The world turns on its dark side (Chorus)
The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto)
Scene. Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus)
Now in each nation there were some cast out (Bass)
Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the userers' city cease…? (Chorus)
How can I cherish my man in such days…? (Soprano)
A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, London Symphony Orchestra
A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus)
Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them!
Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass)
Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire
And the boy's mother wrote a letter… (Bass)
Scene. O my son! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
Damon Evans, Willard White, Richard Hickox, Cynthia Haymon, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey
A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord ( Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Scene. The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Bass, Alto)
The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus)
A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus)
The boy sings in his prison. My dreams are all shattered (Tenor)
Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Damon Evans
What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano)
A Spiritual. O, by and by (Soprano, Chorus)