A Child of Our Time (London 1944)
Richard Hickox, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Cynthia Clarey (Alto), Sir Willard White (Bass), Damon Evans (Tenor), Cynthia Haymon (Soprano)
July 1992, London, Blackheath Concert Hall
Part I
- 05:001. 'The world turns on its dark side. It is winter.' (Chorus)
- 03:042. The Argument 'Man has measured the heavens with a telescope' (Alto)
- 03:073. (Interludium) – Scena 'Is evil then good? Is reason untrue?' (Chorus, Alto)
- 01:114. 'Now in each nation there were some cast out' (The Narrator)
- 02:115. 'When shall the userers' city cease' (Chorus of the Oppressed)
- 03:266. 'I have no money for my bread' (Tenor)
- 03:337. 'How can I cherish my man in such days' (Soprano)
- 02:338. A Spiritual 'Steal away' (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor)
Part II
- 03:401. 'A star rises in mid-winter' (Chorus)
- 00:172. "And a time came" (The Narrator)
- 00:563. 'Away with them!' (Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted)
- 00:224. 'Where they could, they fled from the terror' (The Narrator)
- 00:495. 'We cannot have them in our Empire' (Chorus of the Self-righteous)
- 00:146. 'And the boy's mother wrote a letter, saying' (The Narrator)
- 01:297. Scena 'O my son!' (The Mother, The Boy, The Aunt, The Uncle)
- 01:178. A Spiritual 'Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord' (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor)
- 01:319. Scena 'The boy becomes desperate in his agony' (Bass, Alto)
- 00:3310. 'They took a terrible vengeance' (The Narrator)
- 01:0211. The Terror 'Burn down their houses!' (Chorus)
- 00:3712. 'Men were ashamed of what was done' (The Narrator)
- 03:2913. A Spiritual of Anger 'Go down, Moses' (Chorus, Bass)
- 03:4314. The Boy Sings in his Prison 'My dreams are all shattered in a ghastly reality' (The Boy)
- 01:3915. 'What have I done to you, my son?' (The Mother)
- 01:0316. 'The dark forces rise like a flood' (Alto)
- 01:2617. A Spiritual 'O, by and by' (Chorus, Soprano)
Part III
- 05:341. 'The cold deepens' (Chorus)
- 02:182. 'The soul of man is impassioned like a woman' (Alto)
- 06:513. Scena 'The words of wisdom are these' (Bass, Chorus)
- 06:164. (Praeludium) – 'I would know my shadow and my light' (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
- 03:555. A Spiritual 'Deep river' (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
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