A Child of our Time

A Child of our Time

Sir Michael Tippett; BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Pumeza Matshikiza, Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart & Ashley Riches

Album
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Tracklist 63:46

1 A Child of our Time, Part I: The world turns on its dark side (Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 3:38
2 A Child of our Time, Part I: The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto) Sir Michael Tippett 2:03
3 A Child of our Time, Part I: Interludium Sir Michael Tippett 0:55
4 A Child of our Time, Part I: Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 2:56
5 A Child of our Time, Part I: The Narrator. Now in each nation there were some cast out… (Bass) Sir Michael Tippett 1:04
6 A Child of our Time, Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the usurer’s city cease? (Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 2:27
7 A Child of our Time, Part I: I have no money for my bread (Tenor) Sir Michael Tippett 3:33
8 A Child of our Time, Part I: How can I cherish my man in such days…? (Soprano) Sir Michael Tippett 3:15
9 A Child of our Time, Part I: A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 2:31
10 A Child of our Time, Part II: A star rises in mid‐winter (Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 2:42
11 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. And a time came… (Bass) Sir Michael Tippett 0:18
12 A Child of our Time, Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! (Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 1:02
13 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass) Sir Michael Tippett 0:24
14 A Child of our Time, Part II: Chorus of the Self‐righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire (Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 0:48
15 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. And the boy’s mother wrote a letter… (Bass) Sir Michael Tippett 0:14
16 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Mother, the Uncle and Aunt, and the Boy. O my son! (Soloists) Sir Michael Tippett 1:12
17 A Child of our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 1:23
18 A Child of our Time, Part II: The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Alto, Bass) Sir Michael Tippett 1:18
19 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. They took a terrible vengeance (Bass) Sir Michael Tippett 0:23
20 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 1:10
21 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Narrator. Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass) Sir Michael Tippett 0:34
22 A Child of our Time, Part II: A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 2:30
23 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Boy sings in his Prison. My dreams are all shattered in a ghastly reality (Tenor) Sir Michael Tippett 3:02
24 A Child of our Time, Part II: The Mother. What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano) Sir Michael Tippett 1:39
25 A Child of our Time, Part II: The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto) Sir Michael Tippett 0:40
26 A Child of our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. O! by and by (Soprano, Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 1:32
27 A Child of our Time, Part III: The cold deepens (Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 3:38
28 A Child of our Time, Part III: The soul of man is impassioned… (Alto) Sir Michael Tippett 2:25
29 A Child of our Time, Part III: The words of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 4:59
30 A Child of our Time, Part III: Preludium Sir Michael Tippett 1:05
31 A Child of our Time, Part III: I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 4:56
32 A Child of our Time, Part III: A Spiritual. Deep river (Soloists, Chorus) Sir Michael Tippett 3:14