Doctor Atomic Symphony
(2005)
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Picc, 2 fl (2=picc), 3 ob (3=Eng hrn), 2 cl, bass cl (=clar 3), 2 bsn, contrabsn (=bsn 3), 4 hr, 3 tpt, 3 tmb, tuba, timp, 4 perc, harp, celesta, and strings

Duration: approx 30 min.

First performance: August 21, 2007, BBC Symphony Orchestra, John Adams, conductor. North American premiere: February 7, 2008, Saint Louis Symphony, David Robertson, conductor

Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
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The Doctor Atomic Symphony is based on orchestral music from the opera. Among the music incorporated and reworked into this 30-minute symphony are passages from the overture, Oppenheimer’s Baudelaire soliloquy, the electrical storm music, “Batter my heart”, and the culminating “Countdown” music.

Score and parts for the Doctor Atomic Symphony will be available from Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. beginning in early 2007.
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For the main page on Doctor Atomic (click here)

Synopsis of Doctor Atomic (click here)

Interview with John Adams about Doctor Atomic. (click here)

For Alex Ross's "Countdown" article in The New Yorker go to
http://www.therestisnoise.com/2005/09/doctor_atomic.html

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Websites about the opera :
	Exploratorium Museum Doctor Atomic http://www.exploratorium.edu/doctoratomic/
	San Francisco Opera Doctor Atomic: the Making of an Opera http://www.doctor-atomic.com/

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