The Time of Our Singing - Opera in Three Acts

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Label
Fuga Libera
Release Date
October 18, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Kris Defoort
    • PERFORMER
      Claron McFadden, Mark S. Doss, Simon Bailey, Levy Sekgapane, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 18, 2024
    • UPC
      5400439008373
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FUG837
    • LABEL
      Fuga Libera
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Ouverture

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    2. Act I Scene 1: Easter 1939 (Joey, Delia, Jonah, David, William)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Brathwaite, Claron McFadden, Levy Sekgapane, Simon Bailey, Mark Doss, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    3. Act I Scene 2: Nest (Joey, Delia, Jonah, David)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Brathwaite, Claron McFadden, Levy Sekgapane, Simon Bailey, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    4. Act I Scene 3: The World is Ending (Joey, Delia, Jonah, David, William)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Brathwaite, Claron McFadden, Levy Sekgapane, Simon Bailey, Mark Doss, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    5. Act I Scene 4: The School of Life (Joey, Delia, Jonah, David, Ruth)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Brathwaite, Claron McFadden, Levy Sekgapane, Simon Bailey, Abigail Abraham, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    6. Act I Scene 5: The School of Music (Joey, Jonah, David)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Brathwaite, Levy Sekgapane, Simon Bailey, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    7. Act II Scene 6: Ashes to Ashes (Ruth, David)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Abigail Abraham, Simon Bailey, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    8. Act II Scene 7: Resuming Life (Jonah, Joey)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Levy Sekgapane, Peter Brathwaite, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    9. Act II Scene 8: Bliss (Jonah, Joey)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Levy Sekgapane, Peter Brathwaite, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    10. Act II Scene 9: An Education (Lisette, Jonah)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Lilly Jørstad, Levy Sekgapane, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    11. Act II Scene 10: Christmas 1962 (Ruth, Jonah, David)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Abigail Abraham, Levy Sekgapane, Simon Bailey, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    12. Act II Scene 11: One Day (Jonah, Lisette)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Levy Sekgapane, Lilly Jørstad, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    13. Act II Scene 12: Watts Recorded (Jonah, Joey)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Levy Sekgapane, Peter Brathwaite, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    14. Act II Scene 13: Ruth and Robert (Ruth, Joey)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Abigail Abraham, Peter Brathwaite, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    15. Act II Scene 14: A Way Out (Jonah, Joey)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Levy Sekgapane, Peter Brathwaite, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    16. Act III Scene 15: Intensive Care (David, Joey)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Simon Bailey, Peter Brathwaite, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    17. Act III Scene 16: Depression (Joey, Jonah, Ruth)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Brathwaite, Levy Sekgapane, Abigail Abraham, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    18. Act III Scene 17: Philadelphia (William, Joey, Ruth, Jonah)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Mark Doss, Levy Sekgapane, Abigail Abraham, Peter Brathwaite, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    19. Act III Scene 18: Deep River (Joey, Jonah, Ruth)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Peter Brathwaite, Levy Sekgapane, Abigail Abraham, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    20. Act III Scene 19a: Our Singing (Ruth, Jonah)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Abigail Abraham, Levy Sekgapane, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    21. Act III Scene 19b: Interlude Mark Turner

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan

    22. Act III Scene 20: Right back dead in the middle of it (Jonah, Joey)

      Composer: Kris Defoort

      Ensemble: Children's and Youth Choirs of La Monnaie, La Monnaie Chamber Orchestra

      Performer: Levy Sekgapane, Peter Brathwaite, Mark Turner, Nicolas Thys, Hendrik Lasure, David Zobel, Lander Gyselinck

      Conductor: Kwame Ryan


The Time of Our Singing, Kris Defoort's fourth opera, after The Woman Who Walked into Doors (2001), House of the Sleeping Beauties (2009) and Daral Shaga (2014), is the climax and culmination of twenty years of operatic composition. Richard Powers' novel contains themes that have always been important to the composer and gave him the opportunity to explore the history of Western music and jazz. It is fascinating to see how Power's poignant characters have found their musical and scenic incarnation in this work. Each of Kris Defoort's operas is an infinitely valuable account of our times and of the human condition today. Each of his works is a joyful, profound and intense combination of music and life. Bernard Foccroulle