THE WILDE SPIRIT--THE MUSICAL (CD)
Live from Provincetown: Kerry Ashton Sings Wilde
THE ORIGINAL MUSICAL VERSION AS PRODUCED AND PRESENTED
LIVE IN PROVINCETOWN, MA in 1992
MUSIC & LYRICS
by KERRY ASHTON
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements, with Orchestra Conducted & Digitally Created
by KENNETH MOORE
*** Orchestrated by KAREN HUNT
and Performed by KAREN HUNT on PIANO
With ANDY HUNT on FLUTE and CLARINET
Starring
KERRY ASHTON as OSCAR WILDE
With Voice-Overs by:
Judith Moore as Lady Jane Wilde
George Holmes as Edward Carson and Richard D'Oyly Carte
Tony Kish as Wilde's Prison Guard
Kerry Ashton as Alfred Taylor, as the Judge, and as all Trial Witnesses
Judith Moore, Ken Moore, Melanie Vaughan, Don Bradford, Kerry Ashton as Chorale Singers
With Incidental Voices by Bruce Ward, George Holmes, and Tony Kish
MUSICAL NUMBERS & INTERLUDES
LIVE IN PROVINCETOWN, MA in 1992
MUSIC & LYRICS
by KERRY ASHTON
Orchestrations and Vocal Arrangements, with Orchestra Conducted & Digitally Created
by KENNETH MOORE
*** Orchestrated by KAREN HUNT
and Performed by KAREN HUNT on PIANO
With ANDY HUNT on FLUTE and CLARINET
Starring
KERRY ASHTON as OSCAR WILDE
With Voice-Overs by:
Judith Moore as Lady Jane Wilde
George Holmes as Edward Carson and Richard D'Oyly Carte
Tony Kish as Wilde's Prison Guard
Kerry Ashton as Alfred Taylor, as the Judge, and as all Trial Witnesses
Judith Moore, Ken Moore, Melanie Vaughan, Don Bradford, Kerry Ashton as Chorale Singers
With Incidental Voices by Bruce Ward, George Holmes, and Tony Kish
MUSICAL NUMBERS & INTERLUDES
ACT ONE
OVERTURE (Orchestration)
INVOCATION TO A DREAM (Chorale)
REMEMBERING BOSIE, Interlude 1 (Kerry Ashton)
AN IRISH LULLABY (Judith Moore, Kerry Ashton)
VOICES OF CHILDHOOD (Kerry Ashton, Judith Moore, Ensemble)
THE MAN OF MIRRORS (Kerry Ashton)
A LITTLE PATIENCE* (Kerry Ashton, George Holmes, Ensemble)
*** AMERICAN HURRAH! (Kerry Ashton, Ensemble)
AMERICAN HURRAH! (Reprise) (Ensemble)
THE HARLOT'S HOUSE^^ (Kerry Ashton)
CONSISTENTLY CONSTANCE (Kerry Ashton)
HOMAGE TO DORIAN (Kerry Ashton)
REMEMBERING BOSIE, Interlude 2 (Kerry Ashton)
*** OPENING NIGHT (Kerry Ashton)
*** COMEDIAN (Kerry Ashton)
ACT TWO
ENTR’ACTE (Orchestration)
THE MAN OF MIRRORS (Reprise) (Kerry Ashton)
*** OPENING NIGHT (Reprise) (Kerry Ashton)
DEAREST FRIEND (Kerry Ashton)
*** THE LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME (Kerry Ashton, George Holmes, Paul Baccus, Ensemble)
*** WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MAN? (Kerry Ashton)
-- REMEMBERING BOSIE, DE PROFUNDIS, Interlude 1 (Kerry Ashton)
-- REMEMBERING BOSIE. DE PROFUNDIS, Interlude 2 (Kerry Ashton)
DEAREST FRIEND (Reprise) (Kerry Ashton)
CONSISTENTLY CONSTANCE (Reprise) (Kerry Ashton)
THE ASCENSION (Judith Moore, Kerry Ashton)
*** FINALE (Kerry Ashton and Chorale)
BOWS (Orchestration)
* Lyrics from Oscar Wilde's poem, "Two Loves"
^ With background music from the Gilbert & Sullivan musical, "Patience"
^^ From Wilde's poem, "The Harlot's House"
-- Based on text from Oscar Wilde's "De Profundis"
All music recorded at Westrax Studio, New York City and registered with ASCAP;Strauss' "Weiner Blut" and Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience" used by permission; Kerry Ashton appears through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Published play, music and lyrics of THE WILDE SPIRIT © 2013 Kerry Ashton;
All Music and Songs are Registered with ASCAP. Recording (c) 2015 Kerry Ashton. All Rights Reserved.
