John Adams: Doctor Atomic

BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers & John Adams

48 SONGS • 2 HOURS AND 36 MINUTES • JUN 29 2018

1

Doctor Atomic: Overture

05:10

2

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The end of June 1945"

04:18

3

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "First of all, let me say"

02:15

4

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "We surround the plutonium core"

01:42

5

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "We are bedeviled by faulty detonators"

01:31

6

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "Many of us are inclined to say"

02:26

7

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The nation's fate..."

02:16

8

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "This is a petition"

02:42

9

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "What if it's a dud?"

02:02

10

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "The test must go on as scheduled"

03:20

11

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 1: "No, before the bomb is used"

04:07

12

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Am I in your light?"

04:31

13

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "Long let me inhale, deeply..."

06:27

14

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 2: "The motive of it all was loneliness"

04:24

15

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: Electrical storm

02:17

16

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "What the hell is wrong with the weather?"

02:34

17

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Five hundred U.S. Superfortresses are raining bombs"

04:06

18

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "I'll sign the report, sir"

01:19

19

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "With respect, sir, anyone with two good eyes"

03:00

20

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "I have been preoccupied with many matters"

02:32

21

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Get them out of here. From now on, I'm making my own weather predictions"

04:05

22

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "General, you are bearing up with remarkable fortitude"

03:18

23

Doctor Atomic, Act I, Scene 3: "Batter my heart"

07:34

24

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: "Easter Eve, 1945"

11:59

25

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: Interlude - Rain over the Sangre de Cristo

02:57

26

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 1: "In the north the cloud-flower blossoms"

01:54

27

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "It's midnight, Jack"

05:11

28

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "I've dreamed the same dream"

02:48

29

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "To the farthest west, the sea and the striped country"

03:35

30

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "A delay in the Potsdam Ultimatum"

01:00

31

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "Fermi is taking wagers"

02:16

32

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "I've spent a great deal of time indulging in controlled fantasies"

03:36

33

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 2: "Edward, the test will be delayed an hour"

03:01

34

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Panic

02:52

35

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "This program has been plagued from the start"

01:30

36

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "To keep the weakness secret"

02:11

37

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "I just finished reading The Magic Mountain"

02:15

38

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "The winter dawned, but the dead did not come back"

01:53

39

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "And love, which contains all human spirit"

03:00

40

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: "The only saviors are the ham sandwiches"

02:27

41

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 3: Chorus - "At the sight of this"

04:41

42

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "Lieutenant Bush, keep a weather eye on Oppenheimer"

01:33

43

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "To what benevolent demon do I owe the joy of being thus surrounded"

02:42

44

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "That's their signal!"

02:17

45

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "The sky is clear to the east"

02:59

46

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "In the midnight, in the flame-brilliant midnight"

03:06

47

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: "Zero minus two minutes"

01:03

48

Doctor Atomic, Act II, Scene 4: Countdown

06:05

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