Lyrics and translation John Adams feat. Edo de Waart & Orchestra of St. Luke's - Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"
Soldiers
of
heaven
hold
the
sky,
Les
soldats
du
ciel
tiennent
le
ciel,
The
morning
breaks
and
shadows
fly.
Le
matin
se
lève
et
les
ombres
fuient.
Follow
the
orders
of
the
poor,
Suivez
les
ordres
des
pauvres,
Your
master
is
the
laborer
Votre
maître
est
l'ouvrier
Who
rules
the
world
with
truth
and
grace.
Qui
gouverne
le
monde
avec
vérité
et
grâce.
Deal
with
him
justly,
face
to
face,
Traitez-le
avec
justice,
face
à
face,
Pay
a
fair
price
for
all
you
buy,
Payez
un
prix
juste
pour
tout
ce
que
vous
achetez,
Pay
to
replace
what
you
destroy.
Payez
pour
remplacer
ce
que
vous
détruisez.
Divide
the
landlord's
property,
Divisez
la
propriété
du
propriétaire
terrien,
Take
nothing
from
the
tenantry,
Ne
prenez
rien
aux
fermiers,
Do
not
mistreat
the
captive
foe.
Ne
maltraitez
pas
l'ennemi
captif.
Respect
women,
it
is
their
due
Respectez
les
femmes,
c'est
leur
dû
Replace
doors
when
you
leave
a
house.
Remplacez
les
portes
lorsque
vous
quittez
une
maison.
Roll
up
straw
matting
after
use.
Roulez
le
paillasson
après
utilisation.
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Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Your Flight Was Smooth, I Hope?"
2 Harmonium: I. Negative Love
3 Gnarly Buttons: The Perilous Shore (LP Version)
4 Hoodoo Zephyr
5 Disappointment Lake
6 Tundra
7 Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner
8 Chamber Symphony: II. Aria With Walking Bass
9 Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs
10 Violin Concerto: III. Toccare
11 Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: Body through which the dream flows
12 Violin Concerto: I. = 78
13 Harmonielehre: Part III Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
14 Haarmonielehre: Part II - The Anfortas Wound
15 Harmonielehre: Part I
16 El Dorado: Part II. Soledades
17 El Dorado: Part I. A Dream of Gold
18 Common Tones in Simple Time
19 Two Fanfares for Orchestra: II. Short Ride in a Fast Machine
20 Two Fanfares for Orchestra: I. Tromba Lontana
21 Day Chorus
22 Aria of the Falling Body
23 Rambo
24 Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-down (Mad Cow)
25 Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
26 Ensemble - I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
27 A Sermon on Romance
28 John's Book of Alleged Dances: VIII. Hammer and Chisel (LP Version)
29 John's Book of Alleged Dances: VII. Stubble Crotchet (LP Version)
30 John's Book of Alleged Dances: VI. Habanera (LP Version)
31 John's Book of Alleged Dances: V. Rag the Bone (LP Version)
32 John's Book of Alleged Dances: IV.Pavane: She's So Fine (LP Version)
33 John's Book of Alleged Dances: III. Dogjam (LP Version)
34 John's Book of Alleged Dances: II. Toot Nipple (LP Version)
35 John's Book of Alleged Dances: I. Judah to Ocean (LP Version)
36 Lollapalooza
37 Finale
38 Leon Klinghoffer: "I've Never Been a Violent Man - "
39 One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes
40 Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise
41 Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
42 Three Weeks and I'm Still Outta My Mind
43 Leila's song: Alone (Again or at Last)
44 Your Honor My Client is a Young Black Man
45 Song About the Bad Boys and the News
46 Song About The On-Site Altercation
47 Tiffany's Solo
48 Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual
49 Consuelo's Dream
50 Este Pais/This Country
51 John's Book of Alleged Dances: IX. Alligator Escalator (LP Version)
52 Hagar Chorus
53 Mamoud: "We Are Sorry For You"
54 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 1: "This Is Prophetic!"
55 Nixon in China: Act 1, Scene 3, excerpt No. 3
56 Nixon in China: Act 1, Scene 3, excerpt No. 2
57 Nixon in China: Act 1, Scene 3, excerpt No. 1
58 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene 1: "News Has a Kind of Mystery:"
59 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76
60 Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "The People Are the Heroes Now"
61 Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"
62 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene 1: (Beginning)
63 Fearful Symmetries
64 Grand Pianola Music: On the Great Divide
65 Grand Pianola Music: Part IB
66 Grand Pianola Music: Part IA
67 The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
68 Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking
69 Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
70 Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
71 Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
72 Harmonium: III. Wild Nights
73 Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death
74 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 2: (Beginning)
75 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 2: "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"
76 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 2: "Whip Her to Death!"
77 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 2: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung
78 Swiss Grandmother: "So I Said To My Grandson"
79 Molqi: "Give These Orders"
80 Swiss Grandmother: "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"
81 The Captain: "It Was Just After One Fifteen"
82 Chorus of Exiled Jews
83 Chorus of Exiled Palestinians
84 Eros Piano
85 Five Songs: V.Serenity
86 Five Songs: IV. At the River
87 Five Songs: III. Cradle Song
88 Night Chorus
89 Five Songs: II. Down East
90 Christian Zeal and Activity
91 The Wound Dresser
92 Nixon in China: Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"
93 Nixon in China: Act III: "You Won At Poker."
94 Nixon in China: Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"
95 Nixon in China: Act III: "After That the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"
96 Nixon in China: Act III: "I Can Keep Still,"
97 Nixon in China: Act III: "I Have No Offspring."
98 Nixon in China: Act III: "When I Woke Up I Dimly Realized the Jap Bombers Had Given Us A
99 Nixon in China: Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did."
100 Five Songs: I. Thoreau
101 Slonimsky's Earbox
102 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise)
103 John's Book of Alleged Dances: X. Standchen: The Little Serenade (LP Version)
2 Harmonium: I. Negative Love
3 Gnarly Buttons: The Perilous Shore (LP Version)
4 Hoodoo Zephyr
5 Disappointment Lake
6 Tundra
7 Chamber Symphony: III. Roadrunner
8 Chamber Symphony: II. Aria With Walking Bass
9 Chamber Symphony: I. Mongrel Airs
10 Violin Concerto: III. Toccare
11 Violin Concerto: II. Chaconne: Body through which the dream flows
12 Violin Concerto: I. = 78
13 Harmonielehre: Part III Meister Eckhardt and Quackie
14 Haarmonielehre: Part II - The Anfortas Wound
15 Harmonielehre: Part I
16 El Dorado: Part II. Soledades
17 El Dorado: Part I. A Dream of Gold
18 Common Tones in Simple Time
19 Two Fanfares for Orchestra: II. Short Ride in a Fast Machine
20 Two Fanfares for Orchestra: I. Tromba Lontana
21 Day Chorus
22 Aria of the Falling Body
23 Rambo
24 Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-down (Mad Cow)
25 Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
26 Ensemble - I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky
27 A Sermon on Romance
28 John's Book of Alleged Dances: VIII. Hammer and Chisel (LP Version)
29 John's Book of Alleged Dances: VII. Stubble Crotchet (LP Version)
30 John's Book of Alleged Dances: VI. Habanera (LP Version)
31 John's Book of Alleged Dances: V. Rag the Bone (LP Version)
32 John's Book of Alleged Dances: IV.Pavane: She's So Fine (LP Version)
33 John's Book of Alleged Dances: III. Dogjam (LP Version)
34 John's Book of Alleged Dances: II. Toot Nipple (LP Version)
35 John's Book of Alleged Dances: I. Judah to Ocean (LP Version)
36 Lollapalooza
37 Finale
38 Leon Klinghoffer: "I've Never Been a Violent Man - "
39 One Last Look at the Angel in your Eyes
40 Dewain's Song of Liberation and Surprise
41 Crushed by the Rock I Been Standing On
42 Three Weeks and I'm Still Outta My Mind
43 Leila's song: Alone (Again or at Last)
44 Your Honor My Client is a Young Black Man
45 Song About the Bad Boys and the News
46 Song About The On-Site Altercation
47 Tiffany's Solo
48 Mike's Song about Arresting a Particular Individual
49 Consuelo's Dream
50 Este Pais/This Country
51 John's Book of Alleged Dances: IX. Alligator Escalator (LP Version)
52 Hagar Chorus
53 Mamoud: "We Are Sorry For You"
54 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 1: "This Is Prophetic!"
55 Nixon in China: Act 1, Scene 3, excerpt No. 3
56 Nixon in China: Act 1, Scene 3, excerpt No. 2
57 Nixon in China: Act 1, Scene 3, excerpt No. 1
58 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene 1: "News Has a Kind of Mystery:"
59 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene 1: Landing of the Spirit of '76
60 Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "The People Are the Heroes Now"
61 Adams: Nixon in China, Act I, Scene 1: "Soldiers of Heaven Hold the Sky"
62 Nixon in China: Act I, Scene 1: (Beginning)
63 Fearful Symmetries
64 Grand Pianola Music: On the Great Divide
65 Grand Pianola Music: Part IB
66 Grand Pianola Music: Part IA
67 The Chairman Dances (Foxtrot for Orchestra)
68 Shaker Loops: IV. A Final Shaking
69 Shaker Loops: III. Loops and Verses
70 Shaker Loops: II. Hymning Slews
71 Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling
72 Harmonium: III. Wild Nights
73 Harmonium: II. Because I Could Not Stop for Death
74 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 2: (Beginning)
75 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 2: "Oh What a Day I Thought I'd Die!"
76 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 2: "Whip Her to Death!"
77 Nixon in China: Act II, Scene 2: "I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-tung
78 Swiss Grandmother: "So I Said To My Grandson"
79 Molqi: "Give These Orders"
80 Swiss Grandmother: "My Grandson Didi, Who Was Two"
81 The Captain: "It Was Just After One Fifteen"
82 Chorus of Exiled Jews
83 Chorus of Exiled Palestinians
84 Eros Piano
85 Five Songs: V.Serenity
86 Five Songs: IV. At the River
87 Five Songs: III. Cradle Song
88 Night Chorus
89 Five Songs: II. Down East
90 Christian Zeal and Activity
91 The Wound Dresser
92 Nixon in China: Act III: "I Am Old and I Cannot Sleep"
93 Nixon in China: Act III: "You Won At Poker."
94 Nixon in China: Act III: "Peking Watches the Stars,"
95 Nixon in China: Act III: "After That the Sweat Had Soaked My Uniform"
96 Nixon in China: Act III: "I Can Keep Still,"
97 Nixon in China: Act III: "I Have No Offspring."
98 Nixon in China: Act III: "When I Woke Up I Dimly Realized the Jap Bombers Had Given Us A
99 Nixon in China: Act III: "Let Us Examine What You Did."
100 Five Songs: I. Thoreau
101 Slonimsky's Earbox
102 John's Book Of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise)
103 John's Book of Alleged Dances: X. Standchen: The Little Serenade (LP Version)
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