Tippett : A Child Of Our Time
(1992)

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Chandos, 1992
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DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (1hr., 12 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
5059864912337 MWT17185256, 17185256
LANGUAGE
English
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Mode of access: World Wide Web

CONTENTS
A Child of Our Time, Part I: The world turns on its dark side (Chorus) (4:59) -- A Child of Our Time, Part I: The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto) (3:03) -- A Child of Our Time, Part I: Scene. Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus) (3:06) -- A Child of Our Time, Part I: Now in each nation there were some cast out (Bass) (1:10) -- A Child of Our Time, Part I: Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the userers' city cease…? (Chorus) (2:10) -- A Child of Our Time, Part I: I have no money for my bread (Tenor) (3:25) -- A Child of Our Time, Part I: How can I cherish my man in such days…? (Soprano) (3:33) -- A Child of Our Time, Part I: A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) (2:32) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus) (3:39) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: And a time came… (Bass) (0:17) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! (0:56) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass) (0:21) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire (0:48) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: And the boy's mother wrote a letter… (Bass) (0:13) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: Scene. O my son! (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) (1:28) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord ( Soprano, Tenor, Chorus) (1:17) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: Scene. The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Bass, Alto) (1:31) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: They took a terrible vengeance (Bass) (0:32) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus) (1:01) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass) (0:36) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus) (3:29) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: The boy sings in his prison. My dreams are all shattered (Tenor) (3:42) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano) (1:38) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto) (1:03) -- A Child of Our Time, Part II: A Spiritual. O, by and by (Soprano, Chorus) (1:25) -- A Child of Our Time, Part III: The cold deepens (Chorus) (5:33) -- A Child of Our Time, Part III: The soul of man is impassioned (Alto) (2:18) -- A Child of Our Time, Part III: Scene. The world of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus) (6:50) -- A Child of Our Time, Part III: General Ensemble. I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus) (6:16) -- A Child of Our Time, Part III: A Spiritual. Deep river (Soloists, Chorus) (3:54)

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