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A Child of Our Time
Michael Tippett1939
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A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett, Oratorio, composed 1939. 5 recordings in this catalogue.
Parts
- Part I: "How can I cherish my man?"10 recordings
- Part I: "I have no money for my bread"10 recordings
- Part I: "Now in each nation there were some cast out"8 recordings
- Part I: A Spiritual "Steal Away"9 recordings
- Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed "When shall the usurer's city cease?"8 recordings
- Part I: Chorus: "The world turns on its dark side"10 recordings
- Part I: Scena "Is evil then good?"10 recordings
- Part I: The Argument "Man has measured the heavens"; Orchestral Interludium12 recordings
- Part II: "The dark forces rise"7 recordings
- Part II: A Spiritual "Nobody knows the trouble I see"10 recordings
- Part II: A Spiritual "O by and by"11 recordings
- Part II: A Spiritual of Anger "Go down, Moses"10 recordings
- Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous "We cannot have them in our Empire"7 recordings
- Part II: Chorus: "A star rises in midwinter"10 recordings
- Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted "Away with them!"7 recordings
- Part II: Scena "O my son!"9 recordings
- Part II: Scena: "The boy becomes desperate"10 recordings
- Part II: The Boy Sings in his Prison "My dreams are all shattered"10 recordings
- Part II: The Mother "What have I done to you, my son?"8 recordings
- Part II: The Narrator "And a time came"8 recordings
- Part II: The Narrator "And the boy's mother wrote"8 recordings
- Part II: The Narrator "Men were ashamed"7 recordings
- Part II: The Narrator "They took a terrible vengeance"9 recordings
- Part II: The Narrator "Where they could, they fled"7 recordings
- Part II: The Terror "Burn down their houses!"7 recordings
- Part III: "The soul of man"9 recordings
- Part III: A Spiritual "Deep river"11 recordings
- Part III: Chorus "The cold deepens"10 recordings
- Part III: General Ensemble "I would know my shadow and my light"10 recordings
- Part III: Scena "The words of wisdom"13 recordings
and 3 more
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Recordings (5)
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| Recording / performers | Year | Label | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Child of Our Time: SpiritualsMichael Tippett, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus | - | The Sunday Times | 8:41 |
| A Child of Our Time: SpiritualsMichael Tippett, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus | - | The Sunday Times | 8:24 |
| A Child of Our Time: SpiritualsMichael Tippett, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus | - | The Sunday Times | 6:50 |
| A Child of Our Time: SpiritualsMichael Tippett, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus | - | The Sunday Times | 7:46 |
| A Child of Our Time: SpiritualsMichael Tippett, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus | - | The Sunday Times | 6:52 |
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