OVERTURE (Orchestration)
INVOCATION TO A DREAM (Chorale)
REMEMBERING BOSIE, Interlude 1 (Kerry Ashton)
AN IRISH LULLABY (Judith Moore, Kerry Ashton)
VOICES OF CHILDHOOD (Kerry Ashton, Judith Moore, Ensemble)
THE MAN OF MIRRORS (Kerry Ashton)
A LITTLE PATIENCE* (Kerry Ashton, George Holmes, Ensemble)
*** AMERICAN HURRAH! (Kerry Ashton, Ensemble)
AMERICAN HURRAH! (Reprise) (Ensemble)
THE HARLOT'S HOUSE^^ (Kerry Ashton)
CONSISTENTLY CONSTANCE (Kerry Ashton)
HOMAGE TO DORIAN (Kerry Ashton)
REMEMBERING BOSIE, Interlude 2 (Kerry Ashton)
*** OPENING NIGHT (Kerry Ashton)
*** COMEDIAN (Kerry Ashton)
ACT TWO
ENTR’ACTE (Orchestration)
THE MAN OF MIRRORS (Reprise) (Kerry Ashton)
*** OPENING NIGHT (Reprise) (Kerry Ashton)
DEAREST FRIEND (Kerry Ashton)
*** THE LOVE THAT DARE NOT SPEAK ITS NAME (Kerry Ashton, George Holmes, Paul Baccus, Ensemble)
*** WHAT HAPPENS TO THE MAN? (Kerry Ashton)
-- REMEMBERING BOSIE, DE PROFUNDIS, Interlude 1 (Kerry Ashton)
-- REMEMBERING BOSIE. DE PROFUNDIS, Interlude 2 (Kerry Ashton)
DEAREST FRIEND (Reprise) (Kerry Ashton)
CONSISTENTLY CONSTANCE (Reprise) (Kerry Ashton)
THE ASCENSION (Judith Moore, Kerry Ashton)
*** FINALE (Kerry Ashton and Chorale)
BOWS (Orchestration)
* Lyrics from Oscar Wilde's poem, "Two Loves"
^ With background music from the Gilbert & Sullivan musical, "Patience"
^^ From Wilde's poem, "The Harlot's House"
-- Based on text from Oscar Wilde's "De Profundis"
All music recorded at Westrax Studio, New York City and registered with ASCAP;Strauss' "Weiner Blut" and Gilbert & Sullivan's "Patience" used by permission; Kerry Ashton appears through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.
Published play, music and lyrics of THE WILDE SPIRIT © 2013 Kerry Ashton;
All Music and Songs are Registered with ASCAP. Recording (c) 2015 Kerry Ashton. All Rights Reserved.
Though Ashton usually speaks the lyrics of most of the songs of THE WILDE SPIRIT when performing the show live, as he does in the Audio Book and in the Off-Broadway Original Cast Recording on CD, as an experiment which proved very successful, Kerry sang all of the songs when he performed the show live in Provincetown, MA in 1992. This CD captures Ashton's fully-realized musical performance of each of the great songs from the show, as he performed them before a live audience in an intimate setting.
To watch a video clip of Kerry singing "DEAREST FRIEND," one of the musical numbers that he wrote for THE WILDE SPIRIT, THE MUSICAL: Kerry Ashton Sings Wilde, click on the clip below:
To watch a video clip of Kerry singing "DEAREST FRIEND," one of the musical numbers that he wrote for THE WILDE SPIRIT, THE MUSICAL: Kerry Ashton Sings Wilde, click on the clip below:
This video clip of Kerry Ashton singing his own song, "Dearest Friend," from the musical performance of his play in Provincetown, MA, 1992, runs 4 minutes, 40 seconds.
To listen to Kerry sing other songs from the show, click on any link below:
