Adams: I Was Looking At The Ceiling and Then I Saw The Sky
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Composer: John AdamsConductor: John Adams
Performer: Welly Yang
Performer: Seppo Kantonen
Performer: Jari-Pekka Karvonen
Performer: Marin Mazzie
Performer: Darius de Haas
Performer: Audra McDonald
Performer: Michael McElroy
Performer: Angela Teek
Performer: Richard Muenz
Edition: Music CD
Audio: German (Unknown); German (Published)
CD Release Date: 1998-11-03
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Ensemble - I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky (Mike, Consuelo, Dewain, Rick, Leila, Tiffany, David)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: A Sermon On Romance (David, Leila)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Consuelo's Dream (Connsuelo)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Mike's Song About Arresting A Particular Individual (Mike)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Tiffany's Solo (Mike)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Song About The On-Site Altercation (Dewain, Tiffany, Leila, Mike)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Song About The Bad Boys And The News (Tiffany, Consuelo, Leila)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Your Honor My Client He's A Young Black Man (Rick, Dewain)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Leila's Song; Alone (Again Or At Last) (Leila)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Three Weeks And Still I'm Outta My Mind (David, Lelia)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Crushed By The Rock I Been Standing On (David, Consuelo, Tiffany, Rick)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Dewain's Song Of Liberation And Surprise (Dewain)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: !Este Pais! - This Country (Consuelo, Dewain)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: One Last Look At The Angel In Your Eyes (Consuelo, Dewain)
- I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky: Finale (Mike, Consuelo, Dewain, Rick, Leila, Tiffany, David)
Music reviews of Adams: I Was Looking At The Ceiling and Then I Saw The Sky
Music Review: Typically subtle pop-inflected Adams, but no West Side Story
Rating: 4 Stars
When this was playing up in Berkeley, Paul Hertelendy of the San Jose Mercury News compared it to Bernstein's West Side Story -- i.e., a plainly commercial attempt in the genre of popular musical theatre. This it is. Adams lacks a kind of musical charisma to create memorable, singable popular tunes, so on that level it fails. A pop attempt like this is a little incongruous: as if the dapper and nattily dressed Adams himself were wearing baggy jeans and backward cap. It's trying to be something it can't be. But what Adams always does is, first, set the English language in an unexpected yet natural and effective way, and second, introduce a steady stream of subtleties that should entertain any fan of his music. There is some great stuff under the covers here, but it is neither succesfully pop-attuned (like West Side Story or Lloyd Webber) nor emotionally profound (like Adams' own Violin Concerto or Harmonium.)For all that, I like to hear Adams stretch himself and pop-inflected music at the same time, and since I think he's the best setter of the English language since Britten, I enjoyed "Ceiling ... Sky" (4 stars is my strong pro-Adams prejudice) and have been waiting for the CD since seeing the original Berkeley production. For my money, the libretto is better than "Nixon" and "Klinghoffer". The only things I miss are the great graffiti murals hung at the back of the stage.
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