BMP: Songbook, Volume 2

Beth Morrison Projects

Release Date: January 9, 2026

The BMP: Songbook is the first CD release from acclaimed opera producer Beth Morrison, marking 20 years of Beth Morrison Projects. The BMP: Songbook Volume II charts BMP’s history and legacy, with arias ranging from David T. Little’s rock-opera fusion to Nico Muhly’s sensitive minimalism to Du Yun’s explosive energy and more capturing the range of voices that define BMP’s first 20 years.

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TRACK LIST

1. Song from the Uproar, No. 2 This world within me is too small (Isabelle Eberhardt)
   by Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek
   Featuring: Abigail Fischer, Now Ensemble, Steven Osgood

2. Anatomy Theater, Scene 2: Good Morrow and Welcome (Joshua Crouch)
   by David Lang and Mark Dion
   Featuring: Marc Kudisch, Christopher Rountree, International Contemporary Ensemble

3. Sumeida's Song, Scene 2: I Shall Tell Them (Alwan)
   by Mohammed Fairouz
   Featuring: Markel Reed, Kazem Abdullah, Contemporaneous Ensemble

4. Aquanetta (Chamber Version), Scene 2: Conceal Me (Aquanetta)
   by Michael Gordon and Deborah Artman
   Featuring: Mikaela Bennett, Daniela Candillari, Bang on a Can Opera Ensemble

5. Place, No. 19, Colonizing Space
   by Ted Hearne and Saul Williams
   Featuring: Isaiah Robinson, Place Orchestra

6. Angel's Bone, Scene III: Smiles (Mrs. X.E.)
   by Du Yun and Royce Vavrek
   Featuring: Abigail Fischer, Choir of Trinity Wall Street, NOVUS NY

7. Persona, Act III, Scene 4: Us, we, me, I (Alma)
   by Keeril Makan and Jay Scheib
   Featuring: Amanda Crider, Kazem Abdullah Contemporaneous Ensemble

8. The Source, No. 2, Oh the Shark
   by Ted Hearne and Mark Doten
   Featuring: Ted Hearne, Nathan Koci

9. Black Lodge, Part I, No. 5: The Hungry Ghost Who Sings in Lamentation (Zurich, 1916)
   by David T. Little and Anne Waldman
   Featuring: Timur and the Dime Museum, Isaura String Quartet

10. Katrina Ballads, Kanye West: 9.2.05
    by Ted Hearne
    Featuring: Ted Hearne, Isaiah Robinson, Katrina Ballads Orchestra

11. Ellen West (Live), Why Am I a Girl? (Ellen West)
    by Ricky Ian Gordon and Frank Bidart
    Featuring: Jennifer Zetlan, Lidiya Yankovskaya

12. Dog Days, Act II: Fall, Scene 3: Mirror - Mirror, Mirror (Lisa)
    by David T. Little and Royce Vavrek
    Featuring: Lauren Worsham, Alan Pierson, Newspeak

13. Principles of Uncertainty, No. 2, What is this fragment?
    by Nico Muhly and Maira Kalman
    Featuring: Anthony Roth Costanzo, Kazem Abdullah, Contemporaneous Ensemble

14. Love Fail, No. 11, Head, Heart
    by David Lang and Lydia Davis
    Featuring: Anonymous 4

15. Soldier Songs, Pt. III, Elder: Two Marines
    by David T. Little
    Featuring: David Adam Moore, Newspeak, Todd Reynolds