2:32

Golden button, where you come from?

Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman

4:03

Roast beef, again?

Judah Taylor, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jon Luc Jobson-Larkin, Walter Russell III, Angel Blue, Chauncey Packer, Ryan Speedo Green, Oleode Oshotse, Latonia Moore, Will Liverman, Cheikh Mbaye, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

4:06

Chester, already?

Judah Taylor, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Walter Russell III, Oleode Oshotse, Chauncey Packer, Latonia Moore, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Cheikh Mbaye

3:02

What? Cain't your mamma sing in the morning

Walter Russell III, Chris Kenney, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Latonia Moore, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Marguerite Mariah Jones, Oleode Oshotse

4:06

Chester! I'm almost forgot you were coming!

Cheikh Mbaye, Chris Kenney, Cierra Byrd, Latonia Moore, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Ryan Speedo Green, Walter Russell III, Judah Taylor, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jon Luc Jobson-Larkin, Oleode Oshotse

5:29

There was once a boy, of peculiar grace

Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

3:35

Sweet...so sweet...

Will Liverman, Walter Russell III, Angel Blue, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Chris Kenney, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Latonia Moore, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

3:24

C'mon let's do what we did last night

Cheikh Mbaye, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chris Kenney, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman, Walter Russell III, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

2:47

Peculiar Grace Dance

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

5:55

Lift me up, Jesus

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Donovan Singletary, Briana Hunter

3:28

Take this stain from my memory

Donovan Singletary, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

2:33

Which boy dat? Dat Nate?

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Terrence Chin-Loy, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman, Ryan Speedo Green, Norman Garrett, Errin Duane Brooks, Calvin Griffin

1:25

Love with a laugh, with fun for a fight!

Norman Garrett, Errin Duane Brooks, Calvin Griffin, Terrence Chin-Loy, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Latonia Moore, Will Liverman

2:45

You can be free

Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Christine Jobson, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Kimberli Render, Karmesha Peake, Denisha Ballew, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jasmine Muhammad, Nicole Joy Mitchell

4:00

Lord, take this wanting from me.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Will Liverman

4:18

Oh, hi. I hope I ain't disturbing you

Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Brittany Renee', Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2:09

Hey! I got somethin' to tell you!

Terrence Chin-Loy, Norman Garrett, Errin Duane Brooks, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Calvin Griffin, Will Liverman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2:56

I was once a boy of peculiar grace

Terrence Chin-Loy, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Norman Garrett, Errin Duane Brooks, Calvin Griffin

4:26

Charles! You got accepted to Grambling!

Norman Garrett, Errin Duane Brooks, Calvin Griffin, Latonia Moore, Terrence Chin-Loy, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Will Liverman

4:48

A place where you can be just by yourself

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Latonia Moore, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus

3:06

Step Dance

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Ballet

3:50

Do you know what it means to have made the line?

The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Will Liverman, David Morgans Sanchez, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chase Taylor, Donovan Singletary, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Metropolitan Opera Ballet

3:51

Our roots are deep, we draw our strengths from slavery

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman

3:02

Boy, get off that wall

Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Donovan Singletary, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman

2:38

Greta. Greta. What is this feeling?

Will Liverman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Angel Blue

4:24

I used to hate the night

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

2:50

When I was just a little boy

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

6:46

Hello...Mama, its me...Charles!

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Chris Kenney, Latonia Moore, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman

3:12

So you've come back, boy... I knew you would.

The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Angel Blue, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Will Liverman

2:25

Sometimes you gotta just leave it in the road.

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Latonia Moore, Walter Russell III, The Metropolitan Opera Chorus, The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Will Liverman

4:48

Terence Blanchard

Componist
Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Dirigent
Latonia Moore

Sopraan
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Orkest
Angel Blue

Sopraan