‎Tippett: A Child of Our Time by Various Artists

The world turns on its dark side (Chorus)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Chorus

4:59

The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto)

Richard Hickox, Cynthia Clarey, London Symphony Orchestra

3:03

Scene. Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus)

London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Chorus

3:06

Now in each nation there were some cast out (Bass)

Willard White, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

1:10

Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the userers' city cease…? (Chorus)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Chorus

2:10

I have no money for my bread (Tenor)

Damon Evans, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

3:25

How can I cherish my man in such days…? (Soprano)

Cynthia Haymon, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

3:33

A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, London Symphony Chorus

2:32

A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus)

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

3:39

And a time came… (Bass)

London Symphony Orchestra, Willard White, Richard Hickox

0:17

Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them!

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

0:56

Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass)

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Willard White

0:21

Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Chorus

0:48

And the boy's mother wrote a letter… (Bass)

Richard Hickox, Willard White, London Symphony Orchestra

0:13

Scene. O my son! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)

Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Willard White, Richard Hickox, Cynthia Haymon, London Symphony Orchestra

1:28

A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord ( Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)

Damon Evans, Cynthia Haymon, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Chorus

1:17

Scene. The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Bass, Alto)

Willard White, Richard Hickox, Cynthia Clarey, London Symphony Orchestra

1:31

They took a terrible vengeance (Bass)

Willard White, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

0:32

The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus)

London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra

1:01

Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass)

Willard White, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

0:36

A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus)

Willard White, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, London Symphony Chorus

3:29

The boy sings in his prison. My dreams are all shattered (Tenor)

Richard Hickox, Damon Evans, London Symphony Orchestra

3:42

What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano)

Cynthia Haymon, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

1:38

The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Cynthia Clarey

1:03

A Spiritual. O, by and by (Soprano, Chorus)

Richard Hickox, Cynthia Haymon, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

1:25

The cold deepens (Chorus)

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus

5:33

The soul of man is impassioned (Alto)

London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Cynthia Clarey

2:18

Scene. The world of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus)

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Willard White, London Symphony Chorus

6:50

General Ensemble. I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus)

Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Willard White, London Symphony Chorus

6:16

A Spiritual. Deep river (Soloists, Chorus)

Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans, Cynthia Haymon, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Willard White, London Symphony Chorus

3:54

Sir Michael Tippett

Composer
London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra
Richard Hickox

Conductor
London Symphony Chorus

Coro, Choir
Cynthia Clarey

Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Contralto

Tippett: A Child of Our Time

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