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