Tippett: A Child of our Time

BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, Pumeza Matshikiza, Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart, Ashley Riches

• Released on 05/04/2024 by Chandos
• Main artists: BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, Pumeza Matshikiza, Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart, Ashley Riches
• Genre: Sacred Oratorios

Digital booklet

A Child of our Time, Part I (Sir Michael Tippett)

1 The world turns on its dark side (Chorus)

BBC Symphony Chorus 00:03:38

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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2 The Argument. Man has measured the heavens with a telescope (Alto)

Sarah Connolly 00:02:03

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sarah Connolly, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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3 Interludium

BBC Symphony Orchestra 00:00:55

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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4 Is evil then good? (Alto, Chorus)

Sarah Connolly 00:02:56

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Sarah Connolly, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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5 The Narrator. Now in each nation there were some cast out... (Bass)

Ashley Riches 00:01:04

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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6 Chorus of the Oppressed. When shall the usurer's city cease? (Chorus)

BBC Symphony Chorus 00:02:27

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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7 I have no money for my bread (Tenor)

Joshua Stewart 00:03:33

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Joshua Stewart, MainArtist, TenorSolo

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8 How can I cherish my man in such days...? (Soprano)

Pumeza Matshikiza 00:03:15

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Pumeza Matshikiza, MainArtist, SopranoSolo

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9 A Spiritual. Steal away (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)

Pumeza Matshikiza 00:02:31

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Joshua Stewart, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Pumeza Matshikiza, MainArtist, SopranoSolo

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A Child of our Time, Part II (Sir Michael Tippett)

10 A star rises in mid-winter (Chorus)

BBC Symphony Chorus 00:02:42

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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11 The Narrator. And a time came... (Bass)

Ashley Riches 00:00:18

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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12 Double Chorus of Persecutors and Persecuted. Away with them! (Chorus)

BBC Symphony Chorus 00:01:02

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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13 The Narrator. Where they could, they fled from the terror (Bass)

Ashley Riches 00:00:24

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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14 Chorus of the Self-righteous. We cannot have them in our Empire (Chorus)

BBC Symphony Chorus 00:00:48

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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15 The Narrator. And the boy's mother wrote a letter... (Bass)

Ashley Riches 00:00:14

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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16 The Mother, the Uncle and Aunt, and the Boy. O my son! (Soloists)

Pumeza Matshikiza 00:01:12

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sarah Connolly, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo - Joshua Stewart, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Pumeza Matshikiza, MainArtist, SopranoSolo

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17 A Spiritual. Nobody knows the trouble I see, Lord (Soprano, Tenor, Chorus)

Pumeza Matshikiza 00:01:23

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Joshua Stewart, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Pumeza Matshikiza, MainArtist, SopranoSolo

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18 The boy becomes desperate in his agony (Alto, Bass)

Sarah Connolly 00:01:18

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sarah Connolly, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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19 The Narrator. They took a terrible vengeance (Bass)

Ashley Riches 00:00:23

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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20 The Terror. Burn down their houses! (Chorus)

BBC Symphony Chorus 00:01:10

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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21 The Narrator. Men were ashamed of what was done (Bass)

Ashley Riches 00:00:34

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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22 A Spiritual of Anger. Go down, Moses (Bass, Chorus)

Ashley Riches 00:02:30

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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23 The Boy sings in his Prison. My dreams are all shattered in a ghastly reality (Tenor)

Joshua Stewart 00:03:02

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Joshua Stewart, MainArtist, TenorSolo

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24 The Mother. What have I done to you, my son? (Soprano)

Pumeza Matshikiza 00:01:39

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Pumeza Matshikiza, MainArtist, SopranoSolo

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25 The dark forces rise like a flood (Alto)

Sarah Connolly 00:00:40

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sarah Connolly, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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26 A Spiritual. O! by and by (Soprano, Chorus)

Pumeza Matshikiza 00:01:32

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Pumeza Matshikiza, MainArtist, SopranoSolo

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A Child of our Time, Part III (Sir Michael Tippett)

27 The cold deepens (Chorus)

BBC Symphony Chorus 00:03:38

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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28 The soul of man is impassioned… (Alto)

Sarah Connolly 00:02:25

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sarah Connolly, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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29 The words of wisdom are these (Bass, Chorus)

Ashley Riches 00:04:59

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo

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30 Preludium

BBC Symphony Orchestra 00:01:05

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer

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31 I would know my shadow and my light (Soloists, Chorus)

Pumeza Matshikiza 00:04:56

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Sarah Connolly, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo - Joshua Stewart, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Pumeza Matshikiza, MainArtist, SopranoSolo

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32 A Spiritual. Deep river (Soloists, Chorus)

Pumeza Matshikiza 00:03:14

Andrew Davis, Conductor, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - BBC Symphony Chorus, Choir, MainArtist - Sarah Connolly, MainArtist - Michael Tippett, Composer - Ashley Riches, MainArtist, VocalSolo - Joshua Stewart, MainArtist, TenorSolo - Pumeza Matshikiza, MainArtist, SopranoSolo

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About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 32 track(s)
• Total length: 01:03:30
• 1 Digital booklet

• Main artists: BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, Pumeza Matshikiza, Sarah Connolly, Joshua Stewart, Ashley Riches
• Composer: Sir Michael Tippett
• Label: Chandos
• Genre: Classical Sacred Vocal Music Sacred Oratorios
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