A Child of Our Time
Album by Sir Michael Tippett & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & André Previn
A Child of Our Time is an oratorio by the English composer Michael Tippett, completed in 1941 and first performed in 1944. The work combines expressive choral writing and 20th-century harmonic and rhythmic language while incorporating African-American spirituals as refrains, and it represents Tippett's major early long-form statement addressing contemporary political and moral issues and helping to shape mid-20th-century British choral repertoire.
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- 1.A Child of Our Time: Chorus4:56
- 2.A Child of Our Time: The Argument2:50
- 3.A Child of Our Time: Scena (Chorus & Alto Solo)2:59
- 4.A Child of Our Time: The Narrator1:05
- 5.A Child of Our Time: Chorus of the Oppressed2:05
- 6.A Child of Our Time: Tenor Solo3:14
- 7.A Child of Our Time: Soprano solo3:13
- 8.A Child of Our Time: A Spiritual2:30
- 9.A Child of Our Time: Chorus3:24
- 10.A Child of Our Time: The Narrator0:13
- 11.A Child of Our Time: Chorus of the Persecutors and Persecuted0:52
- 12.A Child of Our Time: The Narrator0:22
- 13.A Child of Our Time: Chorus of the Self-Righteous0:46
- 14.A Child of Our Time: The Narrator0:10
- 15.A Child of Our Time: Scena (Solo Quartet)1:21
- 16.A Child of Our Time: A Spiritual1:16
- 17.A Child of Our Time: Scena (Bass & Alto Soli)1:21
- 18.A Child of Our Time: The Narrator0:29
- 19.A Child of Our Time: The Terror1:10
- 20.A Child of Our Time: The Narrator0:27
- 21.A Child of Our Time: A Spiritual of Anger2:56
- 22.A Child of Our Time: The Boy Sings in His Prison3:17
- 23.A Child of Our Time: The Mother1:41
- 24.A Child of Our Time: Alto Solo0:53
- 25.A Child of Our Time: A Spiritual1:10
- 26.A Child of Our Time: Chorus4:37
- 27.A Child of Our Time: Alto Solo2:14
- 28.A Child of Our Time: Scena (Bass Solo & Chorus)6:31
- 29.A Child of Our Time: General Ensemble5:15
- 30.A Child of Our Time: A Spiritual3:46
