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ERic sawyER b. 1962
our american cousin
LibREttO by JOhn shOptaw
bOstOn mOdERn ORchEstRa pROJEct
Gil rose, conductor
Janna baty mezzo-soprano
aLan schnEidER tenor
aaROn EngEbREth baritone
dREw pOLing baritone
dOnaLd wiLkinsOn baritone
angELa hinEs gOOch soprano
tOm O’tOOLE bass-baritone
hiLLaRiE O’tOOLE soprano
JanicE EdwaRds mezzo-soprano
daniEL kamaLic baritone
thE amhERst cOLLEgE cOncERt chOiR
mallorie chernin, music director
disc 1
Act I paGe
[1] prelude 6:36 20
[2] scene 1 a sneeze 1:58 20
[3] arts of theater 4:16 20
[4] scene 2 Harry Hawk’s substitute 1:52 21
[5] Walking a corduroy road 4:26 21
[6] scene 3 mathews and Booth 1:59 22
[7] What Happens Here? 2:48 23
[8] scene 4 chorus of Women 1:57 24
[9] chorus of amputees 1:27 24
[10] chorus of Freedmen 1:14 24
[11] chorus of nurses 1:23 25
[12] chorus of Businessmen 0:45 25
[13] scene 5 drinking song 4:02 25
[14] scene 6 laura Keene 3:59 27
[15] emancipate your sorrows 3:28 27
Act II
[16] scene 1 Father and daughter 3:58 28
[17] i Feel a draft 2:06 30
[18] asa’s letter 4:20 30
[19] scene 2 a moneyed man 5:21 32
[20] scene 3 introductions 1:44 33
[21] possum Herding 3:02 34
[22] lincoln 4:17 35
tOtaL 67:00
disc 2
Act II (cont’d) paGe
[1] scene 4 in the library 3:42 37
[2] two letters 2:38 38
[3] scene 5 musical chairs 6:29 39
Act III
[4] scene 1 in the dairy 2:31 41
[5] ancient Business 5:35 41
[6] mary and abraham 2:40 43
[7] sic semper Booth 2:52 43
[8] scene 2 assassination 7:34 44
[9] scene 3 the presidential Box 9:18 47
[10] scene 4 Hawk’s second chance 2:47 50
[11] Burning letter 5:32 50
[12] scene 5 Blood stains 5:10 52
[13] apparition 3:44 53
[14] Final chorus 4:47 54
tOtaL 65:20