for SATB and keyboard or orchestraMack Wilbergs arrangement of Brother Jamess Air has been recorded on the Mormon Tabernacle Choirs CD; Heavensong: Music of contemplation and light. The arrangement is stunning and can be performed throughout the year; especially during reflective seasons.An orchestral accompaniment is available on hire.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. GrippingBy LJSFirst; I think this book would benefit most by an update by the author that discussed the letter from Bohr which clearly implicated Heisenberg as attempting to develop a Nazi bomb and sought Bohrs aid; a letter that was released only a few years after the play was written.The play itself is gripping; though perhaps a bit repetitious; and I enjoyed reading it even more than viewing it in the theater where I think I missed some of the nuance of the text. It is a story of tragic and terrifying implication; and the author maintains an appropriate sense of tension and dread throughout. I dont know if it would appeal as much to a reader without at least some background in twentieth century physics and the seminal roles played by the characters of the play. I think it is important to have a sense of the greatness of the physics developed by the characters; and the state of excitement those developments engendered in the physics community of that time. In particular; Bohrs principal of complementarity is discussed at some length; but without any explication of its import; and as it is a difficult enough (even ephemeral; almost) an idea to begin to grasp; much of the attempt to resolve the conflict central to the play becomes quite murky.Nevertheless; I found it a wonderful play to read ( though I must admit to being an aficionado of the history of modern physics) which paints a fascinating picture of two of the greatest men in the history of science; grappling with the most horrifying implications of the genie they have helped release from the bottle.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Brillant!By Mary Ellen CoulterThe idea for the play was just that; brillant. It is about a wartime meeting between the physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg when Denmark was under German occupation. Margrethe Bohr; the third character; allowed the two men someone to play against. The characters are "talking ghosts". While based historical record; each characters thoughts were beautifully written based on what had been happening in the world in which they lived. It revealed the moral dilemma both men faced; the influence they had and how they handled the lifetime roles that they were given. I will look for the movie of the play.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Thrilling "Copenhagen"By Gro AslandFascinating play about the "final core of uncertainty at the heart of things". Can we ever be sure of why we do things? What motivation underlies our - and other peoples actions? The psychological drama that unfolds in "Copenhagen" is interwoven with the historical drama of the meeting in Copenhagen in 1941 between the two Nobel Prize Laureates Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg as they discuss the functioning of the atom and the ethical questions involved. An intellectual thriller!
