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Glover, J: Lucy

Andrew Wilkowske (baritone), Sarah Sokolovic (narrator), Christopher Zemliauskas (piano), Erik Pearson (narrator), Robert Ingersoll (narrator), Kelley Rourke (narrator), Steven Jude Tietjen (narrator), John Glover (narrator), Andrew Wilkowske (narrator)

Redshift Ensemble

Release Date: 7th Apr 2017
Catalogue No: FCR183
Label: New Focus Recordings
Length: 77 minutes

Glover, J: Lucy, Prologue

Work length1:55

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Andrew Wilkowske (baritone), Sarah Sokolovic (narrator)

Prologue: The remains of the chimp known as "Lucy" were found in the Gambia last week … - Wondering

Track length1:55

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Lucy, Pt. 1 "Our Happy Home"

Work length23:53

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Christopher Zemliauskas (piano)
Redshift Ensemble
John Glover
Recorded: 2014
Recording Venue: Live recording, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Milwaukee, United States

Part I, "Our Happy Home": The University of Oklahoma's cross-fostering project places its fourth chimpanzee …

Track length0:13

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": Baby's first year

Track length2:29

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": For the first 12 months of life …

Track length0:14

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": Kinship

Track length1:59

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": To the extent possible, the family makes no distinction …

Track length0:13

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": Pure Chaos

Track length1:42

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": Yesterday, Lucy moved into a new wing …

Track length0:16

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": An organized world

Track length2:22

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": Tools

Track length1:18

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": In addition to their suburban home, the Temerlins own a large cattle ranch …

Track length0:28

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": Completely at home

Track length3:28

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": An ideal drinking companion

Track length2:11

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": Researchers have identified thirty-two distinctive sounds and sixty-six gestures …

Track length0:25

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": Lucy's vocabulary

Track length4:20

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Part I, "Our Happy Home": Using Her Signs

Track length2:15

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Lucy, Pt. 2 "Me Tarzan, She Daughter, You Deal with It"

Work length16:03

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Recorded: 2014
Recording Venue: Live recording, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Milwaukee, United States

Part II, "Me Tarzan, She Daughter, You Deal With it": No Pets Allowed

Track length1:31

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Part II, "Me Tarzan, She Daughter, You Deal With it": Tarzan Fantasies

Track length2:44

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Part II, "Me Tarzan, She Daughter, You Deal With it": She fed the mother a Coca-Cola, which had been spiked with phencyclidine …

Track length0:29

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Part II, "Me Tarzan, She Daughter, You Deal With it": A Real Kick

Track length2:18

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Part II, "Me Tarzan, She Daughter, You Deal With it": Obsession

Track length3:33

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Part II, "Me Tarzan, She Daughter, You Deal With it": Chimpanzees are five to seven times stronger than humans …

Track length0:10

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Part II, "Me Tarzan, She Daughter, You Deal With it": Satisfaction

Track length2:09

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Part II, "Me Tarzan, She Daughter, You Deal With it": Lucy's Emotions

Track length0:36

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Part II, "Me Tarzan, She Daughter, You Deal With it": Many people will not

Track length2:33

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Lucy, Pt. 3 "Close Encounters"

Work length17:03

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Recorded: 2014
Recording Venue: Live recording, Milwaukee Opera Theatre, Milwaukee, United States

Part III, "Close Encounters": Who can we trust?

Track length1:18

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Part III, "Close Encounters": Guilt

Track length1:32

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Part III, "Close Encounters": Aggression

Track length1:04

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Part III, "Close Encounters": Such great people

Track length2:20

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Part III, "Close Encounters": I hated Lucy at that moment

Track length1:24

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Part III, "Close Encounters": Terror

Track length1:44

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Part III, "Close Encounters": Natural causes

Track length3:50

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Part III, "Close Encounters": Completely at home

Track length3:51

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Robert Ingersoll in Conversation with Erik Pearson

Work length13:56

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Erik Pearson (narrator), Robert Ingersoll (narrator)

The Making of Lucy: John Glover, Erik Pearson, Kelley Rourke and Andrew Wilkowske, as Interviewed by Steven Jude Tietjen

Work length4:42

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John Glover (narrator), Erik Pearson (narrator), Kelley Rourke (narrator), Andrew Wilkowske (narrator), Steven Jude Tietjen (narrator)

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John Glover's opera "Lucy" follows through a fascinating and thought-provoking story of a chimpanzee raised by a human family in Oklahoma in the 1960's as part of research into both human and primate behavior and psychology. Glober's poignant and emotionally sensitive piece explores not just the ups and downs of Lucy's childhood and relationships to her "parents" Maurice and Jane Temerlin, but also forces us to engage with questions of nature vs. nurture, what it means to be human, and the boundaries of the formatio nof human connection. Glover and librettist Kelley Rourke were initially inspired by hearing Lucy's story on the popular public radio program, Radiolab. They draw the material for the songs from Maurice Temerlin's memoir about the experience, Lucy: Growing up Human. Glover's effervescent style is perfect for the recounting of Lucy's everyday activities as they are transformed into profound observations on behavior, as well as capturing Maurice's dual role as father and documentarian of this unique experiment. The prevalence of familiar scenarios between children and parents as they are growing up is striking - in a particular powerful passage, Maurice relates his impulse to punish Lucy by striking her. Lucy, who has learned ASL (American Sign Language) by this time in her development, uses it to communicate with Maurice and eludes her punishment just as a human child might, with a cute appeal to her anry father. Lucy's Vocabulary, age 9.5 defly "sets" Lucy's words, with Wilkowske signing as the violin plays fragile harmonics over a sparse and innocent toy piano and cello accompaniment. By choosing a small ensemble configuration, Glover keeps our focus on the incremental, domestic discoveries of child rearing and avoids distracting bomast. Andrew Wilkowske delivers a heartfelt performance, capturing the nuance of Maurice's relationship to his daughter, and Redshift Ensemble provides colorful, expressive support. The release concludes with an interview with Robert Ingersol, a primatologist who knew Lucy and was featured in the documentary, Project Nim. Lucy is a story that may leave us with more questions than answers, about distinctions between humans and animals, our assumptions about child rearing, and our emotional attachments but Glover and Rourke's sensitive presentation is firm in its assertion that the questions that are raised have profound implications for our understanding of ourselves.

Glover, J: Lucy

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