Adams: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky

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I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (more info)
Performed by: Holst Sinfonietta
Composed by: John Adams
Martina Muhlpointner, soprano
Kimako Xavier Trotman, baritone
Markus Alexander Neisser, tenor
Jeannette Friedrich, vocals
Darius de Haas, vocals
Lilith Gardell, vocals
Jonas Holst, baritone
Klaus Simon, piano


1.   Act I No. 1: I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (Tutti) - 8:21
2.   Act I No. 2: A Sermon on Romance (David, Leila) - 3:09
3.   Act I No. 3: Leila's Song of the Wise Young Women (Leila, Consuelo) - 4:55
4.   Act I No. 4: Solo in Sunlight (Dewain) - 3:48
5.   Act I No. 5: Donde estas? (Consuelo) - 4:21
6.   Act I No. 6: Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual (Mike) - 3:29
7.   Act I No. 7: Tiffany's Solo (Tiffany) - 4:47
8.   Act I No. 8: Song about the On Site Altercation (Dewain, Tiffany, Mike, Leila) - 2:54
9.   Act I No. 9: Song about the Bad Boys and the News (Consuelo, Tiffany, Leila) - 6:35
10.   Act I No. 10: Your Honor My Client, He's a Young Black Man (Rick, Tiffany, Leila) - 5:42
11.   Act I No. 11: Consuelo's Dream (Consuelo) - 6:10
12.   Act I No. 12: Rick's Cross-Examination of Tiffany and Mike (Rick, Mike, Tiffany) - 4:12
13.   Act I No. 13: Song about Law School as the Natural Follow-up to Jail (Dewain, David) - 4:50
14.   Act I No. 14: Leila's Solo: Alone (Again or at last) (Lelila) - 4:39
15.   Act I No. 15: Song about the Sweet Majority Population of the World (David, Rick, Dewain, Mike) - 4:44

I was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (more info)
Performed by: Holst Sinfonietta
Composed by: John Adams
Martina Muhlpointner, soprano
Kimako Xavier Trotman, baritone
Markus Alexander Neisser, tenor
Jeannette Friedrich, vocals
Darius de Haas, vocals
Lilith Gardell, vocals
Jonas Holst, baritone
Klaus Simon, piano


1.   Act II No. 16: Duet - Three Weeks and Still I’m Outta My Mind (David, Leila) - 5:06
2.   Act II No. 16b: Earthquake Sounds - 1:01
3.   Act II No. 17: Earthquake Music - 3:07
4.   Act II No. 18: Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On (David, Tiffany, Rick, Consuelo) - 4:25
5.   Act II No. 19: Duet in the Middle of Terrible Duress (Mike, Tiffany, Rick) - 11:29
6.   Act II No. 20: Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise (Dewain) - 6:24
7.   Act II No. 21: Este Pais / This Country (Consuelo, Dewain) - 4:33
8.   Act II No. 22: One Last Look at the Angel in Your Eyes (Consuelo, Dewain) - 2:19
9.   Act II No. 23: Finale (Tutti) - 4:58

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