An Evening with Audra McDonald | Sunday, January 30, 2005 |
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Audra McDonald, soprano
Ted Sperling, music director and piano
Mary Ann McSweeney, bass
Gene Lewin, drums
Kevin Kuhn, guitar

Sunday, January 30, 4 pm
Hill Auditorium

百 老匯女伶加上輕便的爵士三重奏跟吉他，比起真正百老匯式的交響樂團，更能激起我的興趣。入圍東尼獎五次，得獎四次的 Audra McDonald，輕鬆地坐在舞台上，從跟各個劇作家的互動到家裡小女兒的故事，像是跟觀眾閒聊了起來，唱起歌來又是情緒收放自如，有點誇張的聲調跟表演 方式，非常的百老匯。其 中 Audra 跟 Ted 找來了七位作曲家分別為七大罪惡（seven deadly sins: anger 憤怒、gluttony 貪食、vanity 虛榮、lust 縱慾、sloth 懶惰、envy 嫉妒和 greed 貪婪，電影 se7en 的主題，同時也是另一部著名的百老匯劇）作出的非常有趣的七首歌，今天挑了 anger 跟 sloth 兩首演唱。第一首 anger 反向操作，描寫故作鎮定，強壓怒氣的 The Christian Thing to Do :
you look like you're relieved.
i hope that's what you are.
i hope you'll never ever trap inside a burning car.

ha..ha.. neehaha,
i hope you stay well,
and never turn another woman's life into a hell.

i'm sorry, what i mean is this,
stay healthy for me please,
i hate to see you die from some incurable disease.

no, what i really mean is this,
stay healthy if you can,
XXXxXXxxxXxXXxxx

ok, i'll stop, i'll stop it now.
my temper tension's through.
i pray you find your happiness.
it's the christian thing to do.

Michael John LaChiusa, The Christian Thing to Do
第二首 sloth 寫的是一個爬不起床，成天看電視打電動猛聊天不交稿的作家，在台上告解，同時也徵求觀眾到他家挖他起床、搬走電視、重灌電腦、沒收手機，快速的節奏配上誇張的語調，超級好笑
someone needs to wake me up at six, everyday,
take the keys, to my place,,
throw some water in my face,
if that doesn't work then grab me by the hair,
swing me over to my desk and chain me there.
i may hate you,
but i'll thank you in my book.

i can't be trusted. i can't be trusted.
'cuz if it were up to me,
i will stay in bed 'til three.
i can't be trusted. i disappear,
which is why i call you trusty people here.

Jeff Blumenkrantz, My Book
google 到公共廣播網一月初的訪談錄音（頁面中間有收聽 The Christian Thing to Do 的連結），更進一步連到了 seven deadly sins 在紐約卡內基音樂廳首演的錄音，公共電台慷慨地提供全程線上收聽：live onstage at Carengie's Zankel Hall （沒去也可以在家聽）

同一系列還有 Gidon Kremer, Caetano Veloso, Bill Frisell 等大師的現場錄音，同樣是免費收聽。