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 Orchestra, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Chorus, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans
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, Cynthia Haymon, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Cynthia Clarey, Willard White
A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord ( Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)
Cynthia Haymon, London Symphony Orchestra, Damon Evans, London Symphony Chorus, 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, Damon Evans, London Symphony Orchestra
What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano)
A Spiritual. O, by and by (Soprano, Chorus)