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the motown project
By Alicia Hall Moran (U.S.)
Presented by Joe's Pub
Part of Joe's Pub New York Voices Commission
Executive Producer: Thomas O. Kriegsmann / ArKtype
Musical traditions yearning for each other across race, class and nation grace Alicia Hall Moran’s meditation on the Motown songbook - a cinematic, movement-based aria fusing Sugar Pie Honey Bunch with Mozart while Marvin Gaye’s lyrical pathos finds solemnity in Purcell.
Featuring Thomas Flippin (guitar), Steven Herring (vocals), Barrington Lee (vocals), Jason Moran (piano), and Reggie Washington (bass) in collaboration with choreographer Amy Hall Garner, the motown project reimagines Motor City poetics in a study of desire and infatuation only soul and opera embodied by one chanteuse could endure.
the motown project
Conceived and arranged by Alicia Hall Moran
I Was Made To Love Her
by Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran, mezzo-soprano • Steven Herring, baritone
You Keep Me Hangin’ On (Set Me Free)
by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • LaFrae Sci on drums and Reggie Washington on bass
Ah chi mi dice mai
from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Barrington Lee, bass baritone • Raphael Fusco, piano
When The Air Sings of Summer
from The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti
Performed by Steven Herring • Raphael Fusco, piano
Signed, Sealed, Delivered
Stevie Wonder, Lee Garrett, Syreeta Wright, Lula Mae Hardaway
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Jason Moran
Habañera
from Carmen by Georges Bizet & Ludovic Halévy/Henri Meilhac
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran
Come Back Into My Life
by Alicia Hall Moran
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Reggie Washington on bass and LaFrae Sci on drums
Heat Wave
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Thomas Flippin, guitar
I Was Made To Love Her
Stevie Wonder, Lula Mae Hardaway, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran, mezzo-soprano • Steven Herring, baritone
Love Child
Dean Taylor, Frank Wilson, Pam Sawyer, Deke Richards
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Reggie Washington on bass, Thomas Flippin on guitar
Please Mr. Postman
Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Thomas Flippin
Suite Compostelana: Preludio
Federico Mompou
Performed by Thomas Flippin, guitar
Theme from Mahogany: Do You Know
Michael Masser, Gerald Goffin
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Thomas Flippin, Reggie Washington, LaFrae Sci
What A Curse for a Woman is a Timid Man
from The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Thomas Flippin, Reggie Washington, LaFrae Sci
Steal Me, Sweet Thief
from The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran
What's Going On
Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo "Obie" Benson
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Thomas Flippin, theorbo
Ah Belinda, I am press't with torment
Henry Purcell and Nahum Tate
Thomas Flippin, theorbo
Sugarpie, Honeybunch (I Can’t Help Myself)
Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran and Steven Herring • Thomas Flippin
Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio
from The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Thomas Flippin
Ev’ry Time I Feel De Spirit
vocals inspired by Hall Johnson arrangement of the Negro Spiritual
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Jason Moran, piano
You’re All I Need To Get By
Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson
Performed by Alicia Hall Moran • Jason Moran
the motown project will be available to stream until January 17, 2021, at 11:59PM EST.
This production will premiere with English Closed Captions, Spanish Subtitles, and an English Audio Description. For additional information, if you have questions, need assistance, or an accommodation not mentioned above, please contact us at [email protected].
Esta producción se estrenará con subtítulos en inglés, subtítulos en español y una descripción de audio en inglés. Para obtener información adicional o si tiene preguntas, necesita ayuda o un alojamiento no mencionado anteriormente, póngase en contacto con nosotros en [email protected].
No available performances in this month.