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