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First Movement (a. Overture, b. Hell is Here​/​I Prosper, c. It Goes On and On)

from The Temp (music by Taylor Ho Bynum, words by Matthea Harvey) by The Coast Jazz Orchestra, the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, and special guests

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FIRST MOVEMENT

[a. Overture]
CHOIR: Itch, dash, suffer, suffer, cry, dash.


b. [Hell is Here and the Devil Close By/I Prosper]
TEMP: I run, exit, enter.
Where’s Mr. P?

CHOIR: Hell is here and the devil close by.

TEMP: I hear his cell.

CHOIR: Hell is here and the devil close by.

TEMP: I hear him storm.
Am vex’d, am wreck’d
there’s more work, more toil.

CHOIR: Hell is here and the devil close by.

TEMP: I hear his cell.

CHOIR: Hell is here and the devil close by.

TEMP: I run, exit, enter.

PROSPER: I’ll bring thee to the present business:
I. Prosper. I prosper.
People bore me with their rotten rat instinct.
Mine the key and office, the revenue.
Business is a good thing, as is more power.
My power, ambition.
I shall turn all to silver! My thousands pile up.
A thousand thousands!
My project charms me. I shall turn all to silver!

CHOIR: Itch, dash, suffer, suffer, cry, dash. [Improv]


[c. It Goes On and On]
PROSPER: Where is my cell? Fetch me my cell!

TEMP: Before you can say
‘come and go,’ I will be here.

PROSPER: What have we here? A man or a fool?
Log in. Order the hour’s bids, be attentive.

TEMP: Here I am.

PROSPER: Take suggestion as a cat laps up milk.

TEMP: Certainly, sir.

PROSPER: Bend towards the project.
Work swiftly. Go to
the bank with my riches!

TEMP: Certainly Sir!
But your conscience?

PROSPER: Conscience candied be!

TEMP: Pardon, Mr. Prosper. Please sir,
do you believe me sensible and nimble?
You laugh at me.

PROSPER: Ding-dong, remember this is
business, it goes on and on, ok?

TEMP: I am nothing to you—
Invisible, weak.
I am wreck’d, changed.

PROSPER: I am all you have.
Go to the office—there’s
Other business for thee.

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from The Temp (music by Taylor Ho Bynum, words by Matthea Harvey), released February 17, 2021

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Coast Jazz Orchestra at Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire

The Coast Jazz Orchestra, located at the Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, is one of the oldest college jazz ensembles in the United States.
Director Taylor Ho Bynum, Coast members and guests explore the full spectrum of jazz and creative music, from early pioneers to today's brightest voices. ... more

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