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- Genre: Classical
- Style: Classical Vocal
- Label: Chandos
An oratorio written as the world was poised for war.
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We Say...
Michael Tippett wrote his oratorio A Child of our Time as Europe was on the brink of war. The act that prompted the first impulse to compose was the pogrom that the Nazis unleashed on the Jews on Kristallnacht (November 10, 1938) in retribution for the murder of a German diplomat in Paris by a young Polish Jew, Herschel Grynszpan, driven to desperation by the persecution of his people. Tippett's genius in the work is to fuse the personal and intimate with the general and universal. Just as Bach used Lutheran chorales to punctuate his Passion settings, Tippett uses spirituals — to wonderful and moving effect. He was fierce believer in justice for mankind, and manages superbly to tell one man's story in a way that engages with a more universal goal. His writing for the soloists is beautifully sensitive: "I have no money for my bread," sung by the tenor in Part 1, never fails to tug at the heart strings.
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A Child of our Time: Part I: The world turns on its dark side (Chorus)
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4:56 |
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A Child of our Time: Part I: The Argument: Man has measured the heavens (Alto)
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3:04 |
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| 03. | |
A Child of our Time: Part I: Scene: Is evil then good? (Chorus, Alto)
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3:07 |
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A Child of our Time: Part I: Now in each nation (Bass)
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1:10 |
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A Child of our Time: Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed: When shall the userers' city cease (Chorus)
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2:10 |
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A Child of our Time: Part I: I have no money for my bread (Tenor)
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3:26 |
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A Child of our Time: Part I: How can I cherish my man in such days (Soprano)
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3:33 |
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| 08. | |
A Child of our Time: Part I: A Spiritual: Steal away (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor)
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2:27 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus)
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3:39 |
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| 10. |
A Child of our Time: Part II: And a time came (Bass)
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0:17 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted: Away with them! (Double Chorus)
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0:56 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: Where they could, they fled (Bass)
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0:21 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous: We cannot have them in our Empire (Chorus)
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0:49 |
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| 14. |
A Child of our Time: Part II: And the boy's mother wrote a letter (Bass)
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0:14 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: Scene: O my son! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
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1:29 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: A Spiritual: Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor)
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1:17 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: Scene: The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Bass, Alto)
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1:31 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: They took a terrible vengeance (Bass)
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0:33 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: The Terror: Burn down their houses! (Chorus)
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1:01 |
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| 20. |
A Child of our Time: Part II: Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass)
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0:37 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: A Spiritual of Anger: Go down, Moses (Chorus, Bass)
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3:29 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: The boy sings in his prison: My dreams are all shattered (Tenor)
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3:43 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano)
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1:38 |
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| 24. | |
A Child of our Time: Part II: The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto)
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1:04 |
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A Child of our Time: Part II: A Spiritual: O, by and by (Chorus, Soprano)
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1:19 |
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| 26. | |
A Child of our Time: Part III: The cold deepens (Chorus)
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5:34 |
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A Child of our Time: Part III: The soul of man (Alto)
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2:18 |
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A Child of our Time: Part III: Scene: The words of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus)
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6:51 |
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A Child of our Time: Part III: General Ensemble: I would know my shadow and my light (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
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6:15 |
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| 30. | |
A Child of our Time: Part III: A Spiritual: Deep river (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
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3:56 |
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30 Total Tracks, 72:44 Total Length
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Credits
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Composers
Michael Tippett -
Performers
Willard White played Bass // Cynthia Haymon played Soprano (Vocal) // Damon Evans played Tenor (Vocal) -
Other Details
- Choir:
- London Symphony Chorus
- Conductor:
- Richard Hickox
- Orchestra:
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Instruments:
- Bass //
- Tenor (Vocal) //
- Soprano (Vocal) //
- Alto (Vocals)
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