A Child of Our Time (London 1944)
Michael Tippett, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Faye Robinson (Soprano), Sarah Walker (Mezzo-soprano), Jon Garrison (Tenor), John Cheek (Bass)
October 1991, Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Part I
- 04:031. 'The world turns on its dark side. It is winter.' (Chorus)
- 02:142. The Argument 'Man has measured the heavens with a telescope' (Alto)
- 04:133. (Interludium) – Scena 'Is evil then good? Is reason untrue?' (Chorus, Alto)
- 01:184. 'Now in each nation there were some cast out' (The Narrator)
- 02:215. 'When shall the userers' city cease' (Chorus of the Oppressed)
- 03:256. 'I have no money for my bread' (Tenor)
- 03:337. 'How can I cherish my man in such days' (Soprano)
- 02:478. A Spiritual 'Steal away' (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor)
Part II
- 03:121. 'A star rises in mid-winter' (Chorus)
- 00:192. "And a time came" (The Narrator)
- 01:003. 'Away with them!' (Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted)
- 00:294. 'Where they could, they fled from the terror' (The Narrator)
- 00:485. 'We cannot have them in our Empire' (Chorus of the Self-righteous)
- 00:166. 'And the boy's mother wrote a letter, saying' (The Narrator)
- 01:247. Scena 'O my son!' (The Mother, The Boy, The Aunt, The Uncle)
- 01:378. A Spiritual 'Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord' (Chorus, Soprano, Tenor)
- 01:299. Scena 'The boy becomes desperate in his agony' (Bass, Alto)
- 00:2910. 'They took a terrible vengeance' (The Narrator)
- 01:0611. The Terror 'Burn down their houses!' (Chorus)
- 00:3912. 'Men were ashamed of what was done' (The Narrator)
- 03:1213. A Spiritual of Anger 'Go down, Moses' (Chorus, Bass)
- 03:4214. The Boy Sings in his Prison 'My dreams are all shattered in a ghastly reality' (The Boy)
- 01:3615. 'What have I done to you, my son?' (The Mother)
- 00:5216. 'The dark forces rise like a flood' (Alto)
- 01:3917. A Spiritual 'O, by and by' (Chorus, Soprano)
Part III
- 04:091. 'The cold deepens' (Chorus)
- 02:282. 'The soul of man is impassioned like a woman' (Alto)
- 04:553. Scena 'The words of wisdom are these' (Bass, Chorus)
- 06:324. (Praeludium) – 'I would know my shadow and my light' (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
- 03:315. A Spiritual 'Deep river' (Chorus, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)
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