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John Adams
Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"
Translation in French
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Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"
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Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"
Acte III: "Peking observe les étoiles",
-
HUNG
CHIANG
CH'ING
-
HUNG
CHIANG
CH'ING
Peking
watches
the
stars,
Peking
observe
les
étoiles,
Nanking
slips
naked.
Nankin
est
nue.
Murderers
stretch
out
in
doorways
in
Shanghai.
Des
meurtriers
s'étendent
dans
les
portes
à
Shanghai.
Chungking's
old-fashioned
armory
lies
undefended.
L'ancienne
armurerie
de
Chongqing
est
sans
défense.
Yenan
rests
like
a
wise
virgin.
Yenan
repose
comme
une
sage
vierge.
All
the
coasts
are
clear,
Toutes
les
côtes
sont
libres,
And
all
the
oceans
still
as
we
ride
eastwards.
Et
tous
les
océans
sont
calmes
alors
que
nous
chevauchons
vers
l'est.
-
MAO
-
MAO
As
we
ride
eastwards
to
Peking
Alors
que
nous
chevauchons
vers
l'est
vers
Pékin
I
shut
my
eyes
and,
listening
Je
ferme
les
yeux
et,
en
écoutant
Hard,
hear
the
old
harmonium
Fort,
j'entends
le
vieux
harmonium
We
left
behind,
I-I-I
dream
Que
nous
avons
laissé
derrière
nous,
je-je-je
rêve
That
shoals
of
small
transparent
fish
Que
des
bancs
de
petits
poissons
transparents
Race
down
a
shallow
river.
Courent
dans
une
rivière
peu
profonde.
-
CHOU
-
CHOU
...to
Peking
...vers
Pékin
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Writer(s):
Alice Goodman, John C Adams
Album
Earbox
date of release
04-05-1999
1
Disappointment Lake
2
Tundra
3
Hoodoo Zephyr
4
El Dorado: Part II. Soledades
5
El Dorado: Part I. A Dream of Gold
6
Day Chorus
7
Aria of the Falling Body
8
Rambo
9
Lollapalooza
10
Leon Klinghoffer: "I've Never Been a Violent Man - "
11
Your Honor My Client is a Young Black Man
12
Hagar Chorus
13
Mamoud: "We Are Sorry For You"
14
Fearful Symmetries
15
Grand Pianola Music: On the Great Divide
16
Grand Pianola Music: Part IB
17
Grand Pianola Music: Part IA
18
Swiss Grandmother: "So I Said To My Grandson"
19
Molqi: "Give These Orders"
20
Swiss Grandmother: "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"
21
The Captain: "It Was Just After One Fifteen"
22
Chorus of Exiled Jews
23
Chorus of Exiled Palestinians
24
Eros Piano
25
Night Chorus
26
The Wound Dresser
27
Slonimsky's Earbox
28
Harmonielehre: Part III Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
29
Harmonium: Negative Love
30
Harmonium: Because I Could Not Stop for Death
31
Harmonium: Wild Nights
32
John's Book Of Alleged Dances - Standchen: The Little Serenade
33
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Hammer and Chisel
34
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Stubble Crotchet
35
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Rag the Bone
36
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Toot Nipple
37
Chamber Symphony: Roadrunner
38
Chamber Symphony: Aria with Walking Bass
39
Chamber Symphony: Mongrel Airs
40
Violin Concerto: III. Toccare
41
Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: Body through which the dream flows
42
Violin Concerto: I. = 78
43
Harmonielehre: Part II The Anfortas Wound
44
Harmonielehre: Part I
45
Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine
46
Two Fanfares for Orchestra: Tromba Lontana
47
Ensemble - I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
48
A Sermon on Romance
49
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Habanera
50
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Pavane: She's So Fine
51
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Dogjam
52
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean
53
Finale
54
One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes
55
Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise
56
Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
57
Three Weeks and I'm Still Outta My Mind
58
Leila's song: Alone - Again or at Last
59
Song About the Bad Boys and the News
60
Song About The On-Site Altercation
61
Tiffany's Solo
62
Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual
63
Consuelo's Dream
64
Este Pais/This Country
65
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Alligator Escalator
66
Act II, Scene 1: "This Is Prophetic!"
67
Act 1, Scene 3 (excerpt) - 3
68
Act 1, Scene 3 (excerpt) - 2
69
Act 1, Scene 3 (excerpt) - 1
70
Act I, Scene 1: "News Has a Kind of Mystery:"
71
Act I, Scene 1: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
72
Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76
73
Act I, Scene 1: "The People Are the Heroes Now"
74
Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky'
75
Act I, Scene 1: (Beginning)
76
The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
77
Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking
78
Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
79
Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
80
Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
81
Act II, Scene 2: (Beginning)
82
Act II, Scene 2: "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"
83
Act II, Scene 2: "Whip Her to Death!"
84
Act II, Scene 2: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung
85
Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"
86
Act III: "You Won at Poker."
87
Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"
88
Act III: "After that the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"
89
Act III: "I Can keep Still,"
90
Act III: "I Have No Offspring."
91
Act III: "When I Woke up I Dimly Realized the Jap Bombers Had Given Us a
92
Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did."
93
John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise)
94
Common Tones in Simple Time
95
Christian Zeal and Activity
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