Artist:
Sarah Connolly
Pumeza Matshikiza
Andrew Davis
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
63:30
Record Label:
Chandos
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music
Release Date
May 3, 2024
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Sarah Connolly
Pumeza Matshikiza
Andrew Davis
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
63:30
Record Label:
Chandos
Purchasing Links:
CD, MP3, Apple Music
Release Date
May 3, 2024
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Product Description: Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time was composed between 1939 and 1942 as a direct response to the events leading up to (and including) the notorious Kristallnacht, in November 1938, in National Socialist Germany. Tippet first intended to write an opera, but quickly determined that this would inevitably be too literal, and that the (rather neglected) oratorio form lent greater scope for reflective and meditative interjections to the narrative. Hoping to persuade his friend and mentor T.S. Elliot to write the libretto, he sent the poet such an intricately detailed plan that Elliot responded by suggesting that Tippett, having thought so carefully about it, prepare the text himself - which he duly did. (He then went on to write his own libretti for all his future large vocal works). Set for choir, orchestra, and four soloists, the work adopts a structure that owes a debt to Handel's Messiah, which Tippett had studied intensively in the 1930s. In addition, Tippett wanted to incorporate choral interludes much as Bach had done in his passions. Rejecting Lutheran chorals and Jewish hymns, he finally settled on African-American spirituals of which he placed five within the work. Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with an exceptional quartet of soloists. The album was recorded in Surround Sound in Croydon's Fairfield Halls following live performances in London's Royal Festival Hall.
TRACK LIST:
1 .
A Child of Our Time, Part I: The world turns on its dark side (Chorus)
Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus
(05:02)
2 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Clarey (03:03)
3 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: Scene. Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey & London Symphony Chorus (03:06)
4 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: Now in each nation there were some cast out (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (01:10)
5 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the userers' city cease…? (Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (02:10)
6 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: I have no money for my bread (Tenor) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Damon Evans (03:25)
7 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: How can I cherish my man in such days…? (Soprano) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Haymon (03:33)
8 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans & London Symphony Chorus (02:32)
9 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (03:39)
10 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: And a time came… (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (00:17)
11 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (00:56)
12 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (00:22)
13 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (00:48)
14 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: And the boy's mother wrote a letter… (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (00:13)
15 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Scene. O my son! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans & Willard White (01:28)
16 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord ( Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans & London Symphony Chorus (01:17)
17 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Scene. The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Bass, Alto) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Willard White & Cynthia Clarey (01:31)
18 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: They took a terrible vengeance (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (00:32)
19 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (01:01)
20 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (00:36)
21 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Willard White & London Symphony Chorus (03:28)
22 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: The boy sings in his prison. My dreams are all shattered (Tenor) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Damon Evans (03:43)
23 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Haymon (01:38)
24 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Clarey (01:03)
25 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. O, by and by (Soprano, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon & London Symphony Chorus (01:25)
26 . A Child of Our Time, Part III: The cold deepens (Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (05:33)
27 . A Child of Our Time, Part III: The soul of man is impassioned (Alto) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Clarey (02:18)
28 . A Child of Our Time, Part III: Scene. The world of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Willard White & London Symphony Chorus (06:51)
29 . A Child of Our Time, Part III: General Ensemble. I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus) (06:15)
A Child of Our Time, Part III: A Spiritual. Deep river (Soloists, Chorus) (04:06)
2 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Clarey (03:03)
3 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: Scene. Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Clarey & London Symphony Chorus (03:06)
4 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: Now in each nation there were some cast out (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (01:10)
5 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the userers' city cease…? (Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (02:10)
6 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: I have no money for my bread (Tenor) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Damon Evans (03:25)
7 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: How can I cherish my man in such days…? (Soprano) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Haymon (03:33)
8 . A Child of Our Time, Part I: A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans & London Symphony Chorus (02:32)
9 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (03:39)
10 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: And a time came… (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (00:17)
11 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (00:56)
12 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (00:22)
13 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (00:48)
14 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: And the boy's mother wrote a letter… (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (00:13)
15 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Scene. O my son! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon, Cynthia Clarey, Damon Evans & Willard White (01:28)
16 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord ( Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans & London Symphony Chorus (01:17)
17 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Scene. The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Bass, Alto) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Willard White & Cynthia Clarey (01:31)
18 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: They took a terrible vengeance (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (00:32)
19 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (01:01)
20 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Willard White (00:36)
21 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Willard White & London Symphony Chorus (03:28)
22 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: The boy sings in his prison. My dreams are all shattered (Tenor) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Damon Evans (03:43)
23 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Haymon (01:38)
24 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Clarey (01:03)
25 . A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. O, by and by (Soprano, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Cynthia Haymon & London Symphony Chorus (01:25)
26 . A Child of Our Time, Part III: The cold deepens (Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus (05:33)
27 . A Child of Our Time, Part III: The soul of man is impassioned (Alto) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra & Cynthia Clarey (02:18)
28 . A Child of Our Time, Part III: Scene. The world of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus) Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, Willard White & London Symphony Chorus (06:51)
29 . A Child of Our Time, Part III: General Ensemble. I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus) (06:15)
A Child of Our Time, Part III: A Spiritual. Deep river (Soloists, Chorus) (04:06)
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