Tippett: Child of Our Time (A)

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A Child of our Time (more info)
Performed by: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Dresden Staatskapelle
Composed by: Michael Tippett
Conducted by: Bruce Pullan Richard Hickox Colin Davis Simon Halsey
Ute Selbig, soprano
Robert Holl, bass-baritone
Willard White, bass
Jerry Hadley, tenor
Damon Evans, tenor
Cynthia Clarey, alto
Nora Gubisch,
Cynthia Haymon, soprano
Faye Robinson, soprano
Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano
Jon Garrison, tenor
John Cheek, bass


1.   Part I: The world turns on its dark side (Chorus) - 4:56
2.   Part I: The Argument: Man has measured the heavens (Alto) - 3:04
3.   Part I: Scene: Is evil then good? (Chorus, Alto) - 3:07
4.   Part I: Now in each nation (Bass) - 1:10
5.   Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed: When shall the userers' city cease (Chorus) - 2:10
6.   Part I: I have no money for my bread (Tenor) - 3:26
7.   Part I: How can I cherish my man in such days (Soprano) - 3:33
8.   Part I: A Spiritual: Steal away (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor) - 2:27
9.   Part II: A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus) - 3:39
10.   Part II: And a time came (Bass) - 0:17
11.   Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted: Away with them! (Double Chorus) - 0:56
12.   Part II: Where they could, they fled (Bass) - 0:21
13.   Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous: We cannot have them in our Empire (Chorus) - 0:49
14.   Part II: And the boy's mother wrote a letter (Bass) - 0:14
15.   Part II: Scene: O my son! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) - 1:29
16.   Part II: A Spiritual: Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor) - 1:17
17.   Part II: Scene: The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Bass, Alto) - 1:31
18.   Part II: They took a terrible vengeance (Bass) - 0:33
19.   Part II: The Terror: Burn down their houses! (Chorus) - 1:01
20.   Part II: Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass) - 0:37
21.   Part II: A Spiritual of Anger: Go down, Moses (Chorus, Bass) - 3:29
22.   Part II: The boy sings in his prison: My dreams are all shattered (Tenor) - 3:43
23.   Part II: What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano) - 1:38
24.   Part II: The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto) - 1:04
25.   Part II: A Spiritual: O, by and by (Chorus, Soprano) - 1:19
26.   Part III: The cold deepens (Chorus) - 5:34
27.   Part III: The soul of man (Alto) - 2:18
28.   Part III: Scene: The words of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus) - 6:51
29.   Part III: General Ensemble: I would know my shadow and my light (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) - 6:15
30.   Part III: A Spiritual: Deep river (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) - 3:56

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