05/03/2016
05/03/2016
During the six-song session, Gabriella Pizzolo sang an a capella version of “Ring of Keys” accompanied by a seven-member choir; Beth Malone sang “Telephone Wire” with the show’s composer, Jeanine Tesori, on piano; Judy Kuhn performed “Days and Days” with a harpist; and Pizzolo, Malone and Emily Skeggs joined for the show’s finale, “Flying Away,” with harp and piano.
The session also included the song “Pony Girl,” a soft lullaby in the show that Tony-winning actor Michael Cerveris and his band, Loose Cattle, transformed into a violin-and-guitar foot stomper. And listeners will get a real treat with the seriously goofy “Changing My Raincoat,” in which Joel Perez raps and Roberta Colindrez beatboxes a hysterically funky take on the song “Changing My Major,” which was sung backstage to keep things loose. “It’s really fun because I love arrangements and when we were told about this and invited to revisit the songs, I thought, ‘Let’s really revisit them. Let’s let it be an opportunity,’” Tesori said afterward. (AP